I often find myself pondering the same question. The only answer I can come up with is that, in some way, I trust him. Like many of us, I have a passion for cars, and, on the flip side, his reviews are concise and have assisted me in identifying and resolving some issues with my vehicles at home.
I own a vw golf 6 1.4 tsi for 15 years .Bought it new in 2009 . 148.000 km . No mechanical or engine problem so far . Only fault in all those years the mechanism that opens the boot and the light switch . I just service it on program , change tires etc... No problems so far. Maybe I am one of the few lucky ones ,what can I say... Very good car.
22:34 P0016 Camshaft, Crankshaft correlation means that the timing chain has stretched and the engine is out of time. You got off lightly with that one.
Matt buys an absolute nail and gets lots of views on UA-cam no profit - Matt Wins. Matt buys a good car not many views on UA-cam, Matt makes a good profit at sale time - Matt Wins. Overall Matt Wins. Keep up the good work buying the dross to entertain us!
I was gunna say I just bought a MK3 MR2 for £1100 quid the thing is going through 1.3L of oil every 320 miles. Let’s say I’m not as happy about this as Matt would be 😂, because I can’t make a UA-cam video out of it and make money back for repairs haha 😂
I have the estate version of that gen of the Golf, and I love it. So much car for me. 2.5 litre 5 cylinder, 5speed manual, no turbo, no nothing strange. Hope to keep for a pretty long time.
I often wonder what you would think of my 13 plate Focus 1.6 TDCi Titanium with 207k, no advisories, well maintained (some of it feels like trigger's broom), almost full service history from the same non franchise garage with plenty of minor war wounds but spotless inside! It sometimes does 1,000 miles a week.... Still getting 650 miles plus on 50 litres.
I agree about the light misting on the shocks, I had a MK7 Golf, the first MOT I had done at Halfords (it was close to work) advised light misting on shocks, the following year I took it to my normal MOT Station and no advisory, when I asked about it, he told me that it's not an issue, it would only be a problem if it was a thick film of oil indicating a blown seal
Got a Mk5 2 litre petrol I use for a runaround (its already got parking dings from people opening their doors into it) & the paint is atrocious from it living outside in its previous lives. Goes great. Never misses a beat. Sounds like I got really lucky..
Why have I now reached the point where I now look for the Wonder Grip van on each video? 😁😁 It's not there this time!!! This one would clean up. A good sound Golf always sells..... Oh dear, not this one it seems.... Spares or repair?
Matt always has a love hate relation ship with VW's which means he like most likes them, Had 2 Golfs Mk7 and Mk8 GTD's over the years both had over 2000K on the clock when returned, both of mine never missed a beat, nothing went wrong. And even after 4 years of a hard life the interior and switch gear looked as good as the day I got it. There excellent cars.
It's so hard to have a optimistic outlook on cars priced like this in the US. A car that costs 900 dollars would be damaged or need severe repairs or be 20 years old with 200k miles. Folks of the UK are extremely lucky to have such a huge throw away car culture where cars only a few years old are worth nothing. At least nothing compared to prices charged here in the states. I just pulled up prices for MK 6 golf's here in the US. Didn't look long but they are worth about 8k and up. For similar mileage too.
@@baronvonjo1929tbf US cars are a lot more well specced in terms of features than our cars. For example the mk6 golf in the US as far as I know all have larger engines, AC as standard, slightly nicer seats, electric windows, alloy wheels etc. and from what I've heard from my American friend German manufacturers are seen as premium there. Meanwhile in the UK you can get a mk6 golf with no front fog lights, steel wheels with hubcap, no AC a 1.2L 3 cylinder with a whopping 90hp, manual windows etc just a really basic model. We have half the stuff on our base models than yours and as a result they cost half the price it makes sense when you think about it
@@Afraz_9n3 But looking at this model it seems to have just about all of that. Same thing with many cars on the channel. Higher prices for cars in the US is the same for every car and every brand. When he shows a car we have here and describes it they all seem relatively similar. This car in particular seems to be well spec and very similar to what we would have here. Yes German cars are seen as premium. But not VW. I think that's something Europeans might struggle to wrap their head around as it seems it held in very high regards over there. Here VW tried to be more premium in the 2000s but it never worked. They have since lowered quality a lot and still are seen as the same or lower as Toyota and Honda. Even Kia and Hyundai who came to the US after them do significantly better than VW. Plus all German cars depreciate like a rock here because they have very poor reputations for long term reliability. My point is I don't think it's the increase of options or the perception of premium branding that keeps prices high. I think we have higher prices just in general. One thing to note is the used car market in the US is huge. We need are cars for basic survival here. Many jobs will not hire you if you don't have "reliable transportation" checked off. I think because so many people need used cars because they can't afford new cars it keeps prices high. It seems many folks in Europe have other options if they really didn't want cars. Many certainly do. But it's not a requirement for a lot of folks is my perception. Idk. Maybe something entirely different. Apologies for the long comment.
