clubsport78 0 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 1996 (N) VW Golf VR6 2.8 5 door. Very low mileage. Just 63,300 miles from new! Click here for pics I have decided that the time has come to put my Golf VR6 up for sale. What makes this example something a little bit different is the fact that it has only covered 63,000 genuine miles from new (I have lots of history to back this up). It has only had 3 owners from new and the last owner had the car since it was 1 year old. I still have the original invoice. I bought this as an interim car to use for a couple of weeks after I sold my Mk5 R32 a year ago. Three months later and I was still using it. It has done me proud and hasn’t missed a beat. It honestly drives better than many newer cars I have driven. The VR6 power plant is very smooth and is certainly a lot quieter than the one in the Corrado VR6 I used to own. Features of the car include: • 2.8 litre 174bhp VR6 V6 engine. I have owned 3 derivatives of this engine and it is still a firm favourite of mine. Smooth and powerful. • Flash Red paintwork • 5 speed manual gearbox • Electric Windows • Electric sunroof • Power assisted steering • Cloth interior (in good condition, as you would expect of the mileage) • A good sized folder full of history • Fairly recent exhaust and brakes • Morrette / Hella twin headlight conversion • Fairly recent Sony CD head unit with iPod lead and USB connectivity. • Original BBS Lattice 15” allow wheels with Pirelli P6000 tyres all round. (pretty good tread). • Original VW marked glass all round. • Working Clifford Concept 50 alarm system with total closure. • 2 keys and alarm fobs. • Original folder and manuals. • Bodywork is generally rust free (see below). The arches are all solid. Panel gaps are all straight and true I have just treated the car to an an oil service and a fresh MOT for the new owner, so it now runs until Feb 2017. It also flew through last years MOT with not even an advisory, which I think speaks volumes for how it has been treated in the past. The car is almost 20 years old so there are bound to be one or two issues: • Paintwork. This is the main issue with the car. Sadly the clear-coat lacquer has peeled quite badly on the roof and some on the boot lid. There are some smaller other areas of lacquer peel around the car, but I think the larger areas could be fixed for £200-£300 by your local friendly body shop. I have tried to show some of this peeling in the photos. • Small area of rust spots on the lower part of the offside wing. • One or two minor marks on the bumpers and paint fade on the rear bumper. • Cracked front fog light • Clutch doesn’t slip and is light, but the bite point is quite high. • Sunroof works intermittently (sounds and runs smooth when it does work so I think it is a switch issue) • Rear nearside window works intermittently. • Small chip on windscreen. (not an MOT issue) I will be sad to see this go, but I have a genuine reason for sale. With the paintwork and a couple of other minor bits sorted, I imagine it could be one of the nicer VR6’s in the UK. These cars are getting rare with this history and mileage and are looking likely to become a retro classic in future years. I have been through the old MOTs and I have all of them from 1999 (the first MOT on the car at 3 years old) to 2015, with a new MOT going on the car on Friday 5/2/16. (along with an oil service). MOT mileage stated as follows: 1999 - 29,907 - Cranleigh Car Clinic, Surrey 2000 - 34,514 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2001 - 38,484 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2002 - 42,432 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2003 - 45,160 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2004 - 47,424 - Woking MOT Centre, Woking, Surrey 2005 - 48,725 - Woking MOT Centre, Woking, Surrey 2006 - 50,475 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2007 - 51,908 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2008 - 53,324 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2009 - 55,144 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2010 - 56,968 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2011 - 58,045 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2012 - 59,208 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2013 - 60,768 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2014 - 61,516 - RGC Motors. Cranleigh, Surrey 2015 - 62,461 - Just Motor Care, Hastings, East Sussex 2016 – 63,339 - Just Motor Care, Hastings, East Sussex Plus many receipts for servicing and repairs, many of which from VW main dealers and RGC Motors, Surrey. Click here for pics Looking for £2250 ovno. Paul - 07980 225427. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
clubsport78 0 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Car now sold. Link to post Share on other sites
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