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General => General discussion => Topic started by: mwep201081 on 02 October 2011, 09:41
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Very nice MK2 which will be perfect in the snow this winter :grin:
http://bit.ly/r4fvJa
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its bloody nice, but would you really spend £17k on it though?
i predict it being broken for bits very soon
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that is awesome!!!!!
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when i went to tracks i think this was parked in the carpark of the hotel i was staying in, or a car thats very very very simelar. bloody gorgeous
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Awesome car, that has taken a lot of work / time and money to get to that standard.
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awesome car but to be brutally honest someone would have to be pissed or on loads of drugs to pay that...
I wouldnt pay more than 10k for a car like that.. the owner is playing on its rarity !
I WANT IT :grin: :grin:
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Could...... That be built for less than £17k?
I think so, discuss
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The thing is its no longer what it used to be ! and the fact hes spent alot on it dosn't make it any more than it is either yes i think its worth maybe 8k tops i'm sure i could build this quality of car with the people i know for circa 5k not including the original car!
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ide say it would cost more than 5k.
though wouldnt go as far as 17 k.
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ide say it would cost more than 5k.
though wouldnt go as far as 17 k.
Thats parts involved not the car! a mk5 r32 engine will be about 3.5k with most parts needed not much else needed apart from skills then put 2-3k on top of that maybe for the car originally. obviously not starting with a syncro version because they are rare but something like a rallye "same floor pan" i am more than confident this is achievable i know alot of guys in the trade including my skills i dont think anything is impossible.
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The 17K figure is derived from the fact that somebody else has spent blood, sweat, tears and a pot of money on the car...A kitchen fitter doesn't just charge for the price of a kitchen you know!!
If I had 17k that I didn't know what to do with, this car would be parked on my drive right now. Unfortunately for me, such a situation is unlikely to ever arise....
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Thats parts involved not the car! a mk5 r32 engine will be about 3.5k with most parts needed not much else needed apart from skills then put 2-3k on top of that maybe for the car originally. obviously not starting with a syncro version because they are rare but something like a rallye "same floor pan" i am more than confident this is achievable i know alot of guys in the trade including my skills i dont think anything is impossible.
can get R32 engines for 1.5k mate
17k for this is a joke and its as simple as that.. anyone who pays that price is just a idiot.
takes a lot to build these sort of cars but 17k ? f**k it ill sell mine for 10k .... and you know my car is Mint :laugh:
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The 17K figure is derived from the fact that somebody else has spent blood, sweat, tears and a pot of money on the car...A kitchen fitter doesn't just charge for the price of a kitchen you know!!
If I had 17k that I didn't know what to do with, this car would be parked on my drive right now. Unfortunately for me, such a situation is unlikely to ever arise....
mate i dont want to get to involved in this because i know people who build these sort of cars on a weekly basis im not stupid or incompetent and i know the value of things! everything on that car totals maximum of about 8-10k despite sweat tears and anger i wouldn't build a car and then slap 2k on the price because ive had a little sweat on and maybe cut myself :cry: i think he would have more luck pricing it at 10k thats only my pricing tag and im sure alot of others will agree this car will never sell for 17k no matter how mad you are :wink:
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The advert is misleading and there are things in there ringing alarm bells, which would put the value more four figures than five.
Let's just be clear here:
Porsche Carrera 4 leather front seats are fitted but at the time of writing the electrics on these are not wired up.
The seats can't be adjusted. They're not wired up.
It has fully working climate control although no air con of course.
So they've not fitted or hooked up the air-con (nasty, ugly pipes) but the control panel lights up and you can control where the air goes and how quick it comes out. Ingenious.
It ir running standard Mk4 management with a Mk4 fuel rail and a VR6 starter motor and flywheel.It has a new 3 piece sport clutch fitted.It remains drive by wire.
Let's be honest - the Golf5 wiring was a bit hard, so we nailed the Golf4 wiring on to it.
This Golf is an extremely rare model being an original 3 door Golf Syncro of which it is estimated that only 120 or so were made
No, there's loads of LHD 3-door Syncros out there. G60 3-door Syncros - that's another matter.
.It has alot more spot welds,much thicker front suspension turrets and front chassis rails and a bonded front windscreen
And as the glass-out respray included taking the no longer available screen out it appears this car no longer has the bonded screen (seal looks to be rubber inside and out). There's a big chunk of that handy extra rigidity gone already then.
