Wanting to buy a MK3 VR6

[mb1907953]

I'd get a well looked after high km car over a neglected low km car that has only ever done short journeys any day of the year.

Looking at VR6s a while back, along with other cars (BMW 318is/320i) and those with higher kms tended to be in better mechanical shape than really low km models. You take a car that sits for 1.5 hours a day at 110km/h, travelling 150km a day and to my mind it is going to be a far more reliable car than one that sits in traffic for 1.5hours a day at 15km/h travelling 15kms.

This is the logical approach, I agree. But when you go to sell a car, the punters aren't looking for whether they're 'country klms' or inner city cold morning 15 minute drives. They just care that it has 150000 or 250000 and I know that the 150000 will/ can almost be worth up to double the higher ks one depending on condition.

[Ideo]

I buy a car for me. Not for resale.

[mb1907953]

Fair enough.

[anthony--t]

Mk3s clock back over to 0 at 300,000 anyway! wonder how many people that has fooled.

Everyone is getting a bit off topic though. Lets find this man a car! His last mk3 was awesome so I wanna see what he'll do with a new blank canvas.

[mb1907953]

Dammit Andrew! Should've bought that black of MJF was selling. It was sooooo clean. Was seriously considering selling mine and buying it haha

[filthyimmigrant]

I'm in albury 300ks from melb last vr6 I sold was to a melb guy he drove up then drove home with it. I'm possibly going to melb around August, check out my build thread on here its prob 5 pages back or so .

Sounds good mate, I'm aiming to sell my VR6 toward the end of the year as well which will work well.
I'm currently on the fence in choosing the next car to buy. Literally between a 9N polo GTI or a manual VR6

definitely stay in touch bud

[mb1907953]

1995 VW Vento, VR6.

Buy that^^ You will be the owner of an extremely rare car in Australia.

[filthyimmigrant]

1995 VW Vento, VR6.

Buy that^^ You will be the owner of an extremely rare car in Australia.

Haha, I know i'd kick myself if i don't keep tradition and go another VR6.
Still there's all this talk about these 9N polo GTI's. Don't mind them either dude

[filthyimmigrant]

ps.

What are your views on this bad boy?
1995 Volkswagen Golf VR6, Only $2800- Come look and make an offer | Cars, Vans & Utes | Gumtree Australia Cardinia Area - Beaconsfield

[Mk3 AAA]

240, 000kms, body etc has actually only done 200, 000 but cluster matches engine. In FS section.

I've seen some pretty ratty cars showing low kms, a VR went at auction with 96,000 kms, I had a punt but was out bid, turned out it had a cluster change, and the thing was a hacked out POS, not to mention about 2 weeks later it was relisted as a repairable write off after it caught fire (black one that went through Fowlers). Not saying that's common, but kms aren't everything, especially if you balance expenditure against depreciation, you may find that you're paying a premium in the hope that it's going to sell high, but it may cost you a lot more in the interum compared to a better maintained car with higher kms. I was looking at low km cars, but bought mine with a few more because I knew some of the history (had been commuted a fair distance on motorway, and had done numerous Sydney runs, not to mention some tasteful mods and what seemed to be respectable previous owners), had a good look over it and no sign of dodgy repairs, came with some decent wheels that I eventually sold, and when I drove it it was super smooth and the body was tight.

Not saying for a second that kms shouldn't be a factor, as they certainly should be, but I think an obsession with them is misguided. For me kms are a bargaining point, not a requirement.