MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Gtcpaul1971 on February 04, 2020, 03:45:46 pm
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Hi,
I am selling my brilliant GTI that I have owned for over 2 years.
Spent a fortune getting it right, and had all the known issues
either replaced or repaired in my time plus loads more including an R Tech remap (brilliant by the way!) The car has wanted for nothing.
I have an Astra GTC diesel now for work, so sadly I am selling her.
The amount of stupid questions I have had are beyond rediculous.
The last straw today being "what is the tread pattern of the tyres"
Fine if they were tracking it, but it was for a mature lady driver.
People want everything doing but want to pay nothing for it.
The demands or expectations are frankly bewildering for 15 year old, 2.5 grand car.
Which, has had a tonne spent on it and is in fab condition.
I have had requests ranging from will you put a new clutch in to will you put
a new water pump and cam belt in yesterday.
I took it round the block this morning for a quick run out, and miss it so much.
I might just keep her on the drive until she is needed again.
I'm sick of idiots from ebay.
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Don't sell it through eBay.
On here, pay for autotrader, pistonheads etc.
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Ebay has been the best for me on selling cars, might just take abit of time just be patient, if they send you silly questions dont waste your time replying , if there interested they'll come and see it. You do get plenty of people messing about though.
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If an enquiry starts off with stupid questions or statements, you’re best off saving your time and just giving them some polite advice concerning sex and travel. Nothing in life that starts badly ends well.
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Having sold some stuff on ebay in the summer, I totally understand what you mean. Some of the questions asked were frankly extraordinary.
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Thanks not just me then. The really annoying thing is I know how good my car really is
and my list of things done to the car, then being asked about "tyre tread pattern" I just sighed and thought I wouldn't sell it you anyway.
Someone said they wanted a timing belt done, water pump and a guarantee that there was nothing else going to go wrong with the car and reliability was paramount....
I politely replied saying that although my car is in great condition....perhaps a 15 year old Golf gti hot hatch with 141k miles and 241bhp will need some upkeep and perhaps it's not the car for them. And to remember what his budget was.
They want a 10k car for 2.5k budget. The mind boggles at the complete lack of knowledge on our cars.
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If an enquiry starts off with stupid questions or statements, you’re best off saving your time and just giving them some polite advice concerning sex and travel. Nothing in life that starts badly ends well.
Lol wise words Sensay!
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Your price seems OK, those requests do seem unreasonable, probably looking just to get the money off.
Years ago I was selling a Sprinter - one request was “will you pay my train ticket”.
Several times I just got calls asking is it a LWB? No, like the add says MWB - caller hangs up.
Had one nutter call, they were just screaming - they got 3 screams out and I hung up!
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Someone said they wanted a timing belt done, water pump and a guarantee that there was nothing else going to go wrong with the car and reliability was paramount
That is impressively ridiculous.
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Someone said they wanted a timing belt done, water pump and a guarantee that there was nothing else going to go wrong with the car and reliability was paramount
That is impressively ridiculous.
I know right.......Speechless lol
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I just see this as a shameless plug, telling everyone that you're selling a car, how much you've spent on it, the odd 'fantastic' thrown in. Disguised as an eBay moan, to attract a larger audience. Well done :congrats:
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Ebays crap now- used to be good but the buyer has all of the power and as soon as they whinge or make unreasonable demands ebay gives them their money back ad you are out of pocket.
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I find eBay and Facebook market place the worst places. You just get time wasters emailing you 90% of the time. Had a phone up for sale on eBay and one guy emailed me wanting 90% off. Politely declined and he went ahead and had a go at me like it's my fault his "daughter" didn't get a phone for Christmas. :grin:
Good thing with ebay is the £1 listings - shame you can't use this to advertise cars.
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I have bought and sold quite a bit of stuff on Preloved never had a problem
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I have bought and sold quite a bit of stuff on Preloved never had a problem
I sold little things on ebay, pre-loved, gumtree and usually auto trader for cars.
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I find eBay and Facebook market place the worst places. You just get time wasters emailing you 90% of the time. Had a phone up for sale on eBay and one guy emailed me wanting 90% off. Politely declined and he went ahead and had a go at me like it's my fault his "daughter" didn't get a phone for Christmas. :grin:
Good thing with ebay is the £1 listings - shame you can't use this to advertise cars.
