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Old 26-05-2006, 11:43 PM   #1
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Default Sony Xplod XR8 for sale

I guess youre all familiar with this particular car - the Gold XR8 that Herrod and Sony did for the motor show scene a few years back, well its for sale up here. I know the guy bought it for $28,000. His asking price - $40k.

I'll try to get a scan of the ad tomorrow.

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Old 27-05-2006, 01:12 AM   #2
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I guess youre all familiar with this particular car - the Gold XR8 that Herrod and Sony did for the motor show scene a few years back, well its for sale up here. I know the guy bought it for $28,000. His asking price - $40k.

I'll try to get a scan of the ad tomorrow.
Well excuse me for sounding rude maybe ( i've had a few drinks ! ) , but if the guy paid $28,000 and prolly gave it a thrashing too and now it's older in age too , i would no way pay more than what he paid for it , sony/herrod decked out or not , no way would it be woth that much imo, imo thats just me maybe, im a picky bastard :evil3: ..lol :togo:
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Old 27-05-2006, 01:37 AM   #3
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I agree, how is a car that was $28000 a couple of years ago appreciate to $40000.

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I think he is more than just dreaming.
No way would i pay that much.
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Aust is that a mis key ? Surely no way $40k ?
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Delusions of granduer! LOL!

Aussie translation has already been expressed "Tell him he's dreamin!"

More than that though, I hope he doesn't have the gall to post his for sale ad here, he'll get a grilling (and rightly so IMO) for asking, let alone expecting that kind of money!

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does it still have the stroker motor in it?
las time i saw it at the tickford day, one of the mechanics told us that it wasnt able to be street registered because of the injection system and was purely a show car.????

would be good to see some photos of it, but yeah $40k not a chance in hell.
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There only has to be one person who will want it and be prepared to spend the money- at the end of the day he's only got one to sell and if someone really wants it and is prepared to spend the money, good luck to him.

I wouldn't get $40k for my T3.....
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No, it wasnt a misprint. $40k.

As far as i know (ive seen it a few times, but not recently), the car is unchanged from when it was originally built. It is registered, and the guy who owns it was stupid enough to use it as his daily for a while, so im unsure of the kms on it now. When it first turned up in town I saw it in a dumpy car yard hiding in the shed, the odometer had 573 kms on it (no BS).

I think the guy who owns it does not realise what it is, or what has been done to it.
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Im reading the ad for it now, car has had $110,000 spent on it.

PRICE HAS DROPPED TO $35,000

-Full custom leather interior
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$110, spent on it, man, I didn't think it was that much but oh well, he got a bargain if he only paid $28k.
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It's not going to be worth any more than any other XR8 of that year build, regardless of how much has gone into it.
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the Fusion show cars built by maroochy car sound sell for the NEW car price.. even tho they are only a couple of years old if that(so still relativly new) but they are chockers with cool stuff
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It's not going to be worth any more than any other XR8 of that year build, regardless of how much has gone into it.
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They will never recover anywhere near what has gone into it, but you could not tell me for a second you wouldn't pay more for it than a stock equivalent year and model.
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Id buy a T3 TS50 over that but it is a very nice car indeed
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If he sells it for that much then good on him.

It doesnt matter what he paid for it. If he can sell it for the price he is asking then his price is obviously acceptable by someone's standards.

All it takes is 1 buyer.

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crap.

They will never recover anywhere near what has gone into it, but you could not tell me for a second you wouldn't pay more for it than a stock equivalent year and model.
I think he already has told you that. But there may be others out there who would pay more for a car than what it's "worth".
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I think he already has told you that. But there may be others out there who would pay more for a car than what it's "worth".
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"It's not going to be worth any more than any other XR8 of that year build, regardless of how much has gone into it."

You can't tell me you wouldn't pay even a little bit more for that car over a stock standard XR8........
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no- he said

"It's not going to be worth any more than any other XR8 of that year build, regardless of how much has gone into it."

You can't tell me you wouldn't pay even a little bit more for that car over a stock standard XR8........
I guess the extra over standard is justified because of the boot being filled with audio rice! LOL!

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I guess the extra over standard is justified because of the boot being filled with audio rice! LOL!

