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Buying a 2000 VW Golf

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    #32
    lomb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭lomb


    daveg wrote:
    yes you would think a main dealership in Galway should pick that up and not charge 4 hours labour wouldn't you :rolleyes:

    They told me they only had to clean the sensor - no parts - but it cost over £200 for labour.

    was a little expensive alright , did it do the job though?


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    #33
    daveg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭daveg


    yep.


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    #34
    lomb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭lomb


    :) il try it on mums


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    #35
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    Enygma - damp smell, not in great nick, ticking noise..... walk away. There are SO many 2nd hand cars out there, spend a little time looking around and be choosy - it's a buyers market. You WILL be able to get a much better buy out there.


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    #36
    lomb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭lomb


    PauloMN wrote:
    Enygma - damp smell, not in great nick, ticking noise..... walk away. There are SO many 2nd hand cars out there, spend a little time looking around and be choosy - it's a buyers market. You WILL be able to get a much better buy out there.

    lol the damp smell- all 1+year old golfs have this-crap design of wiper motor at back and weak pipes.
    ticking- perfectly normal my brand new car did this, all golfs do this.


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    #37
    Enygma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭Enygma


    Sorry for delay.

    The mech down below said it was just noisy tappets and that it was normal on Golfs, I just got off the phone with a VW mechanic and he said that it's "most certainly not normal" and that if a lay person such as myself noticed it then there's definetely something wrong.

    The way I see it is, I'm in no rush and I'm not 100% happy with what I'm buying, there are plenty of cars out there too.

    So I guess I'm still looking, just hope the exhaust doesn't fall off my banger before I find another one! :)

    Thanks everyone!


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