Yep, the £1 listing would be brilliant lol
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I just see this as a shameless plug, telling everyone that you're selling a car, how much you've spent on it, the odd 'fantastic' thrown in. Disguised as an eBay moan, to attract a larger audience. Well done :congrats:
Was going to reply with a witty response, but then realised you dont even own a GTI you drive a Golf diesel lol. # bitter :happy2:
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I gave up selling cars privately years ago. I would rather swallow the trade-in loss than deal with imbeciles.
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I gave up selling cars privately years ago. I would rather swallow the trade-in loss than deal with imbeciles.
I know Pud but its not worth it on our cars as they are just worth trade and take nothing into account.
Had another kn*b yesterday offering me 2 grand when it's up for 2.7k. So basically a quarter off lol. When I replied with please dont offer me silly offers. His response was "well dont take offers silly lad" and "keep it". Trying to be clever. To which I replied only c*cks offer that much less.
He then cried to ebay and reported me for using the word "c*ck" in a message. Lol. Could dish it but didnt like it back. I'm not normally a "seller" I sell very little. Mine are all purchases. I usually have no issues when buying
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Yeah that's true. Depends how quickly you want to shift it I suppose. I traded in my old MK4 R32 for my ED30. It only had 60K on it but it had some issues and I wanted rid of it. Got a fair chunk more for it than I expected so didn't have to shell out a huge sum to drive away in the Eddy :smiley: I could have got a grand more for it private but it's just all the waiting and time wasters.....can't be doing with it.
Traders don't scrutinise the car like an ebay joker would, or demand some kind of guarantee nothing will break in the next 6 months, or demand you fit new tyres and a clutch. "What tread pattern do the tyres have?" I mean, WTF does that even matter? Have brain cells halved in the last decade or something? What absolute throbbers there are in this world, and they all gravitate to bloody ebay and Scumtree. I actually closed my PayPal and Ebay accounts last week as I can't stomach the culture. I'll just be buying from legitimate shops and traders from now on.
That is the major advantage of trade-ins. Both parties have a car they want shot of, so it can work out well :grin: The trader was actually a thoroughly decent chap and was enthusiastic about VAGs, so all in all a mutually beneficial trade.
Anyway, you've certainly had them all come out of the woodwork on your car mate. Hope you find someone with an ounce of intelligence come your way soon :happy2:
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Yeah that's true. Depends how quickly you want to shift it I suppose. I traded in my old MK4 R32 for my ED30. It only had 60K on it but it had some issues and I wanted rid of it. Got a fair chunk more for it than I expected so didn't have to shell out a huge sum to drive away in the Eddy :smiley: I could have got a grand more for it private but it's just all the waiting and time wasters.....can't be doing with it.
Traders don't scrutinise the car like an ebay joker would, or demand some kind of guarantee nothing will break in the next 6 months, or demand you fit new tyres and a clutch. "What tread pattern do the tyres have?" I mean, WTF does that even matter? Have brain cells halved in the last decade or something? What absolute throbbers there are in this world, and they all gravitate to bloody ebay and Scumtree. I actually closed my PayPal and Ebay accounts last week as I can't stomach the culture. I'll just be buying from legitimate shops and traders from now on.
That is the major advantage of trade-ins. Both parties have a car they want shot of, so it can work out well :grin: The trader was actually a thoroughly decent chap and was enthusiastic about VAGs, so all in all a mutually beneficial trade.
Anyway, you've certainly had them all come out of the woodwork on your car mate. Hope you find someone with an ounce of intelligence come your way soon :happy2:
Thanks Pud. I think when you get cars in this price bracket it can attract domes. Wanting way too much for not a lot of money. Plus, I really dont think they are clued up about the mk 5 gti and dont understand the value of what I have done to it and what parts need replacing to keep it in good nick. I am going to give it another go for sale next week then that's it. It will be getting a cover over and kept on my drive with regular runs round the block. I simply am not letting it go for a silly amount when I have put a lot of money and time into it. I would rather keep it and come back to it once I'm sick of my diesel GTC. I did genuinely miss it when I took it round the block the other day to keep ticking over. I will absolutely miss it and would never get one like this for the money I'm asking. I would really like it to go to someone who appreciates the work done and would continue the same. A mk5 lover and enthusiast. Not some ballb*g who wants a decent mk 5 gti but cant afford it so offers stupid amounts or asks for rediculous things. I am not in a rush so I just bat them away. Cheers matey