Is this a good buy? What should I look out for?
Is this a good buy? What should I look out for?
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smiffy180

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180 months

Saturday 10th November 2012
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2009 Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.4 SZ4 with 1 owner and 65,000 miles. Asking price of £5800 from a dealer.

I was just browsing to see what I could get for my money and it popped up and just stood out! Its only 20 miles away from me and a 4x4 could be handy for winter. If I stuck an lpg conversion on it I would be seeing similar mpg as my 1.6 diesel focus now.
So what do we think?

m44kts

801 posts

230 months

Saturday 10th November 2012
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Would you be doing the miles to actually see any benefit of the LPG conversion? Surely it can't be that thirsty?

smiffy180

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Saturday 10th November 2012
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MajorTom said:
Overpriced.
What should I be looking at?

smiffy180

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Saturday 10th November 2012
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m44kts said:
Would you be doing the miles to actually see any benefit of the LPG conversion? Surely it can't be that thirsty?
Depends, I go to devon 3-4 times year, 600 mile round trip. Plus circa 12000 a year
I achieved 33mpg driving like miss daisy on town and quick blast on dual carriageway

carter711

1,849 posts

228 months

Saturday 10th November 2012
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It looks like a good price to me? I'm open to be proved wrong though!

smiffy180

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Saturday 10th November 2012
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MajorTom said:
smiffy180 said:
MajorTom said:
Overpriced.
What should I be looking at?
£4750 should buy that.
Okay cheers, if I were to buy it I was going to be cheeky and say 4500 anyway

carter711

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Saturday 10th November 2012
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I've just had a look around the usual places - ebay, autotrader etc and the one the OP is looking at seems very keenly priced.
I'm sure you can get them cheaper at auction as that's where the dealer probably got it from but coming with a warranty I'd say that's a good buy, and before reading this thread I didn't know that a decent looking 2009 4x4 could be bought for so little.


smiffy180

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Saturday 10th November 2012
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carter711 said:
I've just had a look around the usual places - ebay, autotrader etc and the one the OP is looking at seems very keenly priced.
I'm sure you can get them cheaper at auction as that's where the dealer probably got it from but coming with a warranty I'd say that's a good buy, and before reading this thread I didn't know that a decent looking 2009 4x4 could be bought for so little.
Forgot about auction! Ill have a look as theres one near me