just been offered a limited edition oak green golf it also has a full leather interior and is lowered 60mm and has about 100K on the clock it has a 10 disc sony changer and headunit its a J plate also been offered it for £1300 with a years MOT but no tax. is this a good offer?

What the current owner like??? History??

3 or 5 door?

3 door mintest j plate iv ever seen! current owner is banned for 124 in the car. full history and obviously runs a drives like a new car.

Snap his arm off as long as eberything checks out...

well its actually a mate and he neeeds the money he payed 2900 a year ago. il have a word when i get home take it the insurance is scandaliss as im only 20?

Got to agree mate...

Go for it!!

Sounds like a good-un...... :)

Cheers,
Grant

grant u must do no work at all. saying that i dont eigther u get the car yet?

il check the insurance now!

well 419 through the mither isnt bad il just see if she will be willing for me to wreck her no claims!

Is the £1300 he's asking mates rates??

If not and you don't have it, I may be very interested...

Cheers
Ian

Ciaran...

Take it buddy.. They're nice motors. :)

I'd get down there quick - thats a great buy.

Sounds like a bargain to me.

Btw its not a limited edition,so don't fall for that salesmen spiel ;)

Sounds good, apart from the poxy lowering springs.

Paid £2300 for ex-girlfriends G plate oak green 16v with 86K miles and total VAG history a few months ago.

well not mates rates its just the price he was selling it for and thats that. just a bit warry that it may have been hammered for those 100k miles.

do these stand up 2 a hammering ok?

I bought one a 4 yr old one in 94 with 50k on the clock and sold it 3 years later with 135k miles. In that time I went through the usual consumables (tyres, pads, disks etc) but everything else was fine - original exhaust as well but that's because they were mostly m'way miles and the car was always hot. Absolultely nothing went wrong with it.

If you look after them, they will go for ever. Must be properly serviced with frequent oil changes and top quality oil. Look for ticking camshaft noises, smoking exhausts (esp the 16v ones) and knocking front wheel bearings/worn driveshafts. Turn the wheels onto full lock and drive slowly in a circle listening to anything suspicous.

I agree with the others here - if it's unmolested then bite his arm off. The lowered suspension sounds dodgy and the oak green car was not a special edition but recognised by the purists as the one to go for. Make sure it's an original 16v and not a 8v with a new engine. There are a few ways to tell from the outside but check up the history as any VW geek will know what to change.

yes it was made as a 16v accordind to the DVLA as my mate checked it when he bought it. i get a test drive this week.

Oak green 16vs are the best mk2s! :cool:

i presume u have had one then mate?

No i just have a fondness for them! Ive only driven the 8v version.

well its going to be my first time driving one aswell and my first car if i buy it! take it that a 16v will let out a nice note on appliying full throttle?

well looks like i may be getting the golf yipee only £510 tpft in daddys name.
now what mod first?

You will see serious benefits from a nice new performance air filter with a drilled airbox, a subtle exhaust (Miltek for example) and a rolling road tune up.

Wicked cars for the money...

Ian

my last car was a 16v oak green golf. i absolutely loved that car. standard apart from sensible drop, 17's k+n panel, and full magnex manifold system. it sounded like a motorbike round the rev range in 2nd!

very adictive to cane it for that noise though = 23m.p.g!

p.s. accoustically they are one of the best cars for ICE install's etc.

I'd be inclined to keep it completly standard, you will easily sell it for more than you bought it for if you do.
Modded ones are ten a penny, standard ones are getting rare.
:)

How'd you get on Ciaran ??

You buy it ? ;)

well not yet going to test drive it 2moro the muppet of a mate of mine doesnt realise how much its worth. but hopefully soon johnny!
i post it on the scotland forum when i buy it!

Nice on buddy.

hopefully see you on the 28th mate. :)

il be their if i have a caror not i think as long as i get work sorted!