The "Second Hand" / "2nd Hand" MK6 Golf Thread

[DrCox]

If people call wondering what is wrong with it you have probably gone a bit to far and beyond what you called "idiotic" pricing in your previous post. But presuming you can demonstrate that there is nothing wrong with the car, there is your sale, right? Or are people calling just to chew the fat and not buy this incredible bargain?

Even if you are only doing the "idiotic" thing, as you call it, and advertising at a sensible price that is also the lowest price you are prepared to accept and people try and haggle, it makes for a very short phone call or meeting. You just say "Thanks, but no thanks". They either agree to the asking price or move one. Either way, you don't waste a lot of time.

Having sold my car in the last few weeks after pricing it reasonably, I agree with you. However, answering the same questions and allaying fears regarding accident history etc a thousand times for the virtual tire kickers does get old fast and, as Corey said, everyone still wants a few thousand off the price, even if you've priced the car at the lower end of the scale and they know it's a good deal. I was disapointed with some of the "serious" buyers though, and ended up asking for a holding deposit after being "stood up" by a couple of buyers. I did get the sale though, at the price I advertised at, and after all the phonecalls that ended up being more a relief than anything else. This haggling thing is for the birds. People should be able to buy something without feeling forced to fight for a "bargain". Here's a product, this is how much it costs, can you afford it or not? It should be that simple.

[Ideo]

50k is RRP driveway... I had a deal on a GTI originally and it was 41k with cloth/manual candy white.. Withe detroits.. That was driveway.. So add leather for say 2.5/3k and you get approx 43.5-44k ..
Keep in mind there are a fair few cars on boats which aren't assigned to customers yet so the wait could be very minimal..

If you want to buy a second hand gti for 36k.. Your a fool. Why do people buy GTI's and R's? ..to drive them hard.. Same with wrxs, evos etc.. And one that has missed services? Yup it's had a hard life.

Just going on from that. My original thought was a GTI. I had a white, manual, detriots with leather organised. I was looking at $42500 driveaway on that. And that was without serious haggling.

[rockDAhouse]

hi guys,
just bought a 2009 118 dsg TSI today. Black in colour with heated leather seat, sports pack, suspension adjustment and aftermarket reverse sensor.
Can't concentrate on work now, keep walking down to car park checking out me car .... am a happy man now ....

[governor22]

Options depreciate much faster than cars. That's why it's always bad advice to upspec a car too much. Better to buy the next model up.

So true! But today's Golfs are different to the mk IV gen, where you buy a GTI or Bora 4motion and you get the sunroof and leather.... My dad wanted a new GTI with all the options, but then I had to tell him that the new models have 'options', and adding it all together would take the car around 58k...

Annoying as hell. Audi does this too. Why can't they just make a model with all the options and sell it ?

[Spydar]

Here is a bargin i just found on carsales...lol




I swear I didn't photoshop this.

[Molotov]

I made an offer of 350,000 but they didn't want a bar of it! golf drivers seem to think their cars don't depreciate

[calebo]

Hi guys,

I'm new to VW and looking to buy a second hand Golf.
Any tips on what to look out for and what to check when making a purchase from private sellers?

Thanks!

[MkVIGTI]

There's a thread on second hand Golfs, just do a search

[Corey_R]

There's a thread on second hand Golfs, just do a search

Right there is! Merged. Cheers.

[MkVIGTI]

Here is a bargin i just found on carsales...lol




I swear I didn't photoshop this.

ROFL, should I buy this or a 911 I wonder...