what price can i put on my car

[250club]

SORRY IF THIS IS IN THE WRONG SECTION

hi guys im considering selling my car to fund my eh wagon project as there is no way i will be able to afford 3 regos a year. my car is a vt clubsport series 2red just been proffesionally detailed always garaged 6 speed manual 5.7 gen 3 custom painted engine cover all orginal hsv mags spare tyre in boot is original never been on the road only steel rim not a mag 124xxx thousand klms which in my opinion is great for a 9 year old car has hsv extractors (standard) 2.5 inch twin cat back xforce exhaust ss inductions maf pipe larger and a ss inductions air intake( i know they are worth crap) thats why i have just bought an OTR intake still new in box... brand new slotted and drilled rotors and pads just fitted 2 weeks ago full log book history.... also 12 months ago it had new fuel pump, 2 new oxygen sensors,new oil switch new power steering pump it has msd ignition leads k&n filter im sure there is more but cant remember it all of the top of my head im not sure what price to put on it if anyone can give me an idea of money i will try put some photos up tomorrow thanks also i have just put 12 months rego on it a week ago

[vuss383]

This will not make you happy , but a mate of mine sold his 2 months ago for $9.5K . Had just under 200K on it & was a very clean car .

I guess have a look in the trading post & online to get a general idea of what they are selling for or moreso what people are asking .

Troy

[BennyMac]

$14k-16k REDBOOK (http://www.redbook.com.au/used-cars/details.aspx?R=71393&__Qpb=true&Cr=0&__Ns=p_Make_String%7c0%7c%7cp_ClassificationType_S tring%7c0%7c%7cp_Family_String%7c0%7c%7cp_Year_Str ing%7c1%7c%7cp_SequenceNum_Int32%7c0&silo=1300&__N=2994%202952%204294955531%204294843436%20429496 5872&__Nne=15&seot=1&acv=uUjX3ocMAXc.&trecs=12&gmid=2815261&__sid=1214857D509D)

Ben

[leadfoot]

red book will have the answer you r looking 4

[WOT]

Carsales is the easiest place to compare the specific model you're selling. All the others do a crap job differentiating between all the model designations eg VT VX etc

[250club]

thanks i would love to get 18 grand but i guess no hope for that stupid questions what the point of buyin a hsv if they depreciate just as much as a commodore would

i think i will just have to put a price on it and see what offers come along

[SSKIDD]

What ive found is that redbook prices are way under what people/dealers are asking. Ive often wondered if the redbook gets its prices from the ammount people put on their rego/notice of disposal when they change hands?
Anyone able to shed more light here?

[macca33]

thanks i would love to get 18 grand but i guess no hope for that stupid questions what the point of buyin a hsv if they depreciate just as much as a commodore would

i think i will just have to put a price on it and see what offers come along
Well, the car is 9 years old and would've cost around $55k when new, so that's life.

I think putting $15-16k on it and see if there are any bites, then lower the price from there.

It is a buyers market - especially for V8s in these times of financial restraint.

cheers

[R8CHEV]

i think red book prices are discusting low... always have been....
i think of redbook as one of the main reasons why the arse falls out of second hand car prices because trade ins arnt worth shit to dealers.... so they offer **** all...
back when i bought my car before this one.... it was a vx ss, i shopped around for a while and at the time i paid 26 for it and that was a VERY GOOD price... my mate had the exact same car as me color and everything, only differnce was that his has 20k less on the clock... he went to trade it like a month later and red book said it was worth 13k!!!......
even now my clubby is worth not even over 20 apparently at best....... theres not a chance in hell id sell it under 20 k what a joke......

brett

[Speedy Gonzales]

9.5K-11K trade in, you are better off selling privately but you already knew that.

Its a tough market for V8s, new car prices being low has made it extremely difficult for used cars.

Put it up in the forum for sale section you might be in luck or you could try selling it overseas, which is what I would do if it were my car.

[1340LOCO]

A friend just picked up a vx r8 for $13k in great condition and around 120,000 kms. Its a buyers market for sure and you will be lucky to get anywhere near 15k, no offence intended.

[heavychevy]

i think red book prices are discusting low... always have been....
i think of redbook as one of the main reasons why the arse falls out of second hand car prices because trade ins arnt worth shit to dealers.... so they offer **** all...


Redbook does not influence the market. The Market dictates the price..

From Redbook:

How does RedBook arrive at the vehicle prices it quotes?

RedBook's price guides are derived from extensive research which encompasses obtaining details of sales through auction houses and motor dealers all around Australia, from vehicle manufacturers, from monitoring the classifed advertising in every major publication in Australia and from actual field research. This vast volume of data is reviewed by RedBook's expert pricing panel and adjustments made. Each month RedBook changes around 30,000 prices in its database of over 50,000 vehicles.

[250club]

thanks guys no offence taken either i know its a hard market out there its just so annoying when your passionate about cars and they arent worth a thing... i bought my car 3 years ago for 22 grand from a dealer it had 95 thousand klms on it now 3 years later with 124 thousand its insured for more than redbook values it for when i bought it my insurer valued it at 24,500 now its down to 18 grand oh well better have a talk with the missus....

[heavychevy]

Know how you feel mate. I have the same vintage and paid 50k new.

