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Here's the Focus RS my father recently repaired, catD -

52k miles, no service history, new clutch just fitted. How much do you think it's worth? Thinking of getting rid of my Corsa VXR and changing to this.

Pics of original damage and repair - http://s400.photobucket.com/albums/pp89/gywhdskj/Focus RS/

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MrLOL said:
the damaged pics are a bit dark

what sort of accident was it in ?
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Yeah my old man isn't one for photography lol.

It was side impact, fair bit of damage but obviously all repaired now. Just wondering what people would value it at as I've been offered it at what I think is a good price. It cost £6.3k damaged btw, was way over priced, I can have it for less than the purchase price.
 
MrLOL said:
i gathered that much :p

i mean do you know how the accident happened ? (not that this has any bearing on whether you should buy it, i'm just interested)
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lol :p No idea how it happened, was bought off co-part auction last year. Not concerned on how it happend myself as obviously I know it's been reparied to a high standard as I seen the work being done. Unfortunatly cars like this have become very popular over seas lately which puts prices up at auction. (no proof of accident if registered abroad, just as damaged jap cars can be put back on the road HPI clear here)

edit... as for replaced parts - b pillar, headlight, front wing and door.
 
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MofoKilla said:
Defo change to this if driving a corsa.
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ha cheers for that, you driven both cars?

edit - for what it's worth I find the VXR a much better drive and the interior is far superior. Although for rarity and road presence I'd chose the RS - for what I can have it though and how much I owe for the VXR, it may be worth the change for me, before the VXR drops even more in price.
 
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Hes knows it was too much, not bothered about that and realises obviously isn't going to make a profit, as said above overseas bidders are pushing the prices of cars like this up due to them not being recorded in their own country. Prices on these do seem to have dropped within the last 6 months anyway regardless :(

About 6 months ago I think now, been taxed on the road for 3 months so yeah prob 6 months ago was the purchase date.
 
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Joshy said:
And I always thought that there was some money to be made in the Salvage/Write off game. Obviously not if foreigners keep on bumping up prices :(.
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Depends really! This was just a bad buy. Bought an ST Focus the same day for £1500ish which needed very little work and worth 3k+. The JDm STi v7 we bought years ago we could have made £6k+ on, instead my uncle had it for a while and then I had it for a year, still sold it on for a profit 3 years later including paying for all servicing and tyres, brakes etc.

There is still money in salvalge just need to be careful what you buy, a lot of the more "rare" cars like this demand a premium for the reasons already stated. Buy a damaged JDM car and it's unregistered here and you can have a tidy profit margin.
 
Joshy said:
You win some and lose some I guess :).

Does common stuff seem to turn much of a profit compared to rarer cars?

To me it would seem like a catch 22. You might not get much interest from overseas buyers so you'd get the car cheaper in the first place, but you'd have to sell it cheaper because the public have a lot more (non Cat C/D) cars to choose from?
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Yeah you've just got to be really careful how much you pay really. The only cars that seem to have the increased price hike from the over seas buyers are the more rare or expensive cars so best to stay away from them for the most part. But then somtimes the easy reapair catD KA's and the like attaract a lot of attenion also because your average Joe with a spanner set fancys buying it and fitting a new wing and headlight and getting a cheap car for his daugther! You've just got to look at each auction for these cars on an individual basis really.
 
Yeah the price was way over damaged, a real bad buy. Should have been more like 3k. I'll try ringing up Ford see if they have any service records for it. Thanks for the advice Goliath.
 
Cheers Goliath, looks like I'm buying it at a good price and getting rid of my Cora VXR this weekend few things depending.

Going to check with Ford if there's any service history on record. Apart from the cambelt what should I get done straight off? Just had a new clutch, pads and discs are fine, what suspension parts need looking into at this mileage?
 
RSClio said:
Good fun cars the Corsa VXR's! IMO best of the bunch VXR wise. Easilly remaped too! :) For £5k I would buy the FRS but no more. Come sell time it will be hard to shift.
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Yeah I've enjoyed the Corsa, driven a few Astra VXR's too and prefer the Corsa. I've paid £5.5k for the Focus in the end, seems as my old man paid £6.3k for it damaged and I've seen the work gone into it, didn't want to offend him with £5k :p Can't see me loosing too much on it come sale time anyway. a lot less than the depreciation of the VXR anyway. cash4cars offered me £11474 which I thought was pretty good. Webuyanycar offered £10.5k. Going to advertise private first obviously, probably put it up for £12.5k. It's an 09 plate with 9k miles, Arden blue, service history, 18" diamond cut alloys, light and sight pack. Fair price?
 
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MikeHiow said:
I'd pay £5k for it, providing it was done to a decent standard. I mean this too, so if you decide you do not want it, VTR - drop me a trust :D
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I've bought it for £5.5k - the repair is very high standard, check out the RSR Replica thread for some pics of work my father's done in the past on old Porsches. You can have it for what I paid if you genuinely are interested, only because my mate is selling his immaculate RX7 and I can have it at mates rates :D

- that's it there, 35k miles, standard untill my mate had it, now has a blitz nur spec and some filters, always loved it so I'm very tempted!
 
Goliath said:
Check the bushes and suspension all round for play, a fair few will probably need replacing (get it properly aligned afterwards too, it'll make a world of difference!!). The shocks will probably also have had their day too so it might be worth thinking about replacing them.
When you do the cambelt make sure you replace the tensioner too - it's the most likely to go. The sump will need a good check for signs of oil seeping through, Ford make them out of the thinnest steel possible and 50k hard miles can be enough to finish them off. If you are going to replace it make sure you give it a good few coats of hammerite first, makes all the difference.
Other than those it really depends on how it's been treated - those that have been thrashed are looking at new turbos around this mileage, but if it's been treated with respect (i.e. warmed up properly before nailing it, cooled down gently afterwards) then they can go on for 100k miles plus easily. All in all they are pretty robust, a lot of people (myself included) use them as daily drivers quite happily - mines heading to 80k miles now.
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Thanks Goliath - I'll keep all this in mind, depending on what service history is on record I'll be getting the cambelt done straight away anyway.
 
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