MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Jonathon555 on September 22, 2013, 08:54:57 pm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-GTI-EDITION-30-2007-BLACK-230bhp-/290979766776?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43bfbee1f8 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-GTI-EDITION-30-2007-BLACK-230bhp-/290979766776?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43bfbee1f8)

16,000 miles

But why do all listed cars have low low miles ?

I can never understand it.

It it expensive or fair value ?
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: skard on September 22, 2013, 09:09:05 pm
For a Cat D I'd say it is a bit expensive.
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Andy on September 22, 2013, 09:09:17 pm
no billyJo has 9k on his :signLOL:
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Tortaruga on September 22, 2013, 10:07:42 pm
"As you may know VW fitted an Audi S3 engine in these models with a bigger garret turbo"

 :grin:
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Scottymon on September 22, 2013, 10:15:36 pm
Just asked whether we can pop around to check things over and scan the car etc. :evilgrin:
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Homer on September 22, 2013, 11:14:12 pm
What does cat d listing mean?
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: skard on September 22, 2013, 11:44:31 pm
What does cat d listing mean?

Had an insurance repair due to body damage
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Shoy1980 on September 23, 2013, 12:11:34 am
It's a shame there's no official documentation available on what work actually gets done to Cat cars. It could be anything.
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Wooosh on September 23, 2013, 01:13:56 am
Not even broke in yet :signLOL:
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: garrardrj on September 23, 2013, 08:42:01 am
I don't think Billyjo's has got 9k anymore ??  :innocent:

Cat D can be something quite simple and can reduce the value , if i was going to keep a car forever i would buy a Cat D car . I have been examining Cars for many years in my old job and some are done fantastically and others are done very poorly . Rackhams in Ipswich repaired an M3 some years ago for the owner (Oddly MR Rackham) which was used in a course we ran in the Police . You couldn't tell the car had been damaged and drove exactly as it should , it was indistinguishable from New . Course attendees were amazed at the photos of the car we showed them before it was repaired , i'll see if i can find them . Others have been repaired so poorly that nobody would buy the repaired car , whatever the price .

Anyone repairing a Cat D car well will keep photos of the actual process of the repair , those that don't have something to hide . Cat C/D cars are also a way of selling stolen cars . Thieves will steal a car matching the Damaged car and then make the stolen car look like the Cat D one , they will tell you it has been repaired and then sell it at a lower price attracting buyers . Altering a cars identity (Cloning) like this is still were prolific and are slipping through the net as the Police don't examine re registered write offs anymore , DVLA staff do . Some are ok at theier job , but others are not .

BEWARE - If you buy one and it has been stolen and cloned , the Police will seize it and pass back to the original owner (Generally , not always depnding on how the car was bought by the owner it was seized off)

BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE OF Categorised Write Offs  :innocent:
Title: Re: Must be the lowest miles ever ED30 !
Post by: Joesoap on September 23, 2013, 08:44:44 am
To many doors and black is a bugger to keep  :confused: