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TDi90:
well, i have been looking at polo 1.4TDI twist today, and walked into the garage spoe to the guy bout the car and he ran me through it, used to be a lease car... i looked round the car, the alloys had been mashed badly (curbed on every single one) so heres me thinking ut oh, lease car been treated badly i best walk out now... but i thought give him a chance, and then he said full service history by VW so i asked to see it, and he showed me... now this car has done 37,000 miles... apparently it had a new clutch at 35,000 miles!!!!!!!  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :?  is this normal? surely not? my passat has done 140,000 miles on the original clutch? i thought to myself, if the clutch had gone after 35,000 miles whats the rest of the engine like  :shock:  :?

walked away and did not buy it.

R

Range Rover Blues:
You did right, there are enough low mileage small cars around to leave that one in the showroom.  All the alrm bells were ringing as I read your post, glad you were sensible.

L90OOK:
Well done that man...
One less abused car on the road...for a while!
A FSH really counts for little if the car has been badly treated.
Hope you find a nice one soon  :D

Evilgoat:

--- Quote from: "TDi90" ---well, i have been looking at polo 1.4TDI twist today, and walked into the garage spoe to the guy bout the car and he ran me through it, used to be a lease car... i looked round the car, the alloys had been mashed badly (curbed on every single one) so heres me thinking ut oh, lease car been treated badly i best walk out now... but i thought give him a chance, and then he said full service history by VW so i asked to see it, and he showed me... now this car has done 37,000 miles... apparently it had a new clutch at 35,000 miles!!!!!!!  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :?  is this normal? surely not? my passat has done 140,000 miles on the original clutch? i thought to myself, if the clutch had gone after 35,000 miles whats the rest of the engine like  :shock:  :?

walked away and did not buy it.

R
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Good move

My clutch is on 148K and still going strong and I'm not exaclty easy on it. I really wouldnt expect a 1.4 polo to have eaten a clutch that fast.

TDi90:
woohoo glad i made the right decsion(sp?)  8)
thanks guys!
R

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