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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: bagpuss on 30 October 2016, 11:31
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Looking for a GTI, was going to go for a mk6 but have seen a Pirelli mk5 for sale and it looks great, i know the seats are an acquired taste but from the pictures i like them, it is as much as an early mk6 though, 2008, 73k, £11k - what do you guys think of the price?
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Pirellis are ultra rare in the UK so will always command a good price.
When I was looking to buy a mk7 GTI back in 2009 there were several Pirellis around on dealer forecourts that you could get a new GTI for so the price differential has remained pretty much the same.
I'd much rather have a nice Pirelli than an early mk6 to be honest, but it's a car I'd not want to use every day to maintain its value and condition.
If you can PM me the spec and reg of the car I can run a CAP valuation on it to show what it's worth at trade price if you like. That won't directly reflect what it's worth in a public sale due to its rarity but it will be a guide.
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How do i pm you can't find it lol :embarrassed:
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How do i pm you can't find it lol :embarrassed:
You need 10 posts before you can PM :smiley:
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How do i pm you can't find it lol :embarrassed:
You can just list the spec if you like, number of doors, colour and gearbox plus options.
Or post the reg up and delete it again if you buy the car!
Or just post a load of rubbish in the various forums like the rest of us do...
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Don't have the reg anyway, here is the ad
http://www.mcrspecialistcars.com/product.php/439/2/2008_08_vw_golf_gti_pirelli_edition
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That'll do nicely.
Goes to show how the trade prices work even for special editions such as this:
Top book price is between £5000 and 5275 for trade in purposes. Wonder what they paid for it? :shocked:
Obviously selling it on the open market the price will be determined by condition and what an enthusiast will swallow.
VOLKSWAGEN
GOLF HATCHBACK SPECIAL EDS2.0T GTI Pirelli 5dr (ID:40187)Representative imageValuation
Mileage:73000 (31/10/2016)Date of Registration:September 2008Trade In Clean£4,950 - £5,275Trade In Average£4,575 - £4,900
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That's a bit scary! It seems at least £1k over the highest priced Ed 30's to me. Thanks for the info
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You're welcome
It's worth more than an ED30 in my eyes.
Incidentally, a friend of mine went to go and have a nose at a standard mk5 GTI at the weekend that was on a 10 plate. There can't be many of those.
That was up for about the same money as the Pirelli too.
I think it had about 50k on it from memory. I can't get the website up on my phone at the moment but the dealer is Seymour Horwell if you want to google it out of curiosity. They're a Volvo(?) main dealer in South Devon
Edit, this might work
www.seymourhorwell.com/vehicle-details/Newton%20Abbot-Devon-Used-VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-2-0T-GTi-DSG-5-door-Diamond-Black-Semi-Automatic-Petrol-id=1361190
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Looks tidy, i would not want to pay that much for a standard mk5 though and i want a manual. The Pirelli has 7 stamps, 6 VW and one independent, cambelt changed at 45k so that is due now again i think?
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The warranty the dealer would give you would likely specify that it had a cam belt change at point of sale.
You'd certainly ask for it to be done anyway as its a £500 pig of a job!
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Is it 60K or every 4 years for the cambelt? Thanks for your help :smiley:
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I sold my mk5 back in 2009 so I'm a bit behind the times, however around about then it was decided by VW to reduce the cambelt change intervals to 4 years from memory. They may have changed the policy again since then. There was a lot of fuss about it at the time on here, I remember that much!
I got a cambelt and water pump change done in early 2009 and ended up trading to a mk6 later that year. Mine was about four years old and had about 50k on it I think. It may have had less miles, it's a long time ago.
There will be loads of archive info on here but it would be just as easy to ring VW locally and ask for current recommendations and prices to give you a bargaining lever on the purchase of the car.
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Cheers