@@baronvonjo1929 yh no definitely the car market in the US and Europe is far more expensive than the UK. Actually in Europe prices are equivalent to the US for most cars. In the UK we see German cars as normal but also mostly reliable, mainly because we get the smaller more reliable less complicated engines that the US doesn't (although as Matt mentioned in this video sometimes the small engines like this 1.4 tsi are just as bad on reliability 😂). And so they actually command a premium over similar cars but also because they were more expensive when new. For example a 15 year old BMW 3 series is anywhere between 4 - 8k although you can get one with high miles and some issues for 1 - 3k. While a vauxhall insignia (badged as a Buick regal? In the US) is 1 - 3k and tops at 5k The used market in the UK is also pretty big most people drive used cars and also need cars because most places outside London have terrible public transport or just unreliable public transport or it's just more cost efficient to drive. But people here see cars over 100k miles as ready for the scrapyard and will not consider cars they think are "high mileage" or "bad quality". So cars over 100k miles and cars from manufacturers like the french for example are not desirable to a lot of people. This is changing but it's one of the main reasons why our cars are so cheap. Add to that UK cars don't really have a export market and a lot of cars rust or are neglected (not serviced, run on a shoestring type thing) and those are the other reasons why we have some of the cheapest cars in the world I think.
I just upgraded my Golf Mk6 2011 to 2020 Golf GTI PP. My MK6 still runs well and just got a timing chain changed just under 100k miles. It's a good car, I personally think better put together than any Mk7 or especially 8...
Love the content as always Matt, I've got a simler CD you can have for £600 and I will let you choose any scrap car you want up to the vaiue of £475.00 LOL. Please keep up the good work :)
If you bought a decent second hand car that was great value for money, then there would be no value in watching your entertaining videos, and you probably wouldn't have such a successful and entertaining channel. I urge you to keep buying these suspect vehicles, because I really enjoy your down-to-earth commentary on these 'massively over-spent' cars and more importantly, I'm sure it helps people like me make more intelligent reviews of cars we're thinking of buying - it's a win-win for everyone! Of course, your odd, ridiculously amazing purchase every now and again, helps us all believe we might also make that 'lucky' find.
Winner winner ...I now have that ministry 80s mix on my Spotify Playlist Matt , ta . Another cracking video . And the partridge esqe quotes crack me up
My old gran (God rest her) always said there is no such thing as cheap, its that price for a reason, you just get lucky sometimes with something being under priced.
Sonder make bikes, so I suspect it has been used as a bike car, and the tow bar was used for carrying mountain bikes/gravel bikes. Not necessarily for towing. But yes, I think you made the right call. I wouldn't touch a vag car with that crap 1.4 engine 😂
Matt that pub is doing a thing many locals have done for years (Particularly outside London that wealthy Londoners like to go to) they have a 'locals' tap - for recent kegs and a 'outsiders' tab, which is the stuff about to go overage. Also the popular chain type places - a lot of their stuff is bought old so they can sell it cheap - hence why people without a window to chuck their pot they haven't got to piss in, can sit nursing pints all afternoon.
Hello matt great video as usual. I watched your video about best automatic cars under 5000 £. Could you make another video for a budget less than 10000 £ and discussing both petrol and diesel options ?
I've got a 2011 VW Golf on 109k miles, faced almost all of the issues he's faced in the last 6 months and kept it on the road (just!). Bonnet latch, bulbs, shocks, tyres, brakes, oil, engine misfire (1 coilpack to fix)...mostly consumables due to passing the 90k mile range/10y age. Same as the Golf in the video except the grille and stretched timing chain. Suppose I've got to look forward to a timing chain fail next!
Any advice or suggestions on what to look out for in the 1.6 or 2.0L diesel engines on VW Golf mk6’s ? Really good videos so far this year 👌🏼 Thanks Mat !
Just have to know your market.. there's a pub in a nearby town that offers a Happy Hour (£1.50 a pint, John Smiths or Carling) between 9.30 and 10.30am. Coincidentally it is next to the Jobcentre.
Looks great, perfect bangernomics candidate, drive it till it dies! Plenty of years left in that, stick some cheap ebay parts on it - no profit of course if your a dealer like.
Im currently living in cyprus and you would be shocked at the state of some cars out here. 250,000km 25years old sun damaged but cos its a 4x4 they go for 2/3/4k euro! Should look into selling older cars like that to companies that bring them over here
Came through the area last week and came upon high peak autos so now i know where i need to come to to get a decent car Matt. Bit far from Brighton to Romily but worth the treck
A result with the CD but apart from that, only a home mechanic will benefit from buying this. Garage labour costs will kill any reason to to sell commercially. As usual good video though.
In the 90s when myself and colleagues had company cars the German ones Passat, a4s were always horrible after 100k chassis and suspension wise. Engines fine. Next came sierra and cavaliers much better than Germans , then Nissan primers and mk1 Laguna were great. Stand out was my primera 2.0. 150k of rep miles still going v strong. It’s why I wont have German cars. Sometimes the y used to do a suspension “refresh” whatever that was and it made a difference. Nice to see your head over heart😅
Engine management light and codes are timing chain I did one recently on that exact shape of golf 1.4 with those exact codes and it was an absolute nightmare to do. That golf is not worth not at 128,000 odd miles.cost more than it’s worth to put it right.
I know this for video Purposes but I wouldn’t be touching a car that isn’t mine everywhere till it’s gone for a full valet, when you picked up that 12V and it had hair around it, I felt a bit Yuck. Great video as always.
Matt’s a dog lover, a fan of Partridge and purchaser of questionably iffy hatchbacks. I would buy thee a flavia if our paths doth crossed… crossed over (you get the general idea)
The rear shocks a common problem? We had a mk7 GTI which needed them replacing at 25k. The mechanic said they'd been changed before! The car did 10 miles a day with one person in it, so not exactly stresed!
had one of these mk6 golfs new 2010 was 1.6tdi with the 7 speed dsg owned it 3 years had two clutches and numerous gearbox updates in that time ! but was bloody economical and was the last of the lesser golfs to have the proper rear suspension set up everything after just got torsion bar shite!!
Easy fix, nothing terminal there. With that mileage unlikely to be stretched timing chain. Why not replace with second hand shocks. Ignition coils are a weakness of golfs, but its usually just one that goes bad. Paint mismatch a lot of people won't care, not big dents or dings there.
Ruddy Hell it’s Soft Cell! Just need a Wings CD now to go full-partridge. Classic Golf 6 hatchback squeak. Spray some Graphite spray on the hinges (before scrapping it !)
Still could have been saved but without any profits, so maybe sell as is to someone who wants a nice project car. Also maybe scan the car before you drive it to the valley and spend money. It's clear time chain is stretched.
Hi Matt, You may not see this but I wondered if you could do a video with the valeting company you use and maybe Jimmy the magician on buffing a car. The cars always look immaculate and it would be good to know if you had just bought a car and wanted that sparkle and shine how it was done. Videos are great thanks
such a shame it was so rubbish! the spec was actually decent! I have a 1.2 TSI 61 reg but i have manual rear windows 🤣 i barely use the back so its not an issue! Shocks always go on golfs, i think its a common problem, i have had both my front ones replaced recently!
@@Mr330d I sold it on to someone at work who had 7 trouble free years with it. They sold it on and it was still on the road when I looked it up in 2023.
@@ewaf88 That means nothing. If the injectors fail your choice is to either scrap the golf and pay out for another car or fit injectors most normal sane people would choose to fit the injectors 😂 it’s just pitiful seat decided to fit Siemens injectors to the 1.6 TDI unlike the 2.0 Which got Bosch and much less trouble
What a CD to find, sounds like my kind of CD. Shame you couldn't do the work and turn it into a courtesy car. Maybe worth selling as spares and repairs, something I would have owned till the end of its life, as I couldn't afford to repair it. Great Video and content.
I clean my 1999 E38, 728i everytime its in for MOT and it passes id never take dirty ,its mint 12 months now no faults ,Ive had it 4 years and its up for sale now £2600,
Look at the bright side, you gave us an entertaining video. Hopefully what that could be resold for, perhaps to someone who could fix it on their own and your commission from YT will mean you break even. 😄
id say thats the sort of car a newly passed driver should have (i had a similar quality 2002 ford focus as my 1st). ive seen drivers pass their test and borrow/buy such as a BMW that they just cant handle and dont know how to look after properly. just my opinion.
I love these videos, but how is your Property channel getting along? You’ve not posted anything up there yet for a long time is it possible if you could do an update video? I would like to know how that garage plot of land is it’s most probably still in planning that I should expect.
I would've just put all second hand parts and send it off. The P0016 could mean a few things and most likely a sensor or cam adjuster valve. Cause if it was the timing chain i think the valves would hit pistons in which the car would not have drove when it did. I believe those cars are interference engines
“I’m not Ed China” 😂. And Sonder is a gravel bike brand so, as it was car of a swimmer and gravel biker (and probably therefore a runner), that explains the sweat pong 😮
Would love to see that golf come alive and ram that blue kia thing in the side!! Joking obviously. Just another 'Volkswagen/Mercedes are brilliant scrapper!' Alloys looked Ebay worthy however. Shame cars are so short lived. Especially seeing they cost so much. Cheers matt.
