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08 WM statesman 6L 388,000k's

twents

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Gday fellas,

I might have the opportunity to buy a 08 possibly an 09 WM stato with the 6 litre engine, but it has 388000 k's
I havnt started it yet so no idea on noise or blowing smoke or anything.
He's got $7000 on it.
Wondering if its worth it or not?
its lowered with black 20's, looks like the standard exhaust, very straight car, perfect paint. a little wear and tear inside.

Is there anything I should look for engine wise with that many k's?
ive seen some of them up around the 600k mark so I know they can do it.

Cheers,
 

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Gday fellas,

I might have the opportunity to buy a 08 possibly an 09 WM stato with the 6 litre engine, but it has 388000 k's
I havnt started it yet so no idea on noise or blowing smoke or anything.
He's got $7000 on it.
Wondering if its worth it or not?
its lowered with black 20's, looks like the standard exhaust, very straight car, perfect paint. a little wear and tear inside.

Is there anything I should look for engine wise with that many k's?
ive seen some of them up around the 600k mark so I know they can do it.

Cheers,

That's a fair bit of km's, try to get the price a little lower maybe?
 

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Drive it and see if the body is still in reasonable shape when it comes to all those little rattles and squeaks you get with a high km car. Don't forget you talking about VE and not some $500 VN/VS beater. Even if it did **** a motor, whats a reasonable shape 6L worth these days at a wrecker, 2-3k? Your still going to get a lot of car for the price.
 

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It might have been a country car there for might mechanically be in very good condition.

Milage to me isn't so much of an issue as service history and where the car comes from.

All my cars have been over 400,000 when I have sold them but thats because they have all lived 90% of their lives on the highways, and I have never had any problem selling them once I have explained to a buyer that its a country car.

Lots of 400,000km country cars will drive 10x smoother than a city start/stop car that has done 150,000km
 

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See if you can see what condition the bushes are in too, not engine wise but with that sort of mileage they'll either have been replaced or they're shagged.
 

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Probably an ex vha car usually we'll looked after, if the motor does need upgrading good excuse to put a 6.2 supercharged motor in .
 

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thx fellas for all the feedback, im still tossing up whether or not it would be a good idea.
 

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I would try and knock a grand off that price
 

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High km and already modified, I would be saying well clear.
 

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How bad do they want to sell? Would make a sweet cruiser for around $5G's. I'd loose the 20's but, a Stato's got to be smooth as butter to ride in IMO.
 
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