VF Resale Value

[Forg]

That's some pretty impressive management of purchase & sale prices there.
Especially the MY14!

 

[zucan]

if want to make your money invest it if you want to enjoy your money spend it simple cars have never held value some more than others I have a 10 year old Ford Fairmont 7k for a car that was sold new for $40k

 

[Graham downunder]

I bought a demo VF Calais V V8 wagon from interstate with 1,315 KLM that had not been registered till I bought it I got it for $45,000 delivered to my door with three months interstate rego . The saving was well and truly worth it ,about 15% depreciation occurs as soon as you buy it . I would not be surprised to see it hold a value of about $30 plus in three years but that does not worry me as I tend to keep cars ,bikes trucks etc forever, I have two boys one on p plates and one about to get his leaner so I'm sure they will enjoy it when the time comes .I did however just convert it LPG ,so instead of paying $1.45 / litre for 95 I pay about $0.60 per / litre . You do notice that when petrol goes up everyone is looking for a cheap car to run will pay more for an LPG car particularly V8 on LPG ,my VZ on LPG costs about the same on log as a Toyota Corrola to run .

 

[Chookah]

I did however just convert it LPG

I've toyed with the idea of converting to LPG when I get my SS. Since you've done it could you answer a few Q's for me?

• What system did you get and how much did it cost fully installed?
• Any idea how it affects the new car warranty?
• Approx how many KMs did you get from a tank before conversion VS now on Gas?
• Any noticable performance loss/gain?
• What does a full tank of LPG cost and how far do you get?

Many thanks!

 

[Graham downunder]

Chookah you can look at my post V8 on log ,but answer you here
Same system that HSV uses
Cost about $4,000
Hard to tell as yet if there is much difference as different driving conditions but I suspect it will use about 10% more
I cannot tell any difference in performance ,but hell I want to keep my Licence and its hard enough when I have a few fast motorbikes .
I did 320 kms and used 47.74 litres in mainly outer urban freeway conditions ,but some suburban work driving kids to school .
It cost about $28 so you can say it costs about 8-11 cents per Klm .

Hope that helps you .

 

[redvxr8clubby]

Chookah you can look at my post V8 on log ,but answer you here
Same system that HSV uses
Cost about $4,000
Hard to tell as yet if there is much difference as different driving conditions but I suspect it will use about 10% more
I cannot tell any difference in performance ,but hell I want to keep my Licence and its hard enough when I have a few fast motorbikes .
I did 320 kms and used 47.74 litres in mainly outer urban freeway conditions ,but some suburban work driving kids to school .
It cost about $28 so you can say it costs about 8-11 cents per Klm .

Hope that helps you .

In litres per 100Km terms I figure that's about 15 litres per 100Km. In dollar terms it's a bit less (ie cheaper to run) than my little Fiesta I use to commute which typically costs say $50 to travel at least 420 Kms or so (usually fill up with about 35 litres for 420 to 460 Km or so between refills).