selling a gsi vectra. but got a question ?

[markthebaker]

Right... this is my 1st post on here so im expecting all the people stuck up their own arses to moan ive posted in the wrong topic or to blah blah blah. (From previous experience when I made my 1 and only post on the evo forum, hopefully this isnt full of bell ends like that) If any1 does, I cant be bothered replying to it, but anyway, to people who will answer genuinely...
Ive got a vauxhall vectra sitting at home doing nothing, its a 2003 gsi (3.2 v6) all stock and havnt had the motivation to sell it, but I want it to be gone, the thing is, its un taxed so I know it will be hard to get rid of.
At 86k and with great exterior condition and not too bad interior, with no tax I want about 900 for it. (So if any1 wants it untaxed for that, let me know lol) but what I was wondering is...
If I was to completely strip it out, upgrade the suspension, fit lightweight wheels, a rollcage etc. And all the other essentials and turn it into a track car, how would this affect the value ? Would it be worth my investment to sell it on as a fresh track car ? Track car values seem to be quite high for what r basically just stock cars with all the added extras ripped out and some scaffolding thrown in the back. Any feedback ?

[LA167]

I wouldn't say that Vectra is something I'd want to track, put it on eBay as it is now. It's not worth the effort of stripping etc etc

[northwest monkey]

Not sure about the value, but if I was going to have a track car, it would be (a) one I'd been involved with setting up, and (b) not a Vectra. Nothing wrong with them as cars, but a large FWD car isn't what I'd go for.

Unless it's an ex BTCC one.

[itz_baseline]

Welcome. There's plenty of nice people around here who are helpful.

IMO it's not a good investment and you won't get back what you put into it.

Oh and I don't think it's such a massive issue not having tax...I would buy a car that doesn't have tax, but if its a concern why not stick 6 months on it and up your price to £1,100? Or take the tax out if negotiations aren't going as you want.

[markthebaker]

Not something id like to either, the chassis is awful and I know this but their was a reason behind me buying it which im not going into lol, the thing is, if I stripped it I could sell the interiour and everything and fit cheap bucket seats and get the money from all the interiour parts on top of the car

[TREMAiNE]

LA167 said:

I wouldn't say that Vectra is something I'd want to track, put it on eBay as it is now. It's not worth the effort of stripping etc etc

+1

[Roo]

You wouldn't get back the cost involved in doing it.

[RobM77]

I agree with the others. You can enjoy anything on track of course, but for all the effort you'll go to stripping the car and track prepping it you'd be better off starting with something better in the first place, like an old Golf GTi, MX5, MR2, or pretty much anything lightweight and nimble.

[markthebaker]

Thanks for the feedback, bought and sold cars before, know a lot about them but never had any kind of experience in track cars and got curious about it as their values seemed high, ill just give it a good clean up and throw it on ebay, just want it gone now.

[RobM77]

If you want a cheap car just for track use, you could look at ready prepared racing cars. For example, the first championship I raced in was the MG Metro Cup. The cars could lap a track about as quick as a standard Elise, handled very well when sorted (better than any standard road going FWD hot hatch) and cost about £5k to build. However, they barely make £2k secondhand. That's just an example, there are championships out there for most cars - look at the Saxo, MR2, MX5, Golf GTi, 205 GTi, Porsche 924 etc etc. Work out first if you need the car to be road legal though and factor in the cost amd practicality of making any non road legal cars road legal again.

[Al U]

I think there is a bit more to it than just removing the interior and selling it as a "track prepped vectra gsi". I know there are some idiots out there but personally if i was looking for a track car i would want something that's caged with harnesses. I think what you are trying to do is just remove the interior and claim that it's a track car because you have done so, if i saw it i'd just look at it as a vectra gsi with no interior so would want to pay considerably less for it than a standard one. In other words i'd sell it as it is and tax it so it appeals to a larger audience, good luck.

[J4CKO]

Ebay, good ad, 1p, no reserve, walk away for 7 days and 10 minutes.

[SystemParanoia]

if you're going to go through the effort of stripping.. strip it down to every single component part and sell them one by one.

you probably get £1800+ that way