Advice needed on price I should be paying for MKV GTI

[electric_cooper]

I am currently in the market for the following

MKV Golf GTI 3 door Manual
Candy White
Preferably with leather, armrest and 18" monza

Looking at 2006ish with low miles

Just wondering what sort of price I should be looking at as I have not got a clue what the market for GTI's were like

I was originally looking into a Corsa VXR and dealers are selling them below book value!!!!!!!!!!! so when I spoke to a VW dealer yesterday who had a white one, I noticed the were charging nearly £3000 over book prices

Theres was a standard MKV Golf GTI Manual 3 door in white, no extras at all. It was a 55 reg with 40k miles and he has offered it to me for £12k. He said the market is strong and the candy white commands a premium (I didnt think either of those comments were true)

Is that a decent price or is he trying to rip me off?

Any help would be much appreciated

[ub7rm]

From a dealer that doesn't sound too bad... I'm sure you can haggle a bit off that.  You might be able to pick something up closer to 10k private though.

A month or so ago I put my car details into webuyanycar.com (see Nonsense section..) and I got an email from them a couple of days ago to say...

Thank you for using webuyanycar.com recently to value your car, registration SY05 xxx.  We constantly review our prices to ensure that customers receive the best possible valuation for their car in line with market prices.

Because of the recent economic downturn, new car sales have fallen to the lowest level in years as customers turn to used car dealers for a better deal. There is now a shortage in the supply of used cars in the UK which has pushed up the price of many used cars and enables us to offer you an increased valuation.

Your car has been revalued using the details you supplied and we're delighted to issue you with an increased valuation of £8,835* assuming the condition of your car is unchanged and still available for sale.

Needless to say their improved offer is still shyte but there may be some truth in the used values bit...

[Pando]

I've just sh!t myself . 8800 for a 05 plate gti in aberdeen, somebodies taking the pish, must be worth more than that !

[Gene Hunt.]

Candy white is quite rare & does look  but i would say it wasn't worth paying any more for.When new it was a no cost option so why pay extra now ?.

[pitman4u]

i have just bought (on saturday) 

a 2007 metallic black 3dr gti
18500 miles
18" monzas
xenons
leather
winter pack
armrest
factory tinted windows
6 cd changer

i got it for £13400 from vw dealer with a full years warrenty left & 12 months tax.
some good deals out there at min.

[matsu]

ive been told the same by mate who is 2nd hand dealer. he goes to auction and said he used to buy 5 at a time and now rarely comes back with more than 2!!
no bugger is buying new cars so lots of people are buying good used which does two things... less used cars = higher prices and more people buying= higher prices!
also i think hire companies and company reps are not renewing theirs for new models that much this year so no excess stock floating as yet!

so for me where i thought there might be a few that drop into the 10k mark with my spec just aint happening.
matsu

[No Golf Clubs at all]

I love dealers....if you took that 55 reg with 40k miles in to him he would offer you £8000 if your lucky. 

It saddens me to say it but £12k is high for the car...do more research...if you want a Tornado red 55 (MY06) with absolutely everything on it including milltek 33,000miles for less PM me I could be tempted to part with her...that said, with my new pescaras on I am falling in love all over again! 

pics soon (honest)

[Edition30]

Was offered something like £11,805 for my 2008 08 Edition 30 with 7000 miles on the clock, this was when it was 5 months old, made me lol.

Edit: just had an email with an updated valuation of £13,640...still unacceptable for a 2008 08 Edition 30 with under 10k on the clock.

[ub7rm]

I've just sh!t myself . 8800 for a 05 plate gti in aberdeen, somebodies taking the pish, must be worth more than that !

It is.... well better be.  Though I suspect thats what speccys would offer as a trade in 

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=104997.msg899907#msg899907

As you can see I wasn't the only one getting stupid quotes.  Chancers....

[JC]

buy cookiemonsters