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oj121
Original Poster
1,463 posts
41 months
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After months of wanting, waiting, watching and planning I will be in a position to start test driving and looking to buy in the next 3 weeks. Over the past few months I have seen a good 5/6 trade monaros with decent milage come up for sale and disappear. Now I am in a position to look seriously they have all gone. I was looking at a cv8 2004/5 at around 50k miles as a benchmark.
I have to buy trade as I have a px and cant be without a car due to NOTHING being local so private buying is out :-(.
Am I simply looking in the wrong places or has the market dried and prices risen?
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Chaz9950
154 posts
13 months
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I think we are now in the wrong time of year to buy a sports car. In the depths of Winter, people don't want to buy them. However, in late Spring through Summer, the demand rises, prices rise and, generally speaking, cars become more few and far between.
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merdock
493 posts
29 months
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only safe time to drive saves ending up in a ditch.
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oj121
Original Poster
1,463 posts
41 months
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Its hardly been a 'sportscar' start to spring......ha.
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Chaz9950
154 posts
13 months
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oj121 said: Its hardly been a 'sportscar' start to spring......ha. Fair point. However, it's still traditionally the worst time of year to buy a sports car. Unfortunately. If you could wait, you could probably bag a proper bargain in November / December. But that's hardly ideal...
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CheesyM
38 posts
34 months
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There is still this one still for sale with a trader. More miles than you wanted, but also newer than you were looking for.
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the_ferret82
24,923 posts
53 months
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CheesyM said: There is still this one still for sale with a trader. More miles than you wanted, but also newer than you were looking for. no such thing as a "newer" monaro. all monaros made and exported to the uk where built between 2004 / 2005 (check the build date on the slam panel) they where registered between early 2004 and late 2007 
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ringram
12,205 posts
117 months
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You might convince Nickwaiheke to sell his Monaro, he was talking about it the other day. Its done high miles, mostly motorway though.
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007 VXR
51,325 posts
56 months
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ringram
12,205 posts
117 months
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007 VXR said: ONO
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the_ferret82
24,923 posts
53 months
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ringram said: 007 VXR said: ONO theirs that ringram price guide again... one day i sware you will be asking for money to take peoples car's off of them... 
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gsd2000
9,773 posts
52 months
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007 VXR said: Good money especially when you take into account the mods, might be worth putting it back to standard and selling
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oj121
Original Poster
1,463 posts
41 months
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Saw that car. Too many miles really as im planning on running it for 5 years 9k a year milage.
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the_ferret82
24,923 posts
53 months
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oj121 said: Saw that car. Too many miles really as im planning on running it for 5 years 9k a year milage. thease ar not your 4 pot motors 90k on the clock is just worn in for these engines.
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007 VXR
51,325 posts
56 months
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oj121 said: Too many miles really . Its only just run in 
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Chaz9950
154 posts
13 months
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007 VXR said: Its only just run in If you look at the stellar miles some of the Aussie HSV's do, then yeah, it's only just run in!!! What people seem to forget, we have a small, compact island. Anywhere we drive to, isn't that far in the grand scheme of things. However, in Oz, a 3000km ONE WAY drive wouldn't be extraordinary... These cars are designed to cover a lot of miles. The LS series V8's are rock solid if looked after - the yanks have run them in various generations for, sometimes, hundreds of thousands of miles, with only minor repairs and consumables.... Not to mention their cars are generally heavier than ours, too.
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Yertis
11,700 posts
135 months
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the_ferret82 said: thease ar not your 4 pot motors 90k on the clock is just worn in for these engines. Mine's now just over 90,000 and it does feel nicely revvy and smooth. Definitely feels different to when it was new. No mods either, 'cept for cat-back. Apart from a few things busted (like cup-holder and central locking playing up) it feels like new. Makes it very difficult to justify changing it. Great car, no complaints at all.
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oj121
Original Poster
1,463 posts
41 months
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Ay I understand that the engines are not ur regular 4pots and will go for a long time its just a 100,000 mile car throws up the concern for regular repairs and the need for replacements parts a lot more often. Plus getting the head around a 100,000 mile car being 'just run in' is hard.
At 100,000 miles id expect a fair amount of wear and tear.
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the_ferret82
24,923 posts
53 months
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oj121 said: Ay I understand that the engines are not ur regular 4pots and will go for a long time its just a 100,000 mile car throws up the concern for regular repairs and the need for replacements parts a lot more often. Plus getting the head around a 100,000 mile car being 'just run in' is hard.
At 100,000 miles id expect a fair amount of wear and tear. you might be suprised..
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KMud
590 posts
25 months
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I got mine not too long back privately and had to shed my old car to fund it. As terrible as it sounds try the car liquidators (not necessarily WBAC, try cash4cars for instance) - if your current car is tidy and you show them it's desirable you should be able to manage trade value or very close...they're just looking to make £100-200 as a middle-man, though they'll obviously try to take you for more.
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