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Title: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: HeavySmoker on 25 February 2011, 12:58
almost climaxed when i saw this  :grin: then i remembered my insurance quotes  :sick:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201108380409355/sort/priceasc/usedcars/engine-size-cars/2-6l_to_2-9l/model/golf/make/volkswagen/radius/1500/postcode/cv83dg/page/2?logcode=p
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: Wayne on 25 February 2011, 13:12
Bargain shame it is a auto.
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: Mike87Turbo on 25 February 2011, 13:13
Nice as it is its a dirty auto though!!  :sick:

plus id be very wary as thats extremely low mileage!
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 25 February 2011, 13:15
That's why its cheap.
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 25 February 2011, 13:18
Good price but far to many doors,and as said its an auto :sick:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: Wayne on 25 February 2011, 13:33

plus id be very wary as thats extremely low mileage!

Why is that a bad thing  :undecided:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: robz on 25 February 2011, 13:33
5 door hater lol
big job to change to manual?
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: robz on 25 February 2011, 13:34
its also the only colour mk3 ya want :D
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: Wayne on 25 February 2011, 13:37

big job to change to manual?


Yes and no, you really need a donor for all the parts.

Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: robz on 25 February 2011, 13:41
thought so, just a thought for future, cos you do see alot of cheap autos...
im not sure i could live without a clutch lol
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: tdi_blu on 25 February 2011, 18:57
Never been a fan of autos although I bet in a VR they drive nice, still manual VRs like a drink bet the auto is heavy.
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: JC on 25 February 2011, 19:08
whats low mileage about that  :huh:

my 91 passat only had 61k on it when i bought it in 2009  :tongue:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: robz on 25 February 2011, 19:12
Have to say I thought the same chuff lol
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: gtiballs61 on 25 February 2011, 19:32
Auto's are for lazy people and girls :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 25 February 2011, 19:40
or people that can't drive properly.
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: JC on 25 February 2011, 19:56
Auto's are for lazy people and girls :lipsrsealed:

Lazy people - Check thats me  :smug:

Girls - check our lass can only drive Autos  :laugh:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: HeavySmoker on 25 February 2011, 20:17
if i had a spare £1500 and was 25+ i would  :undecided:

shame im 17 and the insurance would be like 3 million pounds
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: madmanmart on 25 February 2011, 20:37
Auto  :sick:
5dr  :sick:

Not exactly super low miles, so not exactly cheap.
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: Wayne on 25 February 2011, 21:33

Not exactly super low miles, so not exactly cheap.


So 14 years old = 4300 a year, I would class that as low miles myself
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: MK3GTI_16Valve on 25 February 2011, 23:12
it is low mileage.....
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: mani12354 on 25 February 2011, 23:13
 :grin: how much for the front seats? and rear?  :shocked:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: HeavySmoker on 26 February 2011, 00:56
id buy it just for the interior  :laugh:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: dom on 26 February 2011, 12:51
The 0-60 time according to autotrader is 9.0 seconds, surely the auto can't be that slow? I mean that's almost 8v slow :shocked:
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: bulk66 on 26 February 2011, 13:10
All you 4 door haters will go to hell  :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: lol. Chuck a blower on it and ya not care if its an auto when ya leaving scoobys in ya mirror. As some one else said the manual VRs are rather juicy i could get my old one into the teens when i was being a tit and that was befor petrol went crazy money so god knows what an auto would cost to run now.........
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: youngtimer on 27 February 2011, 00:03
Auto haters aside

Are there any pitfalls with the VR6 auto box?
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: Wayne on 27 February 2011, 16:48
Auto haters aside

Are there any pitfalls with the VR6 auto box?

Not really, it is a strong box just give a good drive and make sure it is not slipping at all.
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: madmanmart on 27 February 2011, 21:21

Not exactly super low miles, so not exactly cheap.


So 14 years old = 4300 a year, I would class that as low miles myself

As I said not super low  :grin:

And not worth £1500....
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: Wayne on 27 February 2011, 21:30

Not exactly super low miles, so not exactly cheap.


So 14 years old = 4300 a year, I would class that as low miles myself

As I said not super low  :grin:

And not worth £1500....

Well worth £1500, find another, worth more than that as it is, can only go up in value.
Title: Re: Fancy a low mileage vr6 Highline for £1500
Post by: HeavySmoker on 27 February 2011, 22:15
so who's buying it?!

you owe me a spin in it for finding it out  :laugh: