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    I'm not too certain about this getting rid of your old car for something more economical... My 24 year old Scirocco does about 45 mpg, whereas the 6 year old Passat DIESEL only does about 40mpg - which is cheaper to run hey? I seem to remember the average fuel consumption in the 1970/80s was about 40mpg - 90s this dropped to about 30mpg, and today it's probably about 28 for petrol cars...

     

    Oh, and in answer to the original questions - most definitely yes!

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    ace pictures mate, how do you get the moving ones i can never get em right they always come out crappy, do you use a tripod or freehand?

     

    All done freehand - you have to "follow" the car before and after taking the pic, so imagine the "follow-through" when playing golf or something...

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    Funnily enough, I did have an AA check-over before buying it (cost me a lot more than £36, I can tell you) and they said it was a pretty good repair job. Over time though, I discovered little inconsistencies, some of which I fixed, some I didn't bother with as they were very slight ones.

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    I've seen and been in the car in question - I thought it was a on a CAT C, not CAT D?!

     

    Regardless, I decided against it after seeing the car and bought a mint full VW service history, 63,000mile 1995 VR6 instead for £5300 as I recall back in September 2006.

     

    D.

     

    Wasn't the same car buddy, I owned it from 2002 to 2007 :)

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    I'd have to say though, with myself it was a case of buying from the heart, and not with the head. It's quite a good investment (although not necessarily at that price). In the five years I owned it, I lost about £1200 on it... that's not too bad in anybody's book really is it?

    The damage was very well repaired really, it's not a cut n shut car at all. I really enjoyed my 5 years with the car, but financial constraints meant I couldn't keep it.

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    First thing I'd say is - has been told it was written off? I don't want to put him off with this, just be aware of it, as it's a nasty thing to find out about after the event.

     

    Apart from that, after it left my ownership it needed about a grands worth of work to get it into really good condition, mostly perisheable components wearing out that sort of thing. Check the gearchange has been fixed, as this was a pain in the ass.

     

    Any more questions, by all means ask away, and I'll answer to the best of my (limited) technical knowledge.

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