potential buy advice needed please

[Wayne]

You know what, you can get one for 5 grand you know 

Got to be very lucky to get one that cheap.

[Thom89]

Hi, am looking advice from your good selves on buying an 07 GTI. Its for sale at £7k, but has 99k miles.
I currently drive a Beemer 330d with over 150k on the clock, but its the miles on the GTI that concern me. Is that too high a mileage to be considering? Its different with diesels because theyre more built for it in a way.
Any views or verdicts please?
Cheers, Jeff.

A BMW diesel is in a different league to a petrol VW, a petrol VW engine, and gearbox with 100k on it, is a potential liability...
personally, I would look for a Golf with half the mileage, for a little more money, rather than risk that extra price difference money on repairs that may crop up!

JMO

Thom

[Ant1981]

I wouldn't say half the milage is a little more money.

[Thom89]

I wouldn't say half the milage is a little more money.

Quick search on Autotrader


VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2.0T GTI 5dr Hatchback£7,250
2006 (56 reg), HatchbackTrade seller, distance: 116 miles
52,500 miles
Manual
2.0L
Petrol
9
1
52,500 miles, 2006 '56' VW Golf GTI 2.0T 5 Dr Hatchback, 1 owner, 6 Speed manual, Met black, Low mileage - ONLY 52K, Full VW service history, recent service/cambelt! …


So they are out there! this is a trader btw, so he'll have a grand into it straight away, people need to look harder 100k car makes no sense to me...

Thom