Advice on buying mk5

[Jams1231]

Hello newby here,just looking for some advice on a mk5 golf gti iam going to buy:
this is the link for it:

 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201402111726214/sort/locasc/usedcars/quantity-of-doors/5/radius/1500/postcode/pl66dl/model/golf/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/price-to/6000/make/volkswagen/price-from/5500/page/1/fuel-type/petrol?logcode=p

belive il be able to haggle him down to 5500 which is my budget,

any comments/useful information would be ideal cheers

[CarlW]

Look to see if the previous owner has had any of the following changed during its lifespan

PCV Valve
DV Valve
Cam Follower

If not then its means of haggling the price down by £100 or more if you lie a little. i would also advise that when you do buy it you replace them with the latest revision for your piece of mind. There is plenty of threads about these three things and guides on how to change them. Should cost you around £100 to change all three of these parts providing you fit yourself which is also good learning providing your confident enough to give it a try.

Other things are look at when the cam belt and tensioners have been changed
Also test the air con to make sure it blows out cold air.

Anything else i've missed I'm sure other people will add in  

Good luck with buying

[CarlW]

Also with it being DSG make sure when looking through service documents to check that the DSG box has had regular oil changes, i think its every 40k but you can find out that through the "Search" part of the forum.

[J400uk]

Not a fan of those alloys, looks like a replica set? Otherwise seems a nice spec

Also on top of what's already been said, check if/ when the cambelt was last changed. That along with the DSG oil change is a good haggling point