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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2014, 10:19:15 pm »
It was a 260 mile round trip to look at the car - although it is closer to 300 if including the Pirelli I looked at in Oxford on the same day. Berkshire, to Oxford, to Cardiff and back.
So, 300 miles, plus the trip to actually bring it home - total to end up with the car on my drive was c.430 miles!


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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #31 on: January 27, 2014, 10:23:36 pm »
I travelled over 520 miles round trip for my first 06 plate gti and it developed a bottom end knock the same day I got it home !! Paid good money for it to from a we'll know performance car dealer in West Sussex , got my full money back after 2 weeks of complete hell ! I'll never travel that far again , 1 week later found the perfect gti 45 miles away from home lol
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Wasn't near Alford bars was it? Friend of mine phoned, paid a deposit to secure it off the market then went down within 2 hours and the car was sold! They had no record of him ringing etc until later that week, they did refund him though.

Another friends girlfriend bought a car from that dealer and within hours it was on the flatbed and off to audi for £££££ of work!

They had a eddy there when I was looking to buy one and of course I didn't even bother to ring
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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #32 on: January 27, 2014, 10:27:05 pm »
About 4miles.
Bought it from a car shop across town. :happy2:

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #33 on: January 27, 2014, 10:28:56 pm »
About 2 miles Southend Vw I took my 61 plate polo in for a warranty job and see the pirelli so I bought it and gave the polo back lol


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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #34 on: January 27, 2014, 10:53:25 pm »
^^^^ I'm in West Sussex, which dealer?

It was nearly 2 1/2 years ago now,churches performance cars

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #35 on: January 27, 2014, 11:40:19 pm »
237 Swansea to Wigan,same spec car was £1000 cheaper than local dealer

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #36 on: January 28, 2014, 07:21:12 pm »
I traveled 550 mile round trip today to pick mine up.
More then happy  :happy2:

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #37 on: January 28, 2014, 09:10:41 pm »
I was happy to travel as far as tank of fuel for a return journey, ended up going 2 miles up the road to Fulham after spotting my golf as soon as it was listed on Autotrader!

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #38 on: January 28, 2014, 09:14:55 pm »
^^^^ I'm in West Sussex, which dealer?

It was nearly 2 1/2 years ago now,churches performance cars

Yup ^^^^ same dealer Alford bars w.sussex
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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #39 on: January 28, 2014, 09:23:53 pm »
Drove from Bristol to Norwich got caught in tailbacks from accidents both ways. Left at 4 in the morning, got home at midnight..... It's all a distant memory...

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #40 on: January 28, 2014, 10:33:14 pm »
^^^^ I'm in West Sussex, which dealer?

It was nearly 2 1/2 years ago now,churches performance cars

Yup ^^^^ same dealer Alford bars w.sussex

Yep they were a nightmare to deal with when it all went pair shaped !! I feel very sorry for the person who bought the car after I took it back and got a refund ! It was a 56 plate steel grey gti , it was took back on a Saturday they re advertised it on the Monday then 2-3 days later it totally disappeared from there website !!

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #41 on: January 28, 2014, 11:48:23 pm »
For the car I wanted I would travel full country but maybe that's just me who is a bit   :stupid:  :signLOL:

+2...I do the same too...also with tuning too...Jkm are 20-30 miles away from me but they are not a GIAC dealer so I go up to Stattlers which is 185miles away from me...don't get me wrong,Jkm are very good.i service my cars there but they ain't a GIAC dealer...


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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #42 on: January 29, 2014, 12:41:49 am »
I drove from where I live to Cardiff for mine. 140 miles and 2.5hrs private sale. Was one of the best car buying experiences I've had tbh.

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #43 on: January 29, 2014, 07:01:29 am »
Depends on how far you're willing to travel. I travelled less than 100 miles one way due to the car having low mileage and full VWSH. Easy to take back should I need to use their warranty.

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Re: How far did you travel to buy your mk5?
« Reply #44 on: January 29, 2014, 06:36:52 pm »
20 mile round trip, very lucky to find such a good one so close to home