05 GTI High Milage Help Needed

[romelpotter]

Hello, Its been a while since I last posted. I am still GTI-less due to various economic downturns etc! I have been looking at other options but keep coming back to the GTI.

Anyway, I have tried searching but not found the answer. So, I have found an 05 GTI DSG that's within my price range only it has done 90,000 + miles. I do about 18K miles a year but would be looking to keep the car for 5 or 6 years.

Have people experienced problems with 05 GTI's? or with the GTI engine with similar amount of high miles?

What are the vw CARS like once they have 150-170,000 miles under their belt?

Any help much appreciated.

Dan

[andrewparker]

How much is the one you've seen?

[MAT ed30]

service history is the first thing to look at,make sure belts have all been done.

[neg]

If its priced decent and service history is good then I dont see a problem - I have produced high mileage cars myself and some were in better running order than one's with half the mileage.

[MAT ed30]

i do 15 to 20k a year so dont worry about milage just check its history

[romelpotter]

the price is £9995. full vwsh 6 months tax and 12 months mot.

I have emailed the dealers for a full spec list.

thanks guys.

[Phil mcavity]

Car of that mileage, id have a close look at things like steering and anti roll bar bushes which would need looking at with the number of miles its done, and is quite often overlooked on a high mileage car., along with the obvious service history like has been already said.
20k for a mk5 is a good deal, as long as the service history on Vw's database adds up. If they have no history of it, then i would be abit scepticle.

[neg]

Nothing wrong if cars of this mileage that dont have full VW service history, as long as its a decent place with original parts.  I know a lot of companies who dont use the main garages.

In fact nothing wrong with not having any main dealer history as long as you have the paperwork to prove its been done on time and the correct parts have been used.

[colb666]

A guy who's a member on my "home club" has an 06 Gti in silver with between 80-90k on the clock FVWSH and I think he's asking 9.5k for it so that one isnt far away for a dealer to be asking that for it.

I don't see any problem with a car having high miles providing it's been well looked after and being honest I'd rather have a car thats done 80k motorway miles rather than 40k round the doors.less wear and tear on the mechanicals cruising IMO.

[Spaced]

Any Tyre history/receipts are a good sign of how a car has been driven.