GTS-R what's it worth ?

[count duckula]

I am seriously considering selling my GTS-R, wife has been made redundant and she will be needing our second car as her daily commute as much as I would love to take the HSV to work every day, we will not be able to afford it over a long period (she is getting a lower paid job).
I am not in rush to sell it as I know it may take a long time to sell.
So what does everyone think it is worth, 2001 GTS-R VT2 32,000 miles, great condition.
Looking at ebay the GTS's go for upto £15k, but on the hsv drivers club site
here they start at £16,500 but have been listed for a while.
Also Auto Trader have one for £19,995 at a dealers.

Opinions welcome, was hoping for £21k ish.

Malc

[sjc]

Malcolm,as you know I am extremely biased because thats my old car!, but I would have thought if you are in no great hurry,the £20K-£21K would be about right. Gutted you may have to sell,because I know it went to a good home. You sure there's no other way? The hardest bit will be explaining the differences between the the various models to the uninformed. Go on have another look at keeping it eh?

[A57 HSV]

Sorry to hear that you may have to sell your R Malc.
The silver car on Autotrader was my old car, has been for sale for months now, so presumably way overpriced.
See my comments on another thread re: Monaro prices etc.
Personally, I'd rather have a 4dr, but if I could buy a 1-2 yr old Monaro with warranty etc. for c.£20k why buy a car that was built in 1999/2000 for more money?
I know the R is much rarer etc. but unless you really wanted 4drs, a newer Monaro with a few mods. would make more sense IMO.
I'm not sure my car would fetch much over £20k if indeed that, which is another reason I'm holding on to it for the time being. The brakes cost me £4.5k, It's just not woth selling it for that money. But I'm hoping that the depreciation will slow down considerably over the next few years.
I don't think that prices have settled down at all yet & probably wont until 2-3 years after the current Monaro is no longer available new & the cars that were bought as co. motors or on a whim have passed on to enthusiasts.
The press have always sung the praises of all the HSV/Monaro based cars & I hope that they will become future classics with a sensible price plateau of above £10k for good examples.

[oe_cosgrove]

A57 HSV said:

I don't think that prices have settled down at all yet & probably wont until 2-3 years after the current Monaro is no longer available new & the cars that were bought as co. motors or on a whim have passed on to enthusiasts. The press have always sung the praises of all the HSV/Monaro based cars & I hope that they will become future classics with a sensible price plateau of above £10k for good examples.

My thoughts exactly, which is why I've decided to keep my GTS. Well said that man

[count duckula]

We have looked at all the options regarding keeping it, thought about a smart car ( seem a popular choice on here ) and can not afford to run 3 cars, it really is an ace car and will be sad to see it go. Don't fancy buying it back do you Andy

Malc