I Bought a Cheap Mk5 Golf GTi SIGHT UNSEEN

[@cdogvlog5557]

Seems to me a better idea to invest in a waterblaster rather than go to the wash place.

[@WayToManyAssassins]

What NZer doesn't have a water blaster 😂

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah I'm gonna get one soon

[@cdogvlog5557]

@@KiwiCarLife If you get one that is a karcher you can get an attachment for it for wet sandblasting. Got a feeling that may come in useful if you ever have to deal with rusty intricate metal etc etc. The mower powerful machine you got the better job.

[@Kitanu]

These videos are sick. Hard to find resellers who document their journey in the NZ market. Keep making these💪🏾

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man yep will do!

[@Krezo200]

I love you Biding, buying, transfering, cleaning and repairing process of used cars. Could watch it all day

[@Krezo200]

Woah, i love your videos* Thats what i meant to write haha Cant edit on my phone adblock browser

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha thanks bro no homo

[@Jonathan.MichaelNZ]

You know its going to be a quality vehicle when it's delivered on forks

[@KiwiCarLife]

Oh absolutely

[@OliverMoore1973]

Hey I like your reviews man. You do a really good job. Totally honest, because you're not reviewing a brand new car and have to pander to a car company. Nice 👌 Most of us don't buy new cars anyway so, it's also good that you sell the vehicle that you review. Best of luck man. New subscriber. 😉🤙

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man yeah I just give my honest thoughts. Don't really have much interest in reviewing new cars tbh

[@Sam-go3mb]

I mean yes but that said he is selling the car he's reviewing, so part of me takes the positive comments with a skeptical grain of salt 😂it'd be nice to know - if it's so great, why aren't you keeping it?

[@OliverMoore1973]

@Sam-go3mb He also mentions some of the cars negative traits as well. It's nice to see someone reviewing 2nd hand cars and what I've gathered is that he flips cars. So he probably doesn't have room to keep them all. I'm sure that in the future he may find a plum, and keep it.

[@Sam-go3mb]

@@OliverMoore1973 I know, he's still honest, I've heard him make legitimate criticisms of some of the cars he's selling - but it always ends on overall positive, I'm sure you'll never hear anyone sane who is selling a car say, this isn't a great car and I wouldn't recommend it, but it is for sale so please, place a bid.

[@NZsarge1]

Sound purchase for the k’s, I quite like the wheels on it too.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah it's turned out nice!

[@spadgm]

For the money, that is a great car, it's scrubbed up pretty good!, another winner mate!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man!

[@The_Noticer.]

3:16 that door is looking pretty gnarly, ngl.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah might have to get a new door tbh. The back one is fine but the front one isn't the best

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

Wellington represent baby!!! Started watching your vids and love them! And the Mk 5 Gti is my all time fav

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man!

[@NverNo.1]

defiently going to buy a daily on turners. Great vid

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah there's some good stuff on there!

[@MrButtonpresser]

Why do they insist on forking car that can be driven? It's just extra damage.

[@TB1M1]

Welcome to New Zealand the land of idiots.

[@KiwiCarLife]

No idea aye it's so annoying

[@NeonSteps.]

Laziness

[@eithias671]

forgot to take the eyebrows off?

[@bbgninja9779]

😅

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah sorry I forgot to mention I decided to leave them coz i was worried they'd damage the light underneath. They were reeeeally stuck on

[@fabianr.straube751]

@@KiwiCarLifehairdryer or heat gun and patience will get you there mate.

[@MrWilliam.Stewart]

The suspension has collapsed. "Some putz has dropped it on its guts" Thanks for taking us on the journey.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Lol

[@Indestructable]

Gotta admit those clay bars do such a good job on the paint. definitely gonna pick one up next time i'm at supercheap😅

[@opulan]

i would recommend a synthetic clay mitt over a proper clay bar I swear to god the first tiem i used a clay bar it took me soooooooooo long becuase the clay is so small, the mitt is much bigger and easier to use haha

[@Indestructable]

@@opulan haha thanks i'll keep it in mind

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah either or, I can clay a whole car with the clay ball in like 30 minutes so it doesn't take that long

[@ayske1]

When these first came out and drove a mates mk5, I thought they were tonnes of fun, the steering, linear power and brakes I thought were bang on! Would be a great daily

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah honestly I've come round to them. Certainly not the most "raw" driving experience and some might find it a bit soulless, but they're a great all round package.

[@zeroyon4562]

Those headlight eyebrows are terrible! The contis at least say it wasn’t neglected too much, better than some hifly or whatever ling long ditchfinders people throw on.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah who knows aye... maybe they swapped the original tyres on to those wheels seeing as they're the same size as stock mk5 gti wheels

[@tactful_proposal]

Throwing cheap tyres on fun cars are just strange - like, do you want your GTI to handle like a normal Golf, or worse, a Nissan? Also the former owners did do the timing belts too, so that's also a good sign.

[@KRBY555]

you need a new dent guy. you can get better than that

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeahhh... normally he does a good job for some reason on this one he didn't not really sure why

[@chrismartin5662]

just needs some long red spiky wheel nuts to match the grill trim

[@KiwiCarLife]

Oh does it ever HAHA

[@iBOVRacining]

@kiwicarlife you don’t need to replace the whole door itself, all you need is the outer skin they bolt on and bolt off for example a window regulator you’d take the skin off and do the job from the outside

[@KiwiCarLife]

Car is already sold as is but I'll keep that in mind for next time

[@Fluffy_g3]

So turners just gives you your cars on a forklift at this point😂 c'mon turners, you should know better.

[@GiddyDingus]

For damaged cars on their damaged vehicle/truck sites, for some reason, yes.

