What's She Worth ?

[exitSTAGEAright]

Ok, so considering selling the turbobrick for something more boring (read sensible and cheaper to run). Apparently houses are worth a bit more in the long run than a car .. go figure !!

Keen to guage opinions of what I could get for the following

Car

1997 Series 1

Full Dayz Bodykit

102,000 Ks

Timing belt and water pump done, all new filters twice since importing, new sparkies.

full black leather interior

NO SUNROOF though

Silver colour

Mods

R34 Skyline sidemount intercooler upgrade

3" BOS stainless split dump pipe

3" catco metal cat - the highest flowing one

R32 TRUST cat back modded to fit

GTR fuel pump

S-AFC Neo computer

S-ITC computer

K&N Panel Filter

Tubotech boost controller set at 10psi

Currently pulling 153Kw at the wheels.

Pirelli Dragon tyres all round - less than 10,000 on them.

Asthetics

Clear front and side indicators

Series 2 tail lights

Pioneer MP3 and Bluetooth stereo

Blue LED dash globes

Rhino Roof racks if interested

Condition

Interior would be a 4 out of 5. A couple of scuff on the leather but otherwise sweet

Exterior was a 4 but there are some shopping centre scars now unfortunately. A few scratches and a scuff on the bumper, say a 3.5. Overall it is not bad, I am just pissed about the scratches.

Rear wing needs repainting as has sunburn on the top. Can't see unless you are a bird though !!

NSW rego till April.

This is a nice straight car, with sensible mods and definite potential to go further as all the supporting mods are in place for 200Kw atw. Just throw a fmic and a hi-flow turbo on it and you are done.

I looked for a while before importing this one, as leather is not that common. The Dayz kit looks the goods without being too low or impractical. Will be sorry to see it go as has served me well. A dream on long trips, it just eats up the road. Econony is good for a car of this size, especially with the current boost level (not sure why other people have trouble getting a decent fuel economy). I get 13-14 round town and 11 on the highway.

So .... what's she worth ???

[rb26stagea]

Ok, so considering selling the turbobrick for something more boring (read sensible and cheaper to run). Apparently houses are worth a bit more in the long run than a car .. go figure !!

Keen to guage opinions of what I could get for the following

Car

1997 Series 1

Full Dayz Bodykit

102,000 Ks

Timing belt and water pump done, all new filters twice since importing, new sparkies.

full black leather interior

NO SUNROOF though

Silver colour

Mods

R34 Skyline sidemount intercooler upgrade

3" BOS stainless split dump pipe

3" catco metal cat - the highest flowing one

R32 TRUST cat back modded to fit

GTR fuel pump

S-AFC Neo computer

S-ITC computer

K&N Panel Filter

Tubotech boost controller set at 10psi

Currently pulling 153Kw at the wheels.

Pirelli Dragon tyres all round - less than 10,000 on them.

Asthetics

Clear front and side indicators

Series 2 tail lights

Pioneer MP3 and Bluetooth stereo

Blue LED dash globes

Rhino Roof racks if interested

Condition

Interior would be a 4 out of 5. A couple of scuff on the leather but otherwise sweet

Exterior was a 4 but there are some shopping centre scars now unfortunately. A few scratches and a scuff on the bumper, say a 3.5. Overall it is not bad, I am just pissed about the scratches.

Rear wing needs repainting as has sunburn on the top. Can't see unless you are a bird though !!

NSW rego till April.

This is a nice straight car, with sensible mods and definite potential to go further as all the supporting mods are in place for 200Kw atw. Just throw a fmic and a hi-flow turbo on it and you are done.

I looked for a while before importing this one, as leather is not that common. The Dayz kit looks the goods without being too low or impractical. Will be sorry to see it go as has served me well. A dream on long trips, it just eats up the road. Econony is good for a car of this size, especially with the current boost level (not sure why other people have trouble getting a decent fuel economy). I get 13-14 round town and 11 on the highway.

So .... what's she worth ???

Quick sale: $10-11k

Not in a hurry: $13-14.5k

Waiting for it to be a classic:$16k+

[Stinky Rooster]

giving it to Dale for free - pricle$$

[rb26stagea]

.... Or you c ould just give it to Dale for free.....

[jippa]

remove your mods and sell em. just the easy ones to remove and convert to stock

[exitSTAGEAright]

thanks guys, anyone else care to make a suggestion ... or an offer ?!?!?!

I would have hoped for the $14k range really, but there are so many coming in now .. check out eBay there is like 30 there

Still, it DOES have leather interior !

[rb26stagea]

If the car's tidy, you'll probably get close to that, but you wouldn't want to be in a hurry to sell... I'm used to looking at siteslike j-spec/direct imported which are always cheaper than carsales, etc...

[pixel8r]

remove your mods and sell em. just the easy ones to remove and convert to stock

This wouldn't be worth it IMO. Just about any mod you remove from the engine/tuning side of things will require a re-tune, costing ~$150 - hardly worth it for the money you'd get back from the parts.

Its true mods dont add $$ to the car price (well not much anyway), but I still say that give it better value and may be the difference between getting a sale and not getting a sale.

I'm no good with selling price, but my general rule is, price it at somewhere around what YOU would pay if you saw one. People generally dont want to pay a fair price, they want a bargain. So getting what its worth has a lot to do with how much you perceive it is worth and how much it really is worth...

Every time I think of selling mine I come to the conclusion its worth a lot more to me than what anyone would pay so I may as well keep it. Plus I dont think any other car could replace it entirely. There would be compromises.

Even now I'm only spending maybe $20 more a week on fuel than if I owned a small car, and the benefits far outweigh that.

I'm more than happy to rent a house and own a good car. Its a lifestyle choice and for me the uncertain interest rates, house market, and so many other unknowns like white-ants etc make owning a house too risky. Each to their own hey