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My car still had best part of 4 months VW warranty on it!

My gut feeling is its the finance thing, and the ability to use a credit card...

Just as an update to anyone else trying to sell their car. I had the car on pistonheads, autotrader, and on several forums but only had 1 call about the car (which didn't lead anywhere). I traded it in to a small performance car dealer who advertised the car at £400 more than I had, and it was sold ...

Probably

Just traded it in for a Octavia scout. Bit different!!

After re-reading the original post, am I reading into it right that you just want the VW garage to buy yours, without any business against a new one? If so then they probably will offer bottom book unfortunately. If you look to change marques then the other garage is probably going to low-ball you ...

So you have to get the car re registered in the IOM?
Surely a flight and a drive back on the ferry would be cheaper than the premium you would be paying for that?

You should get an easy £14k part ex price for that - for £600 is it really worth the hassle, especially if you're getting another (so you don't have to be car-less whilst the new one is getting built. My 11 reg 170TDI (with nothing more than metallic paint and sensors added) has been given a p/x of...

Also in your add on pistonheads and auto trader did you mention about panels being resprayed? If so I wouldn't mention that as it might be off putting for some buyers then worrying about if other panels looked different. No I didn't mention it :D (but I will if anyone asks) Thanks for your thoughts...

So my Scirocco is up for sale and I've had it in a few places for a while now (pistonheads, autotrader, here etc) its a 2010 MY60 GT 170 DSG in Salsa. Leather, bluetooth, power mirrors, parking sensors. Full service history and remainder of warranty and service plan 35K miles. I'm asking £14,600 for...

My 170 will be for sale very soon...
PM sent....

Update in case anyone is interested... I battled VW quite considerably but eventually got them to respray the bumpers. (it took independent inspections, loads of phone calls, escalation through VW customers services the whole works). It took best part of 3 weeks to get it done, and Paint manufacture...

I have been out again and clocked an average 41mpg over a 26 mile trip on mixed A & B roads That does seem a little low but not I've seen similar and lower on occasions. If there isn't a problem then its all down to the roads and driving style. Just out of interest do you live in a particularly...

Be warned, even if you get a white bumper there is a good chance it won't exactly match.
You might get lucky and it will be fine, be you might see a difference in the exact tone...

Hi Just picked my 170 up yesterday. Drove it back from London to Norfolk and averaged 46mpg on the 150 mile trip, with a bit of slow traffic and some steady motorway miles. Today I went for a 50 mile round local trip and never really got over 70mph with only a small bit in the town, the rest was 50...

Well I deffo made the wrong decision then to get a 140. Should have got a 170 as not only is it quicker, but it seems its more economical as well. My 140 DSG with approx 14k miles only ever really averages mid forties on my regular commute, even though the MFD always indicates just over 51-53 mpg. ...

The diesel will be cheaper, my quick maths you would save about £400 a year on fuel. If tax and insurance will be cheaper too then you are on to a winner. The diesel may need an extra service over the petrol in 30 years but that only comes in at bout £200 so you are still well up. The whole diesels ...

I sometimes get this noise!! thought I was going mad. Good work.

I use them too, in fact I got my car from them but only because it is close to the office.
Can't say I've been overly impressed either...

Your sums look right to me too.... But lets put it another way. At best you are going to average 40mpg. A gallon of petrol cost 130p x 4.546 = 614p So cost per mile => 614 / 40 = 15.35p So you will be loosing out 3.35p per mile If you are doing 10k a year (business mileage) you will be £335 pounds a...

My computer tells me I get about 47- 48 mpg average. But I normally get about 550-570 miles between refills of about 52 litres on a regular commuting week. This drops a bit for long weekend drives or lots of running around town which is what brings the average down... I gets about 5 - 10% lower in t...