testing the water (GT for sale....)

minis84 · Post by **minis84** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:55 am

Hey

The time may have come for me to move to a bigger car, I've possibly got a new job which involves a lot more motorway milage (possibly a 60 mile a day commute maybe more)...and its not really fair on the GT to expect it to do this kind of milage, so I think I'm going to be putting it up for sale.

Its a 1992 GT, in silver. It has a G40 interior, in excellent condition, apart from a small rip on the top of the back seat. The exterior is pretty much mint, apart from a slight dent on the passenger door, and the odd stone chip on the bonnet.

It drives and handles really well. Cambelt was done about 12k ago, so should be good for a bit yet. I serviced it about 1k ago, new plugs, leads, cap, rotor arm, oil and filter, air filter, and a general check. Its done just over 64000 miles.

I look after it will, its cleaned and polished regularly inside and out, and under the bonnet is pretty tidy. I've fitted an MDF 'stealth shelf' to it, with 2 Alpine 6x9's installed, just for a bit better sounds. The original rear speakers are still in place, as are the fronts. The stereo wiring has been properly adapted to ISO (it was p*ss poor before, wired into all sorts of wrong places

). I've also bypassed the electric fan switch in the rad to one on the dash via the relay, so now it never gets too hot. Temperature incidentally sits at 70-80 deg. It idles smoothly, pulls EXTREMELY well from below 1000rpm, and drives without any rattles, knocking, whines etc.

For a 13 year old car its doing extremely well. Underneath it seems in excellent condition. I've got new pads and shoes to fit but haven't fitted them yet, but they'll be supplied to the buyer. The tyres have good tread all round, and all ancillaries etc work without fault. Here's a few pics, I think I've rambled on enough!

(sorry about the fingers in the pics, i'm not the best photographer!).

Anyway, the big question, how much do you think its worth? And would anyone be interested? Like I said, i'm just testing the water, so if there's genuine interest I'll put it in the for sale section.

Thanks in advance

Tom

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:11 pm

300 miles a week? it'll love it

minis84 · Post by **minis84** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:16 pm

Tahrey1043 wrote:300 miles a week? it'll love it

but how long would it be before it joined the growing number of very high milage GT's with horrors under the bonnet and past their best? I'd rather not be responsible for that, and maybe let some have it who will pamper it and keep it in good condition, something that 300+ miles a week won't let me do

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:12 pm

pics dont work for me.

minis84 · Post by **minis84** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:34 pm

(pics sorted, sorry)

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:37 pm

That's only 15,600 miles a year.. my old mk2 1 litre does a good 12k without complaining. I can't really see the GT struggling.

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:34 pm

gt prices vary really.

i bought my first grey one for Â£1300!
sold that for Â£800ish at the start of this year
recently bought another one advertised on here for peanuts!

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:03 pm

I put quite an obscene number of miles on my GT's engine going to and from Sheffield to visit my girlfriend while she was at Uni up there.

That's a 400 mile round trip, which I would do on average once a week. I did actually do it twice within a week once.

Regular servicing will see you reet on even a high miler GT engine, just make sure you change the oil regularly and keep an eye on fluid levels. My engine was sold off this summer with 146,000 miles on the clock, and it was running beautifully.

However, it is up to you, I'm just adding my 2p worth. They're plenty capable of doing high mileage.

minis84 · Post by **minis84** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:11 pm

yeah I know it would handle the milage fine, and I'm looking at servicing it every 5k miles anyway....

But I'd rather not subject the car to it if you know what I mean.....its in great nick, and it'd be great if someone bought it who'd praps not clock up so many miles on it, maybe use it at weekends.....or is it just wishful thinking?

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:00 pm

minis84 wrote:yeah I know it would handle the milage fine, and I'm looking at servicing it every 5k miles anyway....

But I'd rather not subject the car to it if you know what I mean.....its in great nick, and it'd be great if someone bought it who'd praps not clock up so many miles on it, maybe use it at weekends.....or is it just wishful thinking?

plus mk3 polos aren't the greatest of cars for doing mega miles in!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:09 pm

well if you have a good stereo and some sturdy cushions to put on the seats, its fine

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:14 pm

Tahrey1043 wrote:well if you have a good stereo and some sturdy cushions to put on the seats, its fine

i always feel like im over-revving it....need a 6th gear

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:31 pm

Just out of interest, you didnt get that GT from someone called Dan based in Manchester did you? Just curious.

Karl.

minis84 · Post by **minis84** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:51 pm

yeah I did, and I'm a bit p*ssed off as he didn't send the V5 off

. But never mind, I have the new V5 now, and I've sorted the little problems it had when I bought it that he didn't tell me about lol. (oh, and is there anything I should be worried about?)

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:09 pm

pettsy wrote:plus mk3 polos aren't the greatest of cars for doing mega miles in!

I disagree, mine feels very stable on the motorway, even in comparison to several modern cars that I've done the same sort of trips in. OK so it's not the most refined motorway cruiser, it's a little noisy, but that's never bothered me. Plus the GT/G40 have got comfortable seats and the G40 'box is only 3,000rpm at 70mph, it's actually quieter than the GT used to be. I like driving mine on the motorway.

OK, so you'd get a more luxurious ride in a big BMW or something like that but for what it is I reckon the Polo's alright for motorway miles.

Sorry for the massive thread hijack by the way!