Quote: posted by macc1007 on 10/10/2004 22:41:37
Also - bought this private, know where the fella lives obviously so its gonna be a fight if its bad. got it for about ?5500, 2000(x reg) with 100,000 on the clock. full vwsh.. wadda ya reckon?
Not really fair is it tho mate? I mean, its always up to the buyer to find out if there is owt wrong with the car in my eyes. 100k is a hell of a lot in 4 years, so its to be expected that the car will have wear and tear i would have thought.
On the actual problem itself..... i had the STOP CHECK COOLANT message once last week, on a cold start early in the morning for about 30secs. Went off never to be seen again. Car never overheated, fans work and everything....... a search found it to be a common cold start thing.
The 1.8T does tend to throw off a lot of heat after a run out, nothing to worry about really mate.