1997 Vienta Intrigue V6

[blackjac08]

1997 Vienta Intrigue V6

This vehicle was my late father's car, he had it from new and it has travelled only 59,700km. He passed away four years ago and I only drive it to and from work a couple of days a week as I have my own car. I want to sell it because I simply don't need it.

The oil and oil filter get changed once a year and the bearings and under-vehicle stuff get lubricated at the same time. It has not been serviced by the dealer since the first service (after the first 1,500km).

The engine and mechanicals have not caused any problems but they have also not been serviced. Someone who knows these cars would probably need to spend $500 to flush the cooling system, brakes and oil and do some preventative maintenance and they would have a near new car.

Paintwork = 9.5/10

Interior = 9/10

I want to sell it to a Toyota enthusiast who will appreciate the car and keep it for a long time. I need advice on how much to ask for and how best to sell it. I do not want to put it in the newspaper or online car sales websites, I don't want tyre-kickers coming around and wasting my time.

Any comments will be appreciated.

[K8Canb]

1997 Vienta Intrigue V6

This vehicle was my late father's car, he had it from new and it has travelled only 59,700km. He passed away four years ago and I only drive it to and from work a couple of days a week as I have my own car. I want to sell it because I simply don't need it.

The oil and oil filter get changed once a year and the bearings and under-vehicle stuff get lubricated at the same time. It has not been serviced by the dealer since the first service (after the first 1,500km).

The engine and mechanicals have not caused any problems but they have also not been serviced. Someone who knows these cars would probably need to spend $500 to flush the cooling system, brakes and oil and do some preventative maintenance and they would have a near new car.

Paintwork = 9.5/10

Interior = 9/10

I want to sell it to a Toyota enthusiast who will appreciate the car and keep it for a long time. I need advice on how much to ask for and how best to sell it. I do not want to put it in the newspaper or online car sales websites, I don't want tyre-kickers coming around and wasting my time.

Any comments will be appreciated.

The cars even just parked without driving do depreciate, the plastics, rubbers get ages. Although your car has done only 59700 kms, it has missed important services. If you look at your service manual, it lists services as per odometer reading and/or the months that have passed from the day you bought the car (whichever comes first). The new owner must get few important jobs done like changing the timing belt and seals (may be even water pump), oil seals and auto-transmission service, flush and renew coolant etc. This will definitely cost much more than $500.

Valuing your car would be difficult as if you check the Redbook it will assume certain kilometres per year and that is irrespective of what your car has done. Your best bet will be to check paper advertisements - like Trading post and find out how much people are asking similarly aged cars and may be similar kilometres run.

To give you an idea, I recently bought a 2005 Toyota Camry Altise V6 from Pickles auction; the car had done 95000 kms with all the services done regularly by Toyota dealer. I paid $9500.

Hope that gives you some idea.

K8Canb

Edited October 18, 2010 by K8Canb