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miles? pictures of engine/interior?
The ad lists the following:
title status: rebuilt
Looks like it was in a front end crash:
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Take a look at the misaligned headlamp, different color fenders, hood, and bumper from the rest of the car, missing grille, broken engine cover, missing battery cover (and probably incorrect size battery).
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$2,900 for that nonsense?
Car's had a rough, rough life. Lots of bad panel/headlight alignment up front, possible poor color-match on the hood/fenders/bumper, cracked engine cover, airbag/ABS lights on, missing wheel center caps, really dirty inside and out, etc. etc.
No thanks.
But I mean, if you're in the market for a vehicle that simply must have an auto-reverse cassette player, worth a look.
Car's had a rough, rough life. Lots of bad panel/headlight alignment up front, possible poor color-match on the hood/fenders/bumper, cracked engine cover, airbag/ABS lights on, missing wheel center caps, really dirty inside and out, etc. etc.
No thanks.
But I mean, if you're in the market for a vehicle that simply must have an auto-reverse cassette player, worth a look.
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Counterpoint:
The next cheapest TDI I can find is $6k.
Do I think I can spruce this car up to 10/10 shape for less than $3k? Humm...maybe.
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A running TDI manual? If the frame is straight pick it up and have no problems driving another 100k miles.
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Not sure what you are talking about. Plasti-dip doesn't cost that much.
That doesn't make it a good deal.
Counter-counterpoint:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Volkswagen-Jetta-GLS-/321781124584?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4aeba64de8&item=321781124584
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get me the VIN and i'll run a car fax for you
Not a great deal. For $2000 it would probably be worth it.
Better deals to be found in less worthy canadian dollars. Road trip?
http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/cto/5072630797.html (it's in surrey though, that's a bit shady)
or a rebuild:http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/cto/5023857107.html
Better deals to be found in less worthy canadian dollars. Road trip?
http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/cto/5072630797.html (it's in surrey though, that's a bit shady)
or a rebuild:http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/cto/5023857107.html
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took one of these in as a trade, he was lucky if he got $1000 for it. just sayin
Reserve not met, and an automatic:thumbdown:
If it was a clean title, Emmett's Jetta would be right on as far as price.
I paid $2500 for a 2000 GLX manual when it was 12 years old. Had 158000 miles, sold for $2400 at 166000 with a coolant leak.
I see a lot of TDIs in my area posted on CL going for what I think is kind of ridiculous. I know TDIs hold their value pretty well, but a car isn't just dependent on its drivetrain. If the body is rusted, clearcoat ruined, interior destroyed, etc. it's not a car worth over $2k, let alone $1.5k, with over 200k miles on it. See this a lot with the MKIV platform (99-05 Jetta/Golf.)
220k miles, will need a timing belt, interior is cloth and likely obliterated for this model year, clutch probably never changed: http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5068501273.html $3000
238k miles, plastidipped exterior, different color door cards, hub caps, lucas additive in the manual transmission fluid. In fact, all of the fluids posted in that photo are wrong, the Prestone coolant, the Mobil 1 75w-90 is most likely GL5 spec when it is supposed to be GL4, hydraulic fluid for the power steering isn't VW spec and this is a model year with really picky power steering: http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5035126583.html $4900
220+k miles, leaks coolant, needs a waterpump, paint is gone, rust spots all over the hood, "interior has quite a bit of staining": http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5081239721.html $2500
Maybe my standards are too high, but none of those are worth $1.5k to me.
220k miles, will need a timing belt, interior is cloth and likely obliterated for this model year, clutch probably never changed: http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5068501273.html $3000
238k miles, plastidipped exterior, different color door cards, hub caps, lucas additive in the manual transmission fluid. In fact, all of the fluids posted in that photo are wrong, the Prestone coolant, the Mobil 1 75w-90 is most likely GL5 spec when it is supposed to be GL4, hydraulic fluid for the power steering isn't VW spec and this is a model year with really picky power steering: http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5035126583.html $4900
220+k miles, leaks coolant, needs a waterpump, paint is gone, rust spots all over the hood, "interior has quite a bit of staining": http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5081239721.html $2500
Maybe my standards are too high, but none of those are worth $1.5k to me.
This one looks fine to me, apart from the interior. Also, the MK4 happens to be a great car.
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