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General => Cars and parts for sale => Topic started by: Sprotacus on 23 February 2024, 08:43
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Hi All,
It’s been a few years since my last GTI which was a 25k miles one lady owner Mk2 that would probably now be worth just about as much as the car I’m now looking for :rolleyes:
The Ideal/dream spec:
3-door, pure white, manual or dsg considered with standard seats or art velour and Dynaudio. FVWSH, low owners and unmodified with under 30k miles :whistle:
Considered:
5-door, tornado red, metallic grey, silver and blue.
I know I can add an aftermarket stereo but kind of fixated on the Dynaudio. I had a GR86 for a few months which was brilliant to drive but for someone who likes their music the sound system was awful. I still own a 22 year old R53 which still has its original mini disc player and that was/is a million times better than the GR!
Anyways, I’m in Scotland but no problem with a road trip anywhere in the UK for the right car.
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What's your budget buddy?
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From what I've seen, prices are all over the place with some independent dealers and private buyers asking more than VW Approved prices. Typically cars with around 30k miles and below have been advertised from anything between £18k to £24k with options like DSG, DCC etc commanding the biggest prices.
I have been looking at VW Approved and reached out to the likes of APS with my spec so I know the kind of money I'll need to pay for the right car.
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Did you find a car?
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No nothing as yet
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I might be selling mine.
2018, 5 door, DSG, standard cloth, 19in Santiago’s, white silver, DCC, pan roof, Dynaudio, rear camera, FVWSH, MOT’d serviced and 4 new PS4’s in January. 38,000 miles, 10 months VW warranty, 10 months car park ‘dings’ warranty.
Standard spec, as they should be :)
I’d ask £19,995, haven’t looked at the current prices…
The car is fantastic, I’d only sell to buy a Mk8 R.
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Thanks for the info on your car which has a great spec and is fairly priced especially with newish PS4's and a remaining VW Warranty. The only thing that's stopping me taking this any further is the white silver colour. It's a personal taste thing but my nephew had a standard GTI in this colour and I never really warmed to it.
Thanks again and you shouldn't have any problem selling with that spec at that price.
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If I could find a replacement in the form of a S3/S4 I'd consider selling up, although I'm slightly modified nothing extreme.
3 door, DSG, Tornado Red, Performance pack, Climate windscreen, Leather, Panoramic Roof, Dynaudio, Pro Nav, Reverse camera, 19in Brescias with 4 new PS4S's, full front end paint protection film (PPF) along with B-Pillars (no swirly door gloss black), Gloss black roof wrap, TCR roof spoiler, ceramic coated in October.
Serviced every 6k miles, about to be serviced again. 32k miles.
Remus GPF back exhaust, R600 intake, BBS CI-R (All can be easily removed)
(https://i.postimg.cc/dVPP3Nq6/IMG-8988.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2VwXXwLL)
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That is a stunning car that has obviously been very well taken care of and tornado red was the colour of my last GTI which I posted on the intro chat a while ago. I was hoping to find a car with plaid seats but that aside everything else looks superb.
I'm not usually one for modifications but all are very tasteful and improve the car. I did try and figure out how to pm you but I can't see any way to do so which might be to do with me being a new member and not posted enough?
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If I could find a replacement in the form of a S3/S4 I'd consider selling up, although I'm slightly modified nothing extreme.
3 door, DSG, Tornado Red, Performance pack, Climate windscreen, Leather, Panoramic Roof, Dynaudio, Pro Nav, Reverse camera, 19in Brescias with 4 new PS4S's, full front end paint protection film (PPF) along with B-Pillars (no swirly door gloss black), Gloss black roof wrap, TCR roof spoiler, ceramic coated in October.
Serviced every 6k miles, about to be serviced again. 32k miles.
Remus GPF back exhaust, R600 intake, BBS CI-R (All can be easily removed)
(https://i.postimg.cc/dVPP3Nq6/IMG-8988.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2VwXXwLL)
Surely you can't leave
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Surely you can't leave
I've a V6 itch and a 4wd itch to scratch, but it's fully dependent on if the right spec catches my eye, couldn't possibly drive something without a sunroof :wink:
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I might be selling mine.
2018, 5 door, DSG, standard cloth, 19in Santiago’s, white silver, DCC, pan roof, Dynaudio, rear camera, FVWSH, MOT’d serviced and 4 new PS4’s in January. 38,000 miles, 10 months VW warranty, 10 months car park ‘dings’ warranty.
Standard spec, as they should be :)
I’d ask £19,995, haven’t looked at the current prices…
The car is fantastic, I’d only sell to buy a Mk8 R.
I hadn't seen this colour before I read this, so looked it up, looks the dogs bollocks, very nice colour :smiley:
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Thanks for the info on your car which has a great spec and is fairly priced especially with newish PS4's and a remaining VW Warranty. The only thing that's stopping me taking this any further is the white silver colour. It's a personal taste thing but my nephew had a standard GTI in this colour and I never really warmed to it.
Thanks again and you shouldn't have any problem selling with that spec at that price.
To be honest with you, I didn’t know what White Silver was when my car came up at Lookers, but I reserved it anyway. When I first viewed it in their underground car park I thought ‘meh’! Took it for a drive got out and walked around it, thought it’ll do due to the spec.
Drove it to my sons and his partner who both said “wow”!
Got up the next morning, saw it, thought ‘meh’!
Since then, though, in 7.5 GTI trim, with the roof and the Santiago’s I think it looks fantastic, I’ll generally look back at, it’s that good.
I’d say it’s a strong contender for the best colour for this spec.
Even though I love the way this particular car looks, I still think ‘meh’ if I see an R or a Seat in the same colour…
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I think 'meh' describes my reaction but my nephew loved it. It's not that I hated it, I just wanted to get a car that ticked as many boxes as possible for me. Willy's car is an absolute stunner in Tornado Red but my mate who's a VAG diehard and owns a collection does not like Tornado Red. :shocked:
I was seriously keen on Willy's car but an unexpected opportunity in the shape of a GR Yaris has popped up. I race online weekly with a group of guys on GT7 and one of them unfortunately finds himself in a position where he needs to sell for and has offered me it and a price not far north of the higher end of the GTI PP top price. At three years old with 6k miles, still a couple of years warranty and just serviced on Tuesday I couldn't resist. Completely impractical and won't be a long termer like the Golf would've been but in a lovely scarlet flare colour!! :grin:
Expect a bump to this thread in about a years time if not before!!
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Wow, didn’t realise they’d dropped so much, I thought after all the press they had they’d hold their value…
Still not on my radar, though.
Do I sell my 7.5 to buy a Mk8 R that’ll cost me another £20k…