The rear end has all received the same treatment with the rear beam removed and fitted with an extremely rare VR6 Syncro rear diff
Just to square this up, they removed the rear BEAM and fitted a Syncro rear diff? So the BEAM (fitted to 2WD Golfs) came off and a Syncro rear subframe was grafted on? I'm confused.
Confusion means a lower value than an advert that does not cause any confusion, or concerns about the authenticity of the car.
This is a very rare and very quick professionally built MK2 Golf that can only go up in value
This is a lie.
I predict it won't sell and as others have suggested, it will be broken up.
and finally. What he typed:
It is my ultimate Mk2 and was my dream car but I need to fund my daughter's wedding
What he meant:
It is my ultimate Mk2 and was my dream car but my wife's just found out how much I've spanked on this car oh and I need to fund my daughter's wedding
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i have seen this car in the flesh as it lives by me, pictures don't do it justice, and boy does it fly, i tried to race him, but i got pissed all over :grin:
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Nice to look at and I'm sure it's a blast to drive but that ad is dodgy. Would I spend 17k on it?... No, with my car as a base I think of all the things I could do to it for half that.
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Don't like the interior.
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17k is probably just a dream of his, the reserve might be more like 10k, and tbh if hes having to sell it rather than wanting to (at least if it was me) I'd put mine up for a silly price as well so when it doesnt sell I can say to the misses 'oh well I did try!'
not trying to justify 17k though as that is crazy
I'm not really up to scratch on my mk2s (I know nothing) does it make it worth much more with it being a RHD syncro?
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If I had 17k I'd get an R36 Passat, assuming I'd stay VW.
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17k is probably just a dream of his, the reserve might be more like 10k, and tbh if hes having to sell it rather than wanting to (at least if it was me) I'd put mine up for a silly price as well so when it doesnt sell I can say to the misses 'oh well I did try!'
not trying to justify 17k though as that is crazy
I'm not really up to scratch on my mk2s (I know nothing) does it make it worth much more with it being a RHD syncro?
That comment makes sense, probably is that. :grin:
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It ir running standard Mk4 management with a Mk4 fuel rail and a VR6 starter motor and flywheel.It has a new 3 piece sport clutch fitted.It remains drive by wire.
Let's be honest - the Golf5 wiring was a bit hard, so we nailed the Golf4 wiring on to it.
Owned :grin:
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well here you could start with a
mk2 syncro on pissheads £2,500
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3284711.htm
Thats gives you £14,500 to play with :wink:
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well here you could start with a
mk2 syncro on pissheads £2,500
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3284711.htm
Thats gives you £14,500 to play with :wink:
Now that's more like it. :cool:
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well here you could start with a
mk2 syncro on pissheads £2,500
I think you'll find right about now I will be putting the hood up on my anorak, as some things just can't be ignored.
One of the least produced golfs in the country with only 54 registered in the UK.
eh? Where did that figure come from? RHD Syncro production was ~660 cars, with 115 Syncro Jettas built.
with the 1.8 8valve engine used in the earlier mk2 GTI.
I think you'll find actually it is a GU code motor, as fitted to the 1.8 Driver model. It was never fitted to a GTI vehicle, as it's a f*cking carb engine. Interestingly the head is also different - it has smaller valves.
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Hi.
This is a rare car that could be an ideal concourse or show car
Except it's got a heap of crappy mods on it, so you're unlikely to be able to get it to concourse standard easily, plus it's just another slightly weird Golf variant from the 80's. It's not like it's a f*cking Country Chrome Edition or something, is it?
Worth under half that, especially when the lies are removed from the advert.
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Still no bids, be interesting to see if anyone jumps in at the end
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DH you make me laugh :grin:
You can throw £20k at an old banger of a golf. Still only worth £5-6-7k tops.
Good luck to him and his daughters wedding :smiley:
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This seller fails to realize that throwing money at a car is like smoking.. you ain't getting your money back.. but at least its more fun and wont kill you, unless the car falls off the ramps and flattens you :grin:
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cool cool car, blood sweat and tears aplenty but 17k, wow, I don't see it. The only way I would understand it is if the car is ultra rare and the goal is concours. I'd have understood 10k personally, but then it would be a boring place if we all thought the same, each to their own and best of luck to him.
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Not worth it, no matter what its had spent on it, £6k max
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if this is what i think it is i.e. used to be a g60 syncro then yes worth about this money unfortunately the tool who stripped out the engine and box and sold them on for a few quid has ruined those chances!