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Trisha: I cashed in on my customised motor

Chat show icon Trisha Goddard has revealed a surprising financial secret: she customises her cars and sells them on for a profit.

The crafty hostess told the Daily Mail that, while living in Australia in the 1980s, she sold on a VW for a 150 per cent mark-up.

"I…took the roof off to make it into a convertible, repainted it lilac and put in mad, paisley seats - it cost me $6,000. I had it photographed and put on the front of a motoring magazine, then sold it for $9,000 three years later in 1989."

She added: "I told buyers it was: 'As seen on the cover of motoring magazines.'"

Ms Goddard then revealed that the car customisation habit has proved hard to break.

"I've got three cars: a Mini, a Jag X10 convertible and a V8 Discovery," she said.

"They're all unique because I customise them very classily."

A report form analysts at uSwitch revealed last month that, on average, the current ten best-selling cars in the UK depreciate in value by 43 per cent a year after purchase if bought new.

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