Author Topic: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.  (Read 5042 times)

Offline lwinder

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Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« on: 10 February 2014, 10:43 »
wanting to know what people have got?
Can anybody beat 10000 miles on there mk4 golf?
would it be collectable in years to come if I put it away?
« Last Edit: 10 February 2014, 10:56 by lwinder »

Offline joshstanvw

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #1 on: 10 February 2014, 10:59 »
10k WOW!!! I'm on 147k going strong!!

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #2 on: 10 February 2014, 11:04 »
Im new to vw and its been garaged all its life its been serviced every year it a 1999 t reg 1.8 20valve I paid alot for the car and just thinking is it to good for me as a everday car as i was looking for a 1.8t and came across this golf im the first previous owner on the car and in a debate to keep it or store it as it might be rare one day thanks

Offline navmk4gti

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #3 on: 10 February 2014, 12:29 »
I hope you did some serious background checks to make sure the milege is legit... mine is currently at 66k :smiley:
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Offline lwinder

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #4 on: 10 February 2014, 12:41 »
sure did checked everything was a old man bought from new and never went anywhere in it :)
« Last Edit: 10 February 2014, 12:43 by lwinder »

Offline xxChrisxx

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #5 on: 10 February 2014, 15:10 »
Collectability is all about supply and demand. There are two things that determine collectability.

1. Rareness/availability.
2. Character/desirability.

The mk4 was more common than water and not hot enough to have been crashed to near extinction. So fails on the first count.

The mk4 gti was seen as capable but a bit of dissapointment when it came out and is a bit too bland to be ever truly desirable as a classic. OEM spec desirability is key for classics low milage alone will not suffice.

If you garage it, all you'll have is a mk4 thats wont be worth a whole lot and will never really been driven. So you might as well take it out and enjoy it.

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #6 on: 10 February 2014, 15:17 »
I can see maybe a mk4 r32 becoming a rare site in 10+ years..other then that i agree with chris other variant mk4's are just to common :smiley:
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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #7 on: 10 February 2014, 17:21 »
Even at 10k miles, given the age I would expect pretty much every bush and bearing will need replacing

Bob's has done just over 40k i think and he is having to replacee a few bits.......

Low mileage doesn't mean its any good sadly  :sad:

Agree with Chris's points. If it was an Anni edition then you might have half a chance of making some money but the MK4 was extremely popular and is still a common sight on our roads today

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #8 on: 10 February 2014, 18:11 »
163k and going strong as an Ox.

Give me high mileage with good history and been looked after over low mileage any day.

Trouble with low mileage is as soon as you give it some beans it starts failing.

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Offline Carl!

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Re: Whats the millege on your mk4 golfs.
« Reply #9 on: 10 February 2014, 18:28 »
95k. As said it's not the type/model to be sitting on.