How far did you travel to buy your mk5?

[Phillyf21]

As above really?

I've decided 100 miles is max to travel as if I had issues it's a long way 100+.

[edd666999]

Depends if you are buying from Vw or another uk chain.

[Phillyf21]

Will be an independent tbh budget is £7500 max.

[SkyJawa]

20 miles.  Probably the nearest of any cars I've ever bought lol.

Good job though, came from a dealer and lets just say when they said they'd put it through service for pre sales checks they didn't do a particularly good job and its been back 3 times so glad its not too far.

[Phillyf21]

20 miles.  Probably the nearest of any cars I've ever bought lol.

Good job though, came from a dealer and lets just say when they said they'd put it through service for pre sales checks they didn't do a particularly good job and its been back 3 times so glad its not too far.

Thats the worry.

[MAT ED30]

For the car I wanted I would travel full country but maybe that's just me who is a bit    

[MichaelR]

Got lucky and only had to travel 60 miles to get my ED30 from a VW garage, however i was prepared to go nationwide.

[skard]

About 4 miles. Would have gone to 10 miles for it just because of the high spec.

[liver]

I travelled 94 mile round trip for my Mk5 gti for a private sale to leave a deposit then the same again to pay and collect

I travelled a 400mile round trip twice for my R26R for a private sale, same again once to view and leave a deposit then another to go and collect

worth it if its the right car in my eyes

[phil1975]

I travelled from sussex to southend on sea in essex for my mk5 and to reading for my mk6, because my local dealers prices are very inflated! Why not drive a 100 miles or more to save £1000! 

Drove from sussex to manchester last year to buy my xr2 and again up to north wales to buy my escort.

[OSB]

Its all luck.
I travelled 20 miles to get mine from a main stealer. Had to be collected by them 3 times and I took it back twice! All sorted in the end but glad it wasn't too far.
14 months on and bar a few  normal things that GTI's seem to need - done at my local, dependable indy - its been fine.

[Shorty]

When I got my first Edition 30 it was in Bognor Regis and I'm in Liverpool, so 270 miles one way..

Quite far but travelling has never really bothered me, especially for the right car. Anyway the day I went down I was gonna pay the money straight into the guys account. There was a mix up and I couldn't pay the money there and then, gutted!

Anyway, I went down the following week with the cash to get it, so all in all pretty much 1100 mile to collect the car.. Lol!

[Marc-5-GTI]

6 miles, bought it from impulse. Best impulse buy ever! 

[MPS]

I travelled 140 miles (one way) to get mine!  

[MC71]

About 4 miles. Would have gone to 10 miles for it just because of the high spec.

Love that!  


OP, Its pot luck!

The furthest I've travelled was from Sussex was to Birmingham just to look at an Eddy and it was a dog, well p*ssed off even though it was advertised as a peach. Waited 6 months for the right one in the colour, spec etc etc etc that I wanted and one turned up just 15 miles away, go figure.

I also believe that once you find a garage you trust, it doesn't matter where they are, you travel. My local VW main dealer is (and I sh*t you not) less than 500 yards from my front door but I still do a 200 mile round trip to go see someone who knows what their doing and in whom I can trust.

If its worth it, you travel. It's no biggy.