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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Bondy-MKV on 27 September 2010, 11:23
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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the forum and i've not yet got my GTI but have been saving the past couple of years to get one! now the time has finally come to do so but i'm having a few issues finding the right one. I just wanted your opinion on a few things and also what the general price ranges are for this car?
I've got around £13,000 to play with and have come across two cars i like, one being a Black (the fastest of course!) 2006 reg, with 22,000 miles, 18" Monza's, leather upholstery, i-pod connection etc for £12,995. The other i have seen is the same apart from being a 2007 reg, 28,000 miles with plaid seats etc for the same price. Both have 1 previous owner and full service history.
What i really want to know is firstly, do those prices seem about right? If not, how much room do you think there is for negotiation with the dealer?
Also, what are your opinions on the leather v cloth fabric seats? I'm generally a fan of the leather seats but want to know if there are any disadvantages or things to look out for when going down that route?
A few other random questions are, is the ipod connection via USB or an AUX port? Does it display the song information on the stereo display? Is there anything to look out for when buying a car thats 4 years old, or any general wear and tear issues that may crop up with the golf?
If you can get back to me on any of this it would be really appreciated!
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Hello,
Welcome to the forum - i'm relatively new and the information on here is invaluable, you're in the right place!
The seats are really a matter of opinion - mine has cloth, i love the pattern, but if i had the budget i would have had the leather. (however, after reading some of the threads on here, the general consensus is that VW leather isn't the best quality). The ED30 has the best of both worlds, tartan cloth down the middle with leather side bolsters. My opinion, cloth or leather would be to look for heated seats. Wish i had done with mine.
4 years old, make sure you get the cambelt and waterpump changed as part of any deal. (The VW service schedule states every 4 years or 60,000 miles, whichever is sooner). Even on a low mileage car i'd definitely get it done.
Prices i can't really help with, i paid £8,600 for 55 plate car with 60k on the clock - really clean and tidy with the cambelt service thrown in.
You will be very happy either way - the car is brilliant and your hard saving will be rewarded!
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Drive them both and buy the one you like best.
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One thing I found is that prices seem to be all over the place on auto trader. £8,600 for a 55 plate seems extremely cheap..
Also the one with 28k and on a 07 play seems very cheap if its £12,995.
The other thing i found when looking was that if it's very cheap it was usually in a smash or recorded stolen or an import.
Good Luck
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Welcome to the site, the 06 car sounds like a good deal, I had the same dilemna when I was looking to get my golf leather or cloth, I went for the cloth seats and am really happy with them, was more interested in the car having 18's & xenons. Take them both for a drive and buy the one you like best. Either way you are going to end up with a great car.
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Also, what are your opinions on the leather v cloth fabric seats? I'm generally a fan of the leather seats but want to know if there are any disadvantages or things to look out for when going down that route?
As others have said, VW isn't the best - they've reserved that for Audi. Hence the leather doesn't wear well and will look more worn and older than it does in future. I'd honestly drive both and see which feels more comfortable.
A few other random questions are, is the ipod connection via USB or an AUX port? Does it display the song information on the stereo display?
The iPod connection is a bit crap TBH. I imagine neither cars have satnav so you'd have either the RCD300 or 500. The connection is into the Auxillary connection at the back so I don't think you can have a CD changer (might be wrong though). Also, you don't get much info. Plus you can only play the first six playlists.
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£14k or under should get you into an '07 reg Edition 30. Mine went for just under £14k with 28.5k miles on, FSH, REVO ECU and DSG software, Satnav, Quaife diff, Team Dynamics 18" alloys and TOYO R1R tyres with little wear. The brake discs had just been changed and the OEM suspension only had 4k miles on it from new. So, the deals are out there if you know where to look. :cool:
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£14k or under should get you into an '07 reg Edition 30. Mine went for just under £14k with 28.5k miles on, FSH, REVO ECU and DSG software, Satnav, Quaife diff, Team Dynamics 18" alloys and TOYO R1R tyres with little wear. The brake discs had just been changed and the OEM suspension only had 4k miles on it from new. So, the deals are out there if you know where to look. :cool:
+1 what Hurdy says spot on , get an Ed30 brilliant motor :cool:
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+1 for and Ed30 I paid a little more than 14k that Hurdy mentioned but he car has toys and warranty remaining. I've only had it 2 weeks so have been looking a lot recently.
