proper mental.
The price or the car?
So you had a Mk2 before then??
Nope - I've always wanted one, but never got around to fulfilling my teenage crushes. There were two cars when I was a lad that I seriously lusted after, the 'Whaletail' 3dr Cossie, and a few years later the MK2 16v 'Big Bumper' Golf.
I've always promised myself I would own them one day, and this is me fulfilling one of the two.
Funny that it's not got electric windows when they were standard on 90 spec 16v's.
Interesting comment. I didn't realise that. It's got electric mirrors if that makes any difference? How did you spot that if the winders aren't shown in the pics?
The price is slightly high but then again mk2 gti prices are going up if you have not noticed.
That's what I'm kinda hoping. There seems to be a massive gulf for good cars and bad cars. A 'Good' car from what I've seen starts of at about £3.5k and goes all the way up depending on milage and condition. Regular high milers settle at round the £1500-£2k mark.
Was she a trade buy or private sale?
It's a dealer (Volkscars), who from what I've read on various forums is usually a little bit more on price, but does offer good straight cars and is good 'after' the sale should anything go wrong (?). I've been dealing with John, who seems to have been straight with me. He told me he paid £4k for it, said it's the best exmaple he's ever had and even at the high price could have already sold it time over if it weren't for people wanting to offer bad p/x cars (I've no p/x so I'm kind of lucky). He reckons original 16 valvers are getting harder and harder to find and in turn prices are going up (at least £1k over the past 12-18 months).
