henry Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Answers please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 As said elsewhere: Depends what you are happy with and the service history really. I'm the 3rd owner of mine, but had it since just 2.5 years old and 26k. Full service history with dealer until I bought it then VW Specialist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry Posted January 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 There's a few forsale but they have 5 to 7 owners!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 The less the better surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Really depends on the owners, if you have had 5 owners who have spent money on the car and looked after it, it's got to be better than 1 owner who bought it new and got sloppy with servicing after a couple of years.Jon_273 bought such an example from a "spoilt little girl", but he's spent time and money pulling it back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 The less the better surely?+1 with Ray. Buy on condition not age or mileage. The gti is a weekend car (don't know why) for alot of people so they might only keep it a year or 2 and remember the car is 14 years old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickster Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 I think I'm the 6th owner on mine, an '02 plate. The girl who had it before me only did about 10k in 3 years or so but aside from service stamps and MOTs I've not really got any records of how well it was maintained during her ownership. The bloke who owned it before her on the other hand, from the random invoices I've got, seems to have only taken it to a VW garage and spared no expense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 +1 with Ray. Buy on condition not age or mileage. The gti is a weekend car (don't know why) for alot of people so they might only keep it a year or 2 and remember the car is 14 years old. Of course but seeing a GTI with 13 owners since 2004 should be bringing up red flags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Always buy on condition, my Arosa Sport has 120k miles, no history and lots of owners but the interior and exterior are mint so the car has been cared for. By condition I mean how it drives too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Its pot luck, mine is high owners but I wasn't paying much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Always buy on condition, my Arosa Sport has 120k miles, no history and lots of owners but the interior and exterior are mint so the car has been cared for. By condition I mean how it drives too. I'll second that... The trouble is that many people tick the new keeper box on the log book when they don't need to. So when passing it between family or friends, the number of previous keepers keeps going up. When you buy it, leave it blank and then number of previous reorded keepers stays the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjames94 Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 I had an RX8 (2004) once that had 13 owners, and believe me an RX8 is NOT the type of car where you can afford to have one uncareful owner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks guys. Just seen one forsale but it has an issue with the headlight that's been wedged in place and on full lock the wheel rubs on the arch.Any ideas what this could be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arosaSDI Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 mine has 118 000 and 4 owners, the last owner was a bit of a slam it to the floor and cut corners but im slowly getting it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arosaSDI Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 wheels rubbing im guessing standard ball joints, the gti ones are "GTI only" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Oh really? I didn't realise. I have a sdi at mo but fancy a gti. Any signs I can look for to see if anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 mine has 118 000 and 4 owners, the last owner was a bit of a slam it to the floor and cut corners but im slowly getting it backA member from here then lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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