2001 VW Golf GTI - Trade price request

[richard300]

Hi, I Wonder if anyone could give me the trade price of a VW Golf.

2001 51 plate 5-door V5 2.3
66k unsure of how many previous owners.
Unsure of amount MOT remaining
Cloth upholstery
Standard 15" wheels. No sunroof
Needs paint to top of passenger door and front rubbing strip.

My brother asked me if I might be interested as his work took it in PX and they gave £1100.00 but he works in Service and told me they (Skoda Main Dealer Sales) will want full trade money for it...... Won't find out till Monday what that could be, and just wanted to get an idea what that might be. It will go to auction if I don't take a punt from them.

Thanks in advance

Edited to say: Sorry, it's not a GTi as stated by mistake in the title.

Edited by richard300 on Saturday 24th March 18:53

Edited by richard300 on Sunday 25th March 08:08

[Changedmyname]

I have no idea on the price of the V5 ,certainly with dubious histroy,Had it been a GTi, I think maybe £1850-£2350 ,but that is a guess.

As it is a V5 offer them the same money see what happens,you never know.

[richard300]

Thanks, The Service history is good, my brother had chance to look through it, but the MOT certificate and V5 were not in the car.

[Welshbeef]

richard300 said:

Thanks, The Service history is good, my brother had chance to look through it, but the MOT certificate and V5 were not in the car.

At this age and value of a car does it really matter how many owners especially as your bro has confirmed good service history? Which if true should mean it walks through the MOT.

If you want it bid them the same or £1k - remember them taking it to auction costs money And timeand hassle a cash buyer if in the right ball park thank you very much and goodbye.

[richard300]

The amount of previous owners, and providing the car has a useable amount of MOT, doesn’t bother me at all, was just trying to give as much information as possible.

I have looked at similar spec/mileage/age cars on the Auto-trader and they all seem to be comfortably over £2500 for private sale cars, so I think i'd be happy to pay £1500.00 do the bits of paint and put some rent on it, and then if my wife (who I’m buying it for) does start to baulk at the fuel running costs, I can sell on and not lose anything (would quite like to keep it though).

Thanks for the advice chaps

Edited by richard300 on Sunday 25th March 08:10

[Welshbeef]

richard300 said:

The amount of previous owners, and providing the car has a useable amount of MOT, doesn’t bother me at all, was just trying to give as much information as possible.

I have looked at similar spec/mileage/age cars on the Auto-trader and they all seem to be comfortably over £2500 for private sale cars, so I think i'd be happy to pay £1500.00 do the bits of paint and put some rent on it, and then if my wife (who I’m buying it for) does start to baulk at the fuel running costs, I can sell on and not lose anything (would quite like to keep it though).

Thanks for the advice chaps

Edited by richard300 on Sunday 25th March 08:10

What price people advertise it for and what they get are two very different things.
Sadly bigger engines are not in fashion due to high fuel prices so I most certainly wouldn't bank on getting your money back.

Bid them £1k see what they come back with.
Remember auction they have to pay a fee they have to get the car there they have to pay for someone to be there that starts to add up plus of course might not sell so another wasted days pay for staff for the next auction. Think of it from the sellers side a cheeky offer slightly less than I paid for it for a car that is really out of fashion due to engine size. They would bite your arm off especially as they appear to be a dealer.
Don't be shy about bidding either especially low you could secure it respray it to fix the poor paint or just run it as is

Let us know how you get on

[johnnyBv8]

The Mk4 V5 is a slow and thirsty car, though sounds nice. If it's around about £1k it sounds like it might be a decent buy though.

[Welshbeef]

johnnyBv8 said:

The Mk4 V5 is a slow and thirsty car, though sounds nice. If it's around about £1k it sounds like it might be a decent buy though.

£2.5k though la la land.

[sday12]

http://www.networkq.co.uk/buying/value-your-car/

[Deerfoot]

johnnyBv8 said:

The Mk4 V5 is a slow and thirsty car, though sounds nice.

I agree. I had a 20v V5 car ages ago. It struggled to top 30 mpg on a run and around town it was low 20`s, considering it`s pace (or lack of it) those figures were shockingly bad. It wasn`t a patch on the 1.8T Golf I had before it.

Also, 16 inch Montreal 2 wheels should`ve been standard on a 2001 V5, not 15 inch as in the OP.

[va1o]

Deerfoot said:

Also, 16 inch Montreal 2 wheels should`ve been standard on a 2001 V5, not 15 inch as in the OP.

Correct - was just about to say the same. The 15" Avus 2 alloys came on the Match, GT TDI and 2.0 GTI.

[richard300]

Sorry, I guess they could have been 16" (they just looked small) They are a
V-spoke design.

[richard300]

Sadly the golf didn't come to anything. The Garage wanted £1700 or they were going to put it in the local Auction, knowing that it needed some paint and that they are not megga wanted i decided to decline.

Did however buy her (my wife) a late 2002 RenaultSport Clio 172 in silver with 70k, full service history including main dealer receipt for clutch and cambelt change. car is fitted with leather/alcantara, Auto wipers and auto lights, Xenons, climate etc, etc and i gave £1500.00 which i am happy with.

Thanks though for the advice regards the Golf.