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Title: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: greyhound on 02 October 2011, 18:24
Hi, am looking advice from your good selves on buying an 07 GTI. Its for sale at £7k, but has 99k miles.
I currently drive a Beemer 330d with over 150k on the clock, but its the miles on the GTI that concern me. Is that too high a mileage to be considering? Its different with diesels because theyre more built for it in a way.
Any views or verdicts please?
Cheers, Jeff.
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Ant1981 on 02 October 2011, 18:37
Seems a bit overpriced.
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 02 October 2011, 18:52
wouldnt be botherd about milage personally.

as long as there serviced and well looked after most engines can go for well over 100k.

however i would say its a bit over priced
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: greyhound on 02 October 2011, 18:58
Hmmmm thanks, will go and have a wee test drive in it, and see if i can beat the guy down in price a bit. Am sure he'll come down a bit to be able to get the sale.
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Ant1981 on 02 October 2011, 19:00
Negotiate on the price first. There's nothing worse than a time waster who drives your car, puts miles on and uses your petrol to not buy it because it's overpriced when they knew this from the start.
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: greyhound on 02 October 2011, 19:02
Negotiate on the price first. There's nothing worse than a time waster who drives your car, puts miles on and uses your petrol to not buy it because it's overpriced when they knew this from the start.

lol a very valid point indeed!   :grin:
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Wayne on 02 October 2011, 19:42
Not a bad buy for the money, aim for £6500 if you can.
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: karl1987 on 02 October 2011, 20:00
Think about it this way the likely hood is they are motorway miles so has done long journeys and been used well but as said if serviced right it's a sure thing personally I would go lower than 6500
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Ant1981 on 02 October 2011, 20:09
You know what, you can get one for 5 grand you know  :wink:
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: greyhound on 02 October 2011, 20:35
You know what, you can get one for 5 grand you know  :wink:

Here in bloomin Northern Ireland i'd doubt it tbh  :sad:  lol
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Wayne on 02 October 2011, 21:40
You know what, you can get one for 5 grand you know  :wink:

Got to be very lucky to get one that cheap.
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Thom89 on 02 October 2011, 22:45
Hi, am looking advice from your good selves on buying an 07 GTI. Its for sale at £7k, but has 99k miles.
I currently drive a Beemer 330d with over 150k on the clock, but its the miles on the GTI that concern me. Is that too high a mileage to be considering? Its different with diesels because theyre more built for it in a way.
Any views or verdicts please?
Cheers, Jeff.

A BMW diesel is in a different league to a petrol VW, a petrol VW engine, and gearbox with 100k on it, is a potential liability...
personally, I would look for a Golf with half the mileage, for a little more money, rather than risk that extra price difference money on repairs that may crop up!

JMO

Thom
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Ant1981 on 02 October 2011, 23:37
I wouldn't say half the milage is a little more money.
Title: Re: potential buy advice needed please
Post by: Thom89 on 03 October 2011, 00:23
I wouldn't say half the milage is a little more money.

Quick search on Autotrader


VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2.0T GTI 5dr Hatchback£7,250
2006 (56 reg), HatchbackTrade seller, distance: 116 miles
52,500 miles
Manual
2.0L
Petrol
9
1
52,500 miles, 2006 '56' VW Golf GTI 2.0T 5 Dr Hatchback, 1 owner, 6 Speed manual, Met black, Low mileage - ONLY 52K, Full VW service history, recent service/cambelt! …


So they are out there! this is a trader btw, so he'll have a grand into it straight away, people need to look harder :wink: 100k car makes no sense to me...

Thom