Pricing, Madness!

[StefanVXR8]

Prices of the VXR8's never cease to amaze me, on Autotrader there is a 35,000 mile absolutely bog standard VXR8 for a smidge under £21k and yet for just over £1,500 more you can get a Supercharged one with Wortec exhaust and lowering kit with a third of the mileage on the same 2009 year!

Are prices on the up again? How about the Monaro's? Prices for those coming up too?

Stef

Edited by StefanVXR8 on Sunday 22 June 18:51

[jonnM]

People are waking up to the fact that the era of cars like ours is coming to an end, and will probably never return. I expect prices of VXR8's, Monaro's, C63 AMG's, V8 M3's, V10 M5's etc to start rising. There will never be anymore like them

[ringram]

The main point isnt the price its the waste of money that mods represent..
Hence why keeping them to a min to meet your requirements is best

[karl_h]

jonnM said:

People are waking up to the fact that the era of cars like ours is coming to an end, and will probably never return. I expect prices of VXR8's, Monaro's, C63 AMG's, V8 M3's, V10 M5's etc to start rising. There will never be anymore like them

Exactly why I've bought mine and the running costs of the competition were silly in comparison. I was very cautious of future values before signing up but I'm quietly confident that they will stay pretty stable now.

[stevieturbo]

StefanVXR8 said:

Prices of the VXR8's never cease to amaze me, on Autotrader there is a 35,000 mile absolutely bog standard VXR8 for a smidge under £21k and yet for just over £1,500 more you can get a Supercharged one with Wortec exhaust and lowering kit with a third of the mileage on the same 2009 year!

Are prices on the up again? How about the Monaro's? Prices for those coming up too?

Stef

Edited by StefanVXR8 on Sunday 22 June 18:51

What people ask, and what may actually get paid...arent always the same, or even remotely close.

And some may deem a nice factory standard car to have more value than a modified one, which could have the potential for more expensive problems further down the line.

[007 VXR]

ringram said:

The main point isnt the price its the waste of money that mods represent..
Hence why keeping them to a min to meet your requirements is best

[jonnM]

stevieturbo said:

What people ask, and what may actually get paid...aren't always the same, or even remotely close.

[StefanVXR8]

Yeah, I kind of partly agree on the mods bit, certainly lots of factory options are worth bugger all when selling, however I thought that proven performance mods would command a slightly better price certainly in respect of work done by the likes of Monkfish, Wortec or Walky. Don't get me wrong though, I totally understand that rarely you'll get back what you paid.

I also understand that some people prefer totally unmolested examples.

Then of course you get chancers like the standard model I mentioned with 35K on the clock which is way over priced compared to what else is for sale at present.

Stef

[badboyburt]

This is one of the reasons mine remains slightly modded, just exhaust, LS7 clutch and a few bits of trim dipped and the wheels powder coated.

Although that said not sure when im selling as I bought it to enjoy it for a year, 5yrs on im still enjoying it.

[ARAF]

StefanVXR8 said:

Yeah, I kind of partly agree on the mods bit, certainly lots of factory options are worth bugger all when selling, however I thought that proven performance mods would command a slightly better price certainly in respect of work done by the likes of Monkfish, Wortec or Walky. Don't get me wrong though, I totally understand that rarely you'll get back what you paid.

I also understand that some people prefer totally unmolested examples.

Then of course you get chancers like the standard model I mentioned with 35K on the clock which is way over priced compared to what else is for sale at present.

Stef

Fewer people are buying private at the moment.

[StefanVXR8]

ARAF said:

StefanVXR8 said:

Yeah, I kind of partly agree on the mods bit, certainly lots of factory options are worth bugger all when selling, however I thought that proven performance mods would command a slightly better price certainly in respect of work done by the likes of Monkfish, Wortec or Walky. Don't get me wrong though, I totally understand that rarely you'll get back what you paid.

I also understand that some people prefer totally unmolested examples.

Then of course you get chancers like the standard model I mentioned with 35K on the clock which is way over priced compared to what else is for sale at present.

Stef

Fewer people are buying private at the moment.

