Newbie with cash to spend

[Crazyhouse]

Hi all, new member here, go easy with me.

Current ride is a volvo C70 T5, new ride was to be a C30 T5 until a visit to the dentist a month ago. On route to said dentist I passed a garage selling what turned out to be a Monaro. I was hooked immediately. That was on a Thursday, on Saturday I went back to maybe buy it, and it was gone. It was for sale at £14,900. About three days later it has shown up in a garage three miles down the road with £2000 added to price. Now obviously I cannot buy this car knowing full well it was 2k cheaper the previous week. The car is in the PH classifieds at the moment.

So now after 2 weeks of lurking on these forums, searching the classifieds, autotrader, and the net, I am no closer to owning one.

One major problem is that a lot of available cars are down south, (I am in West Yorkshire) so have to be sure the cars I go see are the best available. This is where you guys (and gals) come in. Maybe you can recommend a car or two. I do have my eye on a couple. The red one at Research Arbarth which I think is way over priced and the blue one at Bayliss. Don't want black, and current car is silver, but do like red. I have seemed to come to the conclusion that if I can get a red 6.0ltr Vxr for about £15k/16k I will be happy as the preverbiale pig in do da's.

Sorry for the long first post, and Hi again to all.

[ringram]

Good luck mate, there are a few around so if you keep your eye out Im sure you will find something.
Also check out autotrader. Though I suggest you check the boot out first. Its about the size of my rear passenger footwell.
If you are ok with that cool. If not I suggest you try and find the even rarer 04 vxr as it has a huge boot.

[after_shock]

Your car history is scarily similar to mine, Volvo C70 T5, well had a few of them then a C30 T5 then a Monaro after a good few inbetween.

Good luck with the search.

[Crazyhouse]

after_shock said:

Your car history is scarily similar to mine, Volvo C70 T5, well had a few of them then a C30 T5 then a Monaro after a good few inbetween.

Good luck with the search.

Must admit, the T5 has been bullet proof for the last five years, that's why I was looking for another Volvo, but have now have been bitten by the monaro bug.

[herbie147]

Hi mate, what car was you eyeing up?

If you really want a Monaro distance shouldnt be no object. I picked up my Monaro last week and drove it 500 miles home

[Crazyhouse]

herbie147 said:

Hi mate, what car was you eyeing up?

If you really want a Monaro distance shouldnt be no object. I picked up my Monaro last week and drove it 500 miles home

The cars I am looking at at the moment

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1198560.htm is the one that jumped £2k for nothing.

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/599529.htm is one i have my eye on purely for the colour

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/VAUX... is the one I like the look of but think is over priced

[after_shock]

Crazyhouse said:

after_shock said:

Your car history is scarily similar to mine, Volvo C70 T5, well had a few of them then a C30 T5 then a Monaro after a good few inbetween.

Good luck with the search.

Must admit, the T5 has been bullet proof for the last five years, that's why I was looking for another Volvo, but have now have been bitten by the monaro bug.

Yeah mine were bomb proof aswell, ran one with 352bhp for 50k miles in 18 months never missed a beat!

[after_shock]

Crazyhouse said:

herbie147 said:

Hi mate, what car was you eyeing up?

If you really want a Monaro distance shouldnt be no object. I picked up my Monaro last week and drove it 500 miles home

The cars I am looking at at the moment

www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1198560.htm is the one that jumped £2k for nothing.

www.pistonheads.com/SALES/599529.htm is one i have my eye on purely for the colour

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ is the one I like the look of but think is over priced

That first one at shipley has been in at least 3-4weeks saw it a good while back but cant remember the price back then.

[Crazyhouse]

after_shock said:

That first one at shipley has been in at least 3-4weeks saw it a good while back but cant remember the price back then.

That is the price they put it on sale at. It was £14,990 at Sunwin the previous week. so would have probably tried to get it for £13,500

[after_shock]

Crazyhouse said:

after_shock said:

That first one at shipley has been in at least 3-4weeks saw it a good while back but cant remember the price back then.

That is the price they put it on sale at. It was £14,990 at Sunwin the previous week. so would have probably tried to get it for £13,500

Its the same pic and everything that I spotted a few weeks back, they using the sam photos at shipley?

