This Cheap Stolen Polo GTi was Hiding a HUGE SECRET

[@mirror6590]

of course there was a massive pothole, classic nz roads.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Oh terrible aye

[@aidenoliveira5450]

Loving the content recently

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man

[@jaxrickit]

its nice to see the old car and so many compliments (this was our old car)

[@KiwiCarLife]

Indeed it’s an epic wee thing

[@kiwflyboy]

haha one idiot bidding on it, it takes two lol

[@KiwiCarLife]

That’s fair

[@brianwang4828]

i saw a guy in a yellow holdon the other day looked like you. i m expecting an episode for a yellow holden at anytime now😂

[@KiwiCarLife]

Wasn’t me!

[@matauboy]

If you have a broken side window grab a land agents plasticised sign and cut and tape it to fit. Doesn't flap and it's waterproof 😂

[@KiwiCarLife]

True yes that works

[@wrpshh]

Nice, I used to own a red one. Perfect car for fanging around Wellington's narrow hill roads

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah definitely!

[@Vikturus22]

not only does it have $5k in mods, it also had Michelin Pilot sport tyres on it! ( Thats a steal on its own! retail a set would cost nearly $1500!)

[@KiwiCarLife]

I know right! This one was definitely looked after in a past life

[@stevenrotherham6443]

LOL at calling the other bidder an idiot when they may just want it for themselves and you're trying to make money flipping it

[@NZbmxer0]

true haha

[@KiwiCarLife]

Oh that’s a totally fair comment but it’s still annoying for me, especially when I feel this happens every single time. It looks like it’ll sell for a decent price then just goes up and up and up… On that front though, the vast majority of people buying cars on turners damaged are getting them to part out or fix and sell on. Regularly see cars I missed out on up for sale a few weeks later. We’re all just trying to make a living

[@stevenrotherham6443]

@@KiwiCarLife That was a good find with the mods tho. Someone will be very happy with it

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@stevenrotherham6443 thanks. Also getting an ex employee off turners commenting on here suggesting they bid up their own auctions to get more for them. Which is consistent with what I’ve seen. Almost every car I buy there’s “someone” (or maybe even a computer) that waits till the last minute and bids. And they usually do this up to a set price, say 3k. It’s always a round number. Almost every auction does this

[@major_shu5264]

​@KiwiCarLife I have a strong feeling this happened to me at Grays auctions in Aus when I bought an S class AMG a few years back...

[@GeorgeXian]

I think the reason why you have to bid so high for these vehicles is because the other bidders know who you are!

[@FADE_FROM_VIEW]

^this. Are you using a pretty obvious username that’s related to the channel? If people cotton on, they might be trying to drive prices up.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Nah all the bidding is anonymous. You can’t see who else is bidding

[@Thatbluefg]

90% of bidders are wrecking companys

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Thatbluefