Can anyone give me an idea of realistic prices are. The cars currently for sale seem to have a big variation in price and way over what any online valuation indicates.

What price should an high mileage shed be compared to a immaculate, low mileage,low owner FSH example? Also how much more would you expect to pay for a dealer sale over a private one?

High mileage shed £500-£1000

Tidy documented WRC £3500?

There is no hard and fast rules. All pretty old by now and long in the tooth, loads get broken for parts.

I've been looking for a while and there seems to be some ok looking ones for about a grand. The nicest ones (in pictures and description) seem to be closer to £2k.

Low mileage isn't something I've seen too much of. Lowest I've seen is ~79k with most being 100 - 180k.

Been told a minter would be in the region of £3k+

I recently paid £1,000 for mine, that seems to be the price to go for.... its 145,000 miles, long MOT and everything works (except rear washer, but it worked when I bought it! lol)

 

sheds available for less, but I would avoid, as you will be paying a lot of money to fix them....

 

WRC's often much more, but often better examples!

I recently paid £1,000 for mine, that seems to be the price to go for

I'll be made up if I can score a decent estate for about a grand when the time comes.. give me some cash to spend on necessities (and maybe some non-necessities too) 

you should be able to.... there was another on here when I bought mine with some nice suspension, very clean, no issues (high miles, but honestly the engine in mine is perfect! I'm missing some boost, but i will fix that lol)

 

think they wanted £1300, but were struggling to sell it, and were "open to offers" ....

 

should be able to get one , mostly working well for £1,000 . If I didn't get mine, I would have bought that . (for £1k! lol)

Edited 1 March, 201610 yr by sharkrider

Up and down like a whore's draws, anything below 1500 is realistic I suppose. Top end of that being proper good examples in great condition on the 'right' mileage, I would be wary of these on low mileage, learned my lesson the hard way, rather have something that's endured but not on silly mileage and been well looked after.

Thanks for the feedback.  I think you are right about condition over mileage - but in the UK we all seem to think that once a car hits 100K miles its worthless.  You look on the continent and they all have double that!

 

I don't want to get stuck with a car just because of the mileage should i need to sell it on.

 

The prices quoted are what I was expecting - yet when I see a nice one for sale through a dealer they want between £3K-£4K and laugh when you say the price should be nearer £2K.  Then the car never seems to sell but they won't budge on price.

 

I think I put a wanted ad up on here for a nice one. I'd rather get one from an enthusiast if I can.

i always wonder if those dealer priced cars sell at silly money.  probably more are part ex.

Thanks for the feedback.  I think you are right about condition over mileage - but in the UK we all seem to think that once a car hits 100K miles its worthless.  You look on the continent and they all have double that!

 

I don't want to get stuck with a car just because of the mileage should i need to sell it on.

 

The prices quoted are what I was expecting - yet when I see a nice one for sale through a dealer they want between £3K-£4K and laugh when you say the price should be nearer £2K.  Then the car never seems to sell but they won't budge on price.

 

I think I put a wanted ad up on here for a nice one. I'd rather get one from an enthusiast if I can.

even though mine has 155k on it, I know it had a cambelt and water pump, a cuple of years ago, I know it had a new oil pick up last year , i have a full service history, most of which was motorway ....

 

looked after I think the mileage means less, its a strong engine.

I don't want to get stuck with a car just because of the mileage should i need to sell it on.

It's a relatively minor investment. Be different if we're talking £5k+ but at considerably less than half that any losses after you've put your mileage on it won't make much of an impact. 

I've just bought a 2001 Octavia VRS with -

97k miles

FSH

12 Months MOT

4 Good tyres 

Sports exhaust

VR6 Flywheel / Clutch

and it's also been remapped too .

 

I got this for £1700 and have spent about 200 ish fixing little things (had a dv not a recirc valve)

I have just bought a black estate on an 05 with 1 owner and 77k miles with full dealer history, not bad for a spare of the moment auction buy  .

Paid £2500, is good condition and 4 months MoT left.

Rear tyres are close and will change cambelt and water as was done in 2009 @ 30,000 miles.

Has had recent pads and discs all round too.

Will probably only make some subtle mods, keep it standard-ish to try and keep some of the value.

