Phaeton 5.0 V10

[magnus911]

So,

I'm going to view this car at the weekend for my dad. He's out the country for the next couple of weeks but has asked me to take a view on it and if it's a good buy, to buy it.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1739945.htm

Does anyone know anything about this car? I'm wondering why the seller wants rid having recently serviced it. Is it worth getting this car independently inspected? Will VW do that? How much would they charge?

Otherwise, it looks a great car and I'm sure my father will be very happy with it. I am a little cautious because I know that they're very complicated machines and repair bills for big problems could be enormous.

THanks in advance.

M

[christofmccracke]

thats alot of car and power for not alot of money

[eztiger]

Gorgeous car.

Regarding the servicing, I've never sold a car without it being freshly serviced and ready to go. I wouldn't do it any other way so chances are the seller there is the same.

The description also makes it sound like the service was due in which case trying to sell it on with it being obvious a service is due (either from the book or the cars service indicator telling you) would make it that much harder to shift and, in my opinion, raise more questions over the sale than if it had just been serviced...

I'm sure you could ask him to take it a VW dealer who I'm sure would put it on the ramps and inspect for a fee. Though whether the seller would be willing to do this, or if VW looking at it would give you any reassurance (no idea how VW treat these cars) is another matter. RAC / AA will also inspect and will do it to suit the seller and would probably be more welcomed by them. The RAC will also give a 30 day warranty if they OK a car and you go on to buy it. I'm not sure if the AA do the same and I also can't tell you if the RAC warranty is worth the paper it is written on.

Either way, hope it's a straight one very jealous.

[magnus911]

Ok thanks guys. I will take my friend along who is a lot more capable than me at asking the right questions and kicking the right tyres.

Hopefully we'll be on to a winner.

[eztiger]

magnus911 said:

Ok thanks guys. I will take my friend along who is a lot more capable than me at asking the right questions and kicking the right tyres.

Hopefully we'll be on to a winner.

At the least think about an RAC or AA inspection. ~£250 for the full thing.

Sellers response to having it inspected and your question(s) around the servicing etc will hopefully give you a feel for how genuine the car is.

I'd also consider asking the seller ( and again gauging reaction) for details of the service history and if he minded you giving the VW garage who last serviced it a ring to confirm details / have a chat about the car.

Nothing is fool proof, just went through this myself and had the car inspected at an independent garage before sale. Came back with a clean bill of health and within the week after buying the power cooling system had spring a leak. It happens, and no ones fault. But had I gone with the RAC I may have had the £150 fix charges recovered.

[magnus911]

OK well that's very helpful, thanks. He sounded like a nice chap on the phone and came across as quite genuine. i suppose we'll see on Saturday.

Again, thanks for your comments.

[chrissyr32]

Awesome tool....i didnt know they put the 5.0 litre V10 in this...bet it doesnt half shift.