I want a GTV V6 for 3k, am i crazy?!
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£3k?!?
You can have mine for £2.5k!
Gtv's are great cars, but can throw up expensive bills.
Cambelt, oil pipes, rear suspension all can cost between £500 and £1000 to fix.
Luckily mines had all the work done.
They are slightly nose heavy, but the engine is heavenly.
Expect 25-30mpg.
The crossfire is poo.
Cheers
M
You can have mine for £2.5k!
Gtv's are great cars, but can throw up expensive bills.
Cambelt, oil pipes, rear suspension all can cost between £500 and £1000 to fix.
Luckily mines had all the work done.
They are slightly nose heavy, but the engine is heavenly.
Expect 25-30mpg.
The crossfire is poo.
Cheers
M
They are great cars. Although they can throw large bills at you.
I think you should be ok to get one for 3k. Make sure that it has had its cambelt changed at around 60k miles, this can be a big bill, so people try to get rid before they have to do this. The rear suspension benefits from polybushing. Also the brakes can throw a large bill at you as well.
Buy a good one and you should be fine. Budget £500-£1000 per year for maintenance though just to be on the safe side.
My profile has some running costs etc in it.
Happy hunting
I think you should be ok to get one for 3k. Make sure that it has had its cambelt changed at around 60k miles, this can be a big bill, so people try to get rid before they have to do this. The rear suspension benefits from polybushing. Also the brakes can throw a large bill at you as well.
Buy a good one and you should be fine. Budget £500-£1000 per year for maintenance though just to be on the safe side.
My profile has some running costs etc in it.
Happy hunting
Be careful, there are some lemons around that will need lots spending to make good - that said I sold mine last year for 3.4k with loads of work done to it over the previous 5 years.
In the long run I recon you'd be better off spending 4k on one with sorted suspension, q2, new clutch, exhaust
In the long run I recon you'd be better off spending 4k on one with sorted suspension, q2, new clutch, exhaust
I bought a 53 plate GTV V6 late last year - Blue Lightning with tan leather, 17" Teledials, 12 months MOT, 9 months tax, new cambelt, FSH for just over 3k
There are some lemons but some great cars out there too.
I bought mine to replace another GTV V6 that just did not hit the spot with me in terms of the feeling of "rightness", the new one is perfect
Get a good one and they are wonderful
There are some lemons but some great cars out there too.
I bought mine to replace another GTV V6 that just did not hit the spot with me in terms of the feeling of "rightness", the new one is perfect
Get a good one and they are wonderful
_Batty_ said:
Expect 25-30mpg.
No don't (imo). If you enjoy the car at all and like hearing that engine (which you will) then I'd expect closer to 20mpg 
But my friend recently sold his for £2.5k and it was lovely. Really well looked after, desirable colour and spec (Alfa red with tan leather and aeropack) and it had a ragazzon exhaust that sounded fantastic.
Much classier interior than a lot of equivalents from the time (FTO, DC2, cougar etc) and all round a lovely car. Can be expense though if things break, swear my friend paid close to £500 when his wing mirror got knocked off by chavs
willttqs said:
there is also a private ad on auto trader for one at 3k with only 64,000 miles. sounds like it has been looked after. i will up tomorrow and try to go and see it. the engines are fantastic, but will look at upgrading the exhaust
Do think a decent exhaust upgrade transforms the sound of the car. My car sounded a fair bit better than my friend's GTV until he fitted his ragazzon, after that I couldn't even hear my car when I was driving behind him 
Sounded roughly like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfiwc9MbPIY
t, clutch was more ambiguous than a politician, but wound right up to 100000 billion RPM, well, if i had room id buy one willttqs said:
there is also a private ad on auto trader for one at 3k with only 64,000 miles. sounds like it has been looked after. i will up tomorrow and try to go and see it. the engines are fantastic, but will look at upgrading the exhaust
Bear in mind that a good exhaust system will probably be 75% or more of the value of the car Find one which already has a nice exhaust - much better idea.
Andy665 said:
I got a four tailpipe stainless exhaust fitted in December, cat back - lifetime guarantee - £400
Seems a bit cheaper ........ I guess it depends on what he values the cars at? If they are selling for 2.5k -> 3k then an exhaust system for £1800 seems pricey unless it's titanium?
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