So you're buying a mk2 - what would you expect for £1300

[Ben Lessani]

I've had a bunch of people look at the Golf over the past few days, and I've had similar comments from them that they expected the car to be mint for £1300.

The mind boggles.

I'd put on the advert that its no show winner and expectations should align with the fact its 27 years old - but despite that, I've had people come to view that are expecting a 100% perfect finished car, capable of being a concourse winner.

Now, there are plenty of show winners on eBay, and they are £5k+ . I'm selling a rot free, rust free, mechanically perfect car - that yes, if you wanted to win a show needs a respray - but if you wanted to drive daily, needs nothing of the sort.

I can't compute what peoples expectations are for a 27 year old golf being sold for £1300 ...

So my question being, what would you expect for the money?

Spares or repairs
An unfinished project
An MOT failure
MOT pass but rotting
Chipped/scratched paintwork
Mechanically unreliable
Perfect paintwork
Mechanically brand new
...

[clipperjay]

Ben I thought you got rid ages ago? Granted haven't been online in awhile.
For 1.3K I'm the same as you expect a rust bucket.
I'm guessing I've got mine on my drive no front, runs fine okay, needs full respray and interior and people chance and offer me about £500-£1000, but I always say I have sunken 2K into it 
16v two door Atlas grey!
NO MOT, NO TAX, FLAT TYRES to boot!

[Waspy]

1 month ago £1200 got me a solid runner, not mint, but excellent bodywork, needed a few jobs needed doing (linkages, and about to change suspension, but that is more down to preferences)

180k but solid
8 months MOT
No tax
A set of Borbets with good rubber

So I would thing £1300 to be similar.

[weazgti]

I'd expect exactly what your selling for £1300.
Fair price in my opinion. The fact that it needs nothing would be most important for me.

[Adam]

We on this forum know what the value of a mk2 is. Unfortunately to mere mortals, they dont

[Thom89]

IMHO Ben, I don't think its about the money, its about the spec/look of the car, people are looking for a car with OE parts, and something less personal to its owner... maybe swap out the leather, steering wheel, and rear lamps, and maybe you could even put the price up a little, for a more original car... I would imagine that the leather would fetch a few quid extra if sold separately

Thom

[Ben Lessani]

IMHO Ben, I don't think its about the money, its about the spec/look of the car, people are looking for a car with OE parts, and something less personal to its owner... maybe swap out the leather, steering wheel, and rear lamps, and maybe you could even put the price up a little, for a more original car... I would imagine that the leather would fetch a few quid extra if sold separately
Thom

I've got all the original parts, I was throwing them in with the car!

But I can understand  that it might have helped to have taken photos with those.

[Sgt_Lemon]

I would expect a hell of a lot less for £1300. That's a damn good price, the amount of sh!t I looked at for £1600 that wasn't half as good.

[BondandBigM]

We on this forum know what the value of a mk2 is. Unfortunately to mere mortals, they dont

That's probably why there are always loads in the classifieds on various forums unsold, when I was looking for one there were some for sale for months on end.

MK2's aren't rare, still plenty around and decent ones are out there for reasonable money. I bought mine for £1K, years test, full stainless including the four branch, unmarked interior plastics and dash, perfect headliner, it runs sweet and in a year I've never had to spend a penny on mechanics, it just goes. It's no show car but its tidy, bone dry inside and the basic structure is solid.

Parts are cheap as well, I bought an unmarked interior including door cards for £60, the full 90's spec plastics, uncut arches, sill covers and side strips for £40, proper Hella back lights £20, an as new centre consol for a tenner. A set of RA's with almost new tyres for £150 and a few other bits for buttons. I actually didn't need to buy any of the above as the cat was fine I just fancied a slightly more original look but wasn't willing to pay the over inflated price some people were asking.

I'd expect a tidy usable car for £1300.

[Sgt_Lemon]

We on this forum know what the value of a mk2 is. Unfortunately to mere mortals, they dont

That's probably why there are always loads in the classifieds on various forums unsold, when I was looking for one there were some for sale for months on end.

MK2's aren't rare, still plenty around and decent ones are out there for reasonable money. I bought mine for £1K, years test, full stainless including the four branch, unmarked interior plastics and dash, perfect headliner, it runs sweet and in a year I've never had to spend a penny on mechanics, it just goes. It's no show car but its tidy, bone dry inside and the basic structure is solid.

Parts are cheap as well, I bought an unmarked interior including door cards for £60, the full 90's spec plastics, uncut arches, sill covers and side strips for £40, proper Hella back lights £20, an as new centre consol for a tenner. A set of RA's with almost new tyres for £150 and a few other bits for buttons. I actually didn't need to buy any of the above as the cat was fine I just fancied a slightly more original look but wasn't willing to pay the over inflated price some people were asking.

I'd expect a tidy usable car for £1300.

I think you ave had some great luck with your purchase then. I would think MK2 are becoming more and more rare, I have only ever seen 2 on the roads excluding my own and eBay is full of MK2's being Broken for parts. The numbers keep dropping which with supply and demand means the price will be increasing. I have been looking for BBS rs wheels and can't find anything for under £600 without tyres or they fakes.