Take everything off that you think you can re-sell or reuse - a dealer won't pay you a cent more for your modifications. They may want to pay less, because after-market brakes etc indicate you are an enthusiast (and might like track days or driving with "spirit").

You can not have it both ways,

sellers getting great selling prices and buyers of used getting great bargains.

 

As to anyone buying a used vRS needing their heads examined,

if they know what they want, do their research and buy wisely and they are getting 'Much Cheapness' for what they want,

it is hardly anyone elses place to comment on their sanity.

 

So many seem to just try getting digs in at a car they do not rate, and have no interest in buying themselves,

it is amazing how many do slag cars they have not owned, they just read about.

Well said, George - xman's "heads examined" comment is quite insulting. I bought a used vRS and having been a member here since 2009 I knew what I was getting into - and have no regrets. Critics completely overlook the value to be had - and if you then have the car for three or four years there's not much to be lost on a per annum basis.

Out of interest I occasionally get a valuation from WBAC and WWAC and I'm always pleasantly surprised (even allowing for them knocking a bit off).

TBH anyone buying a second hand VRS needs their head examined

Feel free to come examine mine, I bought a used VRS and as it stands was a great decision, much fun had for not much money.

Felt sad trading it in.

It cracks me up when people complain about their cars losing value over time What else do you expect?? Look at large engine BMW's and Merc's - they loose something like 40-50% of their value in 3 years - surely that indicates how crap they are, no? Lower end beemers, like 3 year old 520d estates with 60k on the clock and not many extras in auto can be had from 16k-20k where new they cost 32k - shock and horror!

A new car is an expensive thing to purchase since by the act of driving few yards off the forecourt you already lost few grand, just like that!

Some write that it is insanity to buy a second hand vRS twincharger, not entirely sure why? Staying with 5-series they are ticking time bombs in comparison! Snapping cam chains, ingested swirl flaps just to name tho most prominent ones. Oil usage compared with those faults is trivial!

Another thing which cheeses me off is people being lazy and going for trade-in/part-ex and complaining about how crap money they got this way for their car. Sell private and you will be shocked how much more money you will get. Granted, you will have to develop a thick hide as all the buyers will be hell bent on describing your car back to you as a rolling death trap of a rust bucket on wheels with an asthmatic engine on its last legs, non-existent suspension and body work looking like bodged Cat-D repair lol. If you are wise to it and have patience you will be rewarded. As with all things, unfortunately you have to work for your money I am afraid

 

Rant over

Exactly!

It's just the way it is, Cars are not houses, they don't go up in value, they only go down.

It cracks me up when people complain about their cars losing value over time What else do you expect?? Look at large engine BMW's and Merc's - they loose something like 40-50% of their value in 3 years - surely that indicates how crap they are, no? Lower end beemers, like 3 year old 520d estates with 60k on the clock and not many extras in auto can be had from 16k-20k where new they cost 32k - shock and horror!

I think this is due to the large running costs compared to the smaller engined variants.

A 540 n such can be had for next to nothing. But taxing n running will be expensive. Well equipped though.

Id have one tbf. Seems as i dont do many miles. It wouldnt be too bad.

I dont think youd lose much either. They've lost most of what they're going to lose IMO.

A mate lost more in one year on a Beemer than I paid for my vRS in the first place.

 

If I worried about depreciation I'd just have kept the Lupo GTi I sold in 2009 (if it had lost anything since it would have been buttons given its condition, rarity and my annual mileage) but sometimes a change is as good as a rest.

People always have the choice of leasing some £16,000-£18,000 car for 3 years,

maybe put in £400 First Payment and 35 x £200 = £7,400 & you hand it back in 3 years.

 

Or buy a near 3 year old £7,500- £8,000 vRS today,

Just going or out of Manufacturers Warranty, New MOT, Service it, £250,

put a 2 Year Extended Warranty now, and one when it is 5 years old. (you might even get a 3 year old with 2 Years Warranty still running)

 

In 3 years it will still have some value for the £8000-£9,000 it cost with 3 Services, MOTs, Road Tax. 

£9,000 and a fun car for 3 years.

You might keep it or pass it on, as many do with cars that have paid their way.

Edited 8 January, 201511 yr by goneoffSKi

If I could afford to run two cars I would as imo my vRS is worth every penny. Easy to drive normally and makes great progress when asked to and it's a good one. But I know if I did the other car would sit in the cwtch back home and hardly move while I'd still use the vRS as a daily. Defeats the object of getting something else.

You may very well see a for sale thread in the future with a few other bits and pieces. Have a few weeks to decide yet if I should definitely go for the other car I've seen but breaks a hard coded rule to do it.

Exactly!

It's just the way it is, Cars are not houses, they don't go up in value, they only go down.

I disagree. Try and buy a old Australian or American muscle car now. They are worth 10x more now then when they first hit the show rooms. 

 

In the end the VRS will start to hold its value, although that could still be 5 to 10 years from now.....lol.

I disagree. Try and buy a old Australian or American muscle car now. They are worth 10x more now then when they first hit the show rooms.

In the end the VRS will start to hold its value, although that could still be 5 to 10 years from now.....lol.

