Dart77
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- VK wagon, S1 VE wagon SSV8
Hi VE experts -- VK (carby 6) owner here in Perth, interested in getting into a VE V8 wagon. Have been looking for a few months now and found one on Dumtree which I am quite interested in. Going up on Sunday to have a squizz. Earlier this year I posted questions about a Voodoo blue ex-Police wagon and I appreciate all the advice that many people gave. It really helped turn me off that one! This is such an extensive forum - it's a challenge trying to find answers which you know must be there in all those hundreds of thousands of posts! Even doing multiple searchs.
Anyway, this one is near identical - 2008 V8 Voodoo Blue wagon SS-V Auto. But even more km, this has 200k which is well above my 150,000 limit. However it does have a major thing going for it - it's a one owner car, always garaged. The guy bought it new in Perth and so knows it inside out with all servicing books and a regular mechanic who knows it as well. It has what I want: right colour, full service history, towbar, roof racks and seems immaculate inside and out. Has other things like OTR cold air intake, new injectors, Brembo upgrade (from the Redline) and better bigger rims with new Potenza rubber.
My question is, and my biggest worry is... the transmission. How good are they? I asked if it had been regularly serviced and he said it had only had one service in the car's life! Which seems weird for a guy who seems so devoted to it and had the engine regularly serviced and spent $$ on it in other areas. The thing with autos, especially modern, complicated autos behind powerful engines, is they need to be regularly serviced - fresh fluid and filter and whatever checks and adjustments needed. My VK has well over 300k and has towed car trailers more than once, but the original Trimatic has always been serviced and is going just like new still.
This guy seems very honest and upfront, hasn't done much towing, so I am not disputing anything he says. The car is priced at $20,000 which I think is a touch high for that km reading PLUS needing rego next month. (It's been on Gumtree and FB for over a year, he said he started at $28,000 and has been steadily coming down). However, what do other people think about that price for a well looked after one-owner Series 1 SS-V Versus Km's Versus transmission not being serviced? Kilometers is everything on these cars. Front end, diff, electrics etc. I am buying the life that's left in it. I'm sure it's been well looked after, but there's a few big BUTS there.
Thanks for any advice. Bear in mind that Perth prices will be notably higher than other states as there is just fewer of these desireable models around. So whatever price you reckon it's worth, I will add about 10% for being in WA.
I know this post is getting too long but P.S.: it has the dreaded chev bowtie thingies front and rear which I detest, normally that would turn me right off.
Anyway, this one is near identical - 2008 V8 Voodoo Blue wagon SS-V Auto. But even more km, this has 200k which is well above my 150,000 limit. However it does have a major thing going for it - it's a one owner car, always garaged. The guy bought it new in Perth and so knows it inside out with all servicing books and a regular mechanic who knows it as well. It has what I want: right colour, full service history, towbar, roof racks and seems immaculate inside and out. Has other things like OTR cold air intake, new injectors, Brembo upgrade (from the Redline) and better bigger rims with new Potenza rubber.
My question is, and my biggest worry is... the transmission. How good are they? I asked if it had been regularly serviced and he said it had only had one service in the car's life! Which seems weird for a guy who seems so devoted to it and had the engine regularly serviced and spent $$ on it in other areas. The thing with autos, especially modern, complicated autos behind powerful engines, is they need to be regularly serviced - fresh fluid and filter and whatever checks and adjustments needed. My VK has well over 300k and has towed car trailers more than once, but the original Trimatic has always been serviced and is going just like new still.
This guy seems very honest and upfront, hasn't done much towing, so I am not disputing anything he says. The car is priced at $20,000 which I think is a touch high for that km reading PLUS needing rego next month. (It's been on Gumtree and FB for over a year, he said he started at $28,000 and has been steadily coming down). However, what do other people think about that price for a well looked after one-owner Series 1 SS-V Versus Km's Versus transmission not being serviced? Kilometers is everything on these cars. Front end, diff, electrics etc. I am buying the life that's left in it. I'm sure it's been well looked after, but there's a few big BUTS there.
Thanks for any advice. Bear in mind that Perth prices will be notably higher than other states as there is just fewer of these desireable models around. So whatever price you reckon it's worth, I will add about 10% for being in WA.
I know this post is getting too long but P.S.: it has the dreaded chev bowtie thingies front and rear which I detest, normally that would turn me right off.