Good deal or no?

[94GolfTD-MK]

Well I have been looking at a golf for a while now and they seem to be very hard to find these day for a reasonable price..

I finally found a nice one for 3250 with 275km, with a prestine interior but the paint has some fade on it, but nothing that I can't polish out.  No rust though which is great..

So I made the deal, for 3000 but there was a lifter tick which he said he will fix..  Long story short the car has many more problems which my mechanic diagnosed.. including the lovely crank pulley problem..

So now the car needs..

Front brakes (I will do this as its easy)
Rear drums, cylinders, and bearings
4 new lifters
All new brake lines
Crank replaced with a new TDI one..
A few more very minor things and she is in tip top shape.

So I dealt the guy down to 1800 as is...  I think its  decent deal, not great but at least I will know everything that needed to be done is done, and the car is in good shape..

Fisxing all this will cost about 2400 so I get the car for about 4200?

So what do you guys think... okay deal?

Mike

[Bruce]

That price still sounds a little steep,My last two jettas needed an engine rebuild at 275k and I bought my second Jetta (92) for $500.It had lost the center bearing cap.Rebuilding it was about $800 in parts.

[Cheesetoast]

my 93 with no rust, no problems, 240,000km was $8000 in BC last April.

I felt it was a steal, as it is the rare silver color, family owned, no rust, came with winter tires, had a engine rebuild at 200,000k, all paperwork back to 0km and the only repairs i've done for wear items are motor mounts and injectors.

[94GolfTD-MK]

So maybe 4k for a perfect car in the end is not bad

Mike

[Slave2School]

I think the "clean" air must influence people out west, because that is an insane amount of money for a car of that era.  My 99.5 cost me less than 10K CAD

[Cheesetoast]

cars cost a lot more in the west than the east, to do with the less snow = less salt = less rust i think.  when i was looking the lowest they were going for was 7000, and some up to 11k

[Slave2School]

Ha, a nice temperate climate like that (salty air all the time, with months of rain) would likely be worse, I'd take cold sub-zero with salt on the road over that, when the water is frozen there isn't much corrosion occuring.  Undercoating and common sense greasing of parts goes a long way, and I bet you do both  I gues it would all depend on where you are living in BC.  Texas I could see less rust happening in perhaps.  Actually, my dad picked up a 1962 Volvo BV544 from Oaklahoma that was realativley bone dry and rust free (and poorly maintained), most of us can't get away with that though.

With the aircraft here in Greenwood, NS we are anal retentive about rinsings and washings after flights over the ocean as well as all sorts of intersting Corrosion Control jobs to prevent rust form forming, and our 25+ year old machines look brand new in that respect...but who wants to spend 3 hours a week washing, hand drying and oiling their car.

Whatever the reason I am sure you had an impecible example of a VW when you sold it despite the Km's.  Everything in general seems a bit more inflated in BC than the "have not nether regions of Canada" over here so it makes sense, I just couldn't imagine spending the cash on it.  the going price in Ontario for example where my cousin was shopping for his car seemed to be anything that ran TD wise was about 2500, certified was about 3500 something WORTH buying was about 5000.  I guess I just think the prices for TD's and VW's are slightly inflated because of the name and now it is even worse with fuel prices going up buyers are losing their brains and sellers are reaping the benfit.

[Cheesetoast]

i'm not selling mine, i bought it last april for $8k, still think it was a good deal.  At the same time i sold my 96 gti vr6 wiht 140,000km and some light mods for $11,500

my td golf now has:

11" front brakes, 9.4" rear mk4 brakes, tdi intercooler, corbeau seats, boost guages etc, boost controller, rear sway bar (taken from the gti), 16" borbets, mk5 look lights, h&r cup kit (from gti), lightened flywheel, gti clutch, etc.  quite modded, engine internals getting lightened next

[Slave2School]

Woohoo, must be  fun little car to drive around in

I on the other hand have a compromise...(auto) .205 nozzles, and 12mm pump because I needed to buy new one anyway.  Not much else done, but this weekend I get to put my Brembo and Pagid pads on the rear (front if I have the time/will power) w00t.  I guess after 160k it deserves it  Vw's sure do hold thier value over other cars though, just think you could probably pick up a 2 year old hyundai for 10k lol or TWO Kias

[zyewdall]

Woohoo, must be  fun little car to drive around in

I on the other hand have a compromise...(auto) .205 nozzles, and 12mm pump because I needed to buy new one anyway.  Not much else done, but this weekend I get to put my Brembo and Pagid pads on the rear (front if I have the time/will power) w00t.  I guess after 160k it deserves it  Vw's sure do hold thier value over other cars though, just think you could probably pick up a 2 year old hyundai for 10k lol or TWO Kias

Try buying a few year old american SUV if you want a car that's lost it's resale... :lol:  Especially with gas prices going like they are.  My friend can't get enough selling her 2002 Explorer to buy a good '97 subaru outback that gets better mileage.  My rabbit might become the ski car this winter....

[dieselweasel]

If you can buy the car and get the work done for 4200, that's not bad.  When I was looking for a '93-'97 Golf with a 1.9L TD I couldn't find anything decent for under 4500.  The lack of rust is a major selling point.  Make sure to take a good look underneath to make sure there's no rust.  
Also your mechanic won't be installing a "brand new" TDI crank for that price.  He'll probably either find a used TDI crank or get yours machined to accept a TDI sprocket.  You might as well get new bearings and clutch installed while you're there, unless they are in really good condition.

[94GolfTD-MK]

If you can buy the car and get the work done for 4200, that's not bad.  When I was looking for a '93-'97 Golf with a 1.9L TD I couldn't find anything decent for under 4500.  The lack of rust is a major selling point.  Make sure to take a good look underneath to make sure there's no rust.  
Also your mechanic won't be installing a "brand new" TDI crank for that price.  He'll probably either find a used TDI crank or get yours machined to accept a TDI sprocket.  You might as well get new bearings and clutch installed while you're there, unless they are in really good condition.

No he is not putting a new crank, just machining the old one to accept the new gears.  Just told me he is putting in a new clutch as well as it was worn but still okay but hey its all apart so might as well..

Should pick up the car on Friday and I will be part of the TD club