MK4 Buying questions

[walshydub]

I am thihinking of buying a Mk4 in the new year. I'll have a budget of around $15,000, but i will want to lower it and add some nice fat rims so i reckon $10,00 for the car.

Ideally i want a GTI or at least a 2.0 se or GLE. I've been looking at ebay and car sales but can't find a decent one for that sort of price. They are all either piss weak 1.6's or high millage beaters.

What i am asking really is why GTI's are so expensive and do you reckon they will drop in price when the MK6 lands or when the 'financial crisis' really bites.

(P.S if i can't find a good car i will have to go and buy a Falcon XR6, and we don't want that to happen. )

[h100vw]

Look at A3s instead is my advice.

Gavin

[D3bb4]

dont like your chances to get a nice one for 10k.

[Mr Messy]

My $0.02 is that I'd rather a GTI with 1.8T goodness etc anyday over a 2.0 with BBS, bodykit, coilovers or whatever. You can always mod up a GTI when you get more cash, but a GLE will always be a GLE.

MKIV GTIs might drop in price soon but maybe not. If you find a desperate dealer you could be onto a winner - I was offered one for $13k but it had been chipped, had three brands of tyre on it (???) and an extinguisher bracket was bolted into the footwell.
Another one, red, was $15k, with over 100,000kms which seemed fair.

My low kay one-owner example cost closer to $20k in September, and the owner was VERY wary letting the car go for that price. I think McDub got his, a very tidy reflex '03 GTI, for $17-$19k too. I guess that's what they're worth.

[EVN-88G]

I bought my 2001 GTI with 100,000 k's on the clock for $17,000, down from $22,000, so they hold their price pretty well even for a 7 year old car.

I also agree with the others, i dont think you would find a nice example of a GTI for $10,000, id be looking at spending the whole $15,000 on the car and then wait till cash flow comes around until you mod it, thats what im doing.

[DUB 20V]

there a lot on carsales, like 2003 model for 13k