Looking to buy a VW Golf 2001, is the mileage too high? The car is in immaculate condition, has an almost full VW service history, (just had a recent service and cambelt change). The only t hing is, I usually buy cars with a reasonably low mileage and this has 94,000 on he clock. Is this too many for a 1.6? Its from a garage with a 6 month parts and labour warrenty at £2,600. Would I be making a mistake buying this car? That's quite a low mileage. It should have done 108,000 at an average of 12,000 mls a year. If it's got full or nearly full VW service history and has had the cambelt and water pump changed then you have nothing to worry about.. Volkwagens are renowned for lasting forever! I had a 1993 1.3 Polo 3 years ago with 88,000 on the clock and it ran like a dream, and after that I had a 1997 Polo 1.4 with over 90,000 and never had a problem. As long as it's properly serviced and maintained then there's no reason why it shouldn't run well over 120-130k!
I think the one you are looking at might be an AEH engine. Their most common problems are Temp guages sensors & Air mass sensors. 94k isn't so bad for these motors especially if its in good nick. Take a look around though, you may find Audi A3's for similar prices or Golfs even cheaper! A Golf 1.6 is capable of double that mileage, as are most cars nowadays, if it's been properly serviced, which it sounds like this one has. Given that the average annual mileage is around the 10k mark, it's not actually that high a mileage for a 9 year old car, but as is always the case at a dealer, it's very expensive. He's taking well over £1000 profit out of it at that price. I'd try to get him down to about £2,000 and not bother with the warranty, they're not usually worth the paper they're printed on and you can buy a used car warranty online for under £100. Should I get a Volkswagen Beetle?
Should I get a vw beetle as my first car? Only an older one, I think your friends might make fun of you if you get a newer one with the flowers in the dashboard. But the older ones are cool, very counter culture. The new VW Beetle is just a golf dressed up to look cutsie. And it is about 30 - my auntie-in-law has one and it has given her nothing but grief! If your gonna go vw go beetle pre-smog, but with a rebuilt engine, and check the floor pans, and under the battery for rust. They do get great gas mileage, and are pretty easy to work on. The old ones are good though because if you get one from say 66 or earlier, and clean it up, get all new interior, you can actually make a profit off of it when the economy picks back up. If you are a girl yeah, or like guys checking you out, sure.
I do own a 2001 beetle gls turbo, along with a 2000 audi a6 2.7 twin turbo, a 1990 audi coupe quattro 20v and a 2003 jetta tdi, so you guess what the wife drives. VW makes ALL lambos, whos right? Lamborghini is owned by VW. Mercedes is a totally separate company. Well Lamborghini owners are Audi and Audi's parent company is Volkswagen so Lamborghini is made by Volkswagen. Lamborghini builds all Lamborghini cars. They are owned by VW/Audi GmBH but the car is made in it's own plant. MB has never owned or built a Lamborghini car. Very similar in many ways, but I would vote for the Passat. The reason being that Japanese cars are built for the short term. In contrast, German cars are built to last for more then 15 years, so you can easily get a much better return on your investment. Even if you plan to only keep it a short time, the resale on a VW is much, much better.
