MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: kjg1976 on September 30, 2021, 05:33:12 pm
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Anyone interested in the purchase of my beloved Mk5 Pirelli? Looking to upgrage to a Clubsport 40 and want it to go to a good home.
Graphite blue
5 doors
Manual
2 owners
FSH
73k miles
Based in Northampton.
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Price?
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Price?
This, if it's 2 grand I'm very interested :laugh:
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£12,500
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Price?
This, if it's 2 grand I'm very interested :laugh:
Yeah, unlikely :)
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Hmmmm, I would say his price is very reasonable compared to this one :grin:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110058141548?sort=relevance&keywords=Pirelli&price-from=500&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&radius=1500&aggregatedTrim=GTI&include-delivery-option=on&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=ip20de&page=1
Plus a couple of expensive Edition 30s for sh1ts and giggs:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109147345996?sort=relevance&include-delivery-option=on&price-from=500&keywords=Edition%2030&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&aggregatedTrim=GTI&postcode=ip20de&page=1
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108045816693?onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&sort=relevance&keywords=Edition%2030&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&aggregatedTrim=GTI&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&price-from=500&include-delivery-option=on&postcode=ip20de&page=1
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Is that an interest, or just an observation? :wink:
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Hmmmm, I would say his price is very reasonable compared to this one :grin:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110058141548?sort=relevance&keywords=Pirelli&price-from=500&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&radius=1500&aggregatedTrim=GTI&include-delivery-option=on&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=ip20de&page=1
Plus a couple of expensive Edition 30s for sh1ts and giggs:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109147345996?sort=relevance&include-delivery-option=on&price-from=500&keywords=Edition%2030&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&aggregatedTrim=GTI&postcode=ip20de&page=1
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108045816693?onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&sort=relevance&keywords=Edition%2030&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&aggregatedTrim=GTI&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&price-from=500&include-delivery-option=on&postcode=ip20de&page=1
Wow, some people are really trying to jump on the bandwagon!
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Everything's gotten more expensive in the past year or so. I've been following 718 Boxster prices and they are @£10k up on Spring 2020. Inevitably the rarest / youngest / lowest mileage / best examples will attract the best prices, so £10k+ doesn't seem crazy and is still below the average used car price (now £16k I read the other day).
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Hmmmm, I would say his price is very reasonable compared to this one :grin:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110058141548?sort=relevance&keywords=Pirelli&price-from=500&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&radius=1500&aggregatedTrim=GTI&include-delivery-option=on&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=ip20de&page=1
Plus a couple of expensive Edition 30s for sh1ts and giggs:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109147345996?sort=relevance&include-delivery-option=on&price-from=500&keywords=Edition%2030&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&aggregatedTrim=GTI&postcode=ip20de&page=1
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108045816693?onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&sort=relevance&keywords=Edition%2030&make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&aggregatedTrim=GTI&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&price-from=500&include-delivery-option=on&postcode=ip20de&page=1
Wow both the Ed30s are a third more expensive than I paid for mine in 2013!!!!
Whoever is advertising that Pirelli edition on Autotrader is f...ing dreaming :stupid:
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Everything's gotten more expensive in the past year or so. I've been following 718 Boxster prices and they are @£10k up on Spring 2020. Inevitably the rarest / youngest / lowest mileage / best examples will attract the best prices, so £10k+ doesn't seem crazy and is still below the average used car price (now £16k I read the other day).
Agreed I turned down a 911 997.2 C4S 2009 in Feb last year it was £36k with 55000 miles on clock. I looked today and they are £50k plus for similar examples!!!
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Is that an interest, or just an observation? :wink:
Sadly no as I dislike 5 door Golfs intensely :wink:
I was merely observing your asking price is a fair one in light of some more expensive choices!
I would recommend a proper for sale advert if you're serious in selling it though. People aren't going to come running and queue outside your door just because it's a Pirelli. 'Feeler' threads are usually ignored as no one likes vague when it comes to parting with money.
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Is that an interest, or just an observation? :wink:
Sadly no as I dislike 5 door Golfs intensely :wink:
I was merely observing your asking price is a fair one in light of some more expensive choices!
I would recommend a proper for sale advert if you're serious in selling it though. People aren't going to come running and queue outside your door just because it's a Pirelli. 'Feeler' threads are usually ignored as no one likes vague when it comes to parting with money.
Agree with Pudding in my opinion a 5dr Golf shouldn't even be an option yet now all new Golfs are only available in a 5 door.... Crazy!
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What's wrong with a 5dr?? Can't beat practicality with the feels of a quick car. Best of both world in my opinion.
