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'89 Golf Mk2 - scrapper ?
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'89 Golf Mk2 - scrapper ? -
08-24-2009
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The cost of servicing & MOTing my 1989 Golf Mk2 8v is has increased over the years to £500-700. Time to scrap it or is it worth anything ? |
generally cost buttons to run - oil changes, brakes and tyres are all that
normally needs doing.
If it's a GTI, it'll be worth about £600-£1000. If it's a normal 1.8 Driver
or similar, it's worth more as a runner than as scrap.
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Daytona wrote: The cost of servicing & MOTing my 1989 Golf Mk2 8v is has increased over the years to £500-700. Time to scrap it or is it worth anything ? What sort of thing is costing that much? My experience of MK2s is that they generally cost buttons to run - oil changes, brakes and tyres are all that normally needs doing. If it's a GTI, it'll be worth about £600-£1000. If it's a normal 1.8 Driver or similar, it's worth more as a runner than as scrap. |
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Sorry, meant to say it's a GTi in that case, someone will want it as a project. |
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On 25 Aug, 08:58, "Doki" <mrd... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: What sort of thing is costing that much? My experience of MK2s is that they generally cost buttons to run - oil changes, brakes and tyres are all that normally needs doing. If it's a GTI, it'll be worth about £600-£1000. If it's a normal 1.8 Driver or similar, it's worth more as a runner than as scrap. Sorry, meant to say it's a GTi The prices similar unrestored/uncustomised cars go for on eBay appears to be signifcantly less than £600-1000. |
usually taken as the bottom price for something worth having - ie, little
rust, clean and polished, with some service history. Some parts also sell
for very good money - the 15" BBS wheels are worth £150 a set, and unworn
interiors can fetch good money too, if they're in the right pattern. The
power steering kit on your car is a rare (and sought after) option, and
worth around £150 on its own. If it's a three door, it's worth slightly more
than a 5.
On the other hand, scrapping the car would probably get you about £100.
Depending on how cosmetically good the car is, and how well the welding has
been done (there's really no reason for anyone to buy a badly patched up MK2
Golf), you should be able to fetch reasonable money for it. Post 90 models
fetch the best money (bigger bumpers, different body kits, often have 16V
rainbow seats which are ££), Post 88s have no front quarter lights, and I
think pre 88 they all ran K-jet, which is a bit more tunable. Either way, a
lot of the common wear parts on your MK2 have been replaced. I would think
if you gave it a good clean and polish, got some black instant shoe polish
on all the black rim and gave it a good scrub up, it'd go well on ebay with
a good write up.
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Daytona wrote: On 25 Aug, 08:58, "Doki" <mrd... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: What sort of thing is costing that much? My experience of MK2s is that they generally cost buttons to run - oil changes, brakes and tyres are all that normally needs doing. |
covered. If its 500miles a year it could be considered pricey, if its
10k a year then thats peanuts to run. Go buy a newer car and you'll be
chucking away more than £300 a year in depreciation.
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If it's a GTI, it'll be worth about £600-£1000. If it's a normal 1.8 Driver or similar, it's worth more as a runner than as scrap. Sorry, meant to say it's a GTi The prices similar unrestored/uncustomised cars go for on eBay appears to be signifcantly less than £600-1000. £300 seems to the lower limit for a GTI, even without tax and test. £600 is usually taken as the bottom price for something worth having - ie, little rust, clean and polished, with some service history. Some parts also sell for very good money - the 15" BBS wheels are worth £150 a set, and unworn interiors can fetch good money too, if they're in the right pattern. The power steering kit on your car is a rare (and sought after) option, and worth around £150 on its own. If it's a three door, it's worth slightly more than a 5. On the other hand, scrapping the car would probably get you about £100. Depending on how cosmetically good the car is, and how well the welding has been done (there's really no reason for anyone to buy a badly patched up MK2 Golf), you should be able to fetch reasonable money for it. Post 90 models fetch the best money (bigger bumpers, different body kits, often have 16V rainbow seats which are ££), Post 88s have no front quarter lights, and I think pre 88 they all ran K-jet, which is a bit more tunable. |
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"Daytona" <junk721176 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:fdd9af30-0b67-407e-8c4d-dd9a83c8a326 (AT) g10g2000yqh (DOT) googlegroups.com... The cost of servicing & MOTing my 1989 Golf Mk2 8v is has increased over the years to £500-700. Time to scrap it or is it worth anything ? That would depend upon the condition etc I suppose. gypp It is probably not depreciating in value . |
Compare this amount against probable lower service and running costs on
a newer car.
Then consider how much do "I want a newer/different car" !
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