Author Topic: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days  (Read 1130 times)

Offline jamie1989

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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #1 on: 18 June 2012, 14:22 »
On the surface that one looks good but what lies beneath?

You are right though, on the whole CARS in general are very cheap at the mo. It is a buyers market for sure!

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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #2 on: 18 June 2012, 14:22 »
nice mileage on that to  :cool:


 i drive a golf thats why im skint!!!!


losing interest in the golf and now not so skint !!!!!

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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #3 on: 18 June 2012, 14:38 »
Half tempted to buy it for the interior then sell the wheels, turbo and scrap the shell and get my £750 back

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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #4 on: 18 June 2012, 14:46 »
Its crazy I cant believe how much they have gone down in value  :sick:

I wonder if thats the genuine mileage.....
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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #5 on: 18 June 2012, 14:59 »
Its probably got something a bit dodgy about it. If its too good to be true it normally is. They go for double k
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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #6 on: 18 June 2012, 15:00 »
Half tempted to buy it for the interior then sell the wheels, turbo and scrap the shell and get my £750 back

VERY good idea.  :smiley:

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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #7 on: 18 June 2012, 22:52 »
Must have been dodgey...... Ad had gone!!!


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Re: Mk4 golf turbos are sooooo cheap these days
« Reply #8 on: 18 June 2012, 22:55 »
i seemed to buy mine when they was worth more now you can pick one up for under a grand :/ makes me want to cry haha dont think il be selling mine for a few years i just couldnt afford the loss!
MK4 golf 1.8 turbo agu :)