buying a 2003 HOLDEN COMMODORE VY Executive

[mystera]

Hi guys,

could you please tell me is it a good deal a 2003 HOLDEN COMMODORE VY Executive 183000Kms for 12.999 its a dealers car.
im new into holden but like it so much!everything seems to be ok with a car.
what should i look carefully in that model?any known bad issues?
thank you for any help

:yeah:

 

[MikesVT]

Hmm.. with that many km's, im sure you could find a vy exec for much cheaper... And if you want to spend around that much, you could get a vy exec with less kms on it.

I suggest you look around, look at private sales, and look at auctions (mainly ex company cars etc)

VY's are a very very nice car. Good luck :thumbsup:

 

[MikesVT]

After a quick search, found a vy acclaim, with 120,000kms and they want $10,800..

Where abouts are you located?

 

[mystera]

sydney mate.

 

[krazyboris]

The big question here is how much do you want to spend? Tell us all that, and we can help you with choosing a car mate.

 

[mystera]

around 15000AUD.

 

[krazyboris]

I know it's not 03 or a VY, but this is quite a nice car imho.

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/dealer/HOLDEN/COMMODORE/details.aspx?__Ns=pCar_YearMade_Int32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_StatusSort_Int32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_Price_Decimal%7C0&Make=HOLDEN&__Nne=20&State=New%20South%20Wales&Region=State%20Wide&PriceMax=15000&state_id=898&__No=20&__N=4294965857%20898%20410%204294965745%20785%20834%20285%20258%20287&distance=25&trecs=162&Model=COMMODORE&RegionID=785&__sid=10F81A34B464&sort_type=8&silo=1000&Cr=0&seot=0&R=1046585

 

[mystera]

that car looks gud!!!! il try to go and check it.thanks mate.
any suggestions welcome.

:thumbsup:

the one that i was looking at was VY with 19" aloys,lowered,looks COOL but too many KMs
are those KMs really a prob for that kind of a car?

 

[batemada]

Km's are not too much of a problem on commodores they can easly do 200000-300000+ kms it is just for that price you should be able to get something with lower milage than the one you were looking at.

I just got my S2 VY executive sedan with 53000kms for NZ$19000 and is still under factory warranty.

 

[krazyboris]

I disagree, km's are an important factor with commodores. Engine life on the good'ol buick is great, granted, but other aspects of the car go un-noticed, such as the diff, transmission, brake rotors and so on. Quite often in the case of commo's with a lot of kay's these areas are in DIRE need of servicing. It would seem that lots of kay's can also equal bad service history.
A classic eample of this is ex-fleet cars. Now, whilst it can be a bargian as such buying these types of cars, in the short run the repair and maintanince costs can become very overwhelming, and also annoying.

In most cases, a car with fewer km's has been looked after better than a car with too many km's for it's age.