The hunt for a ED 30!

[Resonance]

Hi ,yes good luck ,i am looking and have a budget off £18 k maybe more for the right car , tbh they are like hens teeth

I want 08 with less than 10k miles in Grey or White must be 3dr , one owner full VAG history I look in all the places about every 5 days  it seams i missed one with 9000mls just the other day ahhhhhhhhhh

I have a RED one with quite a lot of extras its lovely now covered 12k miles on a 08 with dsg xenons mfsw  nav parking sensors and its mint full vag history

Thanks for the info Scooba  So does that mean your selling your RED one then? 

the 1st car seems a tad overpriced considering the mileage is high for its age. 50K on a 3 year old car imo.

Yeah I was thinking that too, but that sort of prices does seem to be the average for the DSG ED 30, But with the high mileage and Scratched boot Im sure the price could be brought down to £13000.

Richard

[scooba]

Hi ,yes good luck ,i am looking and have a budget off £18 k maybe more for the right car , tbh they are like hens teeth

I want 08 with less than 10k miles in Grey or White must be 3dr , one owner full VAG history I look in all the places about every 5 days  it seams i missed one with 9000mls just the other day ahhhhhhhhhh

I have a RED one with quite a lot of extras its lovely now covered 12k miles on a 08 with dsg xenons mfsw  nav parking sensors and its mint full vag history

Thanks for the info Scooba  So does that mean your selling your RED one then? 


No its not for sale , I want one i could tinker with do a few mods to and use on a sunday sort off as a hobby /project car .S3 BRAKES , ALLOY WISHBONES AND ENGINE MOUNTS just polish it and play with it as most off the time there is just sh*t on tv  at the moment i am thinking off  a quattro as the ED30 seams a very rare car to find well what i want anyway

the 1st car seems a tad overpriced considering the mileage is high for its age. 50K on a 3 year old car imo.

Yeah I was thinking that too, but that sort of prices does seem to be the average for the DSG ED 30, But with the high mileage and Scratched boot Im sure the price could be brought down to £13000.

Richard

[CaptainJack]

Whatcar dont list the ED30 though....

They do

http://www.whatcar.com/valuations/result?makeId=25321&modelId=25503&editionId=25561&yearId=35&mileage=25200

[CaptainJack]

A little heads up for you price wise. I recently bought a September 07 Ed 30 with 20,000 miles on it from a main VW dealer (so comes with a years warrenty)
for £13,500. Be careful you dont pay too much!

Really, that seems very cheap.

Did you haggle a lot off? Or did he give you a poor trade in value or something?

[daviscup]

A little heads up for you price wise. I recently bought a September 07 Ed 30 with 20,000 miles on it from a main VW dealer (so comes with a years warrenty)
for £13,500. Be careful you dont pay too much!

Really, that seems very cheap.

Did you haggle a lot off? Or did he give you a poor trade in value or something?

Actually its not cheap at all mate its book price. I had been watching the car for a few months. It was for sale privately and the price started I think around £15,500. The guy dropped the price every week down to around £13,500. Even at that price he could not shift it and had to trade it into the VW garage I bought it from. The moral of thye story is beware paying overinflated prices for these cars. There are a lot out there that are WAY too expensive.

[CaptainJack]

A little heads up for you price wise. I recently bought a September 07 Ed 30 with 20,000 miles on it from a main VW dealer (so comes with a years warrenty)
for £13,500. Be careful you dont pay too much!

Really, that seems very cheap.

Did you haggle a lot off? Or did he give you a poor trade in value or something?

Actually its not cheap at all mate its book price. I had been watching the car for a few months. It was for sale privately and the price started I think around £15,500. The guy dropped the price every week down to around £13,500. Even at that price he could not shift it and had to trade it into the VW garage I bought it from. The moral of thye story is beware paying overinflated prices for these cars. There are a lot out there that are WAY too expensive.

Yes but VW main dealers are often very reluctant to sell you a car for book price. I have tried haggling with them over a few and there has been very little movement on their side. Admittedly, I am after very desirable ones and haven't targeted the ones that have been hanging around a while.

Getting the ED30 - with that mileage - you bought from a MD with a warranty and breakdown cover is a decent deal.

[daviscup]

Totally agree most cars at main dealers are way overpriced, as per my example of the DSG one I drove that was £4,500 dearer than the one I bought. Maybe I got lucky with my car. The dealer I bought it from had more of a family owned feel to it and was based in a smaller town, unlike the DSG car where the dealer was your typical flash showroom based in a major city. They seemed like quite an honest bunch, and the price of all their second hand cars reflected this.

[Garth]

Dealers always start the car for sale with a massive price tag then slowly lower it if it doesn't sell. They'll try to get as much as they can for it, with is understandable.

When I bought my S3 it was up for sale at £22k. I first went in and offered £18k for it and they laughed at me. Each month for 3 months I went back with the same offer... eventually they accepted it 

A year and a half later, I sold it to another Audi dealer for £16k. The next day it was on their forecourt for £21,995 
I bought it back off them 3 months later... for £16k 

[Golfgirl]

Good work Garth!