Just hit 100k and given the money I've recently spent on it, it's a keeper for a while yet. For what it's worth, I haven't tired of the VTii Clubby styling.

You've recently put some maintenance dollars into yours too, I would hold onto it.

And post up some pics too! :)

[redvxr8clubby]

So you paid $22,000 3 years ago, if you got $16,000 for it now that's a $2000 loss in 3 years, that's pretty good ($40 a week). Even if you let it go for $14,500 thats $2500 per year still not that bad ($50 week). I bought a new VS exec in 1997 for around $30,000 ($29,000 plus onroads from memory). Really after 12 years nobody wants them - only worth a few thousand - I only have 140,000 k on it (maybe I might get $3500 for it private sale with the k's being pretty good), so thats 12 years and about $26,000 loss - again a bit over $2,000 a year. To get lower depreciation you would have to buy say a 4 cyl car at around $20,000 - if you sell it in 10 years for say $5000 your depreciation is $1500 a year. Your depreciation was never going to be less than $2000 per year. Advertise it private somewhere along the lines Macca33 said, and see how you go - my feeling was somewhere around $16,000 at the most - if you got say $16,500 you would be doing extremely well. For your $40 - $50 week you have had the pleasure of having a HSV for 3 years not that bad a deal.

[SS Enforcer]

I reckon about 15 grand would be a good price for the Vt clubby maybe a tad more if it's in exceptional nick. I bought my Vy R8 for 22 which is a good buy I think.

Just an observation here and that is we all want to buy our cars cheaply but want top dollar when we sell em. I think the Op paying 22k for his car of a dealer and even if he sells it for 13k privately is doing pretty good really. 3 grand depreciation a year is pretty acceptable if you ask me.

cheers

[250club]

thanks for the replys im going to take some photos today

[VTR8Clubby]

I've got exactly the same car with 83,000km's in immaculate condition. I paid $24k 2 years ago and I think I would still get around $18k for it.(I'm in W.A. though). Any car that's 9+ years old, with low k's and in genuinely immaculate condition is always going to get a good price as most have been trashed. When I was looking for mine, I was also looking at VX's, and I after looking at 6 or 7 I hadn't seen one that I would say was in good condition, let alone immaculate as my VT is.

[planetdavo]

Unfortunately mate, things that you might feel add value to it don't.
New fuel pumps, o2 sensors, brakes etc are really just an indication of a used car, not one "potentially" better than other ones. Same goes for being detailed. People expect that anyway, as anyone that doesn't clean the car up for sale is simply an idiot with no idea.
Saying that though, the BIGGEST issue is simply the number of models released since yours came out. Each one drops the price even more.
Just check as many of the various sites/publications as you can. We can all say whatever prices we want, but any car is only worth what the person who buys it will actually pay you for it...:teach:

[VTR8Clubby]

We can all say whatever prices we want, but any car is only worth what the person who buys it will actually pay you for it...:teach:

That's sort of my point. If there is someone looking for a particular car and most are in poor condition, they will happily pay a bit of a premium to pick up one that has obviously been looked after. I've even seen vr-vs Clubbys going for around $15k in good condition. There just isn't many nice ones left.

[planetdavo]

That's sort of my point. If there is someone looking for a particular car and most are in poor condition, they will happily pay a bit of a premium to pick up one that has obviously been looked after. I've even seen vr-vs Clubbys going for around $15k in good condition. There just isn't many nice ones left.
True.
This is a difficult market to pin down though unless advertising a highish price and seeing if anyone actually bites.
Saying this, the OP "appears" to have joined this site with perhaps the express intention of flushing out a buyer for his car via a generically worded feeler with a lot of detail...:hide:

[250club]

True.
This is a difficult market to pin down though unless advertising a highish price and seeing if anyone actually bites.
Saying this, the OP "appears" to have joined this site with perhaps the express intention of flushing out a buyer for his car via a generically worded feeler with a lot of detail...:hide:

i didnt join to find a buyer for my car... obviously now isnt a great time for selling v8s i was just curious on peoples opinion on prices for my model car.

[HSV_CRUZN]

I have an immaculate VT R8, full options, m6 , leather etc etc, low klms, vx gts 19's etc, books, i paid 18k with 10 months reg in march 2008, have been offered 20k on 2 occasions since.

I wouldnt part with a vt2 clbsport for under 14k. if sumbody wants that particular model car they will pay a reasonablle price, if they have no set demographic and would simply just be happy owning a car they see, they will offer a lower price

[redvxr8clubby]

$20K is an excellent price for a VT2 R8. I have a VX R8 M6 (2000 build, 1st reg April 2001 about 86,000 k's now) I was doubtful it would be possible to get $20,000 for it now (paid $27,000 3 years ago - it is in excellent condition), $21,000 would be an excellent price - $2,000 per year loss - I was thinking $19,000 would be about best possible. Having said all that, it's a great car and I don't really want to sell - I was made redundant 3 weeks ago and I only drive the Clubby on a Sunday, so selling might be the sensible thing to do - but I love it and don't want to loose it.

[the big fist]

Check on carsales what others are selling for.
My 2002 vx clubby black manual, ripshift, tex, cam, exhaust etc etc sold for $21 after being up for about 3 months.
I saw others down at $17,18 still unsold for a stock vx clubby.