finally I've found a Polo Gti at a dealer

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:56 am

which I have to cos my current mk4 isnt in good nick and I want to bone the dealer by giving them my car (rather than a private buyer)

so

they have for me a polo gti -
2001 Y
3dr
red
38,000
full service
Â£6995

ok so i wanted black and i dont know if this ones got leather (its being picked up today)

from what I can gather, the 40k service aint cheap, so i'll have to make them throw that in

and as i do want it black, how much is it gonna cost me to get it made black?

anything else i should question etc?

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:28 am

If you want black, wait for one too come up. I had to wait ages for mine, checking autotrader everyday. To get it made black will be alot, i dont really know but im guessing Â£1500+ I dont think they'll throw that in. I got mine from a vw dealers and got MOT, 6months tax, Service, wheels refurbished, and about Â£200 of the windscreen price, 1 year warrenty (very useful when your cam tensioner fails) and 1 year vw assistance (also very useful when your cam tensioner fails and you need a tow to the dealers), Oh and the pedal box replaced but the recall was at the same time i was buying mine.

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:09 pm

I would definitely wait for a black car to come up! VW won't cover the cost of a respray to change it from red to black, and like Neil says, it'll cost Â£1500-2000 if not more

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:28 pm

well

i'll go have a go in this red gti

and then say, "hmm not keen, defo needs to be black"

lol

cheers guys

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:43 pm

err just did a quick search for a black GTI

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/ca ... ull=SEARCH

quite a few to chose from..... cus a respray will cost loads, and isnt really worth the hassle IMO

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:20 pm

Just get a red one, and with the Â£2000 you save by keeping it red get a turbo conversion

moynas · Post by **moynas** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:02 pm

NOYHING WRONG WITH RED GTI'S!

moynas · Post by **moynas** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:05 pm

NOTHING (I mean, its the frost bite from the snow)

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:34 pm

Hey thats great news mate,

If you really want a black one then may be you should wait although having said that red is not all that bad, it'll be cheaper to buy a black one rather than a red one and then paint it black, plus people may think you are a bit strange!

Red will be cheaper when painting mods as it's not a pearlescent paint and therefore cheaper plus red also is a good colour to show off any mods you make, whereas black is too dark hence not many black cover cars and cars featured in magazines!

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:10 pm

red GTi's go faster!

Prash · Post by **Prash** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:40 pm

freshly polished red gti's look great !

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:49 pm

dubpolo wrote:red GTi's go faster!

must get some "go faster stripes" to get u to turbo level...

tbh, silver is most popular, most GTis ive seen in real life are silver, seen 1 red, and its shiny

Prash · Post by **Prash** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:03 pm

carmadaaron wrote: seen 1 red, and its shiny

see, shiny

DMWRIGHT · Post by **DMWRIGHT** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:45 pm

Red's are a rare colour too, it would be criminal to change it from standard

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:50 pm

Yep, quite rare. I've seen a freshly-washed-and-polished red GTI in the metal and the colour really is nice