Is it wrong of me to want to spend £8500.00 on this?

[iaind]

So for my hard earned 2 grand, I could buy....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Mk1-Golf...6777708?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4cf15ada6c

A nice Mk1 GTi

Or some wheels.

 

[Duke]

It is nice apart from the silly wheels/tyres.

 

[Disco Boy]

£2k for wheels? LOL

This. £2k for used wheels with tyres that don't fit is a big LOL in my book.

 

[Dogbreath]

£6500.00 doesn't include the wheels or the stretched rubber.

It would look 100x better sat on bricks than with those hideous abortions attached to it.

 

[jegz]

Buy it! Pity it hasnt got the G60 motah in it though.

6x more expensive than my MkII but 100x tidier lol! Mine has small bumpers though

 

[fonzee]

no way, 8.5k will get you a 530i Sport.

 

[233]

if it was a tidy standard g60 then yes.

with a 1.8t conversion and some bodywork chopping its not my cup of tea.

 

[EdGey]

Dont do it. Seriously.

 

[mk1_salami]

£8.5k and it has problems with a sagging roof? I'd want mine gold plated for that ...

 

[cm1179]

to the OP, it depends wether you are going to run it as a daily driver or are going to store it. the g60 engine has gone so no worries of the charger letting go but if you are buying this as a daily, i think you'd be petrified to take it anywhere through fear of damage,vandalism,wear and tear. this is a sublime example, don't know why the owner chaged to a tt engine other than the realiability issue as i think it's a shame to remove the g60 engine from an original as they were quite rare. i could be getting confused but i thought vw classed this colour as aubergine, not purple but that could just be me getting my wires crossed. if you have the luxury of £8.5k (the wheels are a must) to spend on a car you can only use on sunny weekends, do it, if you were going to use this as a daily driver, i personally wouldn't.

 

[233]

colour iirc is aubergine. and to be fair without the g60 lump and from what i've heard about this car its nothing special.

plenty of better examples out there tbh g60 lump isnt unreliable as long as you maintain it right.

 

[cm1179]

plenty of better examples out there tbh g60 lump isnt unreliable as long as you maintain it right.

true. but the superchargers are expensive if they fail though it's a good excuse to upgrade the unit. the fact this car has been resprayed would be the biggest deal breaker for me in this.

 

[233]

true. but the superchargers are expensive if they fail though it's a good excuse to upgrade the unit. the fact this car has been resprayed would be the biggest deal breaker for me in this.

chargers aint that dear

stage 2 rebuild is circa £350 from jabbasport

 

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[Gib_Gib]

If it was RHD mk2 and not a originally a g60 would it be less?

Personally I like it, but 2k for those wheels, not sure. He obviously will take less if you don't need the roof fixed

 

[Rroff]

Yes very wrong... I love golfs but that is just hideous.

 

[DreXeL]

other than that, they are both overpriced ****ters.

Worst base ever for an engine conversion.

Over priced? Possibly. Remember though, the price of tidy mk2 Golfs has shot up over the past year and those cars have clearly had huge amounts of money spent on them. Something is only 'worth' what people are willing to pay, and judging by the OP they are getting interest at that price...

Putting the price aside, to call them '****ers' and a bad base for an engine conversion is so far off the mark it's unreal. The mk2 Golf is a great car, with predictable, progressive handling. It's also fairly light. Sounds like a good base to me....

 

[Michael Myers]

the g60 chassis is a lot stronger than the standard gti as it was developed by vw motorsport, i have had an ed1 g60 and standard g60 in the past and they were both fantastic to drive even as LHD.

also my last mk2 had a 300hp 20vt lump in it, the car cost around £5000 and once id had my fun it moved on for the same cost. These cars will hold value or in so case go up in value.

 

[jegz]

Yes very wrong... I love golfs but that is just hideous.

Why is that hideous? Its bog standard on the outside?

 

[Dogbreath]

The mk2 Golf is a great car, with predictable, progressive handling. It's also fairly light. Sounds like a good base to me....

That might have been the case before they were slammed to the ground and had the wrong size tyres fitted to the rims. I doubt much of the acclaimed handling attributes remain in these examples...