Help buying a polo

Lewin · Post by **Lewin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:14 pm

Hi guys and girls!

I'm looking to buy my first car and need a little help.

Now i've got about Â£2000 to spend (ish)
Below is a car that I've looked at.

Let me know what you think.

He's asking Â£1750 for it, but that includes a sound system.
The car is a 1.4 CL
R reg (1998)
Mods: Tinted windows, spoiler, alloys and exhaust.
Has done 88 k miles

Any suggestions welcome!

monkeyalan · Post by **monkeyalan** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:40 pm

looks a bit used and abused for that sort of money.
don't let the ice and alloys cloud your judgement.

Lewin · Post by **Lewin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:44 pm

I agree. It isn't in great condition.

Alloys are trashed anyways, so would buy some new ones.
I can't seem to find any other polo's near where I live.
Most of them are Â£2500, which seems far to much for a 10 year old polo.

chunkychimpanzee · Post by **chunkychimpanzee** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:27 pm

I would not pay for what he asks for!! I reckon the condition of this Polo with 88k only worth about GBP 1300. I am sure you can find something better than this!! Have you tried autotrader, local paper, ebay, pistonheads.com, etc.?

Samuel

Lewin · Post by **Lewin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:50 pm

I've looked and looked, but everything looks overpriced

Look at this car below for example:
Black polo

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:54 pm

shed, tbh! wait for the right car...

Lewin · Post by **Lewin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:57 pm

I've got my test coming up and if I pass, I'm not going to have a car!!!!

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:13 pm

Lewin wrote:Hi guys and girls!

I'm looking to buy my first car and need a little help.

Now i've got about Â£2000 to spend (ish)
Below is a car that I've looked at.

Let me know what you think.

Seems a bit much TBH

And it's pretty ratty

Your location would help

Lewin · Post by **Lewin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:16 pm

I live in surrey. Near gatwick airport.

what do ya think about this one...

Polo

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:17 pm

Lewin wrote:I live in surrey. Near gatwick airport.

what do ya think about this one...

Polo

Tried that link before - didn't work

Seems to be plenty on the bay of E

Lewin · Post by **Lewin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:20 pm

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/CA ... 6290473965

try this

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:26 pm

This is mine and I don't reckon it's worth Â£1750 even with the wheels

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:29 pm

Lewin wrote:Snip

try this

Yeah that worked

too many doors for my tastes but it's a nice blank canvas and an attractive colour, seems better value too

Lewin · Post by **Lewin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:32 pm

Yeah I agree. 3 door looks waaaaay better.

Top notch car you got there though, that's how I want to get mine to look.

Is it me or do you think that this car is over priced?

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/CA ... 7105877224

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:46 pm

Lewin wrote:Yeah I agree. 3 door looks waaaaay better.

I think so but you do lose a bit of practicallity

Lewin wrote:Top notch car you got there though, that's how I want to get mine to look.

not hard

When i bought it it looked like this

Lewin wrote:Is it me or do you think that this car is over priced?

<snip>

It's an open air so has the 16V alloys (which I like) and they hold a higher price (they can be a bit leaky tho!!!)

Recent cambelt (so less worries)

Mines done over 100K so I wouldn't worry about the mileage too much

Years MOT and some new tyres/brakes all good things

maybe but not by much

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