Bought a broken car again... Dammit!

by "Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
Published 05/23/2017 at 09:59

Tags: CROSSGOLF ; CAR BUYING
STARS: 2

And I did that without leaving my office.

A colleague had some trouble with her 2007 (or 2006? I don’t really know) Golf Plus last week. When the car is warm, the DSG sometimes won’t upshift, or very late.
So she took the car to the dealer, where it sat a few days, waiting to get inspected, since they were pretty busy.
In the meantime, since she was thinking about maybe changing her car anyway, she went to check out a Mercedes B-class, and decided to buy it. The dealer offered her 1000€ for her Golf, knowing the DSG has an unknown problem, to which I replied that I could give her that too.
So I pretty much bought a 10 year old Golf plus TDI (2.0 I think?) with 210.000km for 1000€. Yay? Maybe?
The plan is to find out what the problem is, fix it, and flip it. OR, I could fix it and give it to my parents, since it’s pretty close to what they need. It is in really nice shape, has been driven gently, and serviced according to the service book.

Replies (8)

"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
05/23/2017 at 10:26, STARS: 0

My parents (and me actually too) love theirs and probably won’t sell it anytime soon.

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
05/23/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 1

I don’t know, it’s too much of a minivan for my taste, and it’s an auto, it’s basically the car I don’t want to drive. But hey, I’m open minded and it’s cheap, might as well give it a try

"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
05/23/2017 at 10:48, STARS: 2

So you just sold your unreliable TDI, and already got a new one? I’ve got a solution for you:

1. Fix car

2. Sell to FSI, so he can change his name to TDI

3. Profit!

"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
05/23/2017 at 11:06, STARS: 1

It’s pure German malaise and I suffer from the Stockolm syndrome but for 50+ y/o people it’s just about perfect.

"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
05/23/2017 at 11:15, STARS: 1

For the right price I could get weak...

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
05/23/2017 at 11:32, STARS: 2

But that’s kinda the idea, even if I part it out I make profit.
I may offer it to my parents, I suspect they won’t want it

"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
05/23/2017 at 13:10, STARS: 0

Didn’t you just want to buy a car for your parents? When do we have to stage an intervention? How much is a used DSG box?

So many questions...

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
05/23/2017 at 13:19, STARS: 0

I did, this might solde this one.

Never, I HAVE NO PROBLEM!

Depending on the model, 800 to 1600€ but I’ll try the transmission management box for 100€ used