It's 14 years old. You wouldn't keep a laptop for 14 years and a car has a much harder life. People expect far too much out of cars. It's a complicated machine, and a machine that inevitably wears out and develops uneconomic faults.
@@royfontaine5526 Not at all. I'm just not naive enough to think you should expect anything to last and operate well that is 14 years old and been round the world 4 times. Your expectation is ridiculous. All you are going to be left with is a car that will most likely let you down sooner rather than later. If it gets to 14 years that is more than durable and far longer than any sensible person would expect a car to last.
@@royfontaine5526 The engine is only part of the issue, there's all the electrics, body, suspension, gearbox, brakes, fittings etc to cope with. Who wants a 14 year old car?
Why am I so addicted to these damn videos?!?
I often find myself pondering the same question. The only answer I can come up with is that, in some way, I trust him. Like many of us, I have a passion for cars, and, on the flip side, his reviews are concise and have assisted me in identifying and resolving some issues with my vehicles at home.
Me too!
Those CarVertical segments are just so damned watchable(!)
I'm the same, only I keep looking for the Wonder Grip van now......
You always learn something through Matt’s extreme bluntness to the condition and his wisdom.
"Check oil level" let's fire it up anyway and then rev it to 3-4k 😢
Its a shitbox
I would still have checked the oil level regardless. £900 is still way above scrap value@@lovro_ribic
Yeah I agree. It wears down the engine. Poor guy getting this one after!
Who cares 🤣
@@lovro_ribicit's a shit box that he's going to sell to someone
I own a vw golf 6 1.4 tsi for 15 years .Bought it new in 2009 . 148.000 km . No mechanical or engine problem so far . Only fault in all those years the mechanism that opens the boot and the light switch . I just service it on program , change tires etc... No problems so far. Maybe I am one of the few lucky ones ,what can I say... Very good car.
Usually I'd you take good care of a cat it will be fine.
I've rarely had a bad car because I've treated them well.
No you're not lucky, you just haven't severely abused or neglected it. 148k is nothing, I'd expect them to go 300k at least with good maintenance.
Regular oil changes in the 2.0tdi and she’s all good in the hood touch wood.
Good on you haha. But I prefer the diesel engines when it comes to German cars. Always more reliable in the long run, better mileage and last forever.
You need to run thin Oil and change very often on these
22:34 P0016 Camshaft, Crankshaft correlation means that the timing chain has stretched and the engine is out of time. You got off lightly with that one.
More likely a tensioner failed
@@samholdsworth420No. Timing chain. 1.4 TSI. You are thinking 2.0 TSI. :-)
@@samholdsworth420better to put a whole chain kit tho but the tensioners are crap
Ministry of Sound 80's... that's a good one, definitely keep that 😂
Matt buys an absolute nail and gets lots of views on UA-cam no profit - Matt Wins. Matt buys a good car not many views on UA-cam, Matt makes a good profit at sale time - Matt Wins. Overall Matt Wins. Keep up the good work buying the dross to entertain us!
😂👍👍
I was gunna say
I just bought a MK3 MR2 for £1100 quid the thing is going through 1.3L of oil every 320 miles. Let’s say I’m not as happy about this as Matt would be 😂, because I can’t make a UA-cam video out of it and make money back for repairs haha 😂
No one would buy those cars. Too much potential hassle. However they make entertaining viewing, so it's another income stream.
I like the fact Matt has a tyre depth gauge finger accurate to the half mil😀
Oh I just commented that 😂😅
Even by your own very high standards that was a superb partridge quote
I have the estate version of that gen of the Golf, and I love it. So much car for me. 2.5 litre 5 cylinder, 5speed manual, no turbo, no nothing strange. Hope to keep for a pretty long time.
Didnt know they came in 2.5l version. Only in USA market I guess?
@@dzenan.myep in the US there were 2.5L 5 pots in the mk5 and 6
@@Afraz_9n3 Nice
@@dzenan.m Canada too. We love them 2.5 5 cyllinders here
@@BMW_Z4idiotThis 2.5 is the most reliable car in Volkswagen, but it will never be.
I often wonder what you would think of my 13 plate Focus 1.6 TDCi Titanium with 207k, no advisories, well maintained (some of it feels like trigger's broom), almost full service history from the same non franchise garage with plenty of minor war wounds but spotless inside! It sometimes does 1,000 miles a week.... Still getting 650 miles plus on 50 litres.
