Buying a car, part2: The choice

by unforgiven • 13 Jul 2015, 15:30 • Journals
Wanna say thanks to all the people helping me with constructive ideas on my previous journal.

Here is the car I picked to buy:

http://nl.ww3.autoscout24.be/classified/268383552?asrc=st|as


The final price we came down to is 1700 euros.

Any suggestions :)?

I should say that the biggest problem the car has, are some scratches on the caroserie, made by someone with a good heart.

Also the brakes from back wheels are a little bit old, will have to be changed.

Other than this, he said if I decide to buy, he will fix the rest of the small issues.

I mean, after all is a 15 year old car.


Also what I would like to know is a cheap insurance in Belgium. Here the car insurances are total madness. Who s Belgian and owns a car and pays from his or her own pocket, knows what I m talking about
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Gifted 13 Jul 2015, 17:02
I use ethias as insurance company, so does Sander. You have the same car as him btw. I got the golf VI 1.6 blue motion! Just got the cheapest insurance & dont wast money on fixing the scratches. A car is just a way to go from point A to B. and even now you bought it you already lost money on it :P
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unforgiven 13 Jul 2015, 17:32
Actually we are for once thinking alike. Yes, I do not intend to fix the scratches. At least not in Belgium. If the price would be ok, I would do it in Romania, when I go in holiday. About loosing money yap....I give this morrocan 1700, and the next day I m lucky if I can sell it for 1200.

About insurances...so how the fuck is this working in Belgium? First year the most expensive, than it drops every year...BNP, to whom I have most of my deals, are crazy expensive. They ask first year 940 euros. Now there is also a matter of what kind of situations does the insurance cover.

BTW, how much you pay per year?
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Gifted 13 Jul 2015, 17:42
since I have a brand new car, well from 2012. I had full omniun in the beginning was like 2K / year. But now I got the small omnium for like 800 a year. For that car you just need the minimum (BA) should be around 500-700 cuz your older & stuff. They look at the years without an accident & the years you have your license etc. This is my 6th year without having an accident so the price dropped really well for me. bonus malus should be about 6 now!
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lEku 13 Jul 2015, 17:47
holy shit how expensive insurances :o i got the best possible in my car and its around 1000/year with 25% bonus
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Gifted 13 Jul 2015, 18:00
when you are young you pay a lot in Belgium, because the accident rate of young drivers is really high.
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Kenzi 14 Jul 2015, 19:10
835 bij federale
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unforgiven 13 Jul 2015, 18:05
All right, I can not present them my history from Romania, and here I never had car, or insurance so this would be the first year. Is this insurance you told me about, Ethias, cheaper than BNP?
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Gifted 13 Jul 2015, 18:47
For me it is, best for you is to do some research, show the offer you got from BNP to ethias, receive a better offer, then go back to BNP since its your bank I bet & they will even offer you something better. etc
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unforgiven 13 Jul 2015, 21:52
Good ideea man :D, if this shit works, I buy you a beer. The cheapest one of course :P
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Aniky 13 Jul 2015, 19:12
Meh i would recommend if u are going with golf, go with 1.6 engine, the 1.4 are weird, don't really have same "bullet proof" way as 1.6 or 1.9 TDI have.
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Panda 13 Jul 2015, 20:49
1.9 tdi all the wayyyyyy
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Aniky 14 Jul 2015, 14:01
Depends on the daily driving u are doing, if hes not driving enough, waste of cash on buying diesel since all he will have is cost with it.
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Panda 14 Jul 2015, 14:39
Most of them are shit anyway, but from the 4 1.9's I've had I couldn't complain. They (diesel engines) were just a cunt to work with most of the time when I was still working in a garage. But then again, most cars that were 2010+ were looked after worse than early 00's x)
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Staary 13 Jul 2015, 21:45
1.9 @ 130hp on my Passat, it's all you need for urban driving
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unforgiven 14 Jul 2015, 19:07
explain bullet proof please :O?
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LeFrancis 14 Jul 2015, 00:53
Real men drive this
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rafikens1000 14 Jul 2015, 15:37
159000 km? should check this range with some prooffed mechanic.

QuoteAlso the brakes from back wheels are a little bit old, will have to be changed.


It is not a big problem in car like this. U should change them but not asap for sure. I suppose u r an usual driver, not some romanian lewis hamilton.

Best of luck
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unforgiven 14 Jul 2015, 19:06
He will do the control technique and together with it also the Carpass.
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Sungi 16 Jul 2015, 00:25
ye for this old car someone prolly "tuned" the km's
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unforgiven 16 Jul 2015, 19:28
Yes, but with the carpass document, normally this things can t be scammed
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lNdrr 14 Jul 2015, 21:37
1.4 is quite bad engine. Not eco at all. 55kw, hopefully theres 45 left. As fellow members said go 1.9tdi, best diesel engine you can find... eco, actually quite powerful if u chip it. Other than that golf is good car. Only thing is that it's small as hell.
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