chuck 0 Posted February 26, 2005 buying a cheap and cheerful runabout. looking at a 1990 passat 1.8 8v digifant. only thing is its got 215000 miles on the clock :!: Its an ex-taxi. he's only looking 500 quid for it, and its in generally good nick, and drives fine and doesn't smoke. needs a heater matrix tho, and the gaskets could do with being changed. should i be concerned about the mileage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted February 26, 2005 £500 is a bit steep considering the work its needing.........those older Passats go for pennies even the Diesel ones aint too dear to buy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gradeAfailure 0 Posted February 26, 2005 Heater matrixes are always a beeyatch to change as well, even disregarding the engine work... Considering I paid £700 for a '92 2.0 8V GL with 140k on the clock and all the stuff listed in my sig already done to it, I reckon £500 is a bit much IMHO... 8) They are damn good solid cars though! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil K 0 Posted February 26, 2005 Having now spent some time being driven about in Daves I can say that they are great cars... and have a lot of potential - often overlooked by the dub scene! And just to echo Dave he got a very good spec with leather and lots of engine work for £700 so yeah I'd say £500 is too much, would they take an offer of £350/£400? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted February 26, 2005 i was a taxi driver( im afraid!) for 7 years..you do get the occational one who looks after there car..i always did! has it got loads of holes in the dash?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h100vw 0 Posted February 26, 2005 Too expensive, I bought my syncro for a grand and a K plate 2 litre GL estate for £460 with 98K on it 2 years ago. Gavin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted February 26, 2005 im selling one for about that much now ive found the raddo, too far away for you though! Id say its too much. Its about what im after and mine is mint with a new engine, clutch, dist, alternator, pas pump, battery, 4 tyres, master cylinder, ew window mech, radiator.....the list goes on and all that in the last 3 months!! yes i will be loosing lots of money! but its paying for the vr insurance!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomB 0 Posted February 27, 2005 A little too much I'd say, as I sold my '93 K plate (1.6TD) with only 170K on the clock for £325. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck 0 Posted February 27, 2005 Mmm. I reakon he would take a lot less for it. corradowales - funny enough its dash looked pretty unmolested :) I think that if he doesn't accept substantially less, I'll be looking at something else - the BMW 3 series estates look like a similar cheap alternative. nick48480 - I'm on the isle of wight for a while - where's salisbury - is yours an estate? I'm really after an estate... Cheers guys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 10 Posted February 27, 2005 my mate had a pasta estate, it was amazing!! knackard, but a solid workhorse. He paid £175 for it, it had done about 120k. Was 1.8 8v. sold it for £200. Tell the guy you've seen others for around £200 and see what he says!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites