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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: mossy1969 on 27 February 2010, 16:23
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hi there looking to buy a golf gti 2005 on monday just was wondering if there was any thing to look out for ie recalls it should have had done ar anything else .the car is a manual 37000 miles ,,, cheers
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same questions realy maybe veiwing this tommorow
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1533216.htm
just wondering what to look for?
any help would be appreciated as this will be my first veedub and want to get it right.lol :grin:
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same questions realy maybe veiwing this tommorow
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1533216.htm
just wondering what to look for?
any help would be appreciated as this will be my first veedub and want to get it right.lol :grin:
That looks fab.......Good Luck !
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I'm a newbie here so feel free to ignore my advice - but my defence is that I did a lot of research before buying my Mk5 GTI and have previously owned Mk 2, 3 and 4 Golf GTI's.
If you guys are looking at relatively low mileage '05 or '06 cars with fVWsh I reckon there should be little in the way of nasty shocks to be had. I'm not aware of any significant build/recall issues so just judge the cars on their individual merit. Without wishing to state the obvious ALWAYS do an HPI check however genuine the owner may seem and bear in mind that VW suggest a cambelt change (£350-£400) after 4 years irrespective of mileage (I know it's debatable!).
£14k for the 56 plater seems very big money, I spent exactly £4k less on an equally-loaded 55 plate (but with xenons and no sunroof) which had done 12,200 miles and just had the cam belt change - but I was lucky and very quick off the mark !
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I just sold my 55 plater fully loaded (17" monzas), with 70k miles for £10,400
14k is a bit too much IMO especially if it doesnt have the Xenons which I think is at least a 1k or 1.5k premium. But having said that it seems very good ones are hard to find and the GTI is very sought after at the moment