I agree about the light misting on the shocks, I had a MK7 Golf, the first MOT I had done at Halfords (it was close to work) advised light misting on shocks, the following year I took it to my normal MOT Station and no advisory, when I asked about it, he told me that it's not an issue, it would only be a problem if it was a thick film of oil indicating a blown seal
Give it 3 years til the shock absorber fails
Crankshaft position sensor from reading is nice way of saying timing chain
Got a Mk5 2 litre petrol I use for a runaround (its already got parking dings from people opening their doors into it) & the paint is atrocious from it living outside in its previous lives.
Goes great. Never misses a beat. Sounds like I got really lucky..
That's a decent engine. Might be one of the ones you have to run on super unleaded thou 👍
Why have I now reached the point where I now look for the Wonder Grip van on each video? 😁😁 It's not there this time!!! This one would clean up. A good sound Golf always sells..... Oh dear, not this one it seems.... Spares or repair?
Don’t worry - it’s not just you 😅
Headlamp buff, new plates and a massive overspend? Yes please!
Two out of three !
Matt always has a love hate relation ship with VW's which means he like most likes them, Had 2 Golfs Mk7 and Mk8 GTD's over the years both had over 2000K on the clock when returned, both of mine never missed a beat, nothing went wrong. And even after 4 years of a hard life the interior and switch gear looked as good as the day I got it. There excellent cars.
Love your optimistic outlook with cheap cars . These type of videos are my favourite .keep searching hopefully you will pick a winner soon
It's so hard to have a optimistic outlook on cars priced like this in the US. A car that costs 900 dollars would be damaged or need severe repairs or be 20 years old with 200k miles.
Folks of the UK are extremely lucky to have such a huge throw away car culture where cars only a few years old are worth nothing. At least nothing compared to prices charged here in the states.
I just pulled up prices for MK 6 golf's here in the US. Didn't look long but they are worth about 8k and up. For similar mileage too.
@@baronvonjo1929tbf US cars are a lot more well specced in terms of features than our cars. For example the mk6 golf in the US as far as I know all have larger engines, AC as standard, slightly nicer seats, electric windows, alloy wheels etc. and from what I've heard from my American friend German manufacturers are seen as premium there. Meanwhile in the UK you can get a mk6 golf with no front fog lights, steel wheels with hubcap, no AC a 1.2L 3 cylinder with a whopping 90hp, manual windows etc just a really basic model. We have half the stuff on our base models than yours and as a result they cost half the price it makes sense when you think about it
@@Afraz_9n3 But looking at this model it seems to have just about all of that. Same thing with many cars on the channel. Higher prices for cars in the US is the same for every car and every brand. When he shows a car we have here and describes it they all seem relatively similar.
This car in particular seems to be well spec and very similar to what we would have here.
Yes German cars are seen as premium. But not VW. I think that's something Europeans might struggle to wrap their head around as it seems it held in very high regards over there.
Here VW tried to be more premium in the 2000s but it never worked. They have since lowered quality a lot and still are seen as the same or lower as Toyota and Honda. Even Kia and Hyundai who came to the US after them do significantly better than VW.
Plus all German cars depreciate like a rock here because they have very poor reputations for long term reliability.
My point is I don't think it's the increase of options or the perception of premium branding that keeps prices high.
I think we have higher prices just in general.
One thing to note is the used car market in the US is huge. We need are cars for basic survival here. Many jobs will not hire you if you don't have "reliable transportation" checked off.
I think because so many people need used cars because they can't afford new cars it keeps prices high.
It seems many folks in Europe have other options if they really didn't want cars. Many certainly do. But it's not a requirement for a lot of folks is my perception.
Idk. Maybe something entirely different. Apologies for the long comment.
@@baronvonjo1929 yh no definitely the car market in the US and Europe is far more expensive than the UK. Actually in Europe prices are equivalent to the US for most cars.
In the UK we see German cars as normal but also mostly reliable, mainly because we get the smaller more reliable less complicated engines that the US doesn't (although as Matt mentioned in this video sometimes the small engines like this 1.4 tsi are just as bad on reliability 😂). And so they actually command a premium over similar cars but also because they were more expensive when new. For example a 15 year old BMW 3 series is anywhere between 4 - 8k although you can get one with high miles and some issues for 1 - 3k. While a vauxhall insignia (badged as a Buick regal? In the US) is 1 - 3k and tops at 5k
The used market in the UK is also pretty big most people drive used cars and also need cars because most places outside London have terrible public transport or just unreliable public transport or it's just more cost efficient to drive. But people here see cars over 100k miles as ready for the scrapyard and will not consider cars they think are "high mileage" or "bad quality". So cars over 100k miles and cars from manufacturers like the french for example are not desirable to a lot of people. This is changing but it's one of the main reasons why our cars are so cheap. Add to that UK cars don't really have a export market and a lot of cars rust or are neglected (not serviced, run on a shoestring type thing) and those are the other reasons why we have some of the cheapest cars in the world I think.
