The hunt for a ED 30!

[Resonance]

The advice on the forum has been fantastic and is helping me out loads!

I am looking to buy a ED 30 in the this month, I have found two so far which I have perked my intrest.

My budget and conditions are £14000 and has to have DSG - 5 dr if possible but will settle for 3dr and around the 50000 mile mark otherwise its too many miles for a 07 -08 car.


I live in Kent and my postcode starts with TN3 so a car in the south of England would be best and so far the cars below fit the criteria best.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2232291.htm


Im a bit worried about the car below, not much information on it and seems very low millage for the prices and there could be something hidden 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1978185.htm

If anybody else has some tips of what to look out for or knows anyone selling a ED 30 or finds a ED 30 on the various internet sites which is within my prices range please give me a heads up!

Thanks for all your help and information so far.

Richard

[john_o]

good man thanks  

heres my reply......

of the 2 cars I'd also ask about cambelt on both.
exhaust tips on both look dirty which hints that owners dont 'care' that much for the cars  
second car has bad drivers seat bolster on rhs, they all go bad to some extent but that looks bad for miles/yrs
(mine has 45k and isnt that bad and I'm not a small bloke!)

[daviscup]

A little heads up for you price wise. I recently bought a September 07 Ed 30 with 20,000 miles on it from a main VW dealer (so comes with a years warrenty)
for £13,500. Be careful you dont pay too much!

[Resonance]

A little heads up for you price wise. I recently bought a September 07 Ed 30 with 20,000 miles on it from a main VW dealer (so comes with a years warrenty)
for £13,500. Be careful you dont pay too much!

Thanks for that Daviscup, I have been looking at the main VW dealers and I have given them my details to contact me if any ED 30 come onto the forcourt, but the bloke who took my details said he had only seen one in the last 12 months!! 

I have been keeping a eye out on Pistonheads, Autotrader, ebay and this forum for the last month, but its proving hard to find a ED 30 with DSG and reasonable low millage for £14000 or lower. 

Richard

[daviscup]

Yes the DSG ones seem to command a higher price. I test drove one and hated it. Manual for me all the way. It was similar spec and mileage to the one I bought, albeit 6 months younger. The price difference was around 4 and a half grand!

[crashdesk]

"A little heads up for you price wise. I recently bought a September 07 Ed 30 with 20,000 miles on it from a main VW dealer (so comes with a years warrenty)
for £13,500. Be careful you dont pay too much! "

@daviscup

Is that for the DSG?

[divweir]

colour  seems to matter to  whites the best

[daviscup]

The What Car valuation tool is good for giving you an idea of what a car is worth:

http://www.whatcar.com/valuations

[damoegan]

Whatcar dont list the ED30 though....

[Resonance]

Just spotted that too!

Not very helpful 

[four!]

Glasses list the ed 30

A while back there were some car supermarkets selling new ed 30 3 dr manual for £17995. They were imports though. I suppose they have all blended in with the uk ones now though so perhaps check the supplying dealer in the service book. You would expect it to be that same amount cheaper compared to the uk one when secondhand.

Also because they are normally numbered its sometimes possible to track down previous owners and history of the vehicle. There is the ed 30 register which is worth checking. You can use the forums and things like this to help check history.

Its nice if the seller is telling the truth but some of the ads say never modded, crashed or damaged one carefull owner. A quick search can reveal all sorts.


I will be looking for one for my next car, really like the ed 30.

Good luck, hope you find a good one

[scooba]

Hi ,yes good luck ,i am looking and have a budget off £18 k maybe more for the right car , tbh they are like hens teeth

I want 08 with less than 10k miles in Grey or White must be 3dr , one owner full VAG history I look in all the places about every 5 days  it seams i missed one with 9000mls just the other day ahhhhhhhhhh

I have a RED one with quite a lot of extras its lovely now covered 12k miles on a 08 with dsg xenons mfsw  nav parking sensors and its mint full vag history

[welikeaps]

the 1st car seems a tad overpriced considering the mileage is high for its age. 50K on a 3 year old car imo.

[daviscup]

Whatcar dont list the ED30 though....

Really? Didn't know that. Every day is a school day :)

[divweir]

how much more was an ed30 to a standard gti from new