Golf R32

[sportsandclassic]

Hi, I have the chance to buy a Golf R32 2003 3 door in blue that has done 31000 miles. What would you value the car at ?

Can this model of car be worth some serious money in the future ?

Thank you.

Mike

[drmark]

Never serious money. But good long term punt I would think.

[sportsandclassic]

Hi Mark,

What do you think the car is worth ?

Mike

[chimp427]

similar cars in the classifieds are around £7995 but would you actually pay that for a 12 year old golf?

[Dr G]

It's only a smidge more than a really nice Lupo GTI.

The very best, desirable VWs tend to creep up in price slowly and that sounds a good bet. If it's a genuinely nice car and well maintained in the worst case scenario you'll break even.

[rb5er]

You say that but you will only be breaking even or possibly make a few quid if the mileage stays incredibly low.

If you actually drive it then it will be worth half that in 5 years of average mileage.

If you kept it 2 years and did around 20k miles then it will likely depreciate only a grand or 2 in that time if its kept nice.

Either way though as long as you dont encounter any expensive problems then that sounds like cheap motoring to me .

[drmark]

sportsandclassic said:

Hi Mark,

What do you think the car is worth ?

Mike

Sorry Mike, not the right person to ask. Fun car. But no idea of value.
Hope all well.
Best
Mark

[Dr G]

rb5er said:

You say that but you will only be breaking even or possibly make a few quid if the mileage stays incredibly low.

If you actually drive it then it will be worth half that in 5 years of average mileage.

If you kept it 2 years and did around 20k miles then it will likely depreciate only a grand or 2 in that time if its kept nice.

Either way though as long as you dont encounter any expensive problems then that sounds like cheap motoring to me .

Good points; it would be a slightly strange purchase to whack a load of motorway miles on but for a second/weekend/toy car you could do a lot worse.