£8000 Budget - did not work!

[Bieldside]

Thanks for all your efforts in discussing my £8000 budget for a MK2

No joy so the search is on hold - will continue to watch the ads but I had thought I would flush out someone with a car

Keep enjoying the cars

[Wayne]

Have you entered the fifth gear comp, I know it is not oak green but looks a nice car.

[Conker]

Thanks for all your efforts in discussing my £8000 budget for a MK2

No joy so the search is on hold - will continue to watch the ads but I had thought I would flush out someone with a car

Keep enjoying the cars

Thanks for the update. Remember to keep us posted at all stages of your car search.

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[VeeDubGTI16v]

good luck with your search, i think your gonna have to be very patient! there cant be many left out there

[DoogalDoogz]

Just wait until the right one comes along. Was probably a bad idea to advertise the fact your got 8K to spend, because you probably got all sorts of muppets offering there cars. Why not buy an oak green for a couple thousand, a nice one, and spend the rest on making it fully pearlers.

[tony_ack]

At least you've got the exposure you need now. In several months time, if/when a mint oak green 16v 3 door appears in the for sale section, someone will mention you, and how much you are willing to pay to the seller. You've also probably single-handedly increased the sale price of mint 16v Mk2s! It may take time, but one will appear at some point.

As other people have mentioned, there's a lot to be said for getting one modded or less than perfect with decent bodywork and doing it up yourself - if you work on the car yourself, or get a garage you trust to work on it for you, you get to appreciate how mint it really is, as opposed to how mint it appears!

[Bieldside]

Will keep you posted

Watching and waiting

I have a friend who buys cars for one of the VW specialists and he is also looking

Trouble is that I am after a 3 door, well looked after Oak Green big bumper unmodified 16v GTI Mk2

Nothing else will do!!

One day and hopefully I can avoid paying anywhere near £8000. Saw a nice one about three months ago on P Heads for £5000 but I called and it was gone after 1 hour of being posted

The chase is part of the fun though

[kmpowell]

The chase is part of the fun though

I agree - just make sure you don't get frustrated with it all and end up settling for something it isn't 100% right for YOU.

[Bieldside]

Many thanks

No I won't do that . Don't need another car but its something that I would buy and keep - only if its the right car though

The car I sold three years ago was exactly what I am looking for but that car is never going to be sold as the the buyer now wins all the shows in it - J41 CUL. People might know the car . 3 door, 16v Oak Green mk2 GTI!!!

[drapergti]

I spent over a year looking for the right one, same spec as you want too, persevere...