Good deal?

[RyanVW]

Hello
Im going to look at a 1.8t tomorrow, im taking my mechanic friend with me and the cash if i decide to buy it. I just wanna know if you guys think the price is reasonable. Before you say it i have done my research iv been looking at ebay, autotrader and pistonheads  for a while but the price seem to vary a lot. So tell me what you think. 
Its a a black 3dr with 18" audi TT alloys (a bit curbed however)
T reg
tax till aug
mot till oct
Its on 95k miles however little service history just a few MOTs
He has the v5
There is a rust patch on passenger wheel arch... my mate said he sort it for about 100 quid
To me the car sounds reasonable but i dont wanna get ripped off
He'll take £1500 for the car... i knocked him down from 1800 already
Any thoughts?
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Greatly appreciated!
Ryan 

[porter_89]

seems worth it if its all good have you got vag com so you can plug it in and see what fault codes there is on the ecu and if there aint any drive it then scan it again

[richw911]

Rust? poor repair from before maybe 

Plenty more out there at good prices - lots of people are selling up because of the cost of petrol 

[RyanVW]

seems worth it if its all good have you got vag com so you can plug it in and see what fault codes there is on the ecu and if there aint any drive it then scan it again

well not sure what my mechanic has but hes sh*t hot on this sortve thing so should find any problems

[heelinder]

has the timin and water pump been changed?
my pal bought one not to long ago and the timing belt snapd and found out the pistons wer hittin off the valves and hid was on 93k

[RyanVW]

Rust? poor repair from before maybe 

Plenty more out there at good prices - lots of people are selling up because of the cost of petrol 

hmmm could be... i suppose
iv done a hpi check and thats clear
i know theres some cheap ones around but this one seems alright to me... i can easy sort the rust just wanted to know if the price is right

Cheers

[RyanVW]

has the timin and water pump been changed?
my pal bought one not to long ago and the timing belt snapd and found out the pistons wer hittin off the valves and hid was on 93k

Well he says it was done at 60k but theres no receipt and i dunno about waterpump ill see what the mechanic thinks
is there an inspection cover for cambelt or anything?

[Wayne]

Looks ok, but budget for cambelt and waterpump

[richw911]

Rust? poor repair from before maybe 

Plenty more out there at good prices - lots of people are selling up because of the cost of petrol 

hmmm could be... i suppose
iv done a hpi check and thats clear
i know theres some cheap ones around but this one seems alright to me... i can easy sort the rust just wanted to know if the price is right

Cheers

Ive got 140k and its 11 years old no rust anywhere - and the only rust ive seen on a mk4 before was around the rear wiper fitting  

Good point on the water pump and cam belt BTW  

[tech1889]

mk4's are suffering from rust.. i think its just poor cleaning tbh.. the arches can rust and same as where rich said