Hello folks,
Long time no post. I am currently the proud owner of a Fabia Vrs, but my hobbies (Rowing, Cmountain biking etc) mean its not really big enough.
Ive found a friend selling a 04 plate, Golf 2.0 FSI GT. Its in great cosmetic condition, but has done 88k, Is this a major issue? What sort of things should i have expected to go wrong in this time/mileage, and what might need replacing soon? He wants £8800 for it.
Thanks in advance for your advice
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Depends how it's been driven. It sounds like a fairly high performance Golf, so may have been given a bit of a caning. If so this will have taken its toll on the suspension, brakes etc. However, your friend may have just clocked up that mileage on motorways.
For my liking it's too high mileage. I know the view that it's often better to buy newer and higher mileage rather than older and lower mileage but even so, 88K is a bit steep. I would rather it had 60K on it.
As for what might have gone wrong - you need to ask the owner. As to what might go wrong, well who knows. VW's seem to be variable, some are very good, others less so.
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One thing i'd would like to know is if the service history is up to scratch at that milege who knows what can go wrong?
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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These are 20K new and sought after secondhand, if its in good condition and VAG history I'd have it. Octavia VRS is bigger still :o)
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The mkv petrol 2.0gt was about 17000 when it first came out with the diesel about 500 more.
You dont really see that many petrol ones as most people (me included) went for the diesel option.
As for secondhand,seems like people didnt take a shine to it then so i cant really see what would change.
I love my golf but i dont think i would pay that sort of price for 90,000 mile.
Thats just my opinion though
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oops, thought it was the turbo.
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Unless you want them to become an ex-friend, don't buy it!
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RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
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I can relate to this.
I once sold a 4 year old mk3 escort to a friend and the next time i see him first thing he says is,You must of known it needed a new front pipe.
Not thanks for knocking four hundred quid off its valued price.
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Buying a car is one of the things you should never do from a friend, alongside with lending or borrowing money (beyond token amounts), going into business or having them as subordinates or managers.
Cheers
DP
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DP
Sorry but I have to disagree. The forum has been down this route before.
I have occasionally bought at auction, but primarily I buy my cars from friends & business contacts over the years. A true friend willl never sell to you where they suspect something might be amiss, and will point out any short term work/replacement parts required.
If both friends are happy with the price then it saves a lot of time & trouble in the buying/selling process. If something unexpectedly goes wrong, this will not spoil a true friendship.... I know, I've been there, had the expense, and they are both still good friends!!
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I've been bitten before.
Bought a tidy 10 year old mk2 Astra 1.6 off a mate in 1997 for £400 (less than half what it was worth at the time). He'd bought it for his sister who didn't want it, and it had been sitting in his garage for a year and the MOT had run out. He was also getting grief off his missus to get shot of it, and without the time to get it MOT'd, said to give him £400 and I could take it away.
Anyway, apart from freeing off brakes and a couple of other "bits", it sailed the MOT as I suspected, and SWMBO was using it as a runabout. Lovely little car it was too. Then one night, someone nicked it from outside the flat. It turned up a few days later in a field, so badly vandalised they wrote it off.
The insurance assessor valued the car at £900, and after deducting my £100 excess, sent me a cheque for £800. The cheque and letter were still sitting on the kitchen side when my mate knocked on the door. We were chatting as I was making coffee and he glanced at the cheque. He then started on about how he'd given the car away and he felt like I was making a profit out of him. I then had a dilemma about whether I should split the "profit" with him and all manner of things I wouldn't have even had to think about if I'd bought it from a stranger. We had a row over it and although we still speak now, it made things awkward for a while.
Never done it since. Can't be bothered with it.
Cheers
DP
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Coming back to the original question, Nick, you should check how miuch more roomy the Golf is compared with the Fabia. I'd have thought not much, as the Fabia is quite a big supermini.
For £8800 you should be able to get a very decent upmarket Octavia - hatch or estate.
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