spindat45 0 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 My mate will be along shortly to introduce himself but I thought I'd post a few pics of his new purchase. It's a Y registered V6 4 Motion with the beige leather interior, 80k, MOT til August 2010, loads of receipts and service history, brand new MKV R32 rims (replicas I think) and tyres. A real impulse buy but after taking it for a drive and me giving it a once over, he shook hands with the seller at, wait for it.......£2500 He owned a DC5 Integra Type R before and had no intention of ever buying a Golf. He was very close to buying an S3 recently but couldn't find one with all the bells and whistles at the right price. During the test drive I got him to launch it a few times to see if the haldex was working, and that was it. Now all I have to do is try and get that cheesy grin off his face ^o) CORRECTION : £2000 :OKevin Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Bargain.... Link to post Share on other sites
pimpcat 0 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Looks nice part from the rear lights makes me realise how gd mine was as there the same age nd mines only don't 34k tell ur m8 the colour is well nice Link to post Share on other sites
spindat45 0 Posted September 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Looks nice part from the rear lights makes me realise how gd mine was as there the same age nd mines only don't 34k tell ur m8 the colour is well niceI know what you mean about the rear lights. I think he'll change them. The colour put him off at first but he's loving it now as you don't see many 4 Mo's let alone Jazz blue ones. Link to post Share on other sites
pro4motion 0 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Many thanks Spindat-Dub, for introducing me to the wonderful world of the DUB, A golf was the last thing on my mind but as soon as I saw this motor, it was love at first sight. I wasn't even in the market for buying a car but this was a steel at £2000. Just looked at the prices on ebay and started to feel bad for the fella I bought it off. Never having launched a car before I was in for a surprise and nearly wet my pants, bloody amazing !!My only problem is that the insurance companies are closed for the weekend so I'm having to start the engine, revving it slightly and pretending to drive. Brum Bruuuuummmmm(Pissed). Talking about insurance, got quoted £5050 today. I had to laugh and ask the guy if he was smoking wacky tabacky. I'm a 34 year old Driving Instructor for 10 years might I add. What the hell!!!!!I'm now awaiting a quote from Greenlight Insurance.Has anyone used them? Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Good looking car and i'm sure you'll get your insurance down to around the £300 mark. Any plans for it or are you gonna run it standard? Link to post Share on other sites
pro4motion 0 Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Future plans would be the usual induction kit, exhaust, and possible plans to supercharge. I do like the smoothed out R32 look, so currently looking for a decent body kit off an R. Keeping my eyes peeled. Link to post Share on other sites
Mouzer23 0 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Thought Id make you feel even better by letting you know I paid £7000 for mine I know iknow im mental but when i got it, it had 58K and was imaculate. 2003,black, cream leather(perfect) 2 door, sunroof, winter pack engine is a dream ect ect. I know i got ripped but i dont care. yours is a steal though, nice Link to post Share on other sites
pimpcat 0 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 lol well if this is any indication on how bad cars have depreciated. got mine 2.5 years ago its a 2001 it had 17k on the clock and was imaculate nd it cost 8k Link to post Share on other sites
spindat45 0 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 He got an exceptionally good deal on this car imo. Thats why I told him to snap it up. A case of right place, right time. Most if not all that we've seen for sale since are still around £3500 - £4500 depending on age milage and condition. Prices have dropped a lot in the last 12 months but I don't think the price he paid is an accurate representation of by how much. Having never driven a V6 4 Motion, I drove this car last night and was pleasantly suprised at how respnsive and how much low down torque it had. Standard suspension could do with being a bit stiffer but that's to be expected. For quite a heavy N/A car it's no slouch. Link to post Share on other sites
pimpcat 0 Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 It's ment to be quicker than the vr but I've never driven a vr so can't tell Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 With a little over 200bhp but a load more weight in the drivetrain, most VR's are quicker. They are, however a superb base to add more power and make full use of the 4wd. Link to post Share on other sites
spindat45 0 Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hmm, mine is charged now and the other N/A VR i've driven has been chipped and has no rev limit so I can't really compare properly. I'd say it probably is quicker than a standard VR but there's not much between the two. Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 At the last Santa pod that I went to all the mildly tuned N/A's were quicker but I wasn't "launching" off the start line. Like you say it is very close, but I think they start to shine when FI is fitted in whichever guise. Link to post Share on other sites
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