Question's about buying a MK 4 GTI.

[kniterider]

insurance is a big plus if your thinking of a 1.8 non turbo gti, as for some reason theyve been banged in the group 10 insurance catagorey, which is a good deal as for some reason the 2.0 gti is much higher and dosent have as much go!!, i have a 99 1.8 gti and have only had the common mk4 probs, (breaking window regulator, and rear wash pipe leak, and the infamous door hinge 'creek' which comes and goes, other than that no probs) as for mileage dont worry, these engines arent loos till 150,000 miles so even then you aint gonna have no probs, mine was 69k when i got 11 mths ago and now just nearly touching 80k, it runs fine and i do my own servicing so go get one there a good car mate!!

Gaz

[P.D.F]

U paid more for the insurance than the baked bean tin was worth???

ouch.

Yup, I know, I was a mug. Well, the car was worth a little more than that, and I did only keep it for a few months, so it's not like I paid the full amount on the insurance tho

if your getting it checked out by the AA i wouldnt worry but putting a thread in the mk4 section might help give it a couple of days and you`ll get a load of responces

Will do.

[richy]

Hey there.  

As a price guide...

I got my 1999 1.8 20v Normally-aspirated Mk4 GTI for ?7500 from a main VW dealer.  It had 2 previous owners but only 45,000 miles on the clock.  Doesn't have a full VW service history, but it has a full service history none-the-less.

It was advertised at over ?8K, but I haggled them down cos the bonnet needed a respray (which they chucked in for free!).

As for insurance, I'm with Admiral and pay ?650 (I'm 23 with 2 yrs no claims).

I test drove a couple of 2-litre GTIs of similar age before I bought mine, and I would deffo recommend the 1.8 over the 2.0 (20valves versus 8valves.... no contest   ).

But.... if you can afford it go for the 1.8T. You'll probably expect to pay ?1000-2000 more, but for the price there aren't many quicker hatches about. (At my age, I didn't fancy the insurance, and besides, I couldn't find any decent examples at a good price when I was looking to buy ).

Hope this helps.
Rich.

[P.D.F]

Hey there.  

As a price guide...

I got my 1999 1.8 20v Normally-aspirated Mk4 GTI for ?7500 from a main VW dealer.  It had 2 previous owners but only 45,000 miles on the clock.  Doesn't have a full VW service history, but it has a full service history none-the-less.

It was advertised at over ?8K, but I haggled them down cos the bonnet needed a respray (which they chucked in for free!).

As for insurance, I'm with Admiral and pay ?650 (I'm 23 with 2 yrs no claims).

I test drove a couple of 2-litre GTIs of similar age before I bought mine, and I would deffo recommend the 1.8 over the 2.0 (20valves versus 8valves.... no contest   ).

But.... if you can afford it go for the 1.8T. You'll probably expect to pay ?1000-2000 more, but for the price there aren't many quicker hatches about. (At my age, I didn't fancy the insurance, and besides, I couldn't find any decent examples at a good price when I was looking to buy ).

Hope this helps.
Rich.

Cheers dude, thats a great help

I think I may leave the 1.8T til I'm older, seeing as I'm only gonna be 24 with 5 years no claims when I get the car next month.

The insurance you pay is really good. At the moment, I pay about ?480 for my T-reg Fiesta Zetec