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Offline Jungle_Don

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how much should i pay for a 8v?
« on: 10 December 2007, 19:17 »
im after a mk2 8v my buget is £800 what kind of conditon can i expect for this amount of money? how much are mint 8vs going for? tar  :cool:
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Offline Dolly

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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #1 on: 10 December 2007, 19:39 »
i got a fairly mint 8v gti 90spec for £500 notes, needed a power steering rack/pipes, and h/brake needs attention..it had 3 months MOT and TAX at the time...

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Offline nealey

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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #2 on: 10 December 2007, 22:59 »
You should be able to get a fairly decent one for that, or buy a cheap one and use the rst of the cash to treat it
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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #3 on: 11 December 2007, 10:26 »
Mine was £500 and a good un apart from a manky passenger door.
People always want a premium for so-called minters and it's not always worth it if you can sort out a few minor problems/blemishes yourself I reckon.
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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #4 on: 11 December 2007, 11:01 »
when i was looking at sub £1k cars i didnt even stop at 3 cars I went to look at cos they were so BAD. :rolleyes:

I am sure  they were using pictures from years ago, and as for the descriptions  :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

cant ya stretch ya budget, monkeyalans 16v is coming down in price and looks like its had LOADS of work done to it  :wink:
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Offline Conker

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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #5 on: 11 December 2007, 15:00 »
When I was looking, £500 wouldn't have stretched very far. Dolly must have been lucky! The cheapest motors I found were in my local paper, being sold by families etc, who weren't that "into" cars.
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Offline Jungle_Don

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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #6 on: 11 December 2007, 15:28 »
i could strech to £1000 max but for that id want something very very decent im not a complete enthustiaste dont evern know what much about mk 2s but a grand is alot of money for a non enthusiate to pay if you know what i mean, and im sure i will be a enthusiate when i buy one.

iv never evern driven one but from what iv heard they are good i just hope it puts a smile on my face compared to my rover 214 16v

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Offline VeeDuB-GTI

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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #7 on: 11 December 2007, 16:03 »
Mate you'll love the MK2. It will def put a smile on your face if you compare it to a Rover.

good luck with the hunt. keep your eyes peeled, there are always bargains flying around.

Vince :wink:
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Offline Dolly

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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #8 on: 11 December 2007, 18:58 »
Who said lucky... took me 6-8 months of searching lol... i missed a couple, couple too far away but i waited didnt want to get carried away and buy a shed.

ebay is obvious place to look, piston  heads is a very very good site where private ad's are free, autotrader throws up very occasional bargins and of course local papers/bargin pages...

Good luck
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Offline nealey

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Re: how much should i pay for a 8v?
« Reply #9 on: 12 December 2007, 00:26 »
ive managed to pull a few bargain mk2s out of my local paper
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