Advice on Golf purchase

[infidel]

Bargain, even if its not had the cambelt done. Here's a few examples that went through my local auction in the last few weeks.

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GT SPORT TDI 140 - 1968CC 5dr Hatchback Mar 2008 (08) None 105,402 5900.00
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GT SPORT TDI 170 - 1968CC 3dr Hatchback Sep 2008 (58) Aug 2014 85,011 6175.00

with respect, these are not a good indication of value.
I have seen some junk sell at auction for silly money.

I sold a 1997 Peugeot 407 with all the bells and whistles, low mileage, nice bodywork, one lady owner, that was a shed.
expected to get scrap value for it .
it fetched three grand!
it wasn`t a death trap, but needed a lot more than three grand to put right.

[pionte]

It seems cheap to me.... I had one as a company car for 4 years, best car I have ever had.


The warning light and limp mode could be the DPF ( diesel particulate filter ) very common on the 170 and others.... cheapest fix is to remove it and get a remap . The car will run far better without it, around £700 iirc , about half the cost of a new DPF

The engines are bullet proof, the injection and associated parts can be the fragile bit... made me laugh that some people consider a car under 6 years old to be old

Does it look clean and tidy ? in my experience a clean and tidy looking one will always sell well. If you got it and had it fixed foe around £2.5 k , you could use it and enjoy it for a couple of years and still not loose much money.


If its the 170 BHP then its a proper quick car, 0-60 in under 8 seconds and top speed over 140 mph. Lots of people in the trade rate these over the GTI petrol, and round the twisties the torque will keep you ahead of one on the road.

Sold mine trade to a mate with a garage, he has sold it and bought it back a couple of times... last time it was sold a year ago with 150000 miles he got £5k for it.( mine was a 2006 170 BHP GT with all the extra's)

Its a Golf, always worth more than other marks. Yes the mileage is hi, but how many of us have that kinda mileage on our vans, and be honest none of the engines from the 80's are anywhere near as good. It has a galvanised body so no rust either. I bet it has FSH too ?

worth considering, if it came through my local auction I would put my hand up for it.

[REGGAJ]

Bargain, even if its not had the cambelt done. Here's a few examples that went through my local auction in the last few weeks.

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GT SPORT TDI 140 - 1968CC 5dr Hatchback Mar 2008 (08) None 105,402 5900.00
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GT SPORT TDI 170 - 1968CC 3dr Hatchback Sep 2008 (58) Aug 2014 85,011 6175.00

with respect, these are not a good indication of value.
I have seen some junk sell at auction for silly money.

I sold a 1997 Peugeot 407 with all the bells and whistles, low mileage, nice bodywork, one lady owner, that was a shed.
expected to get scrap value for it .
it fetched three grand!
it wasn`t a death trap, but needed a lot more than three grand to put right.

With respect.. At sub 2k its a bargain, the examples i'v shown are prices reached at auction for trade money. Maybe your thoughts on whats junk and whats not differ to others.3 grand to put right a low mileage 1 lady owner with nice bodywork that you expected 200 quid for but made 3k is an example

[pionte]

Did you decide to buy it ??