Vel Satis

Anan1

I've been sniffing around an 03 Vel Satis 3.0V6 DCI initiale. The car has 43,000 miles and appears to be in excellent condition. They're rare enough here, does anyone have any opinions on what I should pay? VRT reckon it's worth €19,700, but i'm not so sure...

peasant

As little as is humanly possible, unless you're prepared to keep it forever as a collectors item.

Resale (at least within the next 20 years) will be a very, very painful experience.

Older 3 litre cars are very hard to sell on anyway ...add to that the Renault factor and multiply by exotic Vel satis ...equals zero interest a few years down the line.

EDIT:
If you're willing to spend nearish 20 k on a three litre Renault, try THIS for size.

That one at least (due to its rarety) you should be able to sell on at reasonable money ...not necessarily in Ireland, though

Anan1

You know what, you're probably right.:)

Gatster

How very odd, I was looking at Avantimes on Autotrader.co.uk before the footy started tonight, just to see what they are going for now.

This lot have a 2.0T (faster than the 3.0?) with 30k for £7k. If I was keeping it forever, it would be tempting...:rolleyes: Odd colour for the car I think, but an odd (cool) car anyway.

Guy:Incognito

The Vel Satis is the car I will be buying when it comes time to change the Safrane (assuming availability, otherwise I'llbe moving down the list). I love my safrane and will be keeping it as long as possible, the Vel Satis is the natural replacement. Been looking at a couple when nosing around Renault garages and I really like it. Straight off Iloved the look so as long as it came close to the Safrane for comfort and spec I'd be happy. Ticks all my boxes.

Have to say I really like the Avantime aswell. It's loosley based on the Espace and was built by the crowd that used to build the espace for Renault. My dad bought a Laguna a few weeks back off the guy I bought my safrane from. He had an Avantime for a while and I was hoping to have a look round it when collecting the Laguna but he just sold it.

I'd probably be more willing to part with 20k for the Vel Satis over the Avantime though.

legs11

can ye guys not splash out on something that might actually appreciate in value over time such as a wonderful hudson hornet.......:D

sure, you wont get leather, abs, traction control or climate control....
but its more of a head turner than a vel satis id imagine:rolleyes:

colm_mcm

legs11 wrote:

can ye guys not splash out on ..a wonderful hudson hornet....... its more of a head turner than a vel satis id imagine:rolleyes:

stomach turner more like :eek:

Henry Ford III

Masochism is alive and well clearly

galwaytt

'sfunny, you don't hear about these for years, and all of a sudden.........my wife saw one yesterday and wondered what it was, and would it be any good...


I note Galway Renault describe theirs as 'collectors car'.........is this because it doesn't run???

RobAMerc

I imagine the problem with buying one of these is the fact that they mostly only show up in Renault dealers who want to do the traditional raping of the client before they'll sell you anything - "It's a collectors car" therefore will cost you more :rolleyes: and the problem that these will hold their value better in the uk as they will be better appreciated there as some cars are.

best bet if buying anything like this on these shores is wait till one comes up private and brush up on your bullsh*t bingo before bending the vendor over.

I'd love to have etheir if I were in that market but thankfully I am not. (Still looking at 2 ish seater vertibles lucky me)

junkyard

Henry Ford III wrote:

Masochism is alive and well clearly

It sure is.:D