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General => General discussion => Topic started by: vw_golf_nutter on 08 August 2012, 13:25
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ive been browsing ebay recently for bargains and i tend to turn my nose up at anything with over 140k on the clock. kind of unfair though really when you think the mk1s are 30yrs old + .Just the thought of having to get the engine and gearbox rebuilt or changed scares me in a tight wad kind of way!
do you have mileage snobbery or doesnt it matter to you?
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is it a golf your looking at :smiley:
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140K IS FAIR LOW ...
I've bought car with 120 + think that was high but realistically it is about average mileage for year considering most are 15+ years old .... :grin: :smiley:
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If it's a Mk1 or Mk2 then I'd be buying on the condition of the shell rather than the mileage of the engine. Possibly even so with a Mk3, although trying to find a rust free one would be nearly impossible :laugh:
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100k to 120k is nothing on a modern car these days if it has been well serviced and looked after.
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I know what you mean. Anything upto about 160k I wouldn't worry too much about personally. Even for a daily, as long as its been maintained properly you will have a few years trouble free motoring. And considering the longest I've owned a car is 15 months, I probably wouldn't get to the stage where things go badly wrong! :evil:
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my recent mk2 purchase has 189 on the clock & some rust that ive sorted, to be fair depends on what you want.. I paid £300, but already had an engine to change over to as it was a conversion i wanted so milage means naff all in that sense, but my saab did have almost 300k on it when it went.. still drove like new........
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i had a load of cars on my watch list. I have a mk1 golf, 2 mk1 cabriolets, some mk2 gtis and some mk3 gtis as well as a corrado! lol.
I ended up buying a mk3 golf cabriolet with 129k on the clock, no history though :-(
I think your right about mk1/2 golfs now, you should look for body condition rather than engine mileage.
I also have in the back of my head what if i need to sell it, most people wouldnt touch a car with higher than 150k unless its to a fellow vw fan.
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Mileage means nothing, it's the maintenance that is important, most cars I've bought have had between 150k-250k on them and they have been no problem.
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0 :laugh:
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Some people think that mileage means nothing and maintenance is everything, not strictly true in my book but on the opposite of the scale.
I have had many cars now and all the ones I've had or known of within the family with exceptionally low mileage for their year are the ones that caused the most grief. Engines prefer to be run at high temperatures for long durations, regularly. Old cars with low mileage that are suddenly driven more often or in a different way (harder) often suffer from oil leaks and component failure (in my experience).
I've said before in another topic that it is not uncommon for a taxi to do half a million miles purely for the fact that it never stops moving.
You were watching mk1 and 2's and ended up with a 3 with no history! :lipsrsealed:
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I've bought high mileage motors in the past and i'm more interested in the condition of the body and suspension, people forget to replace bushes and cables that they can't see but will spend money on the motor so providing there is evidence of regular servicing and the engine and box are sweet then mileage is no obstacle, the only thing i won't touch are high mileage autoboxes as they have a pretty finite life and cost a packet to sort when they go wrong.
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...I'll trot out the mantra.."Buy on bodywork" engines are easily sourced/refurb'd/replaced.
Old cars regardless of mileage and usage will need to have perishable bits replaced. e.g. A 20+ yr old Mk2 with "only" 80K on the clock will still need to have lots of bits replaced.
Far better to get an old high mileage car, with a good body, that has had the perishables replaced.
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Some people think that mileage means nothing and maintenance is everything, not strictly true in my book but on the opposite of the scale.
I have had many cars now and all the ones I've had or known of within the family with exceptionally low mileage for their year are the ones that caused the most grief. Engines prefer to be run at high temperatures for long durations, regularly. Old cars with low mileage that are suddenly driven more often or in a different way (harder) often suffer from oil leaks and component failure (in my experience).
I've said before in another topic that it is not uncommon for a taxi to do half a million miles purely for the fact that it never stops moving.
