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2003 Golf diesel.........

Grimreaper666 · 2010-03-20 21:11:27

Anyone any ideas what to look out for with one of these? Young fellas seen a 3 door one on donedeal and wants to buy it, 100bhp red eye? Seems a nice car but I suppose they all have they're faults..........

20-03-2010 9:11pm

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Anyone any ideas what to look out for with one of these? Young fellas seen a 3 door one on donedeal and wants to buy it, 100bhp red eye? Seems a nice car but I suppose they all have they're faults..........

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#2 20-03-2010 9:24pm

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Forget about red eye and red d etc etc, a trip to Halfords will give you all the red lettering you want. Check the log book for KW to see what actual power it has.

I think the turbo, clutch and gearboxes are the weaknesses on these cars.

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#3 20-03-2010 9:31pm

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There's just over 100,000 miles on it which I think is a bit high but it is 2003 I suppose.

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#4 20-03-2010 9:54pm

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Grimreaper666 wrote: »

There's just over 100,000 miles on it which I think is a bit high but it is 2003 I suppose.

Depends how it's been looked after over those miles, make sure there's a service history and see that the timing belt has been changed recently or it's a pricey job down the road.

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100K miles isn't high for a 2003 diesel, just about average really

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