Best cheap car ever.
Bought this when I worked for VW. It was one of our Demo cars when it was new, then an elderly lady bought it on 5,800 miles and took it up to 122,000 miles where she then part exchanged it in for a new one, so I bought it.
It has full history from VW dealers and specialist, and 2 months before I bought it she had it MOT'd, cambelt kit and water pump changed, rear axle bushes and front wishbone bushes changed and a Major service.
I paid a whole £400 for it lol.
It's a 1.9 TDi, with the AHU 90bhp engine.
We have used it for so many different things - it has been used for house moves, it has had 4 172 engines in it, 5 RS gearboxes, a Honda S2000 engine (Still with inlets on and still on a subframe! The boot is huge!!).
It had a tree fall on the bonnet (I beat the dent out with a hammer) and the old lady reversed into a post which dented the boot but that adds to the charm lol
It has electric windows all round, air conditioning (Which is ice cold) and the best heater I have ever had in a car.
It pulls very well for a 90, though I am temped with a some bigger injectors (easy way to 115bhp)
MPG is AWESOME. It refuses to do anything less than 40 mpg, and over the past 6 months or so has been averaging 61 mpg (This is properly working it out BTW, it doesn't have MFA, or on board computer for the non VW people) Best MPG has been 69.1 mpg - I WILL get 70mpg soon lol.
here it is loaded up for one of it's many car boot trips:
As of today it is just coming up to 148,000 miles and the costs we have had so far have been:
x1 front wheel bearing
x2 front tyres
x1 thermostat
x1 temp switch (this wasn't needed per-say, but all VW's benefit from new temp switches every couple of years or so)
Which added up to a grand total of £107 (I just checked receipts)
The only issue it has had was a random sudden drop in power, and being a cheap car I haven't wanted to spend loads trying to find the issue, but it turned out to be a faulty fuel cut off solenoid in the pump - £40 fix
A few weeks ago I decided it needed a bit of TLC, as I had not changed the rear tyres, and the fronts were low again, so due to the crappy weather I decided on some Hankook Optimo 4's which set me back just over £200, but IMO very worth it - Never skimp on tyres.
I also gave it a full service as it was steaming up a bit inside, which I am putting down to the hole I found in the pollen filter, and air filter was starting to look pretty dirty.
Thankfully I still have contacts in VW and an oil filter, air filter, pollen filter and fuel filter (obviously all genuine VW) cost me only £33. We sell Millers oil at work, so it has some good quality semi synthetic 10w 40 in it (that was under £10 for 5 ltrs)
The rear wiper arm snapped off, so I bought a new rear arm and blade (£12 for both)
So it's had it's birthday treats now, and this weeks total cost has been approx. £300, but the car is now set for winter
When spring comes it will get a proper clean, and all the scabby areas will be tidied up.
Most awesome cheap car ever
Bought this when I worked for VW. It was one of our Demo cars when it was new, then an elderly lady bought it on 5,800 miles and took it up to 122,000 miles where she then part exchanged it in for a new one, so I bought it.
It has full history from VW dealers and specialist, and 2 months before I bought it she had it MOT'd, cambelt kit and water pump changed, rear axle bushes and front wishbone bushes changed and a Major service.
I paid a whole £400 for it lol.
It's a 1.9 TDi, with the AHU 90bhp engine.
We have used it for so many different things - it has been used for house moves, it has had 4 172 engines in it, 5 RS gearboxes, a Honda S2000 engine (Still with inlets on and still on a subframe! The boot is huge!!).
It had a tree fall on the bonnet (I beat the dent out with a hammer) and the old lady reversed into a post which dented the boot but that adds to the charm lol
It has electric windows all round, air conditioning (Which is ice cold) and the best heater I have ever had in a car.
It pulls very well for a 90, though I am temped with a some bigger injectors (easy way to 115bhp)
MPG is AWESOME. It refuses to do anything less than 40 mpg, and over the past 6 months or so has been averaging 61 mpg (This is properly working it out BTW, it doesn't have MFA, or on board computer for the non VW people) Best MPG has been 69.1 mpg - I WILL get 70mpg soon lol.
here it is loaded up for one of it's many car boot trips:
As of today it is just coming up to 148,000 miles and the costs we have had so far have been:
x1 front wheel bearing
x2 front tyres
x1 thermostat
x1 temp switch (this wasn't needed per-say, but all VW's benefit from new temp switches every couple of years or so)
Which added up to a grand total of £107 (I just checked receipts)
The only issue it has had was a random sudden drop in power, and being a cheap car I haven't wanted to spend loads trying to find the issue, but it turned out to be a faulty fuel cut off solenoid in the pump - £40 fix
A few weeks ago I decided it needed a bit of TLC, as I had not changed the rear tyres, and the fronts were low again, so due to the crappy weather I decided on some Hankook Optimo 4's which set me back just over £200, but IMO very worth it - Never skimp on tyres.
I also gave it a full service as it was steaming up a bit inside, which I am putting down to the hole I found in the pollen filter, and air filter was starting to look pretty dirty.
Thankfully I still have contacts in VW and an oil filter, air filter, pollen filter and fuel filter (obviously all genuine VW) cost me only £33. We sell Millers oil at work, so it has some good quality semi synthetic 10w 40 in it (that was under £10 for 5 ltrs)
The rear wiper arm snapped off, so I bought a new rear arm and blade (£12 for both)
So it's had it's birthday treats now, and this weeks total cost has been approx. £300, but the car is now set for winter
When spring comes it will get a proper clean, and all the scabby areas will be tidied up.
Most awesome cheap car ever
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