standard gti

[mossy1969]

hi has anyone bought a car from moterpoint burnley are  they any good or are there prices to good to be true   cheers

[ifti]

What are the prices like?

[mossy1969]

hi there they are  16995 plus 395 reg fee and car tax  what do you think good or bad i think they are imports because they have no leather

[ifti]

Is that for a brand new GTI MK5??
Thats not too bad TBH. UK Spec cars dont all have leather seats - thats an optional upgrade I believe - so dont assume its an import just because it has cloth seats!
Im sure someone will pop along shortly and inform us of how to tell if its an import or not......

Ive not checked prices of new GTI's for a while since Im after a ED30, but they could well have dropped due to the credit crunch etc.....

[Saint Steve]

Sounds like an old car thats not been regestured. Leather has been standard now for a GTi for nearly a year. Think twice on this one, have seen pictures of people's cars who have purchased one of these imports to find that under the bonnet that its covered in dust/sand/salt and even rust.
Alot of these Mk5's have been stood around and thats why they are being offered for way under RRP with 2 years warranty to boot.For a New GTi, prices around 18500 to 19500 for basic spec Uk is what id expect to pay with full 3 years warranty.

hope this may help

[Hurdy]

Motorpoint sell imports. The new UK GTI's have had leather as standard for a while now too. £17400 is what I'd expect to pay as a maximum for a basic UK model, not an import that may have been sitting on a Dockside for 18months

[rugbymad]

hi ive got a golf gt sport orig bought from motorpoint burnley, i'm now the second owner and bought it at 10 months old for £10,000. orig cost was £16,00. the car is perfect in every way, the only downside is you only get a 2 year warrenty with vw as it is an import and not 3 years as std.i believe they were imported from malta orig.

hope this helps

steph

[Saint Steve]

i believe they were imported from malta orig.

hope this helps

steph

Thats where my sand/salt quote is truthful statement.
You take a chance and by the sounds of it, you got one that was a good one, but the model year would be an MY08 for a new reg car. Hense price drop.
A car thats been stood for long periods has to be looked at very closely.

Good luck in your hunt for what is a great car. You wont regret it.

[blue74]

I eventually went down the main dealer route for my Gti.  Though i did contact these guys for my wife's car and also at the time looked into some Gti's for myself.
Though i never used them i found them very efficient to deal with and the trade in on the wife's car was better than any other forecourt we had been to.
As said about what put me off the Gti was the length of time from build to 1st drive, could easily have been a year.

[JonnyG]

hi there they are  16995 plus 395 reg fee and car tax  what do you think good or bad i think they are imports because they have no leather

It will definitely be an import 

I have bought before from Motorpoint,  Derby,  and everything went fine... car was great 

You will get yourself a bargain IMHO, may be even worth haggling on the price if they have quite a few left !

Just check out what has been mentioned above.

A PDI should have been completed at the foreign garage of import - this should be stamped and dated in the Service booklet - check the date - your 2 year warranty starts from then !! 

You can also check year of manufacture here....get the VIN number and enter it into here :

http://igorweb.org/vindec/

I posted what to check for on imports in this old thread  (see reply 6) :

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=98099.0