Polo TDI converted to a polo cup edition car, worth it?

[ashmashcash]

Someone i know local is selling a 05 polo tdi 1.9 and has converted it to a polo cup edition car. My question is, they want nearly 6k for the car. Is it worth it.











car is a cat d, light vandlism damage owner says.
50K miles on clock.
Polo cup edition body kit (worth 2k?)
Miltek turbo back exhaust
Red interior leather
Full VW Service history
Recent cambelt change service
brand new front wishbones
lowered, uprated coilovers
x4 new pirelle p zero rosso tyres
17 inch bbs anniversary rims
uprated brake discs, pads, calipers, front and rear
polybush kit all round

The owner looks like he's looked after the car well, but nearly 6 to pay for a car my age (20) is alot and I don't want any nasty surprises. Should I do an RAC/AA inspection on it?

So my question is, for nearly 6k, an 05 plate, cat d repaired (light scratches) what the owner has done to the car is it worth it?

Looking to spend a further £700 on performance/accessories wise.

[maxdb]

Sounds a little on the high side. Why don't you offer them £5200 and see what they say?

[AlpineWhite]

Sounds like an awful lot of cash to me.

[edo]

Sorry, you want to buy a Cat D Polo tdi that has been modified to look like a Gti?

Hmm.

[ModernAndy]

So is it still a diesel? My answer is avoid either way, just interested

[edo]

ps.

NO.

[sammym]

Sorry - but this car is not a good buy at all. I don't understand why anyone would want to make a diesel hatchback look like that... But that is just my opinion.

If you are planning on declaring all of the modifications you are going to be looking at a lot of money for insurance as well.

Finally it's a cat d. The guy may say that its just scratches, but imagine trying to sell this in a year or two's time. A chavved out diesel polo, which is on the register. It will be worth about 50p.

[edo]

A proper 07 gti for £5950. Not even Cat D :-)

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

or a tdi 100 also not cat d for 5995 before haggling...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

[ashmashcash]

sammym said:

Sorry - but this car is not a good buy at all. I don't understand why anyone would want to make a diesel hatchback look like that... But that is just my opinion.

If you are planning on declaring all of the modifications you are going to be looking at a lot of money for insurance as well.

Finally it's a cat d. The guy may say that its just scratches, but imagine trying to sell this in a year or two's time. A chavved out diesel polo, which is on the register. It will be worth about 50p.

Hmm, I did a quote moneysupermarket, came back as 1700, with 1 years ncb, licence 1 year, 20 years old, with an addtional driver who is 31, 13 years licence.

maxdb said:

Sounds a little on the high side. Why don't you offer them £5200 and see what they say?

I will do that. I might offer him, 4800 and see what he says. CAT D also, i guess car is marked for life.

[edo]

ashmashcash said:

sammym said:

Sorry - but this car is not a good buy at all. I don't understand why anyone would want to make a diesel hatchback look like that... But that is just my opinion.

If you are planning on declaring all of the modifications you are going to be looking at a lot of money for insurance as well.

Finally it's a cat d. The guy may say that its just scratches, but imagine trying to sell this in a year or two's time. A chavved out diesel polo, which is on the register. It will be worth about 50p.

Hmm, I did a quote moneysupermarket, came back as 1700, with 1 years ncb, licence 1 year, 20 years old, with an addtional driver who is 31, 13 years licence.

maxdb said:

Sounds a little on the high side. Why don't you offer them £5200 and see what they say?

I will do that. I might offer him, 4800 and see what he says. CAT D also, i guess car is marked for life.

Sorry, but even 4800 would be too much for that car. The market for a Cat D car is smaller, the market for a modified car is smaller, the market for a red polo gti with red seats that is actually a tdi is small.

Put that together and you have a car which you will struggle to give away. ever.

Edited by edo on Friday 5th April 17:53

[ashmashcash]

edo said:

A proper 07 gti for £5950. Not even Cat D :-)

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

or a tdi 100 also not cat d for 5995 before haggling...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

many thanks for this, I'm going to try my best to haggle the price down. Reason why is they have got a miltek turbo back exhaust I wanted to have on the car anyway, great set of tyres and rims, has all the service history done at vw, along with the above points in the OP, i really don't have to do much to the car.

[daydotz]

i quite like it but wouldn't buy it for the reasons above

although if its a 9n3(not had a facelift as part of the conversion) 130bhp its quite rare

[ashmashcash]

Spoke to owner via txt, said 5500, said re value and resale value, see if you can find another in the uk with this spec and mileage and for this price or less.

so 5500, take into consideration the following:

CAT D
50K miles on clock.
Polo cup edition body kit (worth 2k?)
Miltek turbo back exhaust
Red interior leather
Full VW Service history
Recent cambelt change service
brand new front wishbones
lowered, uprated coilovers
x4 new pirelle p zero rosso tyres
17 inch bbs anniversary rims
uprated brake discs, pads, calipers, front and rear
polybush kit all round

Not worth it?

[Dan67]

no

[sammym]

ashmashcash said:

Spoke to owner via txt, said 5500, said re value and resale value, see if you can find another in the uk with this spec and mileage and for this price or less.

so 5500, take into consideration the following:

CAT D
50K miles on clock.
Polo cup edition body kit (worth 2k?)
Miltek turbo back exhaust
Red interior leather
Full VW Service history
Recent cambelt change service
brand new front wishbones
lowered, uprated coilovers
x4 new pirelle p zero rosso tyres
17 inch bbs anniversary rims
uprated brake discs, pads, calipers, front and rear
polybush kit all round

Not worth it?

People have already told you what they think. It won't change. However life is too short to listen to people on the internet, if you really want it go for it.

However - it's a heavily mutilated budget diesel hatchback, which is 8 years old and which has been damaged seriously previously to be deemed a total loss by an insurance company.

[Grenoble]

Maybe if you want to keep it, but there are better cars out there.

No if you want to sell it in the next 4ish years (when the value differential of a cat d will be much less)

[Backtobasics]

No. Really. You can pick up a proper one for about that.

[edo]

ashmashcash said:

Spoke to owner via txt, said 5500, said re value and resale value, see if you can find another in the uk with this spec and mileage and for this price or less.

so 5500, take into consideration the following:

CAT D
50K miles on clock.
Polo cup edition body kit (worth 2k?)
Miltek turbo back exhaust
Red interior leather
Full VW Service history
Recent cambelt change service
brand new front wishbones
lowered, uprated coilovers
x4 new pirelle p zero rosso tyres
17 inch bbs anniversary rims
uprated brake discs, pads, calipers, front and rear
polybush kit all round

Not worth it?

Money well spent, fill your boots. Its the best way to spend 5.5k I can think of.

/close thread/

[lewisf182]

If you pay anywhere near 6k for that your a complete idiot tbh. Yes its got a nice body kit, but its just a boring diesel polo underneath and further still a cat D....Why not just get a proper GTI.

[Burrito]

Take the hint from the other posts, it really isn't worth it. Do you have any more info on the write off?

Here's a GT TDI for £500 less, without haggling, which should sell on pretty easily. And it's the 130bhp version, so should trundle along alright, and certainly better than your cat d wagon.

http://www.mckennasmotorcompany.co.uk/used-cars/vo...

ETA Just found the OP's cup car was listed on gum tree before 2nd March, so it's been for sale for at least 6 weeks - nobody wants it.

Edited by Burrito on Friday 5th April 22:31