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Offline Madmax

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Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« on: 14 August 2009, 18:46 »
As above, i'm looking to sell my car in a few months & with that & the money i've saved, i'll have around £2000.
Wondering if this is enough for something half decent? back when i had my old MK4 2.0 about 2 years ago, i wouldn't
of even asked but now it seems prices are falling.

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Offline turbo.jon

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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #1 on: 14 August 2009, 19:05 »
Paid £1950 for mine s reg agu 120k and needed a few things sorting out but is turning into a money pit  :cry:
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Offline Madmax

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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #2 on: 14 August 2009, 19:08 »
Quote from: turbo.jon on 14 August 2009, 19:05
Paid £1950 for mine s reg agu 120k and needed a few things sorting out but is turning into a money pit  :cry:

Sorry to hear that. What's going wrong on it?
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Offline dubcruiser

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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #3 on: 14 August 2009, 19:44 »
I would say £2k is a bit of an ask really for a 1.8T. Need closer to £3k to pick up something decent that won't cost you the earth to get running right as turbo.jon has found out by the sound of it...
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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #4 on: 14 August 2009, 19:54 »
Mate just bought an A3 1.8T with FSH for 1600 :)
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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #5 on: 14 August 2009, 19:57 »
Quote from: monzablue16v on 14 August 2009, 19:54
Mate just bought an A3 1.8T with FSH for 1600 :)

The A3's don't hold there money like the Golfs do though.... Stupid really as they are the same cars, but just don't have the cult following to keep the values up! Sounds like he got a steal!
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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #6 on: 14 August 2009, 21:09 »
ul prob find oe but not a very good one i managed to get mine for 2500 (which was a real bargain considering iv had it for a year)
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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #7 on: 14 August 2009, 21:41 »
I paid 1850 for mine 4 months ago.it had 136k on it when i bought it, now it's just on under 142k and has fsh. Needed new discs and pads, but thats about it. I had it remapped a few weeks ago as well and there's no problems. I spent about a month looking for it, but well worth it
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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #8 on: 14 August 2009, 21:51 »
You will find one for under £2000, i've seen them go on ebay for less than that. But i will advise that you give the car a good test drive first, check everything so you wont end up paying a lot more later.

Check:

handling - does the steering feel right? Mine needed a new trackrod because it had been bent in a bump.
any noises from the suspension
tyre wear (is it even and how much tread is left? If they're all on their last legs it'll cost you a couple of hundred or so pretty soon so use that to bargain)
all the electrics
the engine - oil, other fluids, does it run smoothly?
check the brake discs and pads for wear

Service history is important too - find out when the timing belt was changed.
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Re: Possible to pick up a 1.8t for £2000?
« Reply #9 on: 14 August 2009, 22:05 »
2k and some change should see you right, I ended up with mine for £2380 with 18" Keskins, Miltek Exhaust,forge intercooler, revo stage 2 map with sps, silicone hoses, koni suspension, neuspeed shortshift and a fsh on 98k.

Keep hunting and if you check out your potential purchase carefully you could end up with a nice example for around your budget.

Happy Hunting.
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