thinking about buying a car..

[Gav]

x reg 5 door golf 1.6 se..

55000 miles, full vw service history. bodywork and interior in good condition. MOT until september 2010.

Do you think it's worth the £1700 asking price?

 

[Howard]

Sounds about right.. I swear they sell for twice that

 

[Ricochet J]

Have you considered a Mk2 Mondeo or a Focus?

Edit: I'm quite suprised you can buy Mk3s for as little as £1600!

 

[miniyazz]

Seems a lot to me.. at the end of the day, it's a 10-year-old not-very-fast hatchback, do you really want to spend nearly £2k on it?

 

[Gav]

Have you considered a Mk2 Mondeo or a Focus?

Na, they are fords and generally fault apart

Seems a lot to me.. at the end of the day, it's a 10-year-old not-very-fast hatchback, do you really want to spend nearly £2k on it?

Faster car = more running costs + higher insurance

I'm not sure that it's overly expensive..

 

[Janesy B]

Seems a lot to me.. at the end of the day, it's a 10-year-old not-very-fast hatchback, do you really want to spend nearly £2k on it?

It's what they're worth, unfortunately

 

[[TW]Fox]

Na, they are fords and generally fault apart

Well no, not really.

higher insurance

Errr you are 38 years old. You are about 20 years too old to be picking small hatchbacks for insurance reasons.

Though the Golf's price seems very good. Too good...

 

[Rich1988]

As fox says insurance just levels out to £500 or less once you get over 21 let alone 38 the change in cost between a group 4 car and a group 18 is only £200 per year for me at 21

 

[Gav]

this is just for a run around so i dont want a high performance money pit..

 

[Janesy B]

Thread contains high levels of car ignorance.

 

[Biohazard]

Thread contains high levels of car ignorance.

Ooh the irony.

 

[Ricochet J]

this is just for a run around so i dont want a high performance money pit..

Ahh, apologies then for suggesting a Mondeo or a Focus. For a run around I suggest a nice Fiat Cinquecento.

 

[iaind]

A mondeo/focus will cost less to run than the golf, be more reliable, give you more for your money and will generally be a better car

 

[Peño]

x reg 5 door golf 1.6 se..

55000 miles, full vw service history. bodywork and interior in good condition. MOT until september 2010.

Do you think it's worth the £1700 asking price?

Seems like a deal to me. I paid almost double that for a like model 18 months ago with partial history and more mileage...

 

[Gav]

Thread contains high levels of car ignorance.

Explain?

Ahh, apologies then for suggesting a Mondeo or a Focus. For a run around I suggest a nice Fiat Cinquecento.

Mondeo's and Focii are awful cars. Build quality is generally substandard. Sorry if this upsets you but thats my take on things. A chiquechonk is too small and even worse in the build quality stakes.

A mondeo/focus will cost less to run than the golf, be more reliable, give you more for your money and will generally be a better car

Could you expand on that? I don't follow your line of thinking...

 

[Janesy B]

Explain?

Mondeo's and Focii are awful cars. Build quality is generally substandard. Sorry if this upsets you but thats my take on things. A chiquechonk is too small and even worse in the build quality stakes.

Na, they are fords and generally fault apart

You just explained it yourself.

 

[Gav]

Seems like a deal to me. I paid almost double that for a like model 18 months ago with partial history and more mileage...

This is the closest match i could find on autotrader:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/200938341976400

The only difference is that it is a Y reg, not an X, and it is slightly higher miles..

 

[Gav]

You just explained it yourself.

How is that "ignorance"

I have owned a mondeo and I have driven a hired focus..

My experiences were less that positive.

 

[Howard]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/200938341976400

WTF :|

 

[Gav]

WTF :|

Yip, i thought the same..