Has this been in a front end?

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:14 am

Hi guys,

In my search for a new lovely red GTI, i stumbled across this one.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/179461.htm

Now look at the front:

Its missing headlight washers and fog lights....isnt that a bit odd?

To me it says its been in a front end crash and has had a badly matched repair!

What do you guys think?

Cheers,

Alex

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:35 am

Quite possibly. The lack of fogs and headlamp washers would worry me. And for that price (Â£3k

) it would be evident that the current owner knows something we don't know about the car. However, with a car of 90k miles, the car may have changed hands a fair few times, and he may not know that it was damaged.

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:49 am

Tis very possible lol ive found another which has 44k and is Â£3200 quite a bargain so im gonna see what the owner has to say about it.

Would be nice to have a GTI I can actually afford to purchase

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:11 am

Its definitely a bit odd that it doesn't have them. Best bet is to email the seller and see what they say. It would probably be fairly obvious is they are lying about it.

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:18 am

May well do that - you still got those BBS wheels for sale bryony or are they gone now?

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:32 am

Nope, gone now I'm afraid

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:33 am

Damn

Shouldve snapped them up when I had the chance!

8080 · Post by **8080** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:44 am

The drivers indicator and headlight are out of place and there's red paint behind the grille. Isn't it strange to replace the splitter and not do the other details?

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:45 am

It is a bit odd to say the least

RICHARD HARPER · Post by **RICHARD HARPER** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:47 am

It does look slightly odd with no washers or fogs

Plus i noticed there are no factory stickers on panel where bonnet catch is

ones like fan can start automatically, high voltage ignition system etc etc.

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:02 pm

Yup, does appear that it may have had a new non-GTi bumper at some point.

However it does still have the xenons, when a lot of crashed and repaired GTi's tend to end up with normal 6N2 headlights due to the cost of them.

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:27 pm

Very true seeing as they are Â£160 a headlight without bulbs

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:04 pm

The vehicle details for X622 DYA are:

Date of Liability 01 10 2007
Date of First Registration 30 12 2000
Year of Manufacture 2000
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1598CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour RED
Vehicle Type Approval null
The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate Â£99.00
12 Months Rate Â£180.00

It's definately a GTI. One thing I noticed about my new front bumper is that it doesn't seem to have the holes in the front for the washers, is this easy enough to sort? The bumper was ordered according to my chassis number

MaxZ · Post by **MaxZ** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:19 pm

Is road tax seriously 180 quid a year??? I didn't know this when I was buying the car

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:34 pm

Yep, I'm afraid so Max.

It was Â£170 when I bought mine less than 2 years ago

Bryony - You need to update your sig now