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Old 24-05-2008, 07:23 PM   #31
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I think the AU XR's, being the last of the true XR's, will pick up......While it's true the AU's are ageing, the AU XR8 was the equivalent of a B series GT in terms of sporty appeal in its era..It was the top of the line in the AU model line up...and the only AU that had that "wow I want one" factor.

If I were you I'd keep it, store it, and in 10 years time you may get $30-40k.

While BA XR's have come down in price, they don't have that same appeal factor among the B series range being as common as a whore in the Cross...No disrespect, but compared to the XR's from EB through to AU the BA XR doesn't hold a candle.

Crikey if I had a spare garage I'd even buy it...Is it Silhouette or Blueprint?

EB to AU XR8's will be the next white collar, mid life crisis performance car..like 70's GT's are right now...mark my words. That's after the XE ESP has had its day in the sun of course.

The guy I use for detailing drives a black AU XR8 and he wants to buy a B series FPV...I talked him out of it...His car will be an icon


Edit...Just looked at your pics...Too nice to let go for $15k...Keep it !!
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Old 24-05-2008, 08:54 PM   #32
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I think the AU XR's, being the last of the true XR's, will pick up......While it's true the AU's are ageing, the AU XR8 was the equivalent of a B series GT in terms of sporty appeal in its era..It was the top of the line in the AU model line up...and the only AU that had that "wow I want one" factor.
Havnt you heard of T Series cars, they were the TOP of the line AU and the equivlent BA GT of the AU range not XR8's.
To OP pity you have to sell mate very nice example of an XR indeed
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Old 25-05-2008, 03:38 PM   #33
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If I were you I'd keep it, store it, and in 10 years time you may get $30-40k.
No offense mate, but I fail to see how you came up with this theory? Keeping an AU XR8 for 10 years will increase it's value from $14,000 to $40,000 how? It's not a classic.

Noone would be willing to pay $40,000 for an 18 year old XR8 when they can buy the latest XR8 for only slightly more. I've not seen a factory or even modified EB XR8 sell for $40,000 this year.

These days you can buy 2002 and 2003 BA XR6s for $15,000 - $15,500, albeit with 100,000 - 140,000kms.
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Old 26-05-2008, 10:32 PM   #34
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needs to go guys, i am very negotiable


spread the word !
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Old 27-05-2008, 10:28 PM   #35
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being as common as a whore in the Cross...
Are you saying my sister is COMMON??????
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Old 28-05-2008, 08:11 PM   #36
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depreciation is a ! Im in the same boat. if you dont luv it f*k it off!
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Old 28-05-2008, 08:25 PM   #37
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Hi mate,

I sold my immaculate BA XR8 5 speed with lots of quality mods (ie 4 spot Aps, billys etc etc) a couple of weeks ago for 20500, after being advertised for 6 weeks with only ONE call. And he just wanted to chat..........

Car sold by word of mouth in the end.

hate to say it, but you'll have a bit of trouble getting what you want for it. if you can wait for ages to find someone that actually wants that car, you'll be ok, BUT, if you need to move it, get ready to let it go for a 'rude' price.

the second hand vehicle market, in particular V8's, is shocking for the seller. And it will only get worse................

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Old 29-05-2008, 01:00 AM   #38
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No offense mate, but I fail to see how you came up with this theory? Keeping an AU XR8 for 10 years will increase it's value from $14,000 to $40,000 how? It's not a classic.
10 years might be a bit optimistic... 30 years is when it starts to happen.

Case in point: the XC Cobra. This was generally considered a joke when it was released. Most came with the 302 with 2V carbie, single pipe, slushbox and crippling ADR27A emissions gear. The 302 in that spec was nothing special, 10 sec 0-100, easily matched by a manual 2-litre Escort, and SFA V8 burble... you couldn't pick it from the 250 sitting in the passenger's seat. How much do they sell for now?

And how about a "Genuine GS"? WTF is that, apart from not cheap these days? A stripes and driving lights package? It wasn't on the radar in the '70's... today's equivalent is "SR" or "Lumina" FFS.

Neither of those were considered likely to be classics back in their day.

So a 2001 XR8 should be kept for another 23 years or so to be worth something. Starting to wish I'd picked up the EB XR8 I saw a few months ago at around $3500. That'd have to be about the bottom, it'd start to go up from there.
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Old 21-06-2008, 11:50 PM   #39
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Saw this in Saturday's (21/6) Tele advertised by Castle Hill Toyota (?)... reduced to $14,990 for quick sale. Bummer. Hope you didn't take too much of a bath on this...
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