Christ

Evening..

I wonder if anyone could give me some advice on anything in particular I need to look at when buying a Gt Tdi 150hp..

Car is a 52 reg, with 37k.. Up for £11k.. Engine code is ARL xxxxx

Any particular problem areas??

Going to see it tomorrow, so any help appreciated..

Chris

The Chief

Check this link out

http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/ca...?model_id=1031

cant say anything other than i have been round the block in one and they are very quick and the guy who owns it raves about it doing 55mpg at 70-80mph
he also prefers it to his Jag XK8 so they must be good!!!!!

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Any particular problem areas??

Usually the owners trying to make a point, anyone else noticed how aggresively some of these get driven ?

Pretty good car though, dont disreagrd the lower power models either, they all have similar torque so the difference between each power level isnt that great.

WUZ

iTrader: (14)

Private sale or Dealer?

Full history?

The 150's had a history of turbo seals blowing and cylinder head gaskets trouble due to the compression ratio they are running.

I must say though, as an owner of a TDI PD 130 (2nd car) they are awesome, I sat at 75mph from Aberdeen to Manchester (430 miles) and used just under 3/4 of a tank of diesel!

CANNOT BEAT THAT!

adyhicut

Also heard that the 150 had a few problems, told by a vw insider , so i went for the 130 totally amazing car. Stupid thing was i added a tuning chip and it made it 160 anyway hehehe had no reliability probs with the 130 and the chip.

Christ

Cheers for the info..

Haddnt heard about problems with the 150's, just the early 130's going bang.. But will look into it..

Its private, so should easily be able to get a few hundred quid off, especially at this time of year!

Chris

Wish

iTrader: (2)

Yep, Early 150's where poping there turbos at quite a rate.
I ended up going for another 1.8T

Christ

Tell me after I agree to buy it why dont you!!

So long as it pops before next August, when the warranty runs out...

Pay for it, and pick it up in the morning all been well....

Cheers for the help

Chris

P.S. No-one mention coil-packs