$2000 to spend

[GothicKidd]

Ive got about $2000 to spend..

Need help decided on keeping my VR and replacing a few things and some mods or sell the VR and Getting a more newer car

The car owes me 10grand, but Im dreaming if I'd get any where near that..
Give you a brief history. Bought the car from eBay for $2800, I was in love so wanted it no matter what.
First repairs was Suspension bushes, back springs and tyres all round. - Why you dont buy a car with cut springs..
Second repair was after I blew the engine - Stupid P platers.
Third repair was K frame and other various of repairs.
I've had $6000 odd spent on the car.


Only major problems with my car is the front springs were cut and they don't sit properly in the strut and it makes noises when turning and braking. and the Diff has play in it.

I was thinking of spending the money towards, Proper lowering kit (Struts, shocks and Springs), Window tint and Air Con, and possibly diff. than Maybe Extractors.. and any other problems I find..

Or. I gamble and take the chances of buying another lemon and having more problems with out the car I love.

Ideas? :\

[Darren_L]

if you sell it, you are going to lose a lot more than $6000
considering you still love the car, my suggestion is spend the $2000 and keep it. You'll never get the $2000 back, but then again almost any car is a money pit with forever diminishing returns

[GothicKidd]

if you sell it, you are going to lose a lot more than $6000
considering you still love the car, my suggestion is spend the $2000 and keep it. You'll never get the $2000 back, but then again almost any car is a money pit with forever diminishing returns

Yeah, 95% of the money spent on the car would hardly contribute to the selling price..
I love the car. However I do want to get a VT or such. But with the money I'd have in hand after selling the VR.. I wouldn't be able to buy a decent one with money to spend on Mods.. :\

I look at this.. Like.
VR: $2000 promises decent mods to get my car looking good.
New car: $2000 + VR Only enough money to pay for the car.

[Ian Johnston]

I would spend it on suspension, and brakes before any other stuff.
Handling, and stopping are often forgotten about. Can make an average car pleasant to drive.

[fuzzy2308]

fix it kiddo

[GothicKidd]

I would spend it on suspension, and brakes before any other stuff.
Handling, and stopping are often forgotten about. Can make an average car pleasant to drive.

One of the reasons I mentioned a PROPER lowering kit. The suspension is one of the down sides of the car. Although everything else has been replaced.. Shocks and struts and springs are still there.
Brakes are still decent :\

[aaronevolution]

Yeah, 95% of the money spent on the car would hardly contribute to the selling price..
I love the car. However I do want to get a VT or such. But with the money I'd have in hand after selling the VR.. I wouldn't be able to buy a decent one with money to spend on Mods.. :\

I look at this.. Like.
VR: $2000 promises decent mods to get my car looking good.
New car: $2000 + VR Only enough money to pay for the car.

VT's are horrible. Keep the VR.

[Drawnnite]

keep the VR. youve put time and passion into it. so why stop now.
doesnt mean you have to spend the money. you can always save it for a rainy day.

and if you can only just afford to sell and buy a new car you probably shouldnt do it.
if you do want to upgrade your car save the dollars and when you do have enough/more to do said thing then go ahead.

[Kieran263]

Yeah keep the VR purring, sounds like you've got it to a point where it drives fairly well.
Better the devil you know.

[Andrew426]

Sell the VR bro, Get a tidy old-man Spec VT and you will be starting with an (almost) clean slate for your mods. It sounds like your VR has been owned by an f**kwit before, who knows what other sweet mods the last idiot did to it.


Also, putting 'love' for the car aside for a minute, why are you even considering pouring 2 grand into a car thats barely worth 2 grand to begin with?

[GothicKidd]

Sell the VR bro, Get a tidy old-man Spec VT and you will be starting with an (almost) clean slate for your mods. It sounds like your VR has been owned by an f**kwit before, who knows what other sweet mods the last idiot did to it.


Also, putting 'love' for the car aside for a minute, why are you even considering pouring 2 grand into a car thats barely worth 2 grand to begin with?

I was actually thinking of going for a VN-VS with a v8 (preferably a berlina/calais/statesman) but could get the same problems.
Honestly think the car was a bush basher before his mate straightened the body. removed badges and w/e gave it a paint job... put some mags on it.. cut the springs and sold it off.. He actually wanted $5000 before hes dropped the price..

Hm. Some guy offered me $5000 odd for it once but I didnt want to sell it... and people I know would think $4000 is a reasonable price for it..but dont know...

[Kieran263]

dude if you can get $4,000 for it I change my opinion. Sell it!

[Parabola]

pft sell it for 2k at least or what you can get for it, with your 2k gives you 4k

you can pick up a well looked after granny VT for that....

[DAKSTER]

Either way its gonna cost you money. Change the car, and you get an unknown. Keep the car, and you know what it needs already.

1. Will this car, after spending 2 grand on it, be reliable and roadworthy?
2. If the answer is yes, do you like the car and want to keep it?
3. If the answer is yes, keep it.

Look at it from a buyers point of view.. it has dangerous suspension and a crook diff, you havent named any other problems. I'm not putting your car down, but you've been describing it as a total POS even though you love it. Thats ok, its something that you like, but will you be able to sell it for a decent price? Especially since you know just how much you have spent on it. Are you willing to kiss all that cash goodbye? If its as bad as you are describing it you will be lucky to get $1500 for it.


