Upgrading you car for a better model feels a bit like cheating on a partner but there will almost always come a time when its time to say goodbye.
Blokes in particular are well known for their love of cars, sometimes a little too much, and often there's a heavy price tag that comes with buying and maintaining them.
One lad has amassed a collection which he believes is worth as much as £7 million, despite there not being a single flying car in there, and when you're that rich, you've usually got plenty of spare time to fill.
He decided that as an experiment he would try to take some of his most prized possessions to WeBuyAnyCar, a company that buys pretty much any car.
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Usually people see that as an opportunity to get a bit of cash for scrap heaps and broken-down vehicles but Mark McAdam looked at the other end of the spectrum in his recent YouTube video.
First he took five of his most luxurious cars (does anyone really need that many) to Tom Harley, a high-end showroom for the sale and purchase of luxury used modern and vintage performance cars, and they valued them at £220k, £330k, £125k, £435k and £575k respectively, resulting in a total of £1,685,000.
The next step was naturally to take them to WeBuyAnyCar but this is where he ran into some problems, as the system they used to recognise registrations didn't work for any one of Mark's cars, which led him to think that the company had banned him due to a previous video where he took a £5 million collection to be valued.
He put this theory to the test by borrowing a friend's registration for a car which is the same model as his own, and gets a valuation of £169k, which is a £50k decrease on the £220k one he was given by Tom Hartley.
Naturally, there's a bit of pushback from the poor employees at the company who are forced to put a price on these supercars but by using a few more underhand methods he's able to get valuations for four out of five of his cars.
In total, he was offered £370k less than the previous valuations he received, which is nearly £100k per car, which suggests that he might be better off going down the private seller or dealer route if he ever does decide to cash in on his collection.
WeBuyAnyCar did almost stick to their name by eventually making an offer on four of the five but you might be better off taking your older ones there, rather than your Ferraris or Lamborghinis.
James Moorhouse