Brand new VW Golf for €7,000!

Max_Damage

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/938546

South African Citi Golf Mk1!

denat

Max_Damage wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/938546

South African Citi Golf Mk1!

How can this qualify for E135 tax if it's registered 2009?

mickdw

didnt think they were selling for that.
They are build with more modern interior from a polo I think. Not sure about the actual running gear whether its original or based on polo too

Anan1

I wouldn't like to be in an accident in one.

Gumbo

denat wrote: »

How can this qualify for E135 tax if it's registered 2009?

because of this and also this

but only if the car falls into the co2 regime stated in the sellers ad. dont know the co2 figures off the top of my head.
edit - unkle has found that the car should be in the higher bracket of 170g/co2/km so 600e road tax or there abouts.

Graham_B18C

kceire wrote: »

because of this and also this

Because U2 planned a music scheme donation!

Gumbo

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Because U2 planned a music scheme donation!

LOL yeah U2 have their hands in everything these days

sorry

HashSlinging

Cool car prefer the black one thats going about.

Max_Damage

From the ad:

one of only two in ireland

That's definitely false. I've seen a good few SA Citi Golf's in this country. I'd say more like 6 - 7 of them.

Gumbo

Max_Damage wrote: »

From the ad:



That's definitely false. I've seen a good few SA Citi Golf's in this country. I'd say more like 6 - 7 of them.

well i wouldnt hold that against the seller, there certainly is only a very small handfull of them here. cool retro car but as posted before, wouldnt be great if you had a smack in it i would imagine.

junkyard

I think it's a great buy tbh, for a "new" car for 7k euros.

Zonda999

junkyard wrote: »

I think it's a great buy tbh, for a "new" car for 7k euros.

In many ways, it probably is! I mean at 7K€, it cant exactly depreciate heavily and you can be sure that they're will always be people who think its cool and buy it in a couple of years

Just something i was wondering about, see here. All the 1.4 citigolfs have CO2 emissions of between 170 and 180g/km. Surely that means 600€ annual road tax? A considerably harder figure to swallow than the price of the car

Graham_B18C

Zonda999 wrote: »

Just something i was wondering about, see here. All the 1.4 citigolfs have CO2 emissions of between 170 and 180g/km. Surely that means 600€ annual road tax? A considerably harder figure to swallow than the price of the car

OOoooof, that'd certainly kill it for me

How come the ad says 135 though?

unkel

Grahamo999 wrote: »

How come the ad says 135 though?

Because the seller is deceiving lying. The tax for any '09 car with CO2 emissions of between 170g/km and 190g/km is €630.

And why would the seller lie? My scam alertOmeter is off the scales...

Graham_B18C

unkel wrote: »

And why would the seller lie? My scam alertOmeter is off the scales...

haha, you reckon this ad is a scam or just a bit of a lie to shift it quicker?

Gumbo

Grahamo999 wrote: »

haha, you reckon this ad is a scam or just a bit of a lie to shift it quicker?

i'd say its just a little white lie, but the thing is if i was buying it and the seller lied about this little thing i'd be worried about what else so would end up walking away.

yellow012

Grahamo999 wrote: »

OOoooof, that'd certainly kill it for me

How come the ad says 135 though?

Its just someone chancing there arm, looking for a gullible buyer.
There are plenty of other sellers on Carzone/Donedeal/CBG/.. doing something similar.

nogoodnamesleft

One of the reason the emissions for this car is so high is that the Golf probably hasnt got a catalytic converter.

Most cars which are targeted at developing countries are usually manufactured as cheeply as possible to keep the overall cost down as well as non existant emissions laws some thing to beware of when looking at this particular car...

Max_Damage

^ Seems like it does have a cat:

http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=147741

EPM

unkel wrote: »

Because the seller is deceiving lying. The tax for any '09 car with CO2 emissions of between 170g/km and 190g/km is €630.

And why would the seller lie? My scam alertOmeter is off the scales...

Doesn't have half leather either and is for sale for a lot more elsewhere

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volkswagen/Golf/1.4/200922192961657/advert?channel=CARS

And only a little more here

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volkswagen/Golf/mk1-spor/200931194733252/advert?channel=CARS

vectra

unkel wrote: »

Because the seller is deceiving lying. The tax for any '09 car with CO2 emissions of between 170g/km and 190g/km is €630.

And why would the seller lie? My scam alertOmeter is off the scales...

Can the owner not decide between the old tax system and the new one?
old being approx 340 per year to tax for a 1.4 ?

Still a cheap car,
Hmm.
My son looking for a golf and loves retro's :P

Terrontress

The interior is out of a Fabia.

I'd like to get one and do it up like a Mk1 GTI.

I think the engine is developed to run on lower octane petrol than modern cars in Europe. Might that explain the CO2 output?

I wonder how easy it is to go to SA and pick one up yourself and get it shipped back. This seller is obviously applying a nice margin for himself.

fm

its a cheap price considering the cheapest one in s africa is 7,600 before vrt etc

Nforce

It'd probably benefit from some undersealant/waxoyl too due to our wonderful climate. I wonder what braking system is fitted....ie is it a completely redesigned system.......or the downright sh!te/dangerous system as found in the original Mk1. :eek::D

Alanstrainor

They don't seem to come with radios...i think i'd pass tbh.

Max_Damage

Alanstrainor wrote: »

They don't seem to come with radios...i think i'd pass tbh.

What, you couldn't put in a radio yourself?

colm_mcm

If it's under the new emissions based system (which it is!) the road tax is E1,050 per year. (196g/km)

Zonda999

colm_mcm wrote: »

If it's under the new emissions based system (which it is!) the road tax is E1,050 per year. (196g/km)

Probably not worth it in that case!:)

colm_mcm

They're not a GTI, therefore they're a bit pointless. wvwn the 1.6 VeloCITI model doesn't stack up against the original GTI.

G Luxel

Alanstrainor wrote: »

They don't seem to come with radios...i think i'd pass tbh.

I passed out a 09 D Citi Golf a while back and it had a beesting aerial so it must have a radio. However, I thought that cars that dont have catalytic converters cannot be sold in the EU,. true or false?

unkel

fm wrote: »

its a cheap price considering the cheapest one in s africa is 7,600 before vrt etc

Spot on. The cheapest base model without any options (so without even a radio) is ZAR 83900. At a rate of about 0.09 to the Euro that's a bit over €7.5k

Plus transport costs. Plus 21.5% VAT over the the €7.5 + transport costs. Plus import duty (10% ??). And then VRT at 28% (band E) with the base calculated on whatever the car is considered to be worth here - not in SA. Let's keep it conservative at €12k, so VRT alone is about €3.4k. Add it all up and you'll end up with the same '09 Golf for near enough twice the asking price.

So it is either a scam or it could well be that someone has just imported one but now desperately needs the cash and is trying to sell at an enormous loss

Preset No.3

I talked to the guy who owns the black one in Malahide. Hes a saffa and had it imported.

He said that the base model had NOTHING on it. You were lucky to get 4 wheels and a frame. You buy it at base and then decide what you want on it. Everything from bodykit to power windows etc. The total cost for him to have it Ireland was about €14k. If you are ever out the Malahide way, you'll know where its parked most days.

unkel

Update: marked as sold now...

MTbeli

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=161815&cat=all

CountingCrows

MTbeli wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=161815&cat=all

Mileage:1600k:eek:

2 Espressi

And €10,000.00? I think someone has trouble with hundreds, tens and units....