Exactly,

I disagree. Try and buy a old Australian or American muscle car now. They are worth 10x more now then when they first hit the show rooms. 

 

In the end the VRS will start to hold its value, although that could still be 5 to 10 years from now.....lol.

 

 

Exactly,

 

 

I'm afraid I disagree with you both,

 

Not every car will go up in value. Muscle cars as you mentioned have as they are now seen as a classic desirable car as they were and still are something special.

 

Not every car is seen as something special, you don't see many people carriers going up in value?

 

Yes it will hold it's value eventually, but that will be it's scraping value. (Not meant in a nasty way)

 

I'm afraid a Skoda shopping cart with a nippy engine (I used to own one, don't flame me) will not fall into the same bracket...... :-p 90% + of cars produced now won't.

I'm afraid I disagree with you both,

Not every car will go up in value. Muscle cars as you mentioned have as they are now seen as a classic desirable car as they were and still are something special.

Not every car is seen as something special, you don't see many people carriers going up in value?

Yes it will hold it's value eventually, but that will be it's scraping value. (Not meant in a nasty way)

I'm afraid a Skoda shopping cart with a nippy engine (I used to own one, don't flame me) will not fall into the same bracket...... :-p 90% + of cars produced now won't.

Ohh I agree with you that a 1.4/1.9 shopping cart isn't going up in price one bit, something like a Mustang will go up but on these you're always losing money

I disagree. Try and buy a old Australian or American muscle car now. They are worth 10x more now then when they first hit the show rooms.

In the end the VRS will start to hold its value, although that could still be 5 to 10 years from now.....lol.

In the end itll hold it yes.

But by then itll not be worth much.

Ohh I agree with you that a 1.4/1.9 shopping cart isn't going up in price one bit, something like a Mustang will go up but on these you're always losing money

But if youve got 1 car to do everything and cant have a second one. A mustang isnt suitable. N what you put in it in fuel will be a fortune, so will insurance, tax, tyres etc. then theres the road salt corroding everything, the chance of theft, unreliability and the mileage you put on it.

It wouldnt make me any money in appreciation alone. haha.

But if youve got 1 car to do everything and cant have a second one. A mustang isnt suitable. N what you put in it in fuel will be a fortune, so will insurance, tax, tyres etc. then theres the road salt corroding everything, the chance of theft, unreliability and the mileage you put on it.

It wouldnt make me any money in appreciation alone. haha.

We have enough dailies down here already

We have enough dailies down here already

For what a classic mustang costs, property is a safer bet IMO.

I disagree. Try and buy a old Australian or American muscle car now. They are worth 10x more now then when they first hit the show rooms.

In the end the VRS will start to hold its value, although that could still be 5 to 10 years from now.....lol.

Who cares though? I didn't buy a vRS as an investment, just a low-cost runaround. I didn't pay much for it in the first place, and it's cheap to run (insurance, MPG, servicing etc.), so not much to lose.

A muscle car is grand, but not terribly practical for urban every-day use.

All I asked was what sort of prices they were going for when people traded in or sold private. How people found selling them, did they have much interest, etc. Of course cars lose money. Some seen to be making out that I think they shouldn't

Mine will be up for sale in next few days. Just need to renew Freedom and give it a clean. Offering it here first as its too good a car not to.

webuyanycar.com - start here and will give you the bottom line trade in or part exchange then head to parkers.co.uk to get another set of valuations. For a small fee you can get them pretty precise

Then start looking for a car like yours on autorader.co.uk, parkers.co.uk. pistonheads.co.uk and follow it for good few weeks to see what sells and what moneyand you will get a very good feel for the market.

What people get for their cars is largely irrelevant as you will not get big enough sample to filter out very good and very bad deals from the forums.

I sell all my cars privately and always better autotrader prices by good few grand. The key is being patient and wait for a buyer who really wants your car. Trade ins and part exchanges are hopeless in terms of a price you get for your car. You will be dealing with professional car sales people who know all the tricks in the book, you stand no chance. Only fortuitous circumstances can give you a good price there.

If you are selling with your warranty still on the car, be it factory or third party then you are in a driving seat really.

But all of the above are pretty obvious things, still, help very much to get realistic expectations and fairly stress free selling experience.

just my twopence

And now for sale.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/339563-2011-skoda-fabia-vrs-estate-for-sale/

I've FINALLY sold my fabia vrs!! 

 

Still think it was a bargain to the bloke who bought it!

 

17,500 miles.

2012 (62) immaculate condition and all for £8,500.

 

I'll be sticking around on Brisky though as i've always found it a great place of knowledge and probably spent too many hours on here 

Im getting a new car in March as I fancied a change, and although I'm (touch wood) lucky to have one that doesn't drink oil, with the warranty running out I think I'll just get something else and with a new warranty. Non-Skoda stealer offered me an ok price actually. WBAC were around the £7250 mark and the stealer offered me over that, but at a fixed price until my new one arrives which was good. I'll prob throw it on autotrader or piston heads for a couple of weeks prior to my new car delivery just to see if anyone wants to give me a few hundred extra rather than the dealer making even more.

Thread updated with new price and far more detail. 
http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/339563-2011-skoda-fabia-vrs-estate-for-sale/