Found a car - that will be a no then!

[vrsadz]

Are they both pd or is on a cr

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[Polo6n1600i]

Found a few, put the budget up a good chunk. So I've found 3 170cr's, 2 140cr's & a few PD's - all with less than 100k on the clock. One of then is an estate (140cr SE) and a 4x4 (twin door 170cr SE)

If I can stick to it, I think a 170cr would be my ideal car. Plus if I hold out until June/July when the baby comes I'll have saved a little more and I'll have a month to actually travel to see cars - even if it is a few hundred miles away!!!

[Leon-y-k]

Good luck on the hunt, if you can stretch a little more you'll get a great car. Im sure their all good but you'll find one less dog eared and you'll love it that little bit more. Keep up updated!

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[Wardy]

Yep, you'll only know for sure when you see it in the flesh

 

Keep up the search, the right one will be out there somewhere

[Polo6n1600i]

The one I like the look of is 338 miles away from me, its a 170 SE 4x4 with 66K on the clock, but its getting upto the thick end of my budget!, if its still available later in the year then ill take a trip to view it. Until then I've got ebay & autotrader setup so it emails me with details of newly listed cars. So i'll see what turns up in the mean time!

[Martin.S]

My Golden Retriever who is now 10 struggles to get in the back of my twin door so you may be better looking at an estate from a dogs point of view

[Polo6n1600i]

Cheers for the headsup. As ive changed my budget a few estates are now in my grasp!

[Wardy]

The one I like the look of is 338 miles away from me, its a 170 SE 4x4 with 66K on the clock, but its getting upto the thick end of my budget!, if its still available later in the year then ill take a trip to view it. Until then I've got ebay & autotrader setup so it emails me with details of newly listed cars. So i'll see what turns up in the mean time!

Whereabouts in the UK is that one?

[JakeBlade]

What's the new budget fella?

[Polo6n1600i]

Initially I was looking at £3000 + whatever I sold the Jetta and it's parts for.

Now we are around £6000 + whatever I sell the jetta for or trade in. (So about £10k the lower mileage ones start at around £8000-£10000.

[Polo6n1600i]

Ok so a few of the new finds:-

PD140 SE - 49k - manual - £8337

170CR Elegance - 100k - manual - £7975

170CR Elegance - 109k - manual - £8195

170CR SE 4x4 - 55k - manual - £9695

170CR Elegance - 100k - manual - £8990

PD140 Elegance - 78k - manual - £8499

PD140 Elegance - 33k - manual - £9000

170CR Elegance 4x4 - 73k - DSG - £8474

170CR Elegance - 59k - DSG - £9950

170CR Elegance - 108k - DSG - £8625

PD140 SE - 37k - manual - £9444

See what I mean about being much better cars in the new budget!!!

[milesunder]

Hi, are you sure the forth car up from the bottom is a 170 4x4 DSG. I didn't think they came in until the FL? If that is what is stated then I would be a little wary.

Nice selection of Cars though. I would go for an elegance spec and 4x4 if you can get it.

[Polo6n1600i]

Yep. Badge on the back says 4x4 on one side & TDI on the other side.

I like the 2 elegance PD's too (Russo & blue)

Don't need a 4x4, but interesting to see their prices

[mannyo]

Not liking the cheap aftermarket DRL's on the 2nd from bottom, obviously owned by someone named Al who tried to make their plate look like it meant something.

[Polo6n1600i]

Think that would be the first thing that would get binned - sell the plate & put the original one

[Leon-y-k]

Some nice examples there:)

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[JakeBlade]

Get the elegance with the lowest mileage. That approved PD one in silver looks good.

[Polo6n1600i]

Yeah it's one of my favourites

[JakeBlade]

Has got park assist as well. And the PD140 easily fettled, and not too clattery with high cetane fuel.

[Superb170]

That 'approved' one looks good.  What year is that?  Are you fussy about the interior colour at all?

[Polo6n1600i]

Blue approved one is a 58 plate. Interior colour I'd prefer black with silver trim. But I'm going to get it all rubbed down and done in Piano black anyway.

Also decided to keep my old merc rims and get the face centres colour coded.

I use a cetane booster in the Jetta. Big difference in the PD's (I'm on my 3rd PD now!) mapped, egr delete, dpf delete and straight through exhaust. Plus maybe R8 brakes and AP coilovers. But obviously that not immediately!!

[Superb170]

I can see why you're so keen on the PDs!  You're looking at a very different machine once you've done that work to it - I presume around 180+bhp and a lot of stopping power to match!  Are those rims going on the Superb?

[Polo6n1600i]

Yep. I can't leave anything std, so I tend to do brakes & suspension first, then rims, then map, then exhaust.

Thing is a mapped 170CR should make 210bhp anyway!!

The PD is a little more agricultural, but it's simple mechanical technology. And the noise doesn't bother me either.

The wheels are 8.5x18 et25's - std fitment on the 90's SL's

The blue PD "approved" one at £9000 is my favourite, but it's 411 miles away from me, next the Russo PD & then the black PD.

Favourite CR is the grey one on Luna's.

[Superb170]

Well if you're going for the SL rims I think the blue or grey models are the way to go.  That's very low mileage on the blue PD as well

[Polo6n1600i]

Love that blue colour too.