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I know your hearing this alot but If I could sell the hg monaro Ive for sale and get the cash together Id be very interested! It sounds like a wicked car!

No its the current market, as you'll see by reading back I started out over $24k back in April.

Its going cheap now because ultimately the stock engine will require a rebuild as is evident with the lowish compression figures which I'll know exactly tomorrow as its in the shop getting a compression test today.

Right now I dont have the time nor the money really to rebuild the engine and I dont really get time to play with toys much these days so the money is best spent on my house / paying the mortgage etc. Look at any mortgage calculator and workout how much interest you save after a lumpsum payment over the life of the loan. The savings in interest for me will be 89k and 1year and 10 months. Mortgages change everything. consider it a 7.5% guaranteed return on my $12k compunded for 30 years. Not to mention saving the 2k per year in rego and insuranaces.

I hope that answers your question.

Too bad you're not in Victoria....we could probably sell your car on consignment for way more than what you're asking.....

I'd have to talk to Jon about that first, though.....have you tried contacting other dealers in NSW to sell on consignment with them?

No its the current market, as you'll see by reading back I started out over $24k back in April.

Its going cheap now because ultimately the stock engine will require a rebuild as is evident with the lowish compression figures which I'll know exactly tomorrow as its in the shop getting a compression test today.

Right now I dont have the time nor the money really to rebuild the engine and I dont really get time to play with toys much these days so the money is best spent on my house / paying the mortgage etc. Look at any mortgage calculator and workout how much interest you save after a lumpsum payment over the life of the loan. The savings in interest for me will be 89k and 1year and 10 months. Mortgages change everything. consider it a 7.5% guaranteed return on my $12k compunded for 30 years. Not to mention saving the 2k per year in rego and insuranaces.

I hope that answers your question.

Just got the compression checked for all those interested:

125-125-125-125-120-115

Latest power run was 263rwkw @ 17psi boost.

$12k will buy it.

Serious buyers can look today and tomorrow until deposit taken.

Thanks for the PMs all answered I think.

The car has never been involved in any accidents.

No money is owing - I own it outright.

Paint has some minor scratches but otherwise looks good. Just been polished and looks mean.

Car is very clean and tidy, solid mechanicals esp. suspension = top of the range full adjustable Tein type flex with electronic in-cabin dampening adjustment: 16 levels of Soft -> hard front and back. this setup was $2600 for parts alone.

Those compression read outs don't look too bad.. Low numbers shouldn't be taken as a sign of wear and tear.. Evenness across the board with little variance is what you're looking for and 125-115 isn't tooo bad..

The market really is absolutely dead.. For turbo's that is..

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