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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Moops on 03 May 2009, 20:00
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I'm looking at buying an import GTI. It was registered Feb 07. The car came from a Dubai dealer that did the PDI in Dec 06. The VIN number confirms that it is an 06 model, but is there any way to tell exactly when it was made? i.e. which month. I just want to try and check that it hasnt been sitting around for ages, although it does seem in good condition.
I heard that an 06 model could have actually been manufactured as early as August 05. Is this true?
Cheers
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I heard that an 06 model could have actually been manufactured as early as August 05. Is this true?
Yes it's true.
You do realise that the car ill have no warranty left?
Personally I would walk away from that car but it's your money.
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Yup realise about the warranty. The dealer is including a 12 month 3rd party warranty.
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Yup realise about the warranty. The dealer is including a 12 month 3rd party warranty.
Make sure you read and fully digest the warranty being offered as most them exclude cover break down due to failure of wear and tear items.
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Yup realise about the warranty. The dealer is including a 12 month 3rd party warranty.
Make sure you read and fully digest the warranty being offered as most them exclude cover break down due to failure of wear and tear items.
Yup will do.
Any one know about the VIN number, can you pinpoint the manufacturing date more accurately than just the year?
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yer call your local dealer with the vin and ask them to tell you the build date and sale date it will be on there system.
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Is anybody here able to help with checking a VIN number for the build date? Will try my local dealer but from past experience I don't hold out much hope. Also I'm supposed to be collecting the car on Wednesday so could do with knowing ASAP.
Cheers in advance.
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There was a UK website to do this but it seems to have gone out of service when I tried it earlier today.
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There was a UK website to do this but it seems to have gone out of service when I tried it earlier today.
Thanks but does the VIN give the exact build date or just the model year? I basically need to find out exactly when it was built so that I know how long it was sitting around for before being imported. Currently could be anywhere from August 05 to December 06 when it had its PDI. If it's towards the latter part of 06 then I'm happy.
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If you put the reg number and make into the DVLA vehicle enquiry website it will give you the year of manufacture if that helps?
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If you put the reg number and make into the DVLA vehicle enquiry website it will give you the year of manufacture if that helps?
I'm in Jersey so I don't think that will work. :sad:
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Phoned VWUK and they have given me a manufacture date of 13/07/05 which means it was almost a year and a half old before it had its PDI!
Does this seem right? Whats a typical lead time from manufacture to sale?
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for a uk car the lead time is normally 2-3 months then they are normally sold to dealerships cheap and regs as demos or loan cars and used approved. sounds like its been sitting still for a while thats a whole year and half of the car doing nothing.
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theres no hard and fast rules, the car must of just sat around.
Phoned VWUK and they have given me a manufacture date of 13/07/05 which means it was almost a year and a half old before it had its PDI!
Does this seem right? Whats a typical lead time from manufacture to sale?
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I've just sent the dealer an email telling him I've changed my mind. Everything about the deal feels wrong especially seeing as the dealer hasn't been completely honest with me.
The ironic thing is if he had been completely up front with me regarding where the car had come from I would have probably just accepted it and bought the car. As something smelt fishy I've done some research and found the car came from Dubai (Not via a dealer getting rid of it for VW UK as he'd told me) and the car was manufactured middle of 05 and had been sitting around for a year and half before it hads its PDI.
Oh well his loss.
The only thing now is I may have to look at different cars as MK5 GTIs don't come up very often here. :sad:
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Good decision - wouldn't touch this car personally but I can understand your interest given the price and availability. You would without doubt get royally shafted come resale time (I know this isn't a priority when you are buying, but in the current climate you should really consider this).
Good luck with the search - keep looking, a UK car will be there for you :wink:
Cass
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My MY06 GTI was registered in the UK on 30/06/05, they're supposed to trickle through in July but mine got through early!
I've had a couple of July reg'd VAG cars with next year's model year in the VIN.