Late night curiosity had me checking the MOT history- glad to see it's back on the road now.
As someone who worked at VW, crankshaft and camshaft codes on a 1.4tsi is always definitely a stretched chain
What would be roughly the cost of the job out of curiosity
@@usemoreoilprobably £600
@@usemoreoilIt cost approx £2000 for a full timing kit on these twincharged engines. 140, 170, 160, 180 and 185 Ps engines.
Cheaper on the 122ps
@@danielfl.9347 that much wow, interesting 🤔
What would be the recommended engine to get, if any , on a MK6 Golf?
Driving around in an old VW Golf with blown shocks, an engine light on, and an empty fuel tank. Matt living life on the edge!
Matt your videos are flipping addictive to watch! Excelent, straight forward and unbiased videos indeed.👌
And another banger! You never fail to disappoint love the videos alot well done
Kicking the bumper to fix it 😂😂😂😂😂 love it matt
I just upgraded my Golf Mk6 2011 to 2020 Golf GTI PP. My MK6 still runs well and just got a timing chain changed just under 100k miles. It's a good car, I personally think better put together than any Mk7 or especially 8...
Love the content as always Matt, I've got a simler CD you can have for £600 and I will let you choose any scrap car you want up to the vaiue of £475.00 LOL. Please keep up the good work :)
If you bought a decent second hand car that was great value for money, then there would be no value in watching your entertaining videos, and you probably wouldn't have such a successful and entertaining channel.
I urge you to keep buying these suspect vehicles, because I really enjoy your down-to-earth commentary on these 'massively over-spent' cars and more importantly, I'm sure it helps people like me make more intelligent reviews of cars we're thinking of buying - it's a win-win for everyone!
Of course, your odd, ridiculously amazing purchase every now and again, helps us all believe we might also make that 'lucky' find.
Winner winner ...I now have that ministry 80s mix on my Spotify Playlist Matt , ta . Another cracking video . And the partridge esqe quotes crack me up
MATT!!! You, my dear friend, are not a snob! You are a sensible realist!
My old gran (God rest her) always said there is no such thing as cheap, its that price for a reason, you just get lucky sometimes with something being under priced.
Sonder make bikes, so I suspect it has been used as a bike car, and the tow bar was used for carrying mountain bikes/gravel bikes. Not necessarily for towing. But yes, I think you made the right call. I wouldn't touch a vag car with that crap 1.4 engine 😂
Matt that pub is doing a thing many locals have done for years (Particularly outside London that wealthy Londoners like to go to) they have a 'locals' tap - for recent kegs and a 'outsiders' tab, which is the stuff about to go overage. Also the popular chain type places - a lot of their stuff is bought old so they can sell it cheap - hence why people without a window to chuck their pot they haven't got to piss in, can sit nursing pints all afternoon.
Hello matt great video as usual.
I watched your video about best automatic cars under 5000 £.
Could you make another video for a budget less than 10000 £ and discussing both petrol and diesel options ?
The Sonder sticker - It's a bicycle brand
I do like a Golf, this one could be saved, but it would negate any profit, you made the right call Matt, great video as always❤.
I've got a 2011 VW Golf on 109k miles, faced almost all of the issues he's faced in the last 6 months and kept it on the road (just!). Bonnet latch, bulbs, shocks, tyres, brakes, oil, engine misfire (1 coilpack to fix)...mostly consumables due to passing the 90k mile range/10y age. Same as the Golf in the video except the grille and stretched timing chain. Suppose I've got to look forward to a timing chain fail next!
No, I think you’re absolutely right about the pub.
Any advice or suggestions on what to look out for in the 1.6 or 2.0L diesel engines on VW Golf mk6’s ?
Really good videos so far this year 👌🏼
Thanks Mat !
interior on that range rover is just gorgeous
Just have to know your market.. there's a pub in a nearby town that offers a Happy Hour (£1.50 a pint, John Smiths or Carling) between 9.30 and 10.30am. Coincidentally it is next to the Jobcentre.
What’s the address?…,,
Perfect timing
Going to watch this and then hopefully see brentford spank citeh
They tried.
Looks great, perfect bangernomics candidate, drive it till it dies! Plenty of years left in that, stick some cheap ebay parts on it - no profit of course if your a dealer like.
Brilliant video, one of the funniest I have seen on UA-cam. I thought you might be onto a winner in the beginning 😂
Glad you enjoyed
Matt the goat of car UA-cam no arguments
7:24 I do find that MK7 also has this smell. I used have one as a company car and it smelled funny : )
Enjoy these videos, can't wait for you to sell the L322 ! I will keep watching for that one. Dibs.
Im currently living in cyprus and you would be shocked at the state of some cars out here. 250,000km 25years old sun damaged but cos its a 4x4 they go for 2/3/4k euro! Should look into selling older cars like that to companies that bring them over here
Awesome Matt 80s cd what a result !!!! Still watching to see the out come 🤣👍👍👍
When you said its been smoked in once or twice and the covered in hairs that really was gross🫣 love your honesty when you do these cheap cars😊
Came through the area last week and came upon high peak autos so now i know where i need to come to to get a decent car Matt. Bit far from Brighton to Romily but worth the treck
A result with the CD but apart from that, only a home mechanic will benefit from buying this. Garage labour costs will kill any reason to to sell commercially. As usual good video though.
In the 90s when myself and colleagues had company cars the German ones Passat, a4s were always horrible after 100k chassis and suspension wise. Engines fine. Next came sierra and cavaliers much better than Germans , then Nissan primers and mk1 Laguna were great. Stand out was my primera 2.0. 150k of rep miles still going v strong. It’s why I wont have German cars. Sometimes the y used to do a suspension “refresh” whatever that was and it made a difference. Nice to see your head over heart😅
Good to see a sensible head on today Matt , good car for a diy person
Is Matt turning into John Shuttleworth.... 😂? He'll be buying an Austin Ambassador next week....
No Ken 😂 😂
@@damianleah6744 😂
It will be a "Y" reg .
@@andrewroberts4736 😂
A Vanden Plas no less
Sonder is a British mountain bike brand from Alpkit. As a mountain biker it made me smile
Engine management light and codes are timing chain I did one recently on that exact shape of golf 1.4 with those exact codes and it was an absolute nightmare to do. That golf is not worth not at 128,000 odd miles.cost more than it’s worth to put it right.
Good video ! You show good or bad cars but it’s life in the used car market 😊
Interior of that Range Rover is absolutely gorgeous.
Please Matt , check the oil level before you start the engine
The Partridge references alone make your videos worth watching - “Ruddy hell…it’s Soft Cell” 😂😂😂
Cam/crank correlation codes yeah chain is definitely stretched and on its way out. Good dodge
I know this for video Purposes but I wouldn’t be touching a car that isn’t mine everywhere till it’s gone for a full valet, when you picked up that 12V and it had hair around it, I felt a bit Yuck. Great video as always.
Matt’s a dog lover, a fan of Partridge and purchaser of questionably iffy hatchbacks.
I would buy thee a flavia if our paths doth crossed… crossed over (you get the general idea)
The rear shocks a common problem? We had a mk7 GTI which needed them replacing at 25k. The mechanic said they'd been changed before! The car did 10 miles a day with one person in it, so not exactly stresed!
had one of these mk6 golfs new 2010 was 1.6tdi with the 7 speed dsg owned it 3 years had two clutches and numerous gearbox updates in that time ! but was bloody economical and was the last of the lesser golfs to have the proper rear suspension set up everything after just got torsion bar shite!!
the dry clutch dsg was terrible the 6 speed the 2 litres had was far better!!
Love your channel Matt! My dad and I always watch it. hi from Sale (M33)
Awesome! Thank you!
Easy fix, nothing terminal there. With that mileage unlikely to be stretched timing chain. Why not replace with second hand shocks. Ignition coils are a weakness of golfs, but its usually just one that goes bad. Paint mismatch a lot of people won't care, not big dents or dings there.
Ruddy Hell it’s Soft Cell! Just need a Wings CD now to go full-partridge. Classic Golf 6 hatchback squeak. Spray some Graphite spray on the hinges (before scrapping it !)
Still could have been saved but without any profits, so maybe sell as is to someone who wants a nice project car. Also maybe scan the car before you drive it to the valley and spend money. It's clear time chain is stretched.
Hi Matt,
You may not see this but I wondered if you could do a video with the valeting company you use and maybe Jimmy the magician on buffing a car. The cars always look immaculate and it would be good to know if you had just bought a car and wanted that sparkle and shine how it was done. Videos are great thanks
such a shame it was so rubbish! the spec was actually decent! I have a 1.2 TSI 61 reg but i have manual rear windows 🤣 i barely use the back so its not an issue! Shocks always go on golfs, i think its a common problem, i have had both my front ones replaced recently!
Matt!! You built up our hopes only for them to be dashed...again!! Thanks for the entertainment.
THOSE VALETING GUYS MUST BLOODY LOVE YOU MATT !😂❤🎉🎉
You should see the state of my 320,000 mile mk6 estate. Not looking forward to presenting that for an MOT soon.
Legend, thanks man. Love the videos!
I bought a MK6, 105 bhp, diesel in 2009. A really good, car and incredibly economical over long distance.
A heap of shite with constantly failing injectors
@@Mr330d I sold it on to someone at work who had 7 trouble free years with it.
They sold it on and it was still on the road when I looked it up in 2023.
@@ewaf88 That means nothing. If the injectors fail your choice is to either scrap the golf and pay out for another car or fit injectors most normal sane people would choose to fit the injectors 😂 it’s just pitiful seat decided to fit Siemens injectors to the 1.6 TDI unlike the 2.0 Which got Bosch and much less trouble
@@Mr330d How much extra would the Bosch injectors have cost per car?
First Partridge reference I've noticed in a while! And such a good one, at that!
Lovely stuff
Back o the net !
Matt, you reminded me of Marion and Geoff (16:25). Are you morphing into Rob Brydon? 🙂
What a CD to find, sounds like my kind of CD. Shame you couldn't do the work and turn it into a courtesy car. Maybe worth selling as spares and repairs, something I would have owned till the end of its life, as I couldn't afford to repair it. Great Video and content.
WOW The guy out of "I'm still here" has a UA-cam channel!!
Wat
I clean my 1999 E38, 728i everytime its in for MOT and it passes id never take dirty ,its mint 12 months now no faults ,Ive had it 4 years and its up for sale now £2600,
Loves these videos keep them coming Matt
Sonder is a MTB brand. Maybe a MTB/bike carrier used on the towbar
Look at the bright side, you gave us an entertaining video. Hopefully what that could be resold for, perhaps to someone who could fix it on their own and your commission from YT will mean you break even. 😄
Another Partridge quote slipped in! Nice one!
"Ruddy hell, it's Soft Cell!!"
Classic Partridge 🤗
awesome video, unlucky with this one hopefully you will have better luck next time
"...seat belt light on ..." he says, whilst driving with no seat belt.
LOL - keep up the good work, love these vids.
Interesting/entertaining as usual. What’s wrong with Billy Joel or Michael Bible ? Come on Matt we all have our own favourites!
id say thats the sort of car a newly passed driver should have (i had a similar quality 2002 ford focus as my 1st). ive seen drivers pass their test and borrow/buy such as a BMW that they just cant handle and dont know how to look after properly. just my opinion.
Matt your videos are great content.
Glad you like them!
I love these videos, but how is your Property channel getting along? You’ve not posted anything up there yet for a long time is it possible if you could do an update video? I would like to know how that garage plot of land is it’s most probably still in planning that I should expect.
You are winning. The CD alone!
Love the Edd China reference 😊
I would've just put all second hand parts and send it off. The P0016 could mean a few things and most likely a sensor or cam adjuster valve. Cause if it was the timing chain i think the valves would hit pistons in which the car would not have drove when it did. I believe those cars are interference engines
When it needs a rebuild and it will I recommend princess autos engineering in Manchester. Thry are busy though with the ecoboosts
Das Auto for you - legendary VW build quality on show! Got to love these German money pits :D
Here's that rainy day. It was never going to be good news. The Kia Soul looks a bit more exiting.
I do like the leather colour on your Rangie....
“I’m not Ed China” 😂. And Sonder is a gravel bike brand so, as it was car of a swimmer and gravel biker (and probably therefore a runner), that explains the sweat pong 😮
Oh my u need your shades on for that wing lol well bright 😮
Would love to see that golf come alive and ram that blue kia thing in the side!! Joking obviously. Just another 'Volkswagen/Mercedes are brilliant scrapper!' Alloys looked Ebay worthy however. Shame cars are so short lived. Especially seeing they cost so much. Cheers matt.
It's 14 years old. You wouldn't keep a laptop for 14 years and a car has a much harder life.
People expect far too much out of cars. It's a complicated machine, and a machine that inevitably wears out and develops uneconomic faults.
@@sandersson2813don’t be ridiculous, cars are supposed to be durable goods. Are you about 14 years old too, with an outlook like that?
@@royfontaine5526 Not at all. I'm just not naive enough to think you should expect anything to last and operate well that is 14 years old and been round the world 4 times.
Your expectation is ridiculous. All you are going to be left with is a car that will most likely let you down sooner rather than later.
If it gets to 14 years that is more than durable and far longer than any sensible person would expect a car to last.
@@sandersson2813 you are being naive. And ridiculous. 125k should be nothing for a modern car.
@@royfontaine5526 The engine is only part of the issue, there's all the electrics, body, suspension, gearbox, brakes, fittings etc to cope with.
Who wants a 14 year old car?