Is 90k miles on a vw golf mk7 1.4 tsi too much?

[usamah03]

Hey Peeps,
I’m looking for a car. It’s my second car after my first was wrote off. I had a golf gte however am looking for something cheaper now. I’ve seen a 1.4tsi golf gt mk7. It has 90k miles on the clock with a full service history. I wanted to know on a petrol engine is 90k miles too much? Also is the car worth buying at around £9k? It’s got heated seats, cruise control, parking sensors and stuff

I’m not sure how long I’ll keep the car. Could be a few months or a year and a half or so. I do probably about 15k miles.
Is this car going to be worth buying?

[steve-5snwi]

I wouldn't want a 90k Golf with one of the more unreliable engines they make. Personally i'd buy something much newer with some warranty left and without a VW badge.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Its a lot more car for the money

[Jag_NE]

usamah03 said:

Hey Peeps,
I’m looking for a car. It’s my second car after my first was wrote off. I had a golf gte however am looking for something cheaper now. I’ve seen a 1.4tsi golf gt mk7. It has 90k miles on the clock with a full service history. I wanted to know on a petrol engine is 90k miles too much? Also is the car worth buying at around £9k? It’s got heated seats, cruise control, parking sensors and stuff

I’m not sure how long I’ll keep the car. Could be a few months or a year and a half or so. I do probably about 15k miles.
Is this car going to be worth buying?

for a period of months I wouldn't even bother dicking around tying my cash up and then having the hassle of resale and taking another knock. Id buy something well maintained, privately, for 1k, with MOT, chances are it will be OK and then you can punt it back on for what you paid for it.

[usamah03]

The reason I was looking at something like that was because it’s not too expensive. I know it’s still quite a few thousand. However I may keep it for a few months or it may end up staying for about 2 years. It depends on whether I can be bothered changing it again and what my insurance is. My main issue is insurance on cars. I also don’t want something rubbish I like my vw golfs and Audi’s.

I like a some performance to a car. Loved my gte but it’s unfortunately gone now so looking for something that has similar stuff. But for around the £10k mark that I could potentially keep if I like it and in auto.

Because of my age and where I live insurance prices are daft. The golf gt is ok on insurance so that’s why I was looking at one. Would ideally like another golf and a mk7 any advice on them and what they’re like at high mileage and what to look out for? Any links to cars for sale that you think are good?

Edited by usamah03 on Monday 30th April 23:54

[rauf786]

Following this thread... also in the market for a golf

[Shiv_P]

steve-5snwi said:

I wouldn't want a 90k Golf with one of the more unreliable engines they make. Personally i'd buy something much newer with some warranty left and without a VW badge.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Its a lot more car for the money

You are thinking of the older 1.4TSI twincharged. The mk7 uses the newer single turbo unit which is a very good little engine

[Chestrockwell]

Shiv_P said:

steve-5snwi said:

I wouldn't want a 90k Golf with one of the more unreliable engines they make. Personally i'd buy something much newer with some warranty left and without a VW badge.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Its a lot more car for the money

You are thinking of the older 1.4TSI twincharged. The mk7 uses the newer single turbo unit which is a very good little engine

9 grand for a 90k mike VW is a stupid idea, imagine paying 9 grand to be let down by a car!

[jam_up]

Agree with others - 9k for a car that’s done 90k is a lot, especially if you’ll be adding 15k a year. You’ll have to push your budget up by at least 1k if you want reasonable Golf, else get a Seat Leon or Skoda Octavia which share the same platform, are cheaper/better value and have pretty much the same kit.

[Willy Nilly]

usamah03 said:

I also don’t want something rubbish I like my vw golfs and Audi’s.

Edited by usamah03 on Monday 30th April 23:54

The guy that looks after my car told me the VW's and Audis are the worst cars he works on. I liked the MKII Golf I had back in the 1990's, but the Civic that replaced it was in a different league to own.

For me, the Golf you're looking at is far too expensive.

[Nickbrapp]

Less money, less than half the miles, more kit

Trader:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[usamah03]

How about the Mini Hatch cooper d?
Looking at a 1.6l with 60k on clock. Is that again too much? Are minis reliable cars? Worth buying or better to pass the car by?

[HTP99]

Willy Nilly said:

usamah03 said:

I also don’t want something rubbish I like my vw golfs and Audi’s.

Edited by usamah03 on Monday 30th April 23:54

The guy that looks after my car told me the VW's and Audis are the worst cars he works on. I liked the MKII Golf I had back in the 1990's, but the Civic that replaced it was in a different league to own.

For me, the Golf you're looking at is far too expensive.

I have an RAC man as a customer of mine, he's bought 2 new cars from me as as his wife, both of his son's have also bought a car from from me, so that is 6 of the same marque to the same family, he won't touch German cars; the cars that him and his family have bought from me have all been Renault.

[steve-5snwi]

The Mini 1.6 diesel should be avoided, look for a Megane, Focus, Astra or i30, it will be newer, more reliable, have more toys and be a lot newer.

[HTP99]

steve-5snwi said:

The Mini 1.6 diesel should be avoided, look for a Megane, Focus, Astra or i30, it will be newer, more reliable, have more toys and be a lot newer.

But none of them will be German!

[Chestrockwell]

HTP99 said:

I have an RAC man as a customer of mine, he's bought 2 new cars from me as as his wife, both of his son's have also bought a car from from me, so that is 6 of the same marque to the same family, he won't touch German cars; the cars that him and his family have bought from me have all been Renault.

Is that a joke, Renault better and more reliable than any German car? I expected you to say Honda or Toyota at the end, I understand some people have better experiences with certain marks however I’m positive, any french car older than 15 years seem to cease to exist, when was the last time you saw a Laguna? Or the 2001 shape Megane....I see old civic’s, focus’s and E46 BMW’s all the time!

[anonymous-user]

Chestrockwell said:

Is that a joke, Renault better and more reliable than any German car? I expected you to say Honda or Toyota at the end, I understand some people have better experiences with certain marks however I’m positive, any french car older than 15 years seem to cease to exist, when was the last time you saw a Laguna? Or the 2001 shape Megane....I see old civic’s, focus’s and E46 BMW’s all the time!

My 15 year old Renault has never set a foot wrong. Absolutely no rust and 0 mechanical / electrical issues or niggles. Runs like the day it came out of the factory.
Neither has my admittedly fairly recently purchased 16 year old BMW (touch wood)