buying a car...

[TDi90]

well, i have been looking at polo 1.4TDI twist today, and walked into the garage spoe to the guy bout the car and he ran me through it, used to be a lease car... i looked round the car, the alloys had been mashed badly (curbed on every single one) so heres me thinking ut oh, lease car been treated badly i best walk out now... but i thought give him a chance, and then he said full service history by VW so i asked to see it, and he showed me... now this car has done 37,000 miles... apparently it had a new clutch at 35,000 miles!!!!!!!  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :?  is this normal? surely not? my passat has done 140,000 miles on the original clutch? i thought to myself, if the clutch had gone after 35,000 miles whats the rest of the engine like  :shock:  :?

walked away and did not buy it.

R

[Range Rover Blues]

You did right, there are enough low mileage small cars around to leave that one in the showroom.  All the alrm bells were ringing as I read your post, glad you were sensible.

[L90OOK]

Well done that man...
One less abused car on the road...for a while!
A FSH really counts for little if the car has been badly treated.
Hope you find a nice one soon  :D

[Evilgoat]

well, i have been looking at polo 1.4TDI twist today, and walked into the garage spoe to the guy bout the car and he ran me through it, used to be a lease car... i looked round the car, the alloys had been mashed badly (curbed on every single one) so heres me thinking ut oh, lease car been treated badly i best walk out now... but i thought give him a chance, and then he said full service history by VW so i asked to see it, and he showed me... now this car has done 37,000 miles... apparently it had a new clutch at 35,000 miles!!!!!!!  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :?  is this normal? surely not? my passat has done 140,000 miles on the original clutch? i thought to myself, if the clutch had gone after 35,000 miles whats the rest of the engine like  :shock:  :?

walked away and did not buy it.

R

Good move

My clutch is on 148K and still going strong and I'm not exaclty easy on it. I really wouldnt expect a 1.4 polo to have eaten a clutch that fast.

[TDi90]

woohoo glad i made the right decsion(sp?)  8)
thanks guys!
R

[Evilgoat]

woohoo glad i made the right decsion(sp?)  8)
thanks guys!
R

Go Old Skool

Mk1 Golf

[Range Rover Blues]

Lordy I used to hate those things, but now I think the MkI Golf has come of age as a geniune classic car.  My mate had a MkI clipper convertable in his showroom and we both thought it would sell really quick, 1 owner in black, low miles, factory bodykit, a real timewarp.  It's in Ireland now, no-one wanted it :?

[Evilgoat]

Lordy I used to hate those things, but now I think the MkI Golf has come of age as a geniune classic car.  My mate had a MkI clipper convertable in his showroom and we both thought it would sell really quick, 1 owner in black, low miles, factory bodykit, a real timewarp.  It's in Ireland now, no-one wanted it :?

Same here but they do seem to just be 'right' now if that makse sense. Silly little cars, perhaps a little powerful for what they are and even the small engines were quick'

[Range Rover Blues]

I think the increase in chavmobiles has lowered the tone so much that geniune enduring classics rise above the norm.  I breifly considered a MkI GTI myself (I did say briefly).

[Evilgoat]

I think the increase in chavmobiles has lowered the tone so much that geniune enduring classics rise above the norm.  I breifly considered a MkI GTI myself (I did say briefly).

Ottinger do a supercharger kit for the Mk1  :twisted:

[mill2020]

it, used to be a lease car... i looked round the car, the alloys had been mashed badly (curbed on every single one)

 he said full service history by VW so i asked to see it, and he showed me... now this car has done 37,000 miles... apparently it had a new clutch at 35,000 miles!!!!!!!

Stay Away from that VW, Lease car? who to? sounds like it could be a ex-hire car. If the the leasing company were say Lex, Phh or Avral then it has been hamered by budget, enterprise or hertz etc.

generally speaking hire cars are normally only run by for 18mts or less, full dealer serviced to comply with the lease agreement and driven by people who thrash the nuts off them!

Then sold at trade auctions for keen money.

This may sound daft but have you tried the local free papers, over the years i've found some great buys in the local rags rather than the net or autotrader.

Good luck TDi90 in finding a motor, some little gem will turn up.

P.s YES to a Original Mk1 GTI, a old skool classic 8)  8)  8)  8)

[V8MoneyPit]

We recently sold a 2002 MB A140 with only 29,000 on the clock. Climate control, cruise control, CD player, electric adjust seats, electric windows all round, 2 private owners, FSH and totally 'on the button'. And we were still messed about by some loser on eBay. Some people make my blood boil   Went to the second highest bidder who came all the way up from Heathrow area. Nice guy who was really pleased with the car. Went for £4300.

Not my kind of car, but my point is that nice quality, low mileage cars are out there.

[TDi90]

thanks! im still looking.
driving all the way to houndslow tomorrow to look at a skoda fabia...

Rob

[Yoshi]

I got my Fiesta from a Ford main dealer, 05 reg 18000 miles and it drives like a dream, is only a 1.25 as well.

They are pretty good little cars as well, not like they used to be.

[TDi90]

how much bagers ?

[Evilgoat]

To be fair, the Fiesta has always been a reasonable little car. Specially if you were lucky enough to get one of the early ones with the crossflow engines that eventually worked its way into the XR2. CVH based escorts wernt too bad either, but both were a [!Expletive Deleted!] for rust.

Spent ages workign out why the change kept vanishing out of the ashtray of my ex's 900cc poular plus. Then we found the hole in the tunnel it was falling through :)

Other car that surprised me was the Renualt 11. OK it was underpowered and a bit battered but was a comfortable drive and just nicely thought out.


Could always go Mafia Staff Car: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-AUDI-100-E-BLACK_W0QQitemZ290154985377QQihZ019QQcategoryZ9835QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem :)

[V8MoneyPit]

thanks! im still looking.
driving all the way to houndslow tomorrow to look at a skoda fabia...

Rob

We were looking at these for a friend who wanted a cheap runabout. Early ones are now well under £1k. And the build quality seem superb. If you can live with the stigma about the badge, they are great little cars. Parts are reasonably priced too, even from main dealers.