Golf prices..

[Thom89]

Ok, not been discussed for a while, what do you think your Golf is now worth, more or less since you bought it, and as we seem to be coming out of recession, how do you see prices (Probably rising)  over the next couple of years...
Personally, I see a strong move to restore the better cars back to a more factory level, and genuine second hand GTI parts start to rise in price. Unmolested non enthusiast owned cars are now very thin on the ground, especially after the pointless "Scrappage" scheme, bringing the Mk2s status forward by a few years, and pretty much putting it now in line with the Mk1, and will surely start to catch it up price wise....
Discuss..

Thom

[Sam]

I think mine has gone up. It may sound like a bit of a crazy price to some people but have it insured at £4k, the cost of a straight well looked after mk2 16v is £2k atm then add the alloys, racing suspension, and the £5k turbo conversion plus the history of the car been stealths original demo car it may even be worth more 

[X4MGS]

I would hope that mine is at least worth what I paid for plus the re-spray.... If its worth more then great... If its worth less - so what!!!

I didn't buy it to make money - I bought it cos I wanted it and sod the money!!!!!

As for running expenses - well thats what you expect when running any car!!

I agree that I see OEM style cars being worth more in the longer run over molested ones...

[Thom89]

Last year I was offered 4.5K for mine at Players, the guy was serious as he'd approached me at a few other events earlier in the year, and on one occasion had a grand in cash as a deposit, even had one guy wanting to do a straight swap with an 03 plate TT.... errr no thanks... though no offers of any kind this year, though Im not interested at all in selling, and i only paid £600 for my car in 03...
Thom

[Mr Blue]

Even I am having trouble finding OEM parts these days.

MK2's have been going up every other month (a good thing)

[Sam]

Yer tis good news, was only thinking today about buying another fairly standard 16v and getting it back to stock as i now have the space at me mum and dads

[X4MGS]

Even I am having trouble finding OEM parts these days.

MK2's have been going up every other month (a good thing)

You say that;  But I think it only applies to the correct models & colours....

I've had no interest in my 88 5 dr in white @£1400.00

Parts are getting to be an issue that why I keep buying what I can off the bay & storing some and selling others!!

[Thom89]

It was noticeable for me this year, just how many OEM cars are starting to appear at shows with not much more than a set of BBS splits, which quite frankly looks as good as anything, and gets my vote

Thom

[emery1990]

Im hoping they will rise! Got bumped off so hoping it'll be worth close 3k when Im finished. But I'm unsure as is it being an engine swap with megasquirt and after market suspension count as molested ? Probably does.

Yer I think they look best on bbs's.

[jeremybarker]

Well i'd like to think that i'd get £800 back for my white 5dr, i don't quite see them having the same value as a MK1 GTI though, i would have thought a very clean MK2 would be £3-4k and MK1 £5k upwards. Personally i think it will be a very long time before MK2 GTI's would stand a chance of re-couping restorations costs but that's certainly not what i would expect. I anticipate putting £2k plus into sorting the bodywork and re-painting my car plus i'd love to put a VR6 engine up front.