As mentioned deals are out there keep looking
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Edition 30 :afro:
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+1 Ed 30
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The ED30's are all badly built or crashed. For £10,000 I'd buy a 3 year old BMW 525d. RWD is so much more fun than FWD.
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Hey guys,
Thanks for all the comments, really appreciated!
I've booked out two cars for a look/test drive this Sunday and will hopefully be able to go home with one of them as long as they are both in good condition! Luckily my girlfriend works for Audi as well so we can do all the checks on the cars beforehand as well to make sure they are as they say they are!
I'll let you all know by then and hopefully have some pics to show!
Thanks again
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The ED30's are all badly built or crashed. For £10,000 I'd buy a 3 year old BMW 525d. RWD is so much more fun than FWD.
Why did you buy a golf then?
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The ED30's are all badly built or crashed. For £10,000 I'd buy a 3 year old BMW 525d. RWD is so much more fun than FWD.
.........untill you get 2mm of snow & then there fu**ing useless. :smug: :rolleyes:
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Stretch the budget Bondy and get this.......
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,19855.0.html
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The ED30's are all badly built or crashed. For £10,000 I'd buy a 3 year old BMW 525d. RWD is so much more fun than FWD.
.........untill you get 2mm of snow & then there fu**ing useless. :smug: :rolleyes:
I've found my GTI to be fu**ing useless in the snow too. That's why I have a spare set of wheels fitted with winter tyres.
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Hey guys,
Thanks for all the comments, so i ended up going to see a car today as the other's were sold on Sunday and ended up buying this , change of colour too! (sorry for the crappy pic its from my iphone):
(http://i52.tinypic.com/u4ih2.jpg)
Only done 17,300 miles as well! Off to collect the car this weekend!!
I do have one question though about insurance you all might be able to help with, basically i'm going to be the registered keeper of the vehicle, but im only 22 and have only been driving 1 year with 1 years NCB. I can afford to put myself as the main driver but dont want to waste money doing so. I've been on Admirals website and put my girlfriend as the main driver and one of the questions it asked is 'Are you the registered keeper of the vehicle?' so i put No and then it asks for the details of the registered keeper. I then put myself as a named driver to save myself about £600.
So is that technically illegal or not considering it's still given me a quote and i've explicitly told it that she's not the keeper and i am, and i'm a named driver, if you can let me know then great as i will go ahead with that as i also get NCB by being a named driver!
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Welcome and great choice! That would have been my first choice of colour but i ended up getting a red one!
As far as insurance is concerned, i was under the impression that you have to be the registered keeper to be the policy holder of the insurance. If i'm wrong then that's great for you!
Im 23 and i thought i would have real trouble with the insurance, and most companies i tried said no way! (6 years driving and 4 yrs NCB, no points) But one thing that has saved me sooooo much money, and i would recommend to anyone, is to join the Institute of Advanced motorists. You have to drive like a lemon and do an advanced test with a copper sat next to you and a running commentary for 2 hours, but it really is worth it. You learn so much about observation and smooth fast driving and its cheap (I did it 3 yrs ago and it was £80 for all lessons, the test and 1st yrs membership) - It costs £20 a year - and their own insurance company (IAM Surety through Adelaide Insurance) insure me on my GTI for £600 per year as the policy holder
They price match any quote
free protected no claims
free breakdown cover
low excess
Well worth it!
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Lovely looking car, good choice.
As for insurance, I done the whole comparison website thing and the best price for me was around the £1000 mark. The current insurance I had for my 05 Suzuki Swift 1.5 was £600 with Swift insurance, and they bumped the price up to £800 when I got the GTI.
When it came to renewing the insurance, Swift Cover kept the price the same so I decided to have a look on here for advice. Greenlight insurance were the guys I ended up going with. http://www.greenlightinsurance.co.uk
I’m 25 with 4 years NCB but technically I have made 2 claims, 1 for the windscreen, and 1 for an accident that wasn’t my fault (all on my previous car, and luckily nether of these affected my NCB). Green Light quoted me, with my mum as a named driver and protected NCB £400 for the year.
