Dented Golf Spud ~ Value?

[Gorvid]

Hi,

I have no idea about these cars:

2001 2.0 Golf Cabriolet, AUTO.



If you were given one, for free, that was losing power (possible head gasket) and had a few scrapes and one football sized dent in the nearside door... 75k on the clock and a leather interior;

What would you stick it in the classifieds at?

ETA: "Gold Spud" - should have been "Golf Spud" - it's just that I am a penis.

[aldo56]

If it has a ticket and tax i'd go with £600 ono.

[Gorvid]

I think it has no tax as of 31st and a couple of months ticket.

[andy-xr]

Buy a compression tester for £20 and see what that reckons. You can do a coolant check as well for exhaust gases, the kit is about £10 from ebay. Might save you some money or confirm that the H/G is on the way out. IIRC from a previous thread it kinda pointed to it anyway.

It's going to cost more in labour to fix than the price I'd be willing to pay I think

[twazzock]

eBay, 99p no reserve. Sorted.

[Gorvid]

twazzock said:

eBay, 99p no reserve. Sorted.

This is the plan, if I can't get a ballpark... but I'm literally clueless as to what it's worth.

£5 or £500...

[LiamM45]

I'd fix the problems, bang some tax/test on it, nice little winter runabout them sell in Spring when prices get to their best. You'll make decent profit if you do the work yourself.

In decent condition it could fetch over a grand, for sure. They seemed to hold their value well for such a st car.

[PhillipM]

Give you a tenner for it.

[rallycross]

If it was really nice maybe £1995 with a new mot
At £995 its a bargain for someone to tidy up.
headgasket is an easy job on one of these anyway.

[66comanche]

andy-xr said:

Buy a compression tester for £20 and see what that reckons. You can do a coolant check as well for exhaust gases, the kit is about £10 from ebay. Might save you some money or confirm that the H/G is on the way out. IIRC from a previous thread it kinda pointed to it anyway.

LiamM45 said:

I'd fix the problems, bang some tax/test on it, nice little winter runabout them sell in Spring when prices get to their best. You'll make decent profit if you do the work yourself.

In decent condition it could fetch over a grand, for sure. They seemed to hold their value well for such a st car.

Two very sage pieces of advice IMO, although if you can't be arsed, I'd say it's worth £500-700 as is.

[twazzock]

Gorvid said:

This is the plan, if I can't get a ballpark... but I'm literally clueless as to what it's worth.

£5 or £500...

Very vague guess: £500-1000. Would have to be pretty good to go for a k with minimal T&T though. Have a look an eBay at completed listings. With a new MOT and 6 mths tax, bit of tidying up and sort the power problem maybe 1500?

As long as you have realistic expectations, a half-decent ad and sensible finish time you can't really go wrong with eBay (until the buyer fails to show of course... )

[LiamM45]

These are still a Mk3 Golf underneath, service parts and typical wear and tear parts are cheap. So even if it needs a little work for an MOT it's not going to break the bank.

The 2.0 8v motor is generally solid, and very cheap to replace if the head gasket is FUBAR.

Could see this selling in the VW scene quite easily if it was at some prices mentioned on here. Ripe for a VR6 engine swap which is common and dead easy on these mk3/mk3.5 cabbys... I can half see the appeal, nice summer runabout, roof down and a fanstastic engine noise with a bit of grunt to keep you amused!