Polo GT

[robert.cheetham]

I've Seen a polo Gt for sale and I was wondering if it is over priced. It is a 1992 J reg GT coupe. It has 34k with fsh and a full mot. 1 lady owner and alarm. Im thinking of getting it and I was wondering what you all thought. It is from a garage and it costs £1300. Is that a lot?

How fast are they 0-60? And what bhp are they?

[Tahrey1043]

Hmmm... I dunno. Depends on the overall condition I guess.

Step 1 - get thee to Parker's online 2nd hand car valuation site for a rough idea. Dunno if they'll have a price point for 34k, but you can try to extrapolate. http://www.parkers.co.uk

For reference, a 1 litre CL of the same vintage is probably worth about £700-800 with 50k on the clocks and otherwise good condition. (That's only my own estimate )


EDIT: p***! I went over to the actual site... they now charge for valuations on cars older than 1995!
I think possibly there's some other site I was actually thinking of (as it also looks dramatically different to what I remember) but I'm buggered to remember what.. anyone got a clue?

Edit again: But, their general used MkIII buying guide states that used value for all models and ages is "£650 to £1275" with special editions worth about 5% (so it may just be worth it, if it's mint?)

[Gareth_GT_Hatch]

Theyve changed the parkers site now. You cant get valuations for cars older than about 10 years old unless you pay. And for newer ones with a non average mileage as well...

[hardhitter]

If it's in excellent condition with the service history, tax etc it might be worth near that. If it's from a garage you should a years tax & test, but you can usually bargain with garages.

If you want it, go and make them an offer for 1100 cash and see what they say......

Btw the std output figure by vw is 75 hp, cant remember the 0-60 off hand.

[Gareth_GT_Hatch]

Its 11.1seconds I think....

[nick euro]

dont bother with the parker's guide as thats only a rough estimate for traders only technically. which is why people tend to go with looking around at cars that are actually for sale and compare. tbh that is a good price but like everyone says you need to know the condition of the car too first

[Tahrey1043]

and you should always try to pick faults and talk them down

try it. it works and it's fun.

official figures here (i found my handbook ) say 7.6sec to 50mph / 80kmh, 11.9sec to 62mph / 100kmh. So 11.1 quite likely.

72lbft torque, 107mph top speed, 34 to 52mpg if your morbidly interested.

[DanW]

107mph top speed? thought it might have been a little more than that.

[nick euro]

yeah i thought so to as i've had mine way over that, went upto the 120mph granted it was on a long stretch but still got to it

[dub envy]

mine won't go over 118. Exactly the same gearing as an '87 Golf GTI 8v.

[nick euro]

i think i'll need to work on the gearing as my 5th gear i have in now is s**t. will uprate the clutch too

[Tahrey1043]

Well it was only the *official* manual's figure Your milage may vary as they say. It was probably the figure for the GT breadvan - in still air on the flat...

[amstrange1]

mine won't go over 118. Exactly the same gearing as an '87 Golf GTI 8v.

Had mine off the clock the other day. Granted it's chipped, so the limiter's higher - but in the course of a 5 minute blast on the A1 I got it to hit the limiter in 5th. I think the G40 exhaust and manifold/downpipe helps.

[Edited to add that I've currently got a GT lump and box in my car, contrary to what my sig says! The G40 will be back though...]

[Gareth_GT_Hatch]

Well it was only the *official* manual's figure Your milage may vary as they say. It was probably the figure for the GT breadvan - in still air on the flat...

I take exception to that remark! Why would it be any slower?

[DanW]

more weight