1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by mercedade » Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:56 am

No matter how many times I do things like this :)
Adrian
1998 Rover Mk2 820 Vitesse Hatchback (white gold)
Gone...1998 Rover Mk2 820 Vitesse Hatchback (green)
Gone...1992 Rover Mk1 827 SLi Manual (green)
Gone...1998 Rover Mk2 825 Diesel (green)

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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by scoobyh123 » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:41 am

To answer your second post first Adrian - best get posting then! :wink: :lol:

Now for the serious bit - go through ebay looking for Vitesse spares, starting with an engine & gearbox.

That's worth £600 alone for the pair together.

Then there's the anti-roll bars, wheels, suspension (springs and shocks if they're genuine Vitesse or correct replacements), tailgate and spoiler (i know of a spoiler that sold recently for £60), wings, doors - the list goes on.

I know you don't want to break it and from the nature of your posts don't have room to do that either but surely when you can realise well over £2k in parts alone letting the car go complete for £600 is ridiculous!

Not to mention things like the ECU/CCU/Fob receiver/fob combo, lock set (if they're keyed-alike), light units - it all adds up!

A £99 start on ebay would be a good way to sell but as you rightly say, many people haven't realised the proper value of 800s yet and there are a lot of speculators out there that will buy the car cheap simply to put it in a shed and then sell it later and others who will buy it simply to break.
Reserves do put people off it's true but that might be a good way to prevent yourself from being shafted on price. :wink: :D
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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by mercedade » Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:51 pm

I'd happily break it if I thought there was a realistic chance I'd be done breaking it by Christmas.

The trouble is, I'd be hanging on, waiting for the remaining 180-200 owners (less, more probably) of late model Vitesses to need the respective bits from it.

I've not seen anyone pay £600 for engines and gearboxes for many, many years. I think I'd be lucky to get £250 for them, and that's after I'd been the sucker who pulled the thing out of the shell.

I feel like I'm being proper negative about it, when really I'd love to be selling the car whole for £1800 (I'm not greedy) or parting it out for £2500!

But I do appreciate the comments, I honestly do. When I've got my wheels back (this week hopefully!), perhaps I'll have a proper swing at writing up an eBay advert with better photos, a more comprehensive write-up, and a new four-figure price
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1998 Rover Mk2 820 Vitesse Hatchback (white gold)
Gone...1998 Rover Mk2 820 Vitesse Hatchback (green)
Gone...1992 Rover Mk1 827 SLi Manual (green)
Gone...1998 Rover Mk2 825 Diesel (green)

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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by Nathan_Ti » Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:24 pm

Hello, new here but if you do decide to break it, I'd have the wheels 🙂

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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by Fastback » Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:24 pm

To the back of the line, newbie, :D

Oh, and welcome. :lol:
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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by Nathan_Ti » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:36 am

Fastback wrote:
Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:24 pm
To the back of the line, newbie, :D

Oh, and welcome. :lol:
There's a lovely set on MGRover.Org for you :D
Double the price I'm willing to spend on them!

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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by scoobyh123 » Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:05 am

Nathan_Ti wrote:
Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:36 am
Fastback wrote:
Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:24 pm
To the back of the line, newbie, :D

Oh, and welcome. :lol:
There's a lovely set on MGRover.Org for you :D
Double the price I'm willing to spend on them!
From the sound of that, it looks like this is the budget :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-S40-2-0 ... SwF1tZbSJC

However, this is the expectation :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0833-Like4lik ... Sw7W5XOLqA

Trouble is you don't get anything for nothing in this life, especially with alloy wheels. Either you have to pay the money for good wheels to start with or do the work yourself on a shabby set.
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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by Nathan_Ti » Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:31 am

scoobyh123 wrote:
Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:05 am
Nathan_Ti wrote:
Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:36 am
Fastback wrote:
Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:24 pm
To the back of the line, newbie, :D

Oh, and welcome. :lol:
There's a lovely set on MGRover.Org for you :D
Double the price I'm willing to spend on them!
From the sound of that, it looks like this is the budget :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-S40-2-0 ... SwF1tZbSJC

However, this is the expectation :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0833-Like4lik ... Sw7W5XOLqA

Trouble is you don't get anything for nothing in this life, especially with alloy wheels. Either you have to pay the money for good wheels to start with or do the work yourself on a shabby set.
Not at all lol, the seller said I could have them for £235 if they don't sell. This is without the tyres as I said 50s aren't low enough profile for me. I'd say that's fair enough, I also missed out on a brand new set of Rotas last night by £5 on eBay, was a little gutted. But I understand where you're coming from 🙂

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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by CV35Rover » Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:32 am

Hi
Did this sell?
Not for me but I share a garage with someone who used to work on the line at Rover in the 90s and may be interested.
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Re: 1998 820 Vitesse - 12 months MOT, lots of spares

Post by mercedade » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:47 pm

Hi Ian,

No, I haven't sold it. I've totally taken my foot off the gas with this! It's entirely down to my reluctance to sell it, despite the fact I've driven it a total of 10 miles since its MOT.

Happy to provide any further details (and give it the wash it needs)
Adrian
1998 Rover Mk2 820 Vitesse Hatchback (white gold)
Gone...1998 Rover Mk2 820 Vitesse Hatchback (green)
Gone...1992 Rover Mk1 827 SLi Manual (green)
Gone...1998 Rover Mk2 825 Diesel (green)

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