They are now mostly in the £1500 range... Personally that would be my budget. I would buy one for £1000, then have full belt service, and fix any niggles I had used to barter on the price with the rest

 

Currently have 2002 4x4 estate (i would say vrs, 4x4, and clean non ex-taxi diesel estates are in the same price band) paid £1200 from a garage with 120k, full service history, clean car and 11mths MOT

2 years on and that same car is on 155k, stage 1 map, uprated suspension, intercooler, many shiny bits, full leather, and a few oil changes  - I've been offered £1,500 for it

 

If its a well loved turbo charged estate you are looking for, I would recommend the 4x4. Most of the vrs examples will have been owned sooner or later by someone wanting a fast car, abused and sold on.

After the map, mine keeps up with a vrs in a line, but leaves it behind off roundabouts and when its wet - sleeper! 

The difference between the 4x4 and vRS is interior, brake disc size and ecu map pretty much, isn't it?

buy a 4x4, add the following:

front bumper

badges

brakes (312mm fronts, vented rears from the VRS)

wheels

half leather seats (and the god awful white carpet)

carbon wrap the drivers door handle, the middle dashboard trims

if you're picky the roof lining and pillar trims

exhaust of choice (vrs has a cutout in the bumper)

remap

R32 golf suspension

 

gain:

traction!

ESP over TC

satisfaction of having built a vrs that you can powerslide 

 

I started off going for the VRS replica, but when it cames to adding badges, a typo occured.. they joys of living in rural England! 

I stopped on the VRS route because I can drive onto ramps without using bits of scaffold board

nobody ever suspects the plain old skoda

less attention from police/robbers/general timewasters

don't get tailgated by boy racers wanting to test the power of their corsas

The difference between the 4x4 and vRS is interior, brake disc size and ecu map pretty much, isn't it?

 

 

buy a 4x4, add the following:

front bumper

badges

brakes (312mm fronts, vented rears from the VRS)

wheels

half leather seats (and the god awful white carpet)

carbon wrap the drivers door handle, the middle dashboard trims

if you're picky the roof lining and pillar trims

exhaust of choice (vrs has a cutout in the bumper)

remap

R32 golf suspension

 

gain:

traction!

ESP over TC

satisfaction of having built a vrs that you can powerslide 

 

I started off going for the VRS replica, but when it cames to adding badges, a typo occured.. they joys of living in rural England! 

I stopped on the VRS route because I can drive onto ramps without using bits of scaffold board

nobody ever suspects the plain old skoda

less attention from police/robbers/general timewasters

don't get tailgated by boy racers wanting to test the power of their corsas

 

 

^^^^^ spot on....... the 4x4 150 bhp motor will stage one map to the sme as the vRS Ian, only reason i didn't buy one was because the vRS I got was much cheaper than the 4x4's available at the time... I love the sleeper value, the ESP, and the fact that they are so tunable!

Mile's can be a bit miss-leading.

 

For instance it might have low miles (and there fore have a higher price) but have spent those miles doing short runs and not been serviced/looked after that much.

 

Higher miles might be from motorway work, have lots of servicing and anything slightly wrong fixed, decent tyres etc

 

So instead of looking at a price range you should be looking at to how the car has been looked after.

 

Mine is nearing 150K very soon, however about to spend on cambelt (water pump etc) with all filters sorted at same time. Decent tyres all around rather than the cheap nasty ones, and minor things sorted as I can.

 

So is mine worth less than a lower mileage car that hasnt had the cambelt and servicing done or more due to everything being done?

 

So about from the ramble, look at the car rather than the price.

I just got a 4x4 Elegance with 103000 miles on it for £1250, it has a sunroof too though it also has rust behind the arches and mould inside and needs a serious valet & paint polish.

 

I'm from South Africa so insurance is insane, more than the purchase price of the car at £1368.35 a year, cheapest quote by far, had some up to £3000 odd.. 

Edited 16 March, 201610 yr by Scorpius

^^^^^ spot on....... the 4x4 150 bhp motor will stage one map to the sme as the vRS Ian, only reason i didn't buy one was because the vRS I got was much cheaper than the 4x4's available at the time... I love the sleeper value, the ESP, and the fact that they are so tunable!

Dagnabbit!!.. Now I'm all up in the air again.

The 4x4's I've seen online have been cheaper than vRS's but they have also been a tad dearer to insure.

 

Think I'll be seeing what's available when the times comes (the nearest Mk1 estate to me is a 4x4 Elegance but it's red.. and I'm not really a red car kinda chap)