My new ride..

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pixelboy
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My new ride..

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I needed another car to get me to the station and whatnot.. Getting a bit taxing only having one car in the family..

Anyway, I wanted a small car and found this VW on car sales.. 99 Golf, 140,000km... $3200.. Sweet..

Went and had a look, test drove it and was impressed.. A lot of car for not much cash.. Talked him down to $2700.. Even better.. SOLD!

I went and got the cash and did the paperwork.. Of I go.. Got about 500 meters away and start having troubles with the manual gearbox box..

Can't get 1st, 2nd or Reverse! Bloody hell! Take it back to the bloke.. Look it over and discover the gear linkage from the stick has sheared.. Brilliant..

He's got no appetite to take it back and I'm now running late for soccer so I cop it and head home with a shortage of gears avoiding any hill starts..

Anyway, my mechanic fixed it today for a couple of hundred and I'm off again.. I think that I still got a good deal but maybe, as I told norbs on the phone, it was too good to be true.. I'll keep you posted.

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petey
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Gees that's a bit rough. Lucky it was an easy fix. Does make you wonder how well it has been looked after ofcourse though. :S
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Nice colour. I like the mk IVs as a conveyance. A better fit and finish and generally better reliability than the mk V although the Vs sure as hell drive a lot better. A good price there although you could have had a mighty Renault Sport Clio for the same and had an entertaining drive to the station each day :D
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car, nice, vw, says YoDA.
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Nice lil car, when you get the knick's worked out.
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LOL. I had something in my head like that too.
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