Imminent Purchase.... seeking advice.

[mark_french 0]

Hi,

i am very close to closing a deal on VR6 and would appreciate any opinions/ info....

1993 2.8 VR6 (Private sale)

100% totally original/ un modified

Dark red/ Burgundy

Very tidy blue interior (only handle on glovebox broken)

97'000

Full Service history and some receipts

£1300 recently spent (feb) on Head gasket/ rear pads & discs/ rear shocks & springs/ thermstat housing/ Full service

Slight problem with rear calliper/ handbrake sticking - been advised it just needs to be filed down and some copperslip.

Cassette player only

Expecting to pay £1150 - £1300

I would really appreciate any feedback on the quality of this purchase as i don't want to be forking out ££££'s on repairs.

Thanks

Mark

[bulldog 2]

Doesn't sound too bad, but it's all in the veiwing and test drive.

I'd be looking for rust, I've had 2 rusty MK3 golfs.

[Jk* 0]

Sounds good, its a very early model, thats the only thing that i would be worried about.

Without seeing the car its hard to tell, but the price seems about right. £1200 i'd go for

[Ben Seabrook 4]

What he said ^^^^^^^^

[thegoth 5]

The early ones can be just as good ;-) . It's low millage but the service history will prove it to be true so the biggest problem is likely to be the chassis / body work. Have a good look around for rust and the condition of the under sealing.

The rear calipers are notorious on all MK3s and are cheap to replace if it comes to that.

[richievr 1]

yeah!!! theres nothing wrong with the early ones.. :-p

as said, check for rust. check everywhere possible,especially rear window surrounds and in the door shuts on the sills.

and rear calipers are cheap and easy to fix, don't worry about that too much..

for the record, i bought my 94 L plater almost 6 years ago on 72,000 miles and is still going strong and rust free, now on 118,000 miles.. :-d