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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Pimpster on 02 January 2004, 12:11
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just seen this on the Autotrader website (southern):
1995 M Reg Volkswagen Golf 2.0 GTi
Petrol, Manual 5 speed, Purple Metallic, Hatchback, 138,000 miles , 3 Doors. ABS, alarm remote controlled, alloy wheels, bumper and mirror in color, central doorlocks, chairs adjustable in height, fog lights, Full Service History, immobiliser, mirrors electric and heated, power steering, radio/cassette, steering wheel adjustable in height, windows front electric. ?3,995.
Neil Simpson Automobiles Ltd
- he must be joking :o
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you can have my 95 N reg same spec lower milage (72k) for ?3000
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Thats traders for you, living in dreamworld :o ::)
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innit! while I was looking there were some right dealer bargains (not). 3-4k for 92-95 8v's with near 100k miles and part historys. :shocked: errrr....i think i'll give it a miss mate.
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yeah it's all in the colour, they think because it's a girly purple met that they will sell it to a girl for alot more than its worth(you know what some girls are like they see a pretty colour and it's "can i have it pleeeaaaassee") no offence girls but you know what i'm talkin about
it's just a shame that these shamless car dealers are happy to sting people (how do they sleep at night, no dont tell me, horlicks. lol
jay
and it hasn't got air con
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There's nothing girly about purple metallic! :tongue:
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Lets not forget that this thread was started in january of last year, so the price of the car would have been higher. :grin:
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Watch it with the colour! :evil:
My Blue looks prurple in some lights! :evil: :evil:
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yeah i know mine does too, mystic blue right,
i thought this post was all about traders uping the price of cars
i had a suspision it was because it was the colour because it was a nice purple colour
sorry i offended sheesh :grin: :rolleyes:
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yeah i know mine does too, mystic blue right,
i thought this post was all about traders upping the price of cars
i had a suspision it was because it was the colour because it was a nice purple colour
sorry i offended sheesh :grin: :rolleyes:
Yeah and mine, although the missus insists it's purple :rolleyes:
Thats traders for you, living in dreamworld :o ::)
You're not wrong there.
About 18 months ago I went to look at a '90H Mk2 GTI 8v 3dr that was for sale at a garage nearby. As the asking price was initially £1995 and had slowly come down to £1500 I reasoned that it must be quite a tidy example at that price. :smiley:
Tidy? :undecided:
From a distance: :smiley: Up close :sad:
As I expected I got all the usual garb from the trader, which I took with a pinch of salt. To cut a long story short it was:
Red(fading)
Had a nasty dent in the passenger side wing
Was filthy inside
Had unusually heavy steering(which he said was due to the 15" alloys :undecided: I had 16"s on my previous Mk2 and steering was no where near as heavy).
Had an extremely heavy clutch(verging on the impossible) which he said was a racing clutch :huh:
Not running very well, generally quick but a bit of a dog, misfiring, smoky exhaust etc(which he said he'd get sorted....yeah right).
Had No service history.
Reading nearly 160k.
After weighing up the ahem....pro's(1 years MOT) and con's, deducting to take into account what needed putting right, I made him what I thought was a reasonable offer of £1200(if i remember rightly).
He refused it out of hand, rambling on about how much he'd spent on getting the head done ,blah, blah, blah, and that I was buying a quality piece of German engineering etc. :rolleyes:
So I walked away, and several weeks later it was being advertised at £1200, then £1100, then £950. :grin: :grin:
I hope he was kicking himself at refusing my offer :grin:
Don't get me wrong I love the quality of VW's but there are rough, badly maintained examples about and this was one of them :cry:
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Just bought one from the auctions for £2200. 3 door black 71k emaculate. 1997 R reg.
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Sounds like a bargain to me :grin: