Buying advice needed on Mk 2 Driver

[A11REX]

Hi,
Flying upto Newcastle tommorow to take a look at a 1990 33000 mile Mk2 Driver, looks like a fantastic and genuine car.
Can anyone point me in the direction of an online buyers guide as most seem to concentrate on the GTI or newer models or alternatively give me a quick heads up on what to look out for?
Many thanks

Edited by A11REX on Saturday 26th April 13:30

[quad_rings]

the main mk2 faults across the range are sticking door handles, split inner door seals that let water in, particularly in the back, worn gear bush that allows reverse to engage without pressing down, clicking cv joints, and the standard pierburg 2e2 carb can be faulty on higher mileage cars, high idle speed, poor mpg etc and can be replaced by the more reliable weber, other than that if looked after are pretty bullet proof.

>> Edited by quad_rings on Thursday 20th April 18:48

[A11REX]

Fabulous! thanks for the advice

[adrianr]

I had one. Bought with 50,000 on, ran it up to 133,000 before moving it on, principally because it was red and had sat in the sun too long and gone faded patchy pink. Very few problems during ownership apart from normal service items. The only things I can think of that failed were:

- CV joint; replaced one, another was noisy when I sold it
- interior fan blower gave up; fixed by a strip and re-lube
- autobox got a bit slow to wake up some mornings
- carb played up around 110K; I couldn't suss that one but VW garage fixed it easily
- did shocks, rear wheel bearings, discs around 60 - 90K
- persistent minor oil leaks from cam cover (probably overtightened once)

Otherwise an excellent car, and if the paint had held up I'd probably have kept it a bit longer. On an older but low mileage car you should look more at the things that wear out with age, rather than miles, so check brake hoses, steering/driveshaft gaiters, radiator hoses, belts etc.

AdrianR