Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 840
Car prices
I was just pricing up a new Discovery 5 and it suddenly dawned on me that I could have bought TEN houses in inner London when I first got married for the cost of a new Disco 5.
Guess I am just getting old LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF
19th Jul 2018 3:05 pm
J@mes
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: Bomber County
Posts: 4547
and now you could buy 10 D5 HSE's for the price of a 6x4 shed in inner London
19th Jul 2018 3:11 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6769
Interesting thought exercise.
While I don’t presume to know how old you are, 2000 GBP in 1950 is roughly the same (purchasing power wise) as having 65000 GBP today.
While having 65000 GBP in 1950 would roughly be equivalent to 2.1 million GBP today.
If you had had 65k back then, bought those ten houses in inner London and would now be divesting - would you get more than 2.1M for all of them? I would assume yes, a house in inner London has to cost more than 210k/each. I would also assume that mandatory upkeep, repairs would still have made them a worthwhile investment. Additionally at least 9 of them would have bought rent in for 70ish years...
19th Jul 2018 3:22 pm
Brooksie69
Member Since: 09 Jun 2014
Location: Wigan
Posts: 176
House prices up Car prices up.........
Sell house for more sell car for less.......
I know where my monies would have gone!
...........One life live it..........
19th Jul 2018 5:14 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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but If we feel not so good, cars (like other different loved things) help us to feel better **********
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19th Jul 2018 5:39 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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