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300kw naturally aspirated windsor all those years ago is alot more than rice and I know it would have been a LOT of money.....

Have half you guys read anything about this car, or taken any of it in?
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crap.

They will never recover anywhere near what has gone into it, but you could not tell me for a second you wouldn't pay more for it than a stock equivalent year and model.

I think Dark Horse might be referring to trade in value Jamie. As you'd know car yards dont really care what has been done to a car when you trade it in, they just pay as least as possible and then bump up the price when it comes time to retail it.

Of course the car is worth more than a standard XR8 to the right person willing to hand over the cash for it.
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Thanks richo, that's what I should've clarified in my earlier post.
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300kw naturally aspirated windsor all those years ago is alot more than rice and I know it would have been a LOT of money.....

Have half you guys read anything about this car, or taken any of it in?
Take it easy, try to read the humour into what I have posted. I wasn't referring to the engine bay, obviously that's your focus, I on the other hand was making the "rice" comments about all that Sony gear. I know it gets many people's blood pumping, but money on that stuff IMO isn't worth it.

Do you agree that the sound and techy stuff is rice or not?

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750 watts of power all up.
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Four x 6.5" Sony Xplód 3 way speakers, mounted two each side of the LCD screen mounted on the inside of the bootlid. Max output - 200 watts each.
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Sony CD tuner head unit (CDXM700R) using 'Active Black Panel' (This technology features a 5-colour dot matrix screen that pivots at the push of a button to reveal the CD slot and front panel controls. When the CD is not in use a blank panel appears - giving the impression the front panel has been removed.
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Sony SDMN50 15" LCD screen mounted on the inside of the bootlid (great for entertaining passengers on the way in to the drive-in).
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Final SPL figure of over 145dB.


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Rear bench seat replaced with 2 bucket seats making for a true 2 + 2 sports car, and featuring twin removable rear head rests with 'XR8' stitched into them.
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Front seat backs embossed with XR8 logos (the way we all wish Ford would do).
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Matching door trims, finished with 'Wattle' leather high lights and with matching XR8 logos.
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Tickford optioned body kit (excluding bonnet vents).
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sorry for the post being so long, but that is apparently what has been done to it. Although now that it is registered, I wonder if the Motec is gone?
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Take it easy, try to read the humour into what I have posted. I wasn't referring to the engine bay, obviously that's your focus, I on the other hand was making the "rice" comments about all that Sony gear. I know it gets many people's blood pumping, but money on that stuff IMO isn't worth it.

Do you agree that the sound and techy stuff is rice or not?

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I understand what you posted GK and I'm not getting my back up over your comment- that is a serious engine, no question; I have to apologise as I thought the car was a 300kw job and had no idea it was as high as it is- that would be a $40k+ engine alone so understandably (given my choice of car) it would be my focus.

I like my audio gear too- i've got a nice but subtle system in my T3 but in general context of the car would not call it "rice"- purely because the implication of what "rice" mods are to me flow on throughout the car- that doesn't. It's a very credible street car with an awesome audio install- I don't go much for the Sony gear personally (not in car anyway) and I know a lot of others don't either- but that car was built to prove a lot of things and it did.

It's a great car looking at what it has- I would be buying it over a BA XR8 of similar value in a second, no hesitation.........
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Considering it was a promo car, the whole $110k spent on it would have been tax deductible, so roughly that value, bringing it back to a more modest $60k odd, which is about what an XR8 with a few factory options went for anyway. So really, it's actually not worth any more than any other AU2 XR8 with leather and body kit, which puts it in the high teens/early 20s - certainly not $40k!
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I must be on drugs- that guy should ring me because I must be the only one that would be prepared to pay more for it than any other AU XR8.......... Don't get me wrong- I wouldn't pay $40k for it either but I'd bet I'd pay a good sum more for it than a standard one with anywhere near that low km........

You guys have some strange logic in your appraisals.......
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I agree with jimt3te50, I would swap cars with the guy if I thought I would get a good deal. It looks great and seems like it would go as good as it looks.

As for 'rice', I always assumed that 'rice' means 'flashy car, but no go' like Hyundia excels, non-turbo Lancers, 4 cylinder cars that wanna be turboed and might look the goods but make more noise than distance.
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