Opportunity to buy VW Golf Mk6

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Hi all,

I have the opportunity to buy a 2009 Volkswagen Golf Plus Se Tdi (105), 1598CC Diesel, 5DR, Manual. 60k miles. According to some websites (Compare the Market, whatcar, etc) it should be worth ~£9200.

Instead, I can buy it for £6700. The reason being, the car is my step-mothers company car. It's owned by Eon but has come to the end of its 3 year warranty. Eon give the family of the employee the opportunity to buy it before the fleet all go off to a dealer. Because of this, I know that there has definitely only ever been one owner. My step mother is a decent driver, she doesn't rest her foot on the clutch (as we know some women do, no-sexist) nor has she ever ragged the car's engine. It's been serviced on the dot every year. It's also just passed its first MOT with flying colours (bar perhaps brake pads that may need doing in a year). All in all it's a well maintained and healthy (to our knowledge) car.

A few things I've been told about; timing belts often need changing at ~80k miles, and some times clutches too. Both I've been told by my mechanic would probably be about £300 each for the job.

Thoughts guys?
 
You couldn't pay me to have a 1.6 vag tdi as my personal car - however you should drive it and see how you feel, if you really are getting the car for that much less than private sale value it doesn't exactly sound a bad deal
 
celliott said:
Wouldnt touch it, the 1.6 tdi is a crap engine
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It also has very cheap running costs, £30 a year tax I think. As a result of this it will always be easy to sell as many people value running costs above all else.

OP you really need to drive it to see if you like it, its hardly a performance motor but I could live with it at the right price.
 
Yeah I'm not after driving on tracks guys. I don't care if the engine doesn't make my head bigger. :rolleyes:
 
DcD said:
Yeah I'm not after driving on tracks guys. I don't care if the engine doesn't make my head bigger. :rolleyes:
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Great chassis, practical, good resale potential, even possibility of profit.

I say give it a try, see how you like it.
 
[TW]Fox;23261764 said:
Not really.
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It is an excellent chassis for a front wheel drive hatch.

You being the car expert, I suppose you know about VW poaching a member(s) of the design team for the Ford Focus - which had a ground breaking chassis on it's launch.

The biggest advantage of the MK V Golf (and MK VI) over the MK IV was the chassis.

Independant rear suspension.
 
If your looking for a practical, no-nonsense car for getting from A to B theres not much wrong with it. Things like timing belts should be changed at 70-80K miles is often repeated when people ask for advice about Golfs (and possibly other cars but I hear it most often in relation to Golfs) It shouldn't need anything outside of normal level of maintenance.

SkodaMart said:
It is an excellent chassis for a front wheel drive hatch.

You being the car expert, I suppose you know about VW poaching a member(s) of the design team for the Ford Focus - which had a ground breaking chassis on it's launch.

The biggest advantage of the MK V Golf (and MK VI) over the MK IV was the chassis.

Independant rear suspension.
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Interesting you say that - I kind of compared the handling on the mk6 to the focus in my mind rather than previous Golfs which is one of the reasons I don't like it much.
 
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Rroff said:
Interesting you say that - I kind of compared the handling on the mk6 to the focus in my mind rather than previous Golfs which is one of the reasons I don't like it much.
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LOL typical! :)

I've never driven the Focus, but I prefer the MK2 Octavia (Golf V chassis) over either the MK1 Octavia or the MK IV Golf, both of which I have owned.

What didn't you like about it?
 
Long story short it feels too restrained to me.

(Despite that and another thread I posted in on the topic theres a 2.0 TDI mk6 sitting in my drive atm :o ).
 
Rroff said:
Long story short it feels too restrained to me.

(Despite that and another thread I posted in on the topic theres a 2.0 TDI mk6 sitting in my drive atm :o ).
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Golfs (4) then Skoda Octavias (2) is pretty much all I have had for the past 10 years +

(If you discount the wifes car and work vans that is).

Too restrained? Do you mean the ESP?

I am amazed exiting wet roundabouts with partially worn tyres how precise and predictable things feel.
 
You could probably own it for a couple of years and sell it for a similar amount to what you've paid for it.
 
SkodaMart said:
Golfs (4) then Skoda Octavias (2) is pretty much all I have had for the past 10 years +

(If you discount the wifes car and work vans that is).

Too restrained? Do you mean the ESP?

I am amazed exiting wet roundabouts with partially worn tyres how precise and predictable things feel.
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Probably easy to get the wrong idea from me saying this (I'm very much not a hooligan) but most of my actual driving experience has been from mk3 GTIs and VR6s and while not exactly having the best handling in the world you could have a bit of fun, throw them around a bit without doing anything too silly, just not been able to get the same feel from modern Golfs.
 
I don't think you get the same feel from modern cars full stop, they are too heavy.

I drove a MK2 Golf GTi and it was wow - infact I would happily own one as a weekend car.
 
Yeah even cars that were known for a bit of a benign feel in the early to mid 90s etc feel a hell of a lot more communicative than most modern cars
 
DcD said:
Yeah I'm not after driving on tracks guys. I don't care if the engine doesn't make my head bigger. :rolleyes:
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I've got a 105bhp 1.5 Dci Megane as a commuting shed and whilst it's certainly no rocket ship it's performance is adequate especially with SE traffic.
 
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