After many years on here and owning mine for the past 5yrs, I see so many threads about people shelling out thousands on top quality parts and preventative stuff and for what?
Your car is probably like mine 17yrs old, worth about 3k tops and falling apart at the seems.
Why spend 1k every year or so on a car that's worth not much?
Patch it up and enjoy driving it as it's NOT A CHILD ITS A CAR!.. Then use all the money you would have chucked away on a car you won't get back, an spend it on a mk6 or mk7. That's what I'm doing.
Agree with this to an extent. You see people spending obscene amounts on a standard shabby mk5 with 150k plus miles to make it Stage 3 or whatever with bigger turbo and endless supporting mods upgrades etc. and i can't get my head round it but on the other hand if it's their hobby and makes them happy then crack on.
I would like a mk7 or 7.5 but prices are still high and even if they dropped would be way out of my price range. I've thought about selling mine for 4.5k ish and then taking out a loan for a mk7, the 4.5k would hopefully cover monthly repayments for 18 months/2 years and then take it from there. But just not really comfortable with taking on the debt.
Aye. If it's a hobby and/or work transport someone wants to keep reliable, you can't criticise what people choose to spend their money on.
I think some folk have the dream of keeping these cars forever but the reality is, they were built down to a price and it's showing now. Even the very youngest, best examples will soon be rot boxes.
Don't be under any illusion the MK7 is significantly better though. They were built down to a price as well, and having driven them, I certainly won't be taking a loan out on one. The novelty will wear off almost immediately because it's not THAT much different/better, and then you're stuck with monthly payments on it. Fook that. I would rather save up slowly whilst still maintaining the old beater MK5 to get me to work
