MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: TheBIGJAYY on January 10, 2014, 02:52:46 pm
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Hey guys, just wanting some advice from the GTI owners or former owners.
I have been looking around like always for a GTI which pops up in my budget and one has...but its a 2005 reg and has 121k miles on. it has a full VWSH and had the belts changed at 80k miles iirc.
my question is should i have any concerns about the mileage? people who i ask always say mileage doesnt matter, aslong as its been well maintained....
if i was to get it, naturally i would take it to my garage and have them give it a major service and probs change the belts just for peace of mind.
is there any common problems with high mileage cars? anything i should look out for in particular? its also a car that i would probably want to mod and tweek the performance in the future...(probs just intake, exhaust + remap)
any info would be greatly appreciated!
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I made a thread about this the other day. I was refered to this thread: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,76633.0.html as its been covered :happy2:
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This has been covered before, should be in the search .
Diverter valve
Fuel pump cam follower
PCV valve
No majorly expensive parts.
General service history, cambelt & waterpump
Av55raz had one for sale that seemed very cheap and OK condition from the pictures :smiley:
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i tried doing a search for high mileage and just threw up peoples build threads :confused: maybe i pressed sumat wrong, sorry for the spam thread.
thanks for the info though guys and posting up the other thread :happy2:
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Cheers jay :D
I was in the same boat when looking for a gti. Ive done 1300 miles in my gti and counting. Bought it at 118k drives really well. No problems at all.
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i tried doing a search for high mileage and just threw up peoples build threads :confused: maybe i pressed sumat wrong, sorry for the spam thread.
thanks for the info though guys and posting up the other thread :happy2:
Hahah the search on here isn't brilliant but there is some info out there ;)