Having owned a mk4 xr3i, mk4 rs turbo and a audi a3. I'd say having a 3dr when you have more than 2 people in is a right ball ache
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Had a mk4 gti 3dr and it was a faff getting the car seat in and out. Have a 5dr mk5 now.
Looks wise, the 3dr is always going to win.
I remember back in the olden days Langey from Max Power had his rear door handles removed so his 5dr mk2 looked a tiny bit more 3dr.
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Yes - it is a real shame VW have dropped a 3 door option from the Golf range.
Personally I don't like 5 doors Golfs because:
Comfort - I find my head and shoulders are next to the B pillar making getting in and out harder and blocking visibility -I'm not particularly tall at only 6'1".
Weight - with all the extra hinges, locks and window mechanisms they are carrying more weight + more to go wrong.
Styling - the extra set of doors look like an afterthought, on the Mk5 it looses the interesting wedge shape created by the rear side widows rising up - this area on the 5 door is just a boring straight horizontal line. Adding extra doors compromises the front door size and let's face the fact that the rear door openings are not really that big, OK for small children -awful for adults.
Other than the practicalities of getting bodies in and out of the rear seats - the only positive is 5 door golfs are slightly stiffer than 3 door - more openings, but each of the openings are smaller than the 3 door ones and extra structure near the rear axle means there is less flex.
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I'm not allowed a 3dr anymore as my wife rightly says I'm not 20 anymore. :congrats:
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Appreciate your comments and take your point. Will be selling officially soon.
Is that an interest, or just an observation? :wink:
Sadly no as I dislike 5 door Golfs intensely :wink:
I was merely observing your asking price is a fair one in light of some more expensive choices!
I would recommend a proper for sale advert if you're serious in selling it though. People aren't going to come running and queue outside your door just because it's a Pirelli. 'Feeler' threads are usually ignored as no one likes vague when it comes to parting with money.
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I'm not allowed a 3dr anymore as my wife rightly says I'm not 20 anymore. :congrats:
Seriously? :grin: What has a car's door count got to do with maturity? :stupid:
People must think I'm a right saddo driving a 3 door Golf at 48 years old :grin:
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Appreciate your comments and take your point. Will be selling officially soon.
Best of luck with the sale :happy2: It's a sought after car and will sell pretty quickly I expect.
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I'm not allowed a 3dr anymore as my wife rightly says I'm not 20 anymore. :congrats:
Seriously? :grin: What has a car's door count got to do with maturity? :stupid:
People must think I'm a right saddo driving a 3 door Golf at 48 years old :grin:
[Haha me too I'm 40 and still drive it like I stole it most of the time]
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Yes - it is a real shame VW have dropped a 3 door option from the Golf range.
Personally I don't like 5 doors Golfs because:
Comfort - I find my head and shoulders are next to the B pillar making getting in and out harder and blocking visibility -I'm not particularly tall at only 6'1".
Weight - with all the extra hinges, locks and window mechanisms they are carrying more weight + more to go wrong.
Styling - the extra set of doors look like an afterthought, on the Mk5 it looses the interesting wedge shape created by the rear side widows rising up - this area on the 5 door is just a boring straight horizontal line. Adding extra doors compromises the front door size and let's face the fact that the rear door openings are not really that big, OK for small children -awful for adults.
Other than the practicalities of getting bodies in and out of the rear seats - the only positive is 5 door golfs are slightly stiffer than 3 door - more openings, but each of the openings are smaller than the 3 door ones and extra structure near the rear axle means there is less flex.
Yep, all the reasons I dislike 5 doors as well, but the world has decreed 3 doors are no longer acceptable, unfashionable (apparently), unwanted and should just go away and die in a corner somewhere.
The side profile of the MK7 is the same for both 3 and 5 door, so I guess that was the sign 3 doors would be deleted completely from MK8 onwards.
It's all about bottom line now. Reducing choice and building to a price, instead of a standard. I can guarantee in 10 years time, MK8s will be rusting away under the sill covers like MK4, MK5 & MK6s do. I wouldn't go as far as to say cars are a scam, but rather a massive swindle. £52,000 for an Arteon R. £52K!!! For a fricking Passat in a posh frock. VW were always the cheaper end of the German car market :stupid:
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I'm not allowed a 3dr anymore as my wife rightly says I'm not 20 anymore. :congrats:
Seriously? :grin: What has a car's door count got to do with maturity? :stupid:
People must think I'm a right saddo driving a 3 door Golf at 48 years old :grin:
[Haha me too I'm 40 and still drive it like I stole it most of the time]
Absolutely :drinking:
And I'll still be driving cars as intended when I'm 88 :grin: