I'm Buying My First Xr6t...advice Please

[our06t]

is a neat looking car that's for sure ,just need more details on it

[Dirty32]

What sort of $$ does he want for it?

If your gonna take the mods off it and go back to stock, why dont you just buy a stock car that has never been tuned in the first place?

[Mat]

As has been said, your wasting your time if you buy a modded car only to return it back to stock..

Also, I'd avoid the BA's and keep saving for a BF. Even though its only done 54K, plenty of BF's around that and and newer cars are far less hassle. Also when it comes time to move on, you wont be selling a 10 y/o thrashed and modded car. You'll only be selling one that's 6 or 7 years old . Makes a HUGE difference to resale.

[hyprxr]

I don't necessarily want to bring it back to stock I've put it the wrong way...I'd like to find out exactly what has been done to the car and see if its able to run safely for what has been done...for eg...if the boost is too high for the current mods I'd like to bring it back down to a safe level. I do plan on modding it a little myself I just wanna make sure its all done right...

I'm actually doing a trade and cash adjustment for the car...I don't really have the money to save up for a BF as much as I would like to and I also dont intend on keeping the car for more than 3 years anyway. I won't say what the deal is but it will owe me $16,700??? What do you reckon? I should come close to getting my money back if I were to sell it in say 2 years??? The car is in very good condition and the guy seems honest enough.

[jasol]

I should come close to getting my money back if I were to sell it in say 2 years??? The car is in very good condition and the guy seems honest enough.

2 years ago I was looking at ba xr6t's I they were around 26k then now you can get them for 18-20k, so id say u will get a fair bit less than 16.700 in 2 years that's cars for you especially falcons and commodores they dont hold there value well at all

Edited 11/02/09 08:16 AM by jasol

[hyprxr]

even so...do you guys think its a good buy?

[our06t]

Also, I'd avoid the BA's and keep saving for a BF. Even though its only done 54K, plenty of BF's around that and and newer cars are far less hassle. Also when it comes time to move on, you wont be selling a 10 y/o thrashed and modded car. You'll only be selling one that's 6 or 7 years old . Makes a HUGE difference to resale.

that's crap yes the bf 6spd auto is nice ,other than that it's all relivent to how many kay's it's done and the care it's been givin

there is fck all diff between a ba and bf , and unless you want huge power the 4spd with a rebiuld if it fails will take 300+ no worries

and 10 year old 7 year old same goes depends on the kays low kay 10 year old would be equal to higher kay 7 year old car

Edited 11/02/09 09:09 AM by our06t

[hyprxr]

that's crap yes the bf 6spd auto is nice ,other than that it's all relivent to how many kay's it's done and the care it's been givin

there is fck all diff between a ba and bf , and unless you want huge power the 4spd with a rebiuld if it fails will take 300+ no worries

and 10 year old 7 year old same goes depends on the kays low kay 10 year old would be equal to higher kay 7 year old car

I have to say I agree with this...

[Mat]

Fair enough, everyone is entitled to an opinion Mine is simply based on me buying a couple of 6/7 y.o modded turbo car with low kms.. A wise man once said to me, once the car hits 8 years old, sell it. I didnt listen with my last car and as a result it took me 9 months to sell and I lost a lot of $$$.

That said I bought brand new (which I dont believe in due to the money u loose straight away) but I saved 14K off the rrp, so I made the exception. I actually worked it out and it worked out cheaper to own a newer car in my circumstances

Either way, im sure something everyone will agree with is to make sure you do a revs check (money oweing on it check) and get a reputable workshop to do a decent inspection. They will tell you everything you need to know for a few $$. When I sold my car, the inspection cost the bloke $120 and he went over everything with a fine tooth comb

[hyprxr]

all up it will owe me $15,500...what do you guys reckon?