Hold on...Did I just get ripped?

[Smallies]

Hey,

I bought my Caprice off my cousin a couple of months ago.
He had it advertised for a while, and ended up selling it to me for $12,000.

Im now wondering if i maybe payed way too much??

Its a genuine HSV Caprice and had done 180,000 ks at the time, its in good condition inside and out, with a good head unit, 20's and an awesome exhaust system. Here's my "my ride" thread.

95' VS HSV Caprice

Let me know what conclusion you come to. Cheers.

[88GreenVN]

If you are going to keep it for a few years - no you did not pay too much for a top of the line Holden with heaps of micky mouse stuff in it.

If all the car is in good nic and not butchered at all - should hold it's value.

Nice car by the way.

[Morton]

With original rims, it's easily worth $10,000 It's in excellent condition, so I don't think you've been "ripped off". You could have picked up something cheaper, but you know, you win some you lose some.

But yeah. Worth more without those rims I think

[Eliminator]

Ive had a look at a few ls1 wh statesmans for 12 grand, one had 88 thousand on the clock, maybe you could of shopped around?

[seraphic06]

According to Redbook a '95 HSV VS Caprice with an average of 210,000 - 350,000 on the clock is worth $9,400 - $11,500. So no, you probably did okay.

[Morton]

Ive had a look at a few ls1 wh statesmans for 12 grand, one had 88 thousand on the clock, maybe you could of shopped around?

I've seen a couple of these WH statos for that price, and they seem to be a bit rough around the edges. Gutter rash, broken plastics, faulty switches... but yes, prices have come down a LOT.

For example, I bought my VQ Statesman V8 with RWC and rego for $3000.

[Eliminator]

i had a look at yours in the forums the one with 88,000 was pretty neat but you could still note a few things here and there but no biggies. I also saw a few that were quite bad for such a new car...

[doms3]

**** no thiso mdel is the best looking caprice

[coolngroovy]

I'm not certain on the build numbers, but i dont think there were very many made.

It's very hard to find a VR/S HSV Statey, even harder to find a Caprice!

I dont think you paid too much m8!

Nice car!........but then, i am biased!

[1340loco]

Who cares if other people think you paid to much. Are you happy with it?
I personally wouldnt be as i just bought a WK Caprice for $11,500. 12 months ago i bought a WH Caprice for my girl friend for $10,000. Work out the difference. But as i said, the main thing is, are you happy with what you got?
Others opinions dont really count mate. It does look like a nice car.

[Smallies]

Thanks guys. Yeah i am happy with it actually. There are a few things here and there that i need to touch up and improve, but that just gives me something to look foreward to i guess. So yeah...i guess i could say that to me, it was worth 12 grand, because i enjoy having it as my car.

[Smallies]

Ive tried looking at how many VS HSV Caprices were built. Cant find any info.
Anyone know where i could find out?

[coolngroovy]

I saw the figures a few years back.

Dont quote me, but it was less than 10!

For some reason, i think 6 VR, & 4 VS.

Like i said......not many!

[89 vn]

Seems the going rate for a VS style HSV is around 12k i think cobez paid 12 for his clubsport. personally if im gonna spend 12k now on a vehicle it better be an LS1 at least

[Smallies]

Seriously? :my:

Geez, if your telling the truth, thats pretty bloody cool. If anyone has found these figures that coolngroovy spoke of, please let me know where they are.

[coolngroovy]

I found them in a magazine at the local muffler shop! LOL
It was one of the performance Holden mags i think.
I took notice because i had just bought our Caprice.
Cheers, Col.

[Morton]

I've seen a cherry red VS Caprice HSV with a manual transmission behind it! Now THAT would be rare!!

[hsvpunk]

12k is a bargain with those kms. I bought my stato, with 135 000kms on it, sunroof, full leather, full service history. the ppl had it advertised for $12,500 i offered them 10k and they took it, it even came with rwc, and 10months rego. In the last 4 yrs beofre i had got it, it had only done 24 000kms.

[Haydz]

Who cares if other people think you paid to much. Are you happy with it?
I personally wouldnt be as i just bought a WK Caprice for $11,500. 12 months ago i bought a WH Caprice for my girl friend for $10,000. Work out the difference. But as i said, the main thing is, are you happy with what you got?
Others opinions dont really count mate. It does look like a nice car.

although they were probably auto v6's

so really no competition..

[Cobez]

If you had picked one up cheaper, you most likely would have picked up a few problems as well. At least you know the recent history on your Caprice and know that it was well looked after (well i assume it was, as i don't think you would have purchased it if it wasn't).

Knowing a decent portion of the history on it and knowing it was well looked after my your cousin, is worth the few grand extra in my opinion. Buy one off a complete stranger, then they tell you it's been looked after, there is the possibility of more than a few grand's worth of stuff wrong with it that needs fixing.

So in short, no, $12,000 for a clean VS Caprice with less than 200,000 on the clock isn't a rip off.