Try them out mate, well worth it. You always get straight through on the phone to someone who is English (not to sound racist, but it does get annoying when you are speaking to someone in India who asks you to spell your name 3 times, its David by the way) The guy I spoke to was very helpful and chucked in the protected NCB free of charge.
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In the end the insurance cost me £1900!! I tried greenlight insurance but they will only insure me if i had 2 years or more NCB. After getting the insurance and collecting the car all i can say is it is amazing!!!! The car is awesome, i've only ever driven one round the block for a quick test drive and never had the chance to put my foot down a bit and when i finally got to it was great fun!
Once i had got it home i took it to the Audi dealership where my girlfriend works to get it all nice and cleaned up and here are the end results:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/Bondy/Golf%20GTi/001.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/Bondy/Golf%20GTi/002.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/Bondy/Golf%20GTi/003.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/Bondy/Golf%20GTi/004.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/Bondy/Golf%20GTi/005.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/Bondy/Golf%20GTi/007.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/Bondy/Golf%20GTi/006.jpg)
Absolutely love the car, next thing to do is get a pair of 18" alloys, not sure whether to just go for the Monza's or see what else is out there.
p.s how do you get the headlight washers to work?
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Lovely car. Best colour IMO.
And if you have the headlight washers (which were part of the 'winter pack' i think), you need to have the headlights on, then just press the windscreen wash stalk as you would normally.
They wash the lights every 5th press, unless reset by turning the ignition off.
:smiley:
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Absolutely love the car, next thing to do is get a pair of 18" alloys, not sure whether to just go for the Monza's or see what else is out there.
p.s how do you get the headlight washers to work?
Surely if you only get a pair of 18" alloys then you will still have 2 17" left on the car? Haha, only kidding, i know what you mean!
Looks great, hopefully your insurance will steadily come down over the next couple of years or so! Hope you enjoy the car!
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Looks nice mate, glad your pleased with it :cool:
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Absolutely love the car, next thing to do is get a pair of 18" alloys, not sure whether to just go for the Monza's or see what else is out there.
p.s how do you get the headlight washers to work?
Surely if you only get a pair of 18" alloys then you will still have 2 17" left on the car? Haha, only kidding, i know what you mean!
lol didnt even realise i put that :rolleyes:
And if you have the headlight washers (which were part of the 'winter pack' i think), you need to have the headlights on, then just press the windscreen wash stalk as you would normally
Excellent, got them working now ta very much!
On another note, i've seen a few metal GTI footrests about in pictures, can these be bought anywhere?
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There is a chap on here (and mk5golfgti.co.uk) called Gulf Stream and he does them. Send him a message :wink:
Infact he lives about 3 minutes away from me :D
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looks fresh off the proddy line... cleaner than mine right now. I agree best colour, enjoy mate! :cool:
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There is a chap on here (and mk5golfgti.co.uk) called Gulf Stream and he does them. Send him a message :wink:
Infact he lives about 3 minutes away from me :D
Yeah Gulfstream is your man. I bought a footrest off him, looks great! I also got some inserts for the recesses on the seat height adjusters and some stainless sill plates off ebay that i think look great!
(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/DSCF2243.jpg)
(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/DSCF2238.jpg)
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Love the colour. Looks great :cool:
Hope you enjoy it.
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There is a chap on here (and mk5golfgti.co.uk) called Gulf Stream and he does them. Send him a message :wink:
Infact he lives about 3 minutes away from me :D
Yeah Gulfstream is your man. I bought a footrest off him, looks great! I also got some inserts for the recesses on the seat height adjusters and some stainless sill plates off ebay that i think look great!
(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/DSCF2243.jpg)
(http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx65/Jon_Birch/DSCF2238.jpg)
Cheers guys, after finding gulfstream on the forum i've spent the past half an hour trying to figure out how the hell to send a PM to then find out i've got to make 10 posts before it becomes active :rolleyes:
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Nice car mate & the clutch rest & seat inserts are great & look o.e. One point you'r exhaust tips could do with a couple of hours work :grin: :wink:
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One point you'r exhaust tips could do with a couple of hours work :grin: :wink:
You say that but when I got my GTI no matter how much elbow grease I gave them they still looked scumy, one Milltek later and over a year later they still look shiney :D :D