Spotted A!

[monaro5.7]

Spotted a VXR8 white with the stripe down it on the A1 anyone come across this car and why he no coming to our meets

[mr nosiris]

hey mr 5.7 was jst wantin to kno if anyone had heard of a vxr ro for sale in coatbridge(SCOTLAND) for £14990 and do you think it would be wise to swap an 07 plate 5.7 "ro" with only 20,200miles on the clock for THE 55 plate vxr with 58000miles on the clock.

The brake pads seem a bit thin but i was assured that this would be fixed before sales.

Would it be worth my while to try sell my car private or jst forget the whole thing?

[monaro5.7]

mr nosiris said:

hey mr 5.7 was jst wantin to kno if anyone had heard of a vxr ro for sale in coatbridge(SCOTLAND) for £14990 and do you think it would be wise to swap an 07 plate 5.7 "ro" with only 20,200miles on the clock for THE 55 plate vxr with 58000miles on the clock.

The brake pads seem a bit thin but i was assured that this would be fixed before sales.

Would it be worth my while to try sell my car private or jst forget the whole thing?

nope dont know this car but i can ask the guys tomorrow if they know of it. Have u had a look at the car or should we go look at it for u?

I like the vxr Ro looks awsome

[mr nosiris]

It does look in real good con but it was wet today and (they} say thats the worst way too view a car because the wet hides all the sins or somthin

i just thought that because when i was in the market for a monaro and really wanted a vxr i settled for my awesome almost brand new at the time cv8 (For insurance purposes only) that a car dealer would happily take a trade in for some newer aussie muscle that is easier to insure and would appeal to younger drivers

[Well_Fans]

evening, waved at you the other week ryan at the lights outside almada st - was in the astra, assume that was your boy in the passenger seat? Your car and the 55 plate would have been built probably at the same time give or take a few months. It'll be cheaper to tax than yours but possibly dearer to insure. 58k miles aint a lot on these cars, should be good for a couple of hundred thousand miles. You do gain a lot of "extras" as you're getting a HSV spec instead of Holden spec so better brakes, suspension, seats, 6.0ls2 etc Definitely get more for yours selling privately - trade ins are crap, circa 10k for a slightly older same model of yours with not many more miles from one recent example. If you want someone else to take a look be happy to pop along with you, maybe spot something you missed in the excitement Why arent you down to come through to Edinburgh tomorrow evening anyway, cant you get away for a couple of hours?

[mr nosiris]

Hey mr fans whats happnin tommorow in Edinburgh?Im workin in Edinburgh tommorow at the new stem sell researh building just next to the infirmary prob be there till about three o clock is there a meet goin on? I thought you had sold up and forgot all about the muscle car scene (ASIF) That was my nephew i had with me on saturday i defo thought was you though bcoz i just noticed your car as you went past.Is the beast on the road yet?

[monaro5.7]

mr nosiris said:

Hey mr fans whats happnin tommorow in Edinburgh?Im workin in Edinburgh tommorow at the new stem sell researh building just next to the infirmary prob be there till about three o clock is there a meet goin on? I thought you had sold up and forgot all about the muscle car scene (ASIF) That was my nephew i had with me on saturday i defo thought was you though bcoz i just noticed your car as you went past.Is the beast on the road yet?

There is a meet today (sat) in Edinburgh at 7.30 where there might be a VXR Ro. Welcome to come and have a look.

[Well_Fans]

Simons got a few of us getting together in the evening for a chat and a coffee, not until around 7:30pm though, theres a thread about it on here somewhere. I'm dropping off his new lights as well, hell we could fit them in the car park if the chat gets too dull lol. Good to see you're working a bit closer to home these days.

Waiting on my tax disc arriving, paid it earlier this week so car is ready to get back out there. Slight problem I have though is I may not get to drive it for another 4 weeks - her indoors will have to drive me through this evening so it'll probably be in the Astra, she's not confident about driving the Monaro. If all goes okay I may get all clear on Monday which will save me from public transport for the next month.

[eztiger]

mr nosiris said:

It does look in real good con but it was wet today and (they} say thats the worst way too view a car because the wet hides all the sins or somthin

i just thought that because when i was in the market for a monaro and really wanted a vxr i settled for my awesome almost brand new at the time cv8 (For insurance purposes only) that a car dealer would happily take a trade in for some newer aussie muscle that is easier to insure and would appeal to younger drivers

I had a look at this a few times when I was buying. Even tried to buy it.

It looked in fine condition, all documents and paperwork were there.

