i wonder what the most a g40 will go for...

Started by DKnight, August 08, 2008, 12:16:49 AM

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DKnight

just seeing some adverts and i think there has to be a limit, i mean a low milage minter has always been around the 3 4k mark, they just cant get more surely? i just seen one for £4500 and to be honest that cant ever sell, even if it is modified etc, the costs just cant be passed through...

bit of a strange one really, as i look at that and then another, not as modifed, but much cheaper, and think you have to be crazy to spend that money on a g40!!!!

PeteG40

depends on re-sprays etc etc.  Take a cheapo one at 1k, add a respray - £1500, charger rebuild £500, new tyres £200, cambelt £50 and you are at £3250 without looking at interior, wheel refurb etc. etc.

so it depends what condition you want one really.

grayg40

i seen one sell about 2yrs ago for about 5.5K. But that was a 180BHP VW factory car there was only 10 RHD ones left the factory and it had only done 30K. Still a bit steep like.

PeteG40

i've been into g's for ages (8 years) and never heard of that one. any details/pics?
There was a vw motorsport one- but that was a fake, tat ridden thing

hayesey

180bhp factory car?  I hope you're not taking about that "VW Motorsport" one that seems to pop up on ebay for a stupid amount every year or so?  That's a right load of bollocks.

I agree with pete in that it'd cost more than 4500 to take a knackered g40 and make it really good but at the same time, I wouldn't spend £4.5k all at once on a mk3 polo.

grayg40

you's are probably right. it was a couple of years ago i seen it on ebay

G40 AD

I picked up my G just over a year ago on 38k full service history etc... 2 owners last one for 13years
for less than £3k... shes about to get £2k thrown at her just to get exactly how i want it! For me its a car i have no intention of selling! £5k well spent in my eyes! Served me well so far... done 13k in it since a picked it up! not pleased bout that but hey its there to be driven!!!
A cars worth what its worth to an individual! iirc sure some guy was looking for £10k for a turbo'd one a while ago... now thats steep!

giorgio

As far as I know mine and Phils are the highest price Gs I have come across. Although thats just in the last few years. When they were 'new cars' I am not sure.

My 1341 G was bought for £3500 and had every part of the engine upgraded.
I since added Emerald, Subframe, H&R Kit, a 7-Point SD Cage, refurb'd seats and thats just the major stuff.

Buy a G40 for 5k? Probably not.
Buy a G for 2k and spend 3k on it - Quite Probable.

Tav

[quote pid=3146 author=giorgio date=1218230392]As far as I know mine and Phils are the highest price Gs I have come across. Although thats just in the last few years. When they were 'new cars' I am not sure.

My 1341 G was bought for £3500 and had every part of the engine upgraded.
I since added Emerald, Subframe, H&R Kit, a 7-Point SD Cage, refurb'd seats and thats just the major stuff.
[/quote]

How are you getting on with trying to sell it at that price?

Is the cage a complete one from a cup car?

Yoof

Believe a certain green one went for approx £8k last time it changed hands.

Tav

It's a joke..none of the high price G40's I have seen seem to be worth it at all.

jonboy

the thing that puzzles me is that a majority of the really expensive g40s seem to be fairly modified, now if i were to spend over 3k on a g40 I would want its to be totally stock, mint and original, as crazy as that sounds.  Instead i spent £1300 on a reasonably clean one, that way i dont feel so bad about playing around with it

AlexG40

Like anything they are worth what you want to pay. If you can get someone to spend £5k then good luck to you.

Buying a pre-modded G is easily the cheapest way to a real quick car. If I had the history of the mods and a little bit of knowledge of the car I wouldn't have an issue buying one that was far from stock.

DKnight

there are some crazy g40 prices around at minute!

it really is weird, people just think figures up when selling!

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