Sooo!!!! hard to find

[welshy23]

Why is it so hard to find a decent VTR these days? to me it feels like there is hardly any for sale... And the ones that are, are from dealers that prices are like £3000 for a 80K standard saxo VTR i bet they are sat there wonder why they arent selling!! And also whats the deal with Mk5 Zetec-s i tell you what tryna find them on the internet is a mission in itself...

any webbies or anyone selling up a VTR or Zetec-s soon please give us a shout! im sure there are loads of other people with the same dilema...

[frankie]

paid £1100 for mine 63k.

and all work had been carried out at the haynes motor place where they do the manuals.

just got to have a good eye

[welshy23]

paid £1100 for mine 63k.

and all work had been carried out at the haynes motor place where they do the manuals.

just got to have a good eye

ahh im not sure if i have one... what would i be looking for in a saxo thats like got high milage or somthing? no crashes..i.e bent chasis? stuff like that? what else becuase knowing this may make things easier then tryna fin "the perfect VTR"

[Saxo_theedge]

ahh im not sure if i have one... what would i be looking for in a saxo thats like got high milage or somthing? no crashes..i.e bent chasis? stuff like that? what else becuase knowing this may make things easier then tryna fin "the perfect VTR"

I doubt you'll find the perfect vtr, as their not exactly new. Most old cars require some money spending on them. I suppose the best thing you could do would be to look for a standard one, that a randomer has used as a run around. Avoid pistonheads and here, and look in your local small ad's or autotrader for un modified examples, i know there not all ragged. But theres better chance of finding one used by an old lady or somthing in smaller adverts.

[welshy23]

I doubt you'll find the perfect vtr, as their not exactly new. Most old cars require some money spending on them. I suppose the best thing you could do would be to look for a standard one, that a randomer has used as a run around. Avoid pistonheads and here, and look in your local small ad's or autotrader for un modified examples, i know there not all ragged. But theres better chance of finding one used by an old lady or somthing in smaller adverts.

yeh thats what im trying mate, im not to bothered about milage or stuff like that aslong as the bodyworks nice and the engines been looked after im sorted :y:.

[welshy23]

What do you people think of buying a car thats a Cat-C write off thats been fixed?

[mtpagey]

Why is it so hard to find a decent VTR these days? to me it feels like there is hardly any for sale... And the ones that are, are from dealers that prices are like £3000 for a 80K standard saxo VTR


could get a lower mileage'd vts for that if you look privately. garages can charge more because if something goes wrong you've got somewhere with a reputation to go back to.

go all out for the vts :P you know you want to lol

[Steve_90]

What do you people think of buying a car thats a Cat-C write off thats been fixed?

Personally I wouldnt but it depends who fixed it and where the damage was etc.
Just have patience mate and shop around.

[welshy23]

Personally I wouldnt but it depends who fixed it and where the damage was etc.
Just have patience mate and shop around.

Yeh, you live close to me.. got any mates that are selling any VTR's or Zetec-s anytime soon?

[saxo-parts]

i have no problem with cat C's but there again i make my living fixing them. we bought ours as a cat C, mainly bolt on repairs, 59k on the clock, one owner,aside from accident damage in bloody good,standard condition with FSH and by the time we finished repairing it,taxing it and VIC checking it the total came out at less then 50% of what they are being sold for,gave us more to spend on bits and pieces we wanted to add on. as stated though,it depends on who has repaired it (seen some horrors that have been codged together on a shoestring),and more importantly,the extent of the damage it had suffered. i won't buy anything to repair that has had the door gaps closed up or had chassis damage past the crumple zones on the front legs,if they are that bad they just aren't worth repairing.

[bytor]

there's millions on auto trader

[Steve_90]

Yeh, you live close to me.. got any mates that are selling any VTR's or Zetec-s anytime soon?

I know a mate selling a Zetec-S.. ill find out if hes still got it.

[1991Tom]

I had to seardch for like 4 months straight to find the perfect VTR lol As you said alot of them are stupidly over priced and as i found for Mk5 Zs they go within about 2hrs of being advertised :S

[CitroenSport]

i bought mine not long ago
£2250
FSH
MOT 9 months
TAX 8 months
29k

standard and not a mark on it :D

autotrader

[WelshSaxo]

once i find a new toy my vtr will be going up for sale! ;)

like you tho, it's taking ages to find the rite car!