Think you would be v lucky to get £1500 off a used car anywhere these days, far too few cars about for discounts of that order!

[Crazyhouse]

after_shock said:

Crazyhouse said:

after_shock said:

That first one at shipley has been in at least 3-4weeks saw it a good while back but cant remember the price back then.

That is the price they put it on sale at. It was £14,990 at Sunwin the previous week. so would have probably tried to get it for £13,500

Its the same pic and everything that I spotted a few weeks back, they using the sam photos at shipley?

Think you would be v lucky to get £1500 off a used car anywhere these days, far too few cars about for discounts of that order!

There were no photos when it was listed at Sunwin Motors. It appears motorhouse got the car from them, then inflated the price. £1500 was a bit large discount but I am a trier, and from Yorkshire

[S800VXR]

Crazyhouse said:

herbie147 said:

Hi mate, what car was you eyeing up?

If you really want a Monaro distance shouldnt be no object. I picked up my Monaro last week and drove it 500 miles home

The cars I am looking at at the moment

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1198560.htm is the one that jumped £2k for nothing.

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/599529.htm is one i have my eye on purely for the colour

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/VAUX... is the one I like the look of but think is over priced

If the last one (red 6ltr) is clean then thats not a bad price... IMHO

[Crazyhouse]

S800VXR said:

Crazyhouse said:

herbie147 said:

Hi mate, what car was you eyeing up?

If you really want a Monaro distance shouldnt be no object. I picked up my Monaro last week and drove it 500 miles home

The cars I am looking at at the moment

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1198560.htm is the one that jumped £2k for nothing.

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/599529.htm is one i have my eye on purely for the colour

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/VAUX... is the one I like the look of but think is over priced

If the last one (red 6ltr) is clean then thats not a bad price... IMHO

I thought it was a bit overpriced myself as compared to like

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1180555.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1081552.htm SOLD

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1042951.htm SOLD <- this sold before I had even picked up the phone

So you think maybe worth a visit then?

[007 VXR]

imho ... wait and get a 6.0vxr ...1st to are 5.7 ... but prices have benn going up over last 6 months ... by about 1.2k

Edited by 007 VXR on Sunday 6th September 23:32

[ringram]

Yeah Ive noticed things have not been dropping in price. Im thinking its a symptom of QE, you can only run the printing presses for so long before inflation starts to fly. Bloody C6's need to fall £10k too

[Crazyhouse]

007 VXR said:

imho ... wait and get a 6.0vxr ...1st to are 5.7 ... but prices have benn going up over last 6 months ... by about 1.2k

Edited by 007 VXR on Sunday 6th September 23:32

My heart is set on a 6.0vxr in red, and I am a very patient man. But being a tight git, I am finding it hard to justify over £17k for an 05/06 car when I could get a VXR8 for low 20's. ( btw I don't have £20k+, my max is £17k cash). I even have a buyer for my T5 who is prepared to wait.

[S800VXR]

As others have said, id not wait to buy one and the 6 ltr will be better unless you really need a big boot...

[007 VXR]

if you are going to mod the car start with a 6.0 vxr ...and if poss one that already has some mods .. will save you more in the long run .. ive if you have to spend more to get it ...
plus if you can find one from someone here .. you can be shore it has been looked after ... IMHO...dont rush ... sit and wait for a good one ..

[007 VXR]

if you can ..and have the time come down to the south east meet on the 20th of sept ... you will see what a lot of good cars look like and get to talk to some owners that know these cars well .... could help when you go and see a wrong one ...

[S800VXR]

Crazyhouse said:

007 VXR said:

imho ... wait and get a 6.0vxr ...1st to are 5.7 ... but prices have benn going up over last 6 months ... by about 1.2k

Edited by 007 VXR on Sunday 6th September 23:32

My heart is set on a 6.0vxr in red, and I am a very patient man. But being a tight git, I am finding it hard to justify over £17k for an 05/06 car when I could get a VXR8 for low 20's. ( btw I don't have £20k+, my max is £17k cash). I even have a buyer for my T5 who is prepared to wait.

You may as well compare the Monaro to an M5... totally different animals. Ones a coupe and individual, the other is more modern but 4 doors and more of a stock looking car.