[CaptainJack]

Dealers always start the car for sale with a massive price tag then slowly lower it if it doesn't sell. They'll try to get as much as they can for it, with is understandable.

Absolutely. It's just like houses. However, if you play the waiting game then you've got to accept that you could well lose your dream. They are banking on people paying a wad just to get something they desire, even if they know they're overpaying.

I'd pay more now for a CW ed30 than I would three months ago..simply cos I want this waiting to end.

[stealthwolf]

I think an extra £3000?

[Resonance]

Thanks for the further help guys, I went out to look at a ED 30 today and heres my summary of it and I have to make the decision what to do now.....

Below is a list of pros and cons I have come up with for the car followed by some photos, the seller is asking for £13500, I will offer him £12800 for the car and hope he agrees or meets me around the £13000 mark, do you think that is a fair price for the car even with the Cons for it??

The seller let me takes lots of photos SO I have some of the VIN number and his V5 log sheet and Service book, from the VIN number is there anyway I can find out the Edition number of the car or do I have to be the onwer before VW will tell me?

Thanks for the help so far.

PRO'S

New tyres on the rear, front tyres are in good condition
Alloys are in perfect condition, no scuffing
New brake pads front and rear
New brake discs on the front, rear ones in good condition
Calipers where re-sprayed by VW as paint was peeling
DSG oil change took place at 39000 by VW - car is now on 49000
Cambelt was changed at 31000 miles.
Full VWSH
Engine in good condition, no oil spills, but not super clean to hide anything.

CON'S

Passengers side wing mirror cracked
Scratch on front splitter
Missing cup holders in the rear
Boot lining scuffed and plastic marked
Stone chips on the front bumper
Scratch on boot
Passengers door has chip on its edge
Condensation in rear light
Spare key has been damaged and doesnt work properly

EXTRAS

The extras the ED 30 had where:

Multi functional steering wheel with the DSG shift paddles
Auto dimming Rear view mirror and wing mirrors
Heated front Seats
Extendable armrest??

The bad points where that the on board computer was not the highline one which gives you tyre pressures ect, just the normal one and also I couldnt find the IPOD connection in the car?? I thought all ED 30 cames with them as standard regardless of which headunit it has??










Thanks for all the help so far.

Richard.

[Garth]

If you like the car, don't worry about those bad points as they can all be sorted in a day for a few quid. Try to haggle some money off the car because of the damage. I bought my GTI with loads more scrathes, dents and missing trim than on that car and I sorted them out very quickly.

For the paint damage, try this: http://www.chipex.co.uk/
I got one of those kits and they're so easy to use. Also, you can get a 15% discount on that price if you use the code BMW10 (forum discount from the BMW forum I use).

Plastic trim can either be replaced with bits from a scrappy or from a dealer. They can also be repaired quite easily or trimmed with leather/alcantara etc if that's your bag.

The rear light can easily be removed, dried out and then sealed with some clear silicone, which would be invisible once it's back on.

[Resonance]

If you like the car, don't worry about those bad points as they can all be sorted in a day for a few quid. Try to haggle some money off the car because of the damage. I bought my GTI with loads more scrathes, dents and missing trim than on that car and I sorted them out very quickly.

For the paint damage, try this: http://www.chipex.co.uk/
I got one of those kits and they're so easy to use. Also, you can get a 15% discount on that price if you use the code BMW10 (forum discount from the BMW forum I use).

Plastic trim can either be replaced with bits from a scrappy or from a dealer. They can also be repaired quite easily or trimmed with leather/alcantara etc if that's your bag.
The rear light can easily be removed, dried out and then sealed with some clear silicone, which would be invisible once it's back on.

Thanks for the help Garth!

It's good to know that most of the problems on the car can be fixed fairly cheaply.

I'm still worried that the car is priced too high for the miles on it and the little bits of damage on it, that's why if the bloke wont agree to £13000 then I think I might wait for another one to pop up.

Also my other worries is that it doesn't have the highline computer on it and I'm guessing there expensive to retro fit? And is there anyway to find out the cars Edition No from the VIN or registration?

Thanks again

Richard

[Golfgirl]

The extras the ED 30 had where:

Multi functional steering wheel with the DSG shift paddles
Auto dimming Rear view mirror and wing mirrors
Heated front Seats
Extendable armrest??

Heated seats and auto-dimming mirror were standard.  Armrest and MFSW were optional extras.

The bad points where that the on board computer was not the highline one which gives you tyre pressures ect, just the normal one

Highline doesn't give you tyre pressures, but it does give you a shed load of other settings to see and fiddle with.  I was under the impression that it came with the MFSW too but I'm not exactly sure on that point (the wheel could have been retro-fitted?).

also I couldnt find the IPOD connection in the car?? I thought all ED 30 cames with them as standard regardless of which headunit it has??

Nope, that was an optional extra too.