Is it easier to sell a modified or un-modified car?

[Homer]

So it's nearly time to sell the beloved Gti, it has a few mods- revo st2, intake,sports cat and downpipe. My question is will it be easier to sell the car with the mods or without? Thanks for any input

[Johnsy]

Having a standard car will give you a wider audience,modifications will narrow the field somewhat

GLWTS

[r5gtt]

+1
Having a standard car will give you a wider audience,modifications will narrow the field somewhat

GLWTS

[Dan_FR]

Definitely standard. I only look at standard cars when buying, and plan to return my Leon to as close to standard as possible when selling

Personally I'd sell the intake and exhaust, and get the Revo downgraded to a Stage 1

[flashp]

Modified cars do have a smaller audience for sure.

BUT...if I were looking for car that I knew I was going to modify and I was shown a vehicle with lets say £10k worth of invoices for parts and labour from a well respected specialist and could demonstrate a no expense spared and technically correct approach to modifying the car with new quality parts to achieve a well rounded and balanced vehicle and one which was absolutely standard where it could be then I'd buy that and pay a premium for it. Some essential work for modified vehicles is avoided usually for two reasons. 1 - High cost. 2 - Cant remove the parts for re-sale. LSD's are a classic example, brilliant mod, even trans-formative but relatively rare.

Conversely, if I was asked to look at a vehicle that had cheap coilovers for no other reason than 'slamming' it, bits of a Mk6 interior, a CAI for no other reason than noise, a downpipe that had the pre-cat smashed out of it (etc etc) and no invoices for labour then no, I'd be walking away pretty much instantly.

So many times this comes up. Must have a standard car, got be bog standard. Then it's modified on the cheap on the driveway and then when the owner has finished with it we get another 'back to standard sale' and it's sold as a standard vehicle. Again.

Hurdy's Mk6 R is classic example. That was an absolute steal at his original asking price as a modified vehicle and was absolutely on the money in terms of specification. This was also an opinion shared by JKM.

There's more than one flavour of modified vehicle and some will leave a nasty taste in the mouth and some won't.

[pudding]

Agree with the above.  If someone wants to buy a GTI with a view of modding it, it can make sense to buy one that's already been done, so long it's sensibly priced and been done properly.

I wanted a standard ED30 and bought what I thought was such a car, only to discover it had been chipped.  I did think it was a bit feisty during the test drive (spinning up 3rd for fun in the dry) but just figured that's how they were, being a bit fruitier than the regular GTi.   So yeah, if you test drive a 'standard' GTI and it's a bit of handful, you can bet your bottom dollar it's been tweaked.

IMO the standard mapping is boring.  Not enough boost and too linear.  The rest of the car is spot-on imo, so I avoid aftermarket suspension personally.

I've sold modified VWs in the past and lost a bundle, and I didn't get many calls, so give it some thought before selling.