1. How much do you realistically think you will get for your car if you sell it?
2. How much will a reliable roadworthy replacement cost?
3. If the difference is less than the 2 grand you have to spend, and you are willing to take the risk that you arent buying another lemon, and you secretly hate the car.. sell it.

Pretty sure I'd be keeping it. Sounds like the suspension and diff are all there is left to do.. do it

[GothicKidd]

Either way its gonna cost you money. Change the car, and you get an unknown. Keep the car, and you know what it needs already.

1. Will this car, after spending 2 grand on it, be reliable and roadworthy?
2. If the answer is yes, do you like the car and want to keep it?
3. If the answer is yes, keep it.

Look at it from a buyers point of view.. it has dangerous suspension and a crook diff, you havent named any other problems. I'm not putting your car down, but you've been describing it as a total POS even though you love it. Thats ok, its something that you like, but will you be able to sell it for a decent price? Especially since you know just how much you have spent on it. Are you willing to kiss all that cash goodbye? If its as bad as you are describing it you will be lucky to get $1500 for it.


1. How much do you realistically think you will get for your car if you sell it?
2. How much will a reliable roadworthy replacement cost?
3. If the difference is less than the 2 grand you have to spend, and you are willing to take the risk that you arent buying another lemon, and you secretly hate the car.. sell it.

Pretty sure I'd be keeping it. Sounds like the suspension and diff are all there is left to do.. do it

Yeah.
1. Well Im hoping it will be 'roadworthy' - SA doesnt have regular checkups for roadworthyness, but I believe it is. I also believe it's reliable.. Ive travelled 23,000 with the car so far and only had 2 major problems.. Blew the engine.. and Misjudging a roundabout and hit curbs.
2. I love the car and I want to keep it but so tempted for a v8

Yeah, I'll have to say.. The suspension is in alot better shape than it first was when I first bought it. Crook Diff yeah. I dont believe there is any other problems with the car.. Like I said though.. It was in alot worse shape when I first bought it.. so I think Ive given it some more life into it. Not honestly sure. I know I will be kissing a majority of the spendings goodbye. I prob make it sound worse than it actually is. but eh.

1. I honestly think 3.5grand. but dunno.
2-3. :\ not sure what you mean?

Cheers man Much appreciated..

[Andrew426]

Look at it from a buyers point of view.. it has dangerous suspension and a crook diff, you havent named any other problems. I'm not putting your car down, but you've been describing it as a total POS even though you love it. Thats ok, its something that you like, but will you be able to sell it for a decent price? Especially since you know just how much you have spent on it. Are you willing to kiss all that cash goodbye? If its as bad as you are describing it you will be lucky to get $1500 for it.

Mate, the cash is already gone, its spent. Its time this guy cuts his losses before he pours another 2 grand into the car, money he will never see again.

The car having 6 grand worth of parts poured into it already does not make it a more valuable car, it just makes it a moneypit.

[DAKSTER]

Mate, the cash is already gone, its spent. Its time this guy cuts his losses before he pours another 2 grand into the car, money he will never see again.

The car having 6 grand worth of parts poured into it already does not make it a more valuable car, it just makes it a moneypit.

And he believes he has fixed most of the problems. All cars are a money pit. He isnt trying to make the car more valuable, he is trying to get a halfway decent car with 2 grand. If he buys another car, hes lost the money he put into it, and yep, its gone. If he keeps it, hopefully the cash wasnt wasted.

Sure if he can afford a modern, low km car, it will cost him less to maintain. He cant. If he changes one cheap car for another, he is back where he started... with a cheap car that needs money spent on it.

Cutting losses is all very well when you can afford to do so. He has spent this much, hopefully the 2 grand will finish the job and give him what he needs. If he adds 2 grand to what the car is worth he still wont be able to afford a decent car to replace it with.

The devil you know is better than the one you dont.

[Potta9]

Seriously should of put it on dunaden

[Andrew426]

Sure if he can afford a modern, low km car, it will cost him less to maintain. He cant. If he changes one cheap car for another, he is back where he started... with a cheap car that needs money spent on it.

I bought a sweet modern, low km car for under 2K. It just wasnt a commodore.


I honestly believe thats the way to go if you want a good car for very little money, is by not buying a commodore. Sure, the engines take a hell of a lot of abuse, but everything around them will fail with age and mis-treatment.

Sure, I own a commodore, drive around in it and give it arseholes, but Im smart enough to know that as soon as it starts costing me money, its getting cut up - il keep the wheels, extractors and t5 and the rest is going to the scrap yard just like my VR

[HSV5L]

Get a vt or vx you can pick them up for $2000 and under i picked my l67 s pack for $1500.

[GothicKidd]

Get a vt or vx you can pick them up for $2000 and under i picked my l67 s pack for $1500.

Wanna sell yours for $2000?

[HSV5L]

Nahh id sell it for $5000 there out there mate good luck cheers travis .

[GothicKidd]

Nahh id sell it for $5000 there out there mate good luck cheers travis .

haha no worries. did you have any problems with yours?
Like I know theres bargains to get.. but some could be bad for me.

[DAKSTER]

Get a vt or vx you can pick them up for $2000 and under i picked my l67 s pack for $1500.

A VX for less than 5 grand isnt worth buying. If its that cheap, its a heap of junk. Goth wants to move up, not down. He doesnt want to buy another money pit.

You get what you pay for.