97 bg5 or 99 bh5?

[Jonnysnow]

heres the pickle, i think i could get approx 5k for my yellow bg5 limited, manual with 139 thou on the clock. i'm wondering if its worth swapping to a 99 bh5 with 182 thou on the clock for 5k. or should i stick with the car that i know and has lower k's? Both are basically standard except for big bores. what do you guys think? and am i being realistic with 5k for the bg5? cheers

[GravelBen]

While I think a BH5 is a much better car all-round than a BG5, I'd suggest sticking with the car you know unless theres something you really don't like about it that a BH5 would solve, in which case it would probably be worth saving a bit more cash and buying a lower-kms example.

[Jonnysnow]

oh and my car (bg5) is just starting to sound like a police siren when the first turbo is winding down too.

[ReubenH]

The BH's are better cars in nearly all aspects, but i'll put it this way, there's a few reasons i stayed BG when i was buying. It's entirely down to personal preference. Test drive one, and see how it stacks up first. If you like the feel, well, go for it.

[Guest]

I'd pass on 182,000km BH - save $$$ for something else

[ReubenH]

Good point actually. My dads 98 BH is at 180,000K now, and it's just a bag of trouble, breaking things left right and centre, doing weird ****, and generally being old and un-reliable. If it got any problems with the twin turbo, i'd make them sell it, cause f*** trying to figure out the BH TT vac system.

My 98 BG on the other hand is only a few months older, and feels brand new compared. But it did blow it's engine 25,000K's ago, as BG's so love to do.

Milage has allot to do with it, and these BH's are starting to get long in the tooth. If you wanted to jump ship to one, pick one with lower K's than 180,000.

[Jonnysnow]

what about the price? am i dreaming to think i could get 5k for my 1997 then just buy the 99 for the same price? it seems like a good deal to me. thanks for the advice

[Jonnysnow]

bump

[gtb36]

 Jonnysnow said:

what about the price? am i dreaming to think i could get 5k for my 1997 then just buy the 99 for the same price? it seems like a good deal to me. thanks for the advice

keen the bg it a better car and more fun then the bh i so miss my bg

5k sounld ok if tidyed

[gtb36]

 gtb36']

[quote name='Jonnysnow said:

what about the price? am i dreaming to think i could get 5k for my 1997 then just buy the 99 for the same price? it seems like a good deal to me. thanks for the advice

/quote]

keep the bg it a better car and more fun then the bh i so miss my bg

5k sounld ok if tidyed