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Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:44 pm
by GIUGIARO
It's a Mk1 Scirocco GTI, so it must look good - does it not? Under close inspection though, the attention to detail is not up to scratch for a 20k price tag. Clearly a full resto paint job. Wings are not a perfect fit. No 1/4 line side mouldings (admittedly impossible to find). Painted over bonnet landing catch, chassis VIN plate in wrong place etc etc. A bit harsh I know, but for 20k you have gotta stand up and be counted !!
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:57 pm
by scrumpyone
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:55 am
by MRMENDER
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:09 am
by scrumpyone
Wow...generous
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:32 pm
by MRMENDER
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:04 pm
by MRMENDER
Blimey its doing the rounds
Now at KGF classics
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C794696
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:45 pm
by mr.brown
I love how 25 year old tyres are considered a plus.
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:05 pm
by mark1gls
mr.brown wrote:I love how 25 year old tyres are considered a plus.
How funny...
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:12 pm
by the edmundator
KGF seem to be good at selling cars for more than they're worth... I guess now we find out just how good.
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:26 pm
by the edmundator
I've also realised it has a Storm front spoiler. Who cares? At 15k you really, really want perfect originality.
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 10:00 am
by hiltow
From the pictures on Flickr, they would suggest that the engine bay has been resprayed at some point - the sanding marks are visible in the paint finish and on the VIN plate. The nuts and washers on the top struts also seem to have paint on them; a detail which isn't correct.
Very nice car though.
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 12:21 pm
by the edmundator
It's had a bare metal respray at some point, apparently. The ad varies in its detail/honesty each time it changes vendor.
It's a low mileage restored car, which makes it less valuable than an unrestored car as far as I'm concerned. It also worries me that a car with such little mileage actually needed a full restoration.
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 3:27 pm
by MRMENDER
the edmundator wrote:It's had a bare metal respray at some point, apparently. The ad varies in its detail/honesty each time it changes vendor.
It's a low mileage restored car, which makes it less valuable than an unrestored car as far as I'm concerned. It also worries me that a car with such little mileage actually needed a full restoration.
Too true Ed
The MOT history shows a fail due to corrosion! I studied the photo's in detail once, you could tell it had been re sprayed, by the photo's that's never good!
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 8:59 pm
by Mr Funk
the edmundator wrote:It's had a bare metal respray at some point, apparently. The ad varies in its detail/honesty each time it changes vendor.
It's a low mileage restored car, which makes it less valuable than an unrestored car as far as I'm concerned. It also worries me that a car with such little mileage actually needed a full restoration.
If it's the same one I'm thinking of didn't the old ad say it'd had a complete rebuild and respray as it was a "barn find"?
Thing is with these companies, they're normally brokers in the deal and are invested as they have they pay for the work.
All a bit of a bubble as they base the price on the rebuild cost
Re: The thread about the £19k Mk1 GTI
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:59 pm
by hiltow
Now sold.
Whether or not the asking price was paid, it will most definitely be a five-figure sum.
Can't say it's a bad thing.