does this look like a good deal ?

[jonrandom]

and the silver looks like a AUM so Ko3s turbo 

Aum's are 2001 onward I think and that says 2000 so prob a AGU

its not drive by wire though? and depends on what time of year surely, to me it sounds like it came out closer to autum as car sales persons would be leaning more on bad weather experience to sell upgrades,  mine was registered in april'01 but the bloke placed his order in aug'00 and he splashed out on leathers electronic heating climatronic, full size rear wheel, not sure about this ASR thing though

plus the silver has all its stamps and looks looked after

Yeah good point mate cant be a AGU then

[navmk4gti]

I would not even go near the black one just because those reae lights get a bog standard one mate do your own mods. And go for one with full history. 

[Turbo Brett]

sorry I'd go black mate

[navmk4gti]

sorry I'd go black mate

  u want to rephrase that

[dom]

Just to expand on what I said earlier, the silver one looks to be the better car to me. I'd only buy a standard car and as others have mentioned the black one is lightly modded but not in a good way, chrome mirrors and rear lights scream chav. The silver one is a higher spec, headlight washers means winter pack.

I think the thing that would swing it for me would be comparing the two engine bays, how long does it take to wipe down the engine cover and give it a tidy up?

The black car looks uncared for despite the service history that's with it, which doesn't actually mean anything. I know people who work for VW as technicians that I wouldn't trust to do an oil change, let alone a cambelt.

Black:



Silver:



The only thing the black one has going for it is that it's a 3 door.

[Turbo Brett]

sorry I'd go black mate

  u want to rephrase that

 

Hahaha ok i' would of gone for the black golf

is that better

[GTi_James]

once you go black, theres no going back 

and anyways when the listing for the black gti says it has a "pile" of reciepts for work carried out then that should be a clue as to its general cost effectiveness since ownership, and theres a reason for it selling that cheap as well

[markgti1.8t]

the agu is the better engine 

[GTi_James]

but look at the state of it, Dean wanted a vehicle that isnt gonna cause him hassle as i believe so my money would be on the silver, granted AGU is a better engine, Dean will always have the choice of engine swaps as well

[golf turbo47]

I would go for the silver. It looks like its a ARZ engine