Caporegime
Hi all, as some of you may know, I drive a 2002 Polo 9N 1.2E. It is a 54HP, 17 second car, with no optional extras to speak of. (wind up windows, no A/C, 2 speakers, no LCD readout, cloth and plastic everywhere) it is my first car.
There really isn't anything wrong with it for what it is, it does everything just as well as it ever would have done, but I'm not happy with it. It is too slow, it is unbearable to drive in hot weather, it is revs high and is therefore loud on the motorway and I'm not happy when I walk up to it in the morning.
As it stands, it is probably worth somewhere in the region of £1000 to £1200.
I am considering selling it, and then buying an old (2000 - 2002) VW Bora 2.0 SE/Sport for around £800. This seems to be the going rate for them as they are a fairly old and undesirable car at this point, but taking into consideration the following factors:
- Initial cost
- Insurance cost
- 'Modified' insurance cost
- Cost of parts & repair
- Included features (A/C, electric windows, 8 speakers, Electronic Assists, LCD readout, some have parking sensors, rain sensors, etc)
- VW community
- "Throw-away" value
- Appearance (Okay, you might not see why, but I love how these cars look... Yeah... Moving on )
It makes sense to me. Of course there are tonnes of alternatives I could consider, however I am fairly settled on a Bora unless someone knows something I don't. I will probably keep it a couple of years at a guess, if it costs me a few hundred quid to fix after purchase, it will be a pain, but matter little because the whole car still won't have broken the bank.
I will make some subtle modifications to this car, please don't judge my character too much following that statement, but the "Appearance" point above, it dependant on the modifications. (I'm only talking about a Koni suspension kit, US spec tail-lights and some different alloys to get rid of some arch gap etc) and revert when I come to sell if it is worth doing so.
So yeah, does anyone have any thoughts on this? Awful idea? Am I stupid? Any known faults I should be made aware of? Bushes and other consumables that will probably have been overlooked and need replacing? Things like that.
I could possibly be buying in a couple of months.
I know myself well enough to predict that I will probably change my mind before then, so there may be more threads like this one, but I have put some thought into it and am not/will not be, posting willy-nilly. For example I may re-consider and try and find a V5 170PS, but I was concerned about fuel consumption and cost of repair. I have also considered things like E46 6-pots and V6 4motions and so on but potential repair costs as well as insurance costs have put me off, at least for now.
Regards
There really isn't anything wrong with it for what it is, it does everything just as well as it ever would have done, but I'm not happy with it. It is too slow, it is unbearable to drive in hot weather, it is revs high and is therefore loud on the motorway and I'm not happy when I walk up to it in the morning.
As it stands, it is probably worth somewhere in the region of £1000 to £1200.
I am considering selling it, and then buying an old (2000 - 2002) VW Bora 2.0 SE/Sport for around £800. This seems to be the going rate for them as they are a fairly old and undesirable car at this point, but taking into consideration the following factors:
- Initial cost
- Insurance cost
- 'Modified' insurance cost
- Cost of parts & repair
- Included features (A/C, electric windows, 8 speakers, Electronic Assists, LCD readout, some have parking sensors, rain sensors, etc)
- VW community
- "Throw-away" value
- Appearance (Okay, you might not see why, but I love how these cars look... Yeah... Moving on )
It makes sense to me. Of course there are tonnes of alternatives I could consider, however I am fairly settled on a Bora unless someone knows something I don't. I will probably keep it a couple of years at a guess, if it costs me a few hundred quid to fix after purchase, it will be a pain, but matter little because the whole car still won't have broken the bank.
I will make some subtle modifications to this car, please don't judge my character too much following that statement, but the "Appearance" point above, it dependant on the modifications. (I'm only talking about a Koni suspension kit, US spec tail-lights and some different alloys to get rid of some arch gap etc) and revert when I come to sell if it is worth doing so.
So yeah, does anyone have any thoughts on this? Awful idea? Am I stupid? Any known faults I should be made aware of? Bushes and other consumables that will probably have been overlooked and need replacing? Things like that.
I could possibly be buying in a couple of months.
I know myself well enough to predict that I will probably change my mind before then, so there may be more threads like this one, but I have put some thought into it and am not/will not be, posting willy-nilly. For example I may re-consider and try and find a V5 170PS, but I was concerned about fuel consumption and cost of repair. I have also considered things like E46 6-pots and V6 4motions and so on but potential repair costs as well as insurance costs have put me off, at least for now.
Regards
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