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Opinions on what I paid for my new car
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01-04-2003 12:27am#1I've just bought myself a new car. It's a black VW Golf 1.6 Trendline (bucket seats, cd etc) '98. Milage is 50k and it's got a full service history and is still under warranty for another 4 months from when the last owner purchased it(I bought it privately). Hell it's even got the manual!!! The car is absolutely immaculate and to boot it's got some really nice 16" VW alloys. I paid exactly €10,000
in cash for it! It was advertised it The Herald for €10,500.
I personally think I got a pretty good deal. The same model with less features seems to generally be going for between 10-13k, dealers and private sales.
What does everyone here think?0
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I've always stuck by the maxim that 'a car is worth only what you're willing to pay', you were willing to pay €10K hence that how much the car is worth.
PS: Good job it has those bucket seats, especially with that 1600cc engine
Good luck with it G.0 -
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It's even nicer now imo!
I've just got some fancy lexus style rear lights and I've got some new plates - black background with silver letters. I got them from http://www.fancyplates.com/index.html very good site I have to say. You can design your own plates, pay for them and they'll arrive through your letterbox in two days!
I'm also gonna lower the car 40mm with some lowering springs that I got from Pro-Parts in Fairview. Should stick to the road like never before when I've got that done!
Btw also getting the windows tinted on Saturday for practical and aesthetic reasons!0 -
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Originally posted by Mercury_Tilt
How are there 4 months left on the warranty?
The guy I bought it off only bought it from Foster Motors 8 months ago and he got a 12 month warranty with it!
Handy for me if anyone goes wrong in the next four months methinks... Of course typically I'd imagine the engine will fall out or something a day after the warranty expires! :eek:0 -
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Giles - You seem to have a good buy alright, had a look at the autotrader and there was 99 for 12.599 yoyos so that fits in alright.
Keep it between the auld whites lines and best of luck with it
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What are the practical reasons for the tinted windows, they are a bítch at night time when driving.Originally posted by Giles
It's even nicer now imo!
I've just got some fancy lexus style rear lights and I've got some new plates - black background with silver letters. I got them from http://www.fancyplates.com/index.html very good site I have to say. You can design your own plates, pay for them and they'll arrive through your letterbox in two days!
I'm also gonna lower the car 40mm with some lowering springs that I got from Pro-Parts in Fairview. Should stick to the road like never before when I've got that done!
Btw also getting the windows tinted on Saturday for practical and aesthetic reasons!0 -
Originally posted by Giles
The guy I bought it off only bought it from Foster Motors 8 months ago and he got a 12 month warranty with it!
Handy for me if anyone goes wrong in the next four months methinks... Of course typically I'd imagine the engine will fall out or something a day after the warranty expires! :eek:
LOL - I suggest you ring Foster Motors right now and confirm this you muppet. 3rd party warranties are rarely transferrable as they are a sales gimmick pure and simple.
Also, why do you want to lower this car? It is a family hatchback for Christ sake!! Oh Lordy... 0 -
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Originally posted by MojoMaker
LOL - I suggest you ring Foster Motors right now and confirm this you muppet. 3rd party warranties are rarely transferrable as they are a sales gimmick pure and simple.
Also, why do you want to lower this car? It is a family hatchback for Christ sake!! Oh Lordy...
Hmmm... You Mojomaker are in fact the muppet. If you knew anything about the handling physics of a car and actually enjoyed driving you would know why I got the car lowererd. Better handling, sharper steering and far less body roll are the main reasons without even mentioned the fact that it automatically improves the car imo
As for your know-it-all quip regarding the warranty of my car, I actually checked this all out before I bought the car!
Oh and Leonotron you were querying the benefits of having tinted windows? Well here they are as follows in no particular order of benefit:
1. Improved security(ie very difficult if not impossible to see into the car and see if anything's been left on any of the seats).
2. Improved looks imo, especially on black cars...
3.Improved daytime & nightime driving due to reduced glare from sun and idiots with their full-beam headlights on behind you.
4. Interior of car stays better for longer due to less fading of vinyl surfaces (dash etc) and fabrics...
5. Glass won't shatter when broken when glass has been tinted in the standard way using film, benefits of this are obvious!
Right I'm done now!
Never thought I'd be getting back to this post but there you have it!!!
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I'll admit it does look good on some cars. I'd be afraid that scum bags would break in as they would see it as you might be hiding something. I drove a VW with tinted windows for a while and found it a pain in the arse using the side mirrors. Just my opinion. And it attracts unwanted attention from Gardai aswell which can be a pain in the arse. How much did it cost to get done?Originally posted by Giles
Hmmm... You Mojomaker are in fact the muppet. If you knew anything about the handling physics of a car and actually enjoyed driving you would know why I got the car lowererd. Better handling, sharper steering and far less body roll are the main reasons without even mentioned the fact that it automatically improves the car imo
As for your know-it-all quip regarding the warranty of my car, I actually checked this all out before I bought the car!
Oh and Leonotron you were querying the benefits of having tinted windows? Well here they are as follows in no particular order of benefit:
1. Improved security(ie very difficult if not impossible to see into the car and see if anything's been left on any of the seats).
2. Improved looks imo, especially on black cars...
3.Improved daytime & nightime driving due to reduced glare from sun and idiots with their full-beam headlights on behind you.
4. Interior of car stays better for longer due to less fading of vinyl surfaces (dash etc) and fabrics...
5. Glass won't shatter when broken when glass has been tinted in the standard way using film, benefits of this are obvious!
Right I'm done now!
Never thought I'd be getting back to this post but there you have it!!!
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Au contraire. My comment was a bona fide question. Why would you want to lower a family hatchback like a Golf 1.6? It's not as if it's a GTi or anything, or has any performance worth speaking about. What is it with spotty early 20s buckos and modding up very boring cars? Why not wait until you can afford a decent motor? Who are ye trying to impress?
As for the old "improves handling" line...no doubt it does but it's hardly the reason yer man is doing it. Won't be a whole lot of use on the M50 on a Friday evening and anyway the engine won't have the puff to ever threaten the normal handling characteristics of the car. More like our friend Giles simply wants to appear cool, in some misguided way. You boy racers will never learn, actually should really make that boy poseurs because inevitably they drive very slow vehicles, such as lardy 1.6 Golfs. Gilesy would have gotten a lot more respect for simply leaving the discussion to the purchase of the car and accept it for what is. As soon as lowering springs were mentioned it screamed out twat.
As for window tinting - this will attract more attention than not doing it and could cost him in the long run. Then again who thinks about this when the motivation is to look cool.
Oh, and I have an RX7 which genuinely deserves any enchancements made. 0 -
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