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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
£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?

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 £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 £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.

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 £1500-2000 if not more

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

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

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

NOYHING WRONG WITH RED GTI'S!

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

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!

red GTi's go faster!

freshly polished red gti's look great !

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

carmadaaron wrote: seen 1 red, and its shiny

see, shiny

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

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