stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 ok the car im due to pick up on saturday.. the ad said it had service history but it didnt dawn on me till just today that i didnt actually see it while i was up there. i gave him a ring and he told me it has it but he cant actually find it but he will keep looking for me. the engine ran spot on and i did the usual checks and it seemed like it had been well looked after but im not sure what i should do if he cant find it. im gonna get the engine looked at properly once i get it but whats all yr views on this? steve t Link to post Share on other sites
nickg123 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 either take a massive chunk off the price, or don't buy it.A car like this car run on for miles and miles, so it's good to know the mileage is genuine etc, otherwise as said it's worth a fair bit less i'd say? Link to post Share on other sites
stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 well the mileage id say is genuine coz i looked at the old m'o't's . should there b a vw booklet where it gets stamped when its serviced etc ? Link to post Share on other sites
pete8tch 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 keep the advertisement for the car , which says that it has fsh, think you need to assess how much the history means to you and judge the car on its merits the big factor is whether you are going to keep it for a while selling it on will be significantly easier with a history but do you intend to take it to a garage to keep it up which will be more expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 i intend to keep the car for a while yes, and the history id like to have but like i said the condition of the car overall is 1 of the best ive seen out of all the 1s i took a look at. [ Edited Thu Jan 20 2005, 12:05PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
nickg123 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I'd be very careful - any Enthusiast would surely keep the History somewhere safe, if they can't look after that - how do they look after the car?? Link to post Share on other sites
stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 well the last owner was in his 50's so i wouldnt call him an entusiast lol Link to post Share on other sites
jte 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Ask if he had it serviced at a vw dealer, if he did then you could contact them and see if they have any record of services on that car. I think they keep a record. Link to post Share on other sites
stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 good idea Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I rang up VW helpline as mine had no history but only 3 owners and 65k on the clock- VW confirmed when and where it was servived and also other bits that had been done. If i was you i would ask for some kind of discount if he cant find the service record- even if its a just a few hundred (to put towards tuning it!) Link to post Share on other sites
stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 whats the number of the vw helpline ? Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 If the guy who owned it said it had service history ask him which garage it was serviced at as it may not neccassarily be a VW dealership it went to. Then you can contact that garage and see if they have had a record of it being looked after there :-) My Vr came with a stamped Service history book but no receipts so i contacted the VW dealership in Luton and they printed off everything it had had done there and they kindly posted it all to me no problems at all. If you don't get anywhere with the service history search your gonna have to go on a gut feeling about the car or take a Mechanical buddy with you. Only other thing you can do really is get the AA or RAC to do one of the 100 point checks on it. But at the end of the day a cars a car its bound to go wrong its just about being a bit lucky with them really :-). Hope it all goes well :-) Link to post Share on other sites
stu h 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 agreed, knock the guy down on the price if he cant provide the history - and (sorry i dont have the helpline number) but ring vw, i bought mine with no history cos i did a bit of investigating and found out that it had almost full vw history. there was a dealer sticker in the car, i called them and they reeled off the services it had, even from a different dealership.check the number plaster for a vw dealers details, or the back windows for a sticker.hope this helps. Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Sorry bud i cant find the number I will try to find it tonight though) Even if the cars been serviced elsewhere it shouldve had the 1st 3 years with VW so as not to invalidate its warranty- Ring your local VW dealer and ask for the VW service helpline. Give them your reg when you call and theyll tell you which garage to call. Ringing the garage will also give you further info (it did with me) Link to post Share on other sites
stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 ok thanks every1 for the help , my mate who came with me b4 knows alot bout cars and he said its pretty sound and well looked after but ill give vw a ring 2 morro b4 i get up there on sat Link to post Share on other sites
dub_weiser 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Call any VW around where your buying it from. From experience it doesn't matter which VW it was serviced at, as once you give htem the registration number they can call up all the history. This is exactly what I did, even though I had checked the FSH, just wanted peace of mind really. Get calling... Link to post Share on other sites
stevietots1 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 ok just got in touch with vw and when i told em the reg it didnt bring up anything!! i started to woryy but after i told her the chassis number she confirmed what it was and told me it had a private plate on it at some point (phew) ok on thier system its showing it has 3 services carried out by them in 98 2000 and 2002. and the milege on the car ties in with what they have their system so thats looking ok, now i just need to find out whos serviced it from 2002 but all isnt as bad as i had thought Link to post Share on other sites
DundeeDub 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I was just away to say that the reg is not the best option due to private plates etc, mine was on a private plate originally so it didn't show up either but the vin code did and showed it to have been on a private plate when bought. Its good to go to vw and check thses things out Link to post Share on other sites
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