I didn't actually drive it as come the crunch they refused to let me unless I agreed their price beforehand.

To my mind it's overpriced for the mileage and compared to what's going on elsewhere. For the same price or up to 1k over you can get far lower mileage ones from the classifieds.

They refused to budge on price much but would go down to 14.5, so make sure you get that at least.

I wanted 13.5...14 at a push but they weren't interested in meeting halfway.

It's been up for sale for quite a while, and they had a buyer but he ended up trying to buy it using a stolen card.

There are quite a few stone chips around the front and lots more repaired with lumpy touch up paint, which you'd expect - but definitely see it in the dry in the light of day. First visit I saw it was whilst raining and I couldn't see any of the stone chips and thought it was in incredible condition for the mileage. Next visit was in the dry and it was a let down.

Still good condition, but get a good look - especially for the price!

When I went cash in hand to actually try and buy it was in their workshop being cleaned. I had asked for a test drive so he brought it out. As soon as he started it up in the workshop he was revving the nuts off it whilst driving it the 10 feet out onto the forecourt 'sounds great doesn't it - err yes, even better if it was warmed up. It's a little thing, but if he does that everytime he gets in it from cold...makes me wonder how well it's been treated in their care.

Ultimately I walked for a combo of the price and I didn't like their attitude.

They wanted 14.5, I offered 13.5 There is a clear middle ground there that I was willing to go to but they weren't interested in offering it. As soon as they realised I wasn't paying their ticket price the test drive offer was revoked and car put back in the workshop. Had they let me drive it there's a very good chance I may have bended and bought it at their price given it's very hard not too fall in love with these cars. But again, not interested. He got fairly shirty when he realised I was not just going to hand over their asking price without a bit of haggling and I very nearly told him where he could stick his car. Not a pleasant experience.

My advice - poor attitude from the garage if things don't go their way, questionable treatment of car, high mileage and overpriced.

Do better than I did and get a better price on it, or go further afield and pick up a better value one. If you're trading in a cv8 for it I'd definately go further afield and wait for one of the specialists down south to offer a better deal. Time is on your side!

[mr nosiris]

Thanx for the replys lads sorry it took me so long to get back to you.I was tryin to reply on my iphone but every time i tried to post it i just got a msg saying that a fault had occured and the technical team had been informed.I think it was more to do with my phone though. Has anyone else had problems like that lately?

Hope the meet went ok on sarurday i never got home from work till about half five that night and the thought of a return trip to edinburgh did'nt sound to great ZZZZzzz.

(Eztiger) I know exactly what your talkin about with the attitude of the salesman i felt kinda pissed off when i came back out (little er). The whole reason i went in was because it was a car showroom and usually when you go to a real car dealer lookin for a trade in they wouldn't tell you to go and sell your car private and then come back and see them with the ready's that just seems i bit cheeky to me. So even now if i did have someone biting my hand off to buy my car there's no way i'd be taking my money there.I was thinking if they knocked back the money you took down with you and said they weren't budging on the price it's because they might of had their fingers burned on the price.Ohwell good luck to them but i dont think that it'll be selling anytime soon.
Are you from lanarkshire yourself? i dont think i've seen you on here before

[monaro5.7]

mr nosiris said:

Thanx for the replys lads sorry it took me so long to get back to you.I was tryin to reply on my iphone but every time i tried to post it i just got a msg saying that a fault had occured and the technical team had been informed.I think it was more to do with my phone though. Has anyone else had problems like that lately?

Hope the meet went ok on sarurday i never got home from work till about half five that night and the thought of a return trip to edinburgh did'nt sound to great ZZZZzzz.

(Eztiger) I know exactly what your talkin about with the attitude of the salesman i felt kinda pissed off when i came back out (little er). The whole reason i went in was because it was a car showroom and usually when you go to a real car dealer lookin for a trade in they wouldn't tell you to go and sell your car private and then come back and see them with the ready's that just seems i bit cheeky to me. So even now if i did have someone biting my hand off to buy my car there's no way i'd be taking my money there.I was thinking if they knocked back the money you took down with you and said they weren't budging on the price it's because they might of had their fingers burned on the price.Ohwell good luck to them but i dont think that it'll be selling anytime soon.
Are you from lanarkshire yourself? i dont think i've seen you on here before

Thats ok mate

There will be another meet soon in April i will post date up soon. Iam without ma car for a week tho in April but would be nice th have some new faces there. You do know we got a road trip planned in May to meet some of the souther softies