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i've been told the gearbox is fine, its just the clutch. Haven't had a quote yet, but not looking forward to it..!

Hi all-

had a 6N2 for a couple of months now, and when i rev the car or pull away a bit too quickly i get this smell of burning..at first i thought it was the clutch at the end of its life (51000 miles now..) i took it to a mechanic who said the clutch was on its way out, but it had a good 6 months ...

haha! you fu$%er!

i knew the person who bought it would be on this forum eventually. oh well, you got a good deal thats for sure. It looked a good motor- £2600 was a stupid price for it, £2900 is still cheap!
hope it gives you a good run mate

yeah, i've got the same problem- i don't think its the fuse, as there is one fuse that controls the interior lights and boot compartment light (checked using haynes manual) so if your main interior light is working the fuse is fine. My boot light bulb is fine also it hasn't blown or corroded, but ...

damn! and there i was thinking i got a good deal on a 1.4 match X reg with 50,000 on the clock for £2900..
then again you got some dealers still selling mk4's with 50k plus on the clock for £3500- so i wasn't xactly ripped off :lol:
you just got to get lucky i guess. right i'm off to drink away ...

AARGH

i don't know why i do this to myself, but was checking out autotrader to see how the mk5 is going price wise, and came across this..

2000 VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.4 16V 5dr Hatchback
51,000 miles, W Reg, MOT April 2007. Mercato Blue. ABS, Air conditioning, Alloy wheels, Body coloured bumpers ...