cookstar

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Will be getting rid of the scoob in the next month or so, but have no idea what its worth.

Just wondering if anyone could offer some advice


02WRX in Blue

Mods

Full De-cat with H&S jap back box
STI8 rear spoiler
Colour coded side skirts
Crystal side repeaters
Crystal side markers
mud flaps
fog covers
front bottom mesh grill
prodrive twin headlights
Prodrive Gear ****
STI metal gear gaiter surround
Matching blue mats
STI8 Intercooler
Dawes device fitted, set to 1.1 Bar
Front/Rear strut braces fitted
£400 single din JVC MP3 head unit
Full sticker set (in silver) ... removable

There area few other things that i cant think of at the moment, the car has full service history and apart from a couple of tiny dings it is in very good condition.

Any ideas roughly what i should be looking for?


Thanks

Cookie

Phil

Not a good time to sell but then it never is

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Any ideas though on value, just want shot now so will be expecting to take a hit on it.

Tiny

£9500 Approx mate

Gangsta Smurf

yeh it's about 9,500-11,000 mate.

Basically the mods are worth nothing on it. Very difficult to sell scoobs now with any sort of aftermarket modifications such as bigger intercoolers and the like.

Depressing I know!

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

oh well, looks like it might be worth taking all the bits off then and returning to standard,

Look out on ebay for everything

RB5201

Why you selling so soon, you not had it long have you?

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Plenty of reasons, trouble and grief and bad feeling seem to follow that car around.


I just think its time to move on and try a new scene

RB5201

That dont sound good, with the money it sounds like you will lose maybe its worth keeping, couldnt sell mine now, even though I could do with the money!!

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Money aint important at the moment. Just want rid.

Phil

SirFozzalot

I definitely think it would be worth stripping at least some of the mods to try and get some money back on them.

I think the Spoiler, intercooler and strut braces would go fairly easily and the exhaust. Not sure what you would get for them though. The STi Spoilers are worth quite a bit aren't they?

Gangsta Smurf

you'll get good money for the mods if you strip them off mate. It's the best thing to do because leaving them on will just mean you get nothing for them.

Could easily see you getting £1000+ ... nice little bit of cash in your pocket!

Sorry to hear that you are selling so soon.

Mrs Baz

How come???

As if you bought a car that was already modded would it not save you money on buying mods seperately??

sorry probably a thick question I know

Phil

Fact of life Diane, Mods never seem to retain there value as car buyers expect a bargain.

baz69birds

give £4000.

Gangsta Smurf

It's because people simply don't want to buy a modified car. The history is not concrete and you can never tell how well the car has been treated. As soon as you put any sort of performance modification onto a car it's value (of the mod) is worth 0.00 if sold with the car.

Take it off though and the market for second hand mods will get you some cash back on it.

I had over £9,000 worth of mods on my old scoob - but I only managed to sell it for £5,000 because the guy wasn't interested in the mods.

Boils down to when you're buying a car would you rather buy standard and then put on mods or would you rather buy a modded car, not knowing who what why or when the work was done.

That's how I think it works anyway - based on my experiences.

Spec'c'57

iTrader: (1)

ALWAYS better off removing them... got nearly 2k for the mods that i did remove from the P1 4DR... altho was still a rather heavy modded car...

Mrs Baz

Thank you for clearing that up.

Yes I can now understand why you would sell it without mods Baz has also said that some insurance companies won't insure cars with extra mods

Getting back to the topic

Milage plays a big part when selling a car,the higher the milage the the less it is worth.

Tripple'O G

Know how you feel mate......

Thinking of selling mine too.....still in the fecking garage....
Hoping when I get it back it'll cheer me up

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Sorry 32k miles.

97Catalunya

Bugger thought I was gonna get my first corner? 6 months and I still haven't popped my corner cherry lol!

I don't know what the problems are that u having but if the money is not one of them I think you should hold on to the car a little longer myself see if things pick up? Have some fun in the snow . If I am having a bad day after a rag in the scooby it all seems to feel a little better . Unless the car is called Christine of course LOL.

Chris..

Cornelius

iTrader: (2)

I have to totally agree with Gangsta, the average car buyer don't want modified cars because they feel the car has been thrashed all the time, so can cause reliability problems in the future, even if this isn't the case

When I sold my Capri, it was mint, the only thing the buyer could fault the car on was that the rear diff had some surface rust. and he didn't want the performance exhaust system, or K&N air filter.

Same with my old 2000E Sierra Sapphire, I put a Cosworth kit on, with 5 spoke alloys, after 6 weeks of trying to sell it, took the alloys off, along with the exhaust, and it sold within 3 days.

Yet again with my old V6 Mondeo, the dealer wasn't interested in the stainless steel exhaust, and only offered me the book price for part exchange with the scoob.

It's a pain to take the bits off, but in the long run, you're actually better off for doing it

Plasticman

Kin hell, It's Arthur Daley !

Cornelius

iTrader: (2)

erm, thats only a few of the cars I've had

Arfur Daley? you could say that

97Catalunya

LOL They r the only cars u r gonna own up 2 anyways let me guess the others, a Trabant, a Princess and an automatic Metro? LOL.

Cornelius

iTrader: (2)

if you really want to know:

4 MkII escorts
2 sierras
Talbot samba
sierra sapphire LX
Capri 1600LS (converted to 5 speed with the above gearbox)
Ford Fiesta 1.1 popular plus
Sierra Saphire 2000E
Mk4 Escort 1.6 Ghia
Jaguar XJ40
Sierra Saphire 2000LX
Vauxhall Omega 2.0GLX
Ford Mondeo V6 Ghia X
Subaru Impreza and I also have a Marlin roadster in the garage waiting to be finished, SVA'd, registered etc

97Catalunya

LOL I Knew their would be a 1.1 Fiesta in their somewhere hasn't everyone. But I do see a bit of a Ford Fettish going on their??

B good 2 c the Marlin when it is finished though.

al3x

ha ha! A Samba, we used to have one at work, a classic!

Back to topic, shame you have to see it cookie, I just sold mine (but for money reasons, costing too much) and I don`t miss it, at the end of the day, its just a car. There is more too life. Thats not to say I didn`t enjoy it, but that phase passed, and now I`m happy in my little Pug.
Good luck with the sale, mine was a mare to sell, but yours does look better.
Alex

baz69birds

WOW ive had

Borrowed mums 1.4 Ford Escort x 1 year
VW BEETLE 1969 x 8 years
1.1lt Ford Fiesta x 2 years
Astra G.T.E x 2 years
SUBARU x 2 years & counting