Been looking to get a vRS and have spotted one that seems ok. 04 reg with 50k miles on it, however it has not had the cambelt changed and possibly needs discs and pads. The car is up for around £3,000, considering the work required do you think its a reasonable price or should I try and get a few hundred quid off it.

cheers

very good price with that milage

snp it up

+1.

Even with the extra money required to bring it upto standard, that's a good price for the age & mileage. A lot of car for the money!

What colour is it? Hatch or estate? Any options on it?

Its a red hatch, no idea if it has any options. I am not familiar enough with the standard spec.

30% off all brake parts on ECP at the moment

Edited 14 September, 201114 yr by Petardo

Its a red hatch, no idea if it has any options. I am not familiar enough with the standard spec.

This shows what options were available

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/equipment/Detail.aspx?deriv=21293#amount=13792&years=3

My car has a full size spare alloy in the boot (not steel), maybe this was an option as well?

If everything else about the car is fine then I think the price sounds OK considering you will need brakes/cambelt doing.

Turns out it has no MOT, no Tax, potentially needs discs, pads, a service and the cambelt doing. So would end up costing the best part of a grand on top. Given it a miss. The search continues. :(

Fair enough. The lack of MoT could be a worry. I'd only buy something that had a current ticket at this price point. As you certainly don't want to buy it, only to find it needs additional unseen work to get it through the test...

Best of luck with the search.

30% off all brake parts on ECP at the moment

I just looked at their website. Pagid discs and pads all round for £168.21 inc delivery. Seems like a very good price to me.

Turns out it has no MOT, no Tax, potentially needs discs, pads, a service and the cambelt doing. So would end up costing the best part of a grand on top. Given it a miss. The search continues. :(

Sounds like the right decision! Will be very difficult for him to shift it with no MOT/tax as it can't legally be test driven (unless it's stored on private land etc etc!).

I just looked at their website. Pagid discs and pads all round for £168.21 inc delivery. Seems like a very good price to me.

See this...

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/209721-brake-discs-all-round/page__p__2478549__hl__pagid__fromsearch__1#entry2478549

Awesome GTI can do for £160 inc post?

Think I have just found one. Deposit put down, going tomorrow to see if it matches up to the immaculate description.

....and did it?

and is it yellow...