Polo GTI or Polo GT 130

1 GTI · Post by **1 GTI** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:34 pm

Im not sure how much the polo gt's are worth but is Â£7k with 50,000 miles a bit too much? Also do you guys know of any problems with them? Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:00 pm

Looking on Autotrader, Â£7,000 would seem about right for a private sale anyway. Fairly rare cars to come across, make the 6N2 GTi look common almost.

As for faults, have you tried posting in the Mk6 forum?

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:31 pm

They are actually uber rare. Seem to hold their value pretty well like the GTI. Not sure about any model specific problems. Probably just niggly things like exhaust sensors/leaking washer pipes - the usual Polo traits

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:06 pm

they're just expensive so not many people bought them when you could get a golf for less money.

so there aren't many about. but I don't think it's the demand that makes them expensive - I think it's the initial cost.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:12 am

Whats the engine size and specs (0-60?)? I'm guessing it's got 130bhp

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:50 am

1.9 TDI, 0-60 in 9.2 off the top of my head. Will be faster than a GTI though in gear probably, it's got a shed load of torque

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:43 am

Thats not bad at all

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:05 pm

I'd have a remapped Raven Blue one

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:32 am

Polo GT has the same engine as my ibiza, and will have 130bhp and around 228 ftlb torque!
performance figures are around 9.4secs 0-60 and it will do 130 mph, not that i've tried

but the best bit is it will return a very good economy, i've had 70mpg on a 50 mile trip . on the way back from southampton (150miles) it averaged 68.8mpg!!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:18 pm

70mpg?!

Thats more than double what I'm getting at the moment!

Which is really bad considering I've just had a service and drive reasonably sparingly

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:44 pm

i thought it was a one off as it just touched 70mpg and then dropped slightly as we came out of some roadworks, but then i repeated it on a longer drive and held the 70mpg figure!

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:45 pm

70mpg is possible but think around 50mpg if you drive normally....

andyg · Post by **andyg** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:06 pm

Has production of the GT 130 stopped then I take it?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:57 am

andyg wrote:Has production of the GT 130 stopped then I take it?

Yeh, the mark7 is now in full production

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:27 pm

they did make a 130tdi engine in the mk7 but that also stopped production a couple of years ago i think.

dave burton wrote
70mpg is possible but think around 50mpg if you drive normally....

yeah i did forget to mention that i was driving rather grandad like, although it was mainly motorway work so i was averaging 70-75mph. the 6th gear is very useful, 70mph in 6th ticks the engine over at something like 1700-2000 rpm!