You were watching mk1 and 2's and ended up with a 3 with no history! :lipsrsealed:
Sorry, when I said mileage means nothing, what I meant was high mileage means nothing, I know old cars with low mileage can be trouble, one of the people I work with just bought a 98 plate fiat with 30k on it, the thing is f**ked, (though that's probably more to do with the fact it's a fiat :lipsrsealed: :grin:)
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Some people think that mileage means nothing and maintenance is everything, not strictly true in my book but on the opposite of the scale.
I have had many cars now and all the ones I've had or known of within the family with exceptionally low mileage for their year are the ones that caused the most grief. Engines prefer to be run at high temperatures for long durations, regularly. Old cars with low mileage that are suddenly driven more often or in a different way (harder) often suffer from oil leaks and component failure (in my experience).
I've said before in another topic that it is not uncommon for a taxi to do half a million miles purely for the fact that it never stops moving.
You were watching mk1 and 2's and ended up with a 3 with no history! :lipsrsealed:
Sorry, when I said mileage means nothing, what I meant was high mileage means nothing, I know old cars with low mileage can be trouble, one of the people I work with just bought a 98 plate fiat with 30k on it, the thing is f**ked, (though that's probably more to do with the fact it's a fiat :lipsrsealed: :grin:)
Most Likely! :grin:
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Fiat....Fix It Again Tomorrow
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Fiat....Fix It Again Tomorrow
F*cking Italian Automotive Trash
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I just bought a 12 year old fabia with 38k. :huh:
Had a really good look round/under it, and its mint with absolutely no problems at all. Brand spankers MOT from the dealership, and no advisories, but they did call us the afternoon after picking it up, and said that some suffer with problematic rads, (have been known to crack and leak) so they will change it as a matter of course. No probs with the one thats in though, went to Bristol and back at the w.end, and absolutely no loss of water since we picked it up. Booked in for rad change next Friday anyway. Not saying its not true for all, but as long as its had annual rather than milage services, and has been kept on the road its whole life, therefore subject to MOT every year, I don't think there should be a problem. :wink:
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Fiat....Fix It Again Tomorrow
Fix It Again Tony (gesticulation of hands)
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New cars still go wrong though even with next to no miles on them. Low mileage doesn't mean it's bombproof.
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my 55 plate transporter is on 230000 and drives sweet as. Quick as f**k and never lets me down. Has some knocks and scrapes but its great.
I would buy another diesel with high miles
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lol yeah i was watching mk1 & mk2s but they went above my budget :sad:
i bought the mk3 with no history as it was cheap and needed little doing to it, should be fun for the summer too seen as its a cabby :smiley:
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Car's need to be used, low mileages cars are just money pits. Rubber seals dry up and perish etc.
My Golf had 156k when I bought it and it feels as tight as a nut! Just a slight wheel wobble when accelerating through 40-55, I think this is down to the oversized spacers on the front. Admittedly though the car has had a new gearbox and top engine rebuild prior to me getting it!
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I prefer high milers for sure. I've had a lot of mk2s, a GTD was on 217k when I got it, then I tuned the crap out of it, ran faultlessly on high boost and WVO. Also had a KR 16v on around 200k with no problems whatsoever. My last GL's donor car had 218k on it, I drove it home 30 odd miles and it was fine, and very very quick. Only thing I had to change was the tappets as they were rattley.
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bought my mk3 with 25,000 miles. Never used and in two years I've had it its been faultless!
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i've found below average miels cars to be troublesome, i'm weary of modern diesels there not as long lived as everyone thinks, then engines do ok but everything around them, turbo, dpf, egr will fail but if i see all the OMFG bills in the service history i'll buy it anyway.
a lot depends on who it's been driven as well. a car that has been driven hard from day one is a good buy if it's been maintaned as your not going to get meany age related fails asa all the wearing bits will be new ish, buy a low miles car and drive it hard they tend to fall apart