Collecting ed30 tomorrow, HPI check says stolen recovered!, help, advice please

[Rob GTI]

Got a link for the ad?

I say the same as Greeners and only buy if mint and a good price.

[Janner_Sy]

I would steer clear because he never mentioned it to which says he doesn't want you to know
ask yourself why? is there damage that was repaired.
If it was me I would want £2-3000 of the asking price and thats before I'd even looked at the car.

You got a point there. Something that I found odd was that the hpi check said no previous owners but he is saying he is the second registered owner of the car. Are these hpi checks accurate? Also its showing just 1 service at 11k miles. He says it has a FSH

nothing wrong with that at all.  theres 2 servicing routines.  Most are on variable which can be anything upto 18k in some instances.  or fixed which is every 12k, so either way the most it should have is one service if its on 11k

[kiddfrost]

He was asking 15k which was over the top anyway but we settled on 13900.  spec is:

Black, DSG, Xenons, Privacy Glass, Winter Pack, Cruise Control, Highline, MFSW and RNS Satnav.
Its done 55k miles.

Is it fair to post the link? I'm just thinking he may not have known as he says he's had it from 20k miles.. or am I just being too nice

[Rob GTI]

Don't think it unfair to post the link, the responces you get may well be of more use to you. There are some traders on here I believe who may be able to tell you if that is cheap or not. You can also use the fact it is SR as a further bargaining tool. Also if you fo duck out take a look at this I can't believe it still available 

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=184655.0

[kiddfrost]

I did see that one, very nice but I'm after a 5 door

This is pretty much the spec I'd be happy with

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2652314.htm

[Rampage]

I'd leave it personally mate. It will be a nightmare trying to sell it in the future and you May not get the full story as to its full history. Wait for a clean honest example mate... less hassle in the long run.

[PDT]

If you would consider a 3 door then get in touch, im trading mine in on Monday but would consider a cash sale. Top spec, dsg black 3 door ed30. Has every opional extra, only want around 13k.

[scooba]

If you would consider a 3 door then get in touch, im trading mine in on Monday but would consider a cash sale. Top spec, dsg black 3 door ed30. Has every opional extra, only want around 13k.

What mileage

[Redev]

I'd walk away, cash is king. If you've already got bad vibes about it leave it alone.

Can't see how the seller spent what would have been £15k + (?) on a car but didnt spend £30 on a hpi check - I bought mine from a dealer and still hpi checked it (albeit I have a friend in insurance that did it for free).
If it was advertised as stolen recovered it wouldn't be so bad..

[Sunglasses Ron]

I did see that one, very nice but I'm after a 5 door

This is pretty much the spec I'd be happy with

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2652314.htm

I wouldn't give more than 10k for that tbh given it's SR tag.. They'll be plenty more come up mate and it is gutting, but I would hold out if I were you.

[Felix]

Mate - if in doubt just walk away, there are plenty of Eddies around. I bought mine from a vw dealer for 13k. Fully loaded with 2yrs free servicing. Unless someone is upfront about something like this I just wouldnt bother. Good luck with your search, there looks to be plenty of good ones that comeup for sale on here   

[Sunglasses Ron]

I'm gobsmacked that Truckie's is still up for sale tbh  Especially when this one is only 1k cheaper.. 

[Hurdy]

Walk and take PDT's

[Geoffcarragh]

the day you buy is the day you sell.

the SR tag will make it much harder to sell on. if you can get another 10-15% off I'd go for it. If not just wait, there are plenty of nice clean cars around.

[vRStu]

I wouldn't personally take it.  Apart from potential ongoing problems, resale may be awkward for the very reasons you see emerging here.

I know someone, who may decide to add his thoughts later, who had his car stolen and written off.  It was subsequently recovered and the damage repair estimate included replacement of the engine because of the state of it however very shortly afterwards it turned up on eBay as repaired (Almost certainly with the original engine) and the buyer would be none the wiser.

HPI checks are also being found to be unreliable at the moment, lots of issues with their information.