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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[ashmashcash]

many thanks for your responses, I'm sure he's looked after it well which is important to me. Believe it or not, I declared all the mods and it came back with that quote of 1650 with admiral being the cheapest. I live in a nice area of solihull, so I guessed that helped.

But looking at it, nearly 6k is a hell load of money for this type of car. Plus it's cat D. Resale value is important to me, I want to be able to get back atleast 2.5 - 3k after 4 years of ownership which is very unlikely.

I'm not going to go ahead with it, and just keep looking at other cars/models and hope the right one comes up.

Something like this is what I hope to get, even though it is cat C it is worth the cash compared to the polo tdi

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-SEAT-LEON-1-4-TSI-W...

I would like to say many thanks to everyone on here for making me sense. I'm sure maybe a couple of months down the line or few years I would regret making the purchase, at that price anyway.