Yeah, makes sense when there's no options for warranty and financing. Likewise it's much easier to offload to a dealer than sell privately too, a lot less hassle!

Stef

[r8black]

If there were two cars similar for sale one with lots of mods and one bog standard to me it's a no brainier
The bog standard one will be modifired with the new owner I'm sure

Modifired every time saves you doing it yourself

[preciousmetal]

ARAF said:

StefanVXR8 said:

Yeah, I kind of partly agree on the mods bit, certainly lots of factory options are worth bugger all when selling, however I thought that proven performance mods would command a slightly better price certainly in respect of work done by the likes of Monkfish, Wortec or Walky. Don't get me wrong though, I totally understand that rarely you'll get back what you paid.

I also understand that some people prefer totally unmolested examples.

Then of course you get chancers like the standard model I mentioned with 35K on the clock which is way over priced compared to what else is for sale at present.

Stef

Fewer people are buying private at the moment.

+1 - buyers who are new to the HSV bug are cautious when buying. And a £20k car normally involves a PX (quite often quirky) and also finance/HP and want a warranty dealer back up

[bigunit00]

StefanVXR8 said:

Yeah, makes sense when there's no options for warranty and financing. Likewise it's much easier to offload to a dealer than sell privately too, a lot less hassle!

Stef

How is the sale of your black car going then? I see its still on ph. Hopefully not too many tyre kickers and time wasters......though I may be getting the impression this hasn't been the case.

[StefanVXR8]

r8black said:

If there were two cars similar for sale one with lots of mods and one bog standard to me it's a no brainier
The bog standard one will be modifired with the new owner I'm sure

Modifired every time saves you doing it yourself

Yup, my thoughts too. Unfortunately nobody else seems to think the same, can't get rid of mine no matter how hard I try and I think mines a bargain compared to the standard ones for sale! You'd think a mint ultra low mileage dealer fitted supercharged LS3 with the right additional mods of Wortec exhaust and lowering springs would be a popular car.

I will be offloading mine next week hopefully. I think the last time I lost this much on a car in under 12 months was when MG Rover went bust and I got caught over a barrel with my fully loaded top spec MG ZT! Just as well I won't need a car in Oz, can't bloody afford one now!

Stef

[StefanVXR8]

bigunit00 said:

StefanVXR8 said:

Yeah, makes sense when there's no options for warranty and financing. Likewise it's much easier to offload to a dealer than sell privately too, a lot less hassle!

Stef

How is the sale of your black car going then? I see its still on ph. Hopefully not too many tyre kickers and time wasters......though I may be getting the impression this hasn't been the case.

Apart from a fellow member here who's trying his best to line himself up to buy mine, yup, had a few people wasting my time unfortunately.

Stef

[ringram]

If you want some feedback on the ad

You could probably upgrade the pics a bit. Some look a bit crusty.
There are no rear seat, boot or wide under bonnet shots.

Also I lay out all the paperwork and keys to show there is a load of history available. Unless of course you have no such paperwork!?

From my POV I wouldnt want to see the aftermarket guff hung off the dash. If you can remove it for some clean interior pics it would be better IMO.

My irrelevant 2p

[StefanVXR8]

ringram said:

If you want some feedback on the ad

You could probably upgrade the pics a bit. Some look a bit crusty.
There are no rear seat, boot or wide under bonnet shots.

Also I lay out all the paperwork and keys to show there is a load of history available. Unless of course you have no such paperwork!?

From my POV I wouldnt want to see the aftermarket guff hung off the dash. If you can remove it for some clean interior pics it would be better IMO.

My irrelevant 2p

Cheers. I'll bear that in mind.

Stef

[Wolfracer]

If I had the cash together, I'd buy that off you tomorrow, well, later today anyhow...
I'm looking for a VXR8, but want to buy it more or less out right, rather than finance - I have enough of that already.
So, I'm still saving.
It's a great looking/specced motor mate. Someone will have it soon, no doubt.
In fact, if I were to say I want it, for sure... it'll be sold to someone else by the time I log back on. Mark my words...

Ex Ro owner missing 4 cylinders...