[@Fluffy_g3]

@@GiddyDingus that is so stupid, just because it's damaged doesn't mean you need to crush the body rails that are used to secure a jack.

[@stevepritchard9556]

Not being funny but how else would you stack and sort damaged cars? They don't depreciate further when using a forklift mate

[@WayToManyAssassins]

Turners doesn't surprise me 😂

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah I guess most of the cars at these yards are already damaged and bent out of shape so it doesn't really matter. But there are some drivable ones they still put on the forklift... very annoying

[@JakobusVdL]

It certainly has scrubbed up nicely. Whats the ride like with the lowering springs? Would you have to reskin the doors to get rid of the damage to the passenger door? How mucht time do you think you put into the whole clean up?

[@KiwiCarLife]

It's honestly not too bad, I've definitely had worse riding cars. And nah I'd just get some used doors if I wanted to fix it. Took me two whole days to do everything

[@thatguyben3128]

_amazing the difference, there’s something therapeutic about this process_ … _even if it’s a Golf_ 😝

[@Swiss4.2]

Whats wrong with a Golf?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah it's come up nice!

[@thatguyben3128]

@@Swiss4.2 not my choice Golf

[@Swiss4.2]

@@thatguyben3128 Fair enough. It is a bit vanilla and the drivers don’t exactly have the best reputation

[@thatguyben3128]

@@Swiss4.2 lol, yep, P platers prized chariot

[@armandoabdul6464]

Im interested in purchasing. Looks pretty descent. How much are you after?? Cheers

[@KiwiCarLife]

Hey man got it listed for $6500. Hit me up [e-mail]

[@TheSidharth123]

Nz’s Mat Armstrong 🙌🏻

[@KiwiCarLife]

Just with much worse cars haha

[@ererwereqreqrqer]

just remember that matt armstrong started at the bottom too, right now watching him finish rebiilding a rolls royce 😮

[@Nakita-y3i]

More cheap car challengers with you and the boys now that content is of the chain 1000likes is that what we want or is that what i want 😅😅

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah man more coming!

[@Peterz32tt]

What was the best MPG you got from your Accord K24 ? In my here in Zimbabwe we managed 5.8L Per 100KM which is around 17KM per liter on open road cruising.

[@KiwiCarLife]

That’s impressive! I usually averaged about 7.5

[@brandonotte3359]

Brilliant!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks

[@victorwilks88]

Looks much better 👌

[@KiwiCarLife]

Indeed!

[@SamFrostDigitalMarketing]

Do you have any general advice for buying a car sight unseen? There's a wagon I'm interested in all the way up in BoP (and I'm in Chch) and they don't come up very often. Never done it before. It's not a life-altering sum if the purchase goes wrong but still want it to go as smoothly as possible.

[@izzy031096]

I used to buy and sell cars all over NZ (in Aussie now). Get videos of the car running, pics of fluids and dipsticks. Also, see if they’ll meet you somewhere that is a little bit of a drive for them. To make sure the car can be driven warmed up for some time. Outside of that, tick off all of the specific stuff and known issues for the car you’re looking at. Carjam check can be well worth it as well.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah get a video and detailed photos/service history from them. I've bought almost every car sight unseen, never had a problem

[@ChristianTawaka-u1o]

How do we get the cars you do on your channel? As I watch you’re channel all the time

[@KiwiCarLife]

As in buy them? Hit me up on instagram @kiwicarlife.autos

[@Pixels1920]

Hopefully that dsg doesn't go, how many kms does it have?

[@KiwiCarLife]

108,000km. DSG's are pretty solid really. Plenty of GTi's with a lot more k's than this running just fine

[@Pixels1920]

@@KiwiCarLife maybe I am thinking of a different car, my dad works at a vw dealership and the 2008 golf's or there abouts cost a fortune for the gearbox replacement up to 20k aud

[@Birmingham_racing]

Seems like you got a decent buy

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yep I sold it today, didn’t take long!

[@Gianluca92]

6500 KWD??? That's a STEAL. I love this car so much. After i'm done with my cl9... a MKV GTI or r32 is next

[@KiwiCarLife]

Would recommend!

[@MartinJones123]

NZ Hoovies Garage (kind of)

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha kinda yeah

[@stanleychung88]

Good score.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks

[@chiran2004]

How do you access the turners damaged website?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Make an account

[@TheDangerBuck]

What clay bar lube are you running

[@KiwiCarLife]

Water lol HAHA

[@HopeCoreHubb]

haha i saw this on marketplace looks like a good deal i was gonna buy it

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yep it’s for sale now! Not out to rip people off just make a living ya know

[@juice6071]

Are turners buyers fees bad?

[@KiwiCarLife]

20% so yeah very bad haha. Absolute rip off tbh

[@bubbabadboy8712]

would you recommend a golf gti (mk6) or an audi s3 (8p)

[@BittaThisBittaThat]

Audi s3 imo

[@craigauty6756]

S3 better car mk6 looks better

[@izzy031096]

I’ve had both. S3 is cooler being a 2door. Also comes with the Haldex system and can be easier to find manual (which is what you want in either car).

[@KiwiCarLife]

S3 has the higher power engine too. Audi always keeps the best for themselves.

[@jotsingh4359]

Hey man, how are you able to buy and sell so many cars without a dealer license? I thought private sellers could only do Upto 6 per year?

[@izzy031096]

Use your Mrs name, that’s 12. One per month.

[@tobygray497]

He's a registered motor vehicle trader.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah I'm registered

[@tyler_raf23]

where can i purcase this car? thanks :)

[@KiwiCarLife]

[e-mail]

[@juniorsibanda6118]

Hi

[@TroySteel-q8f]

w

[@KiwiCarLife]

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[@bigmannn6532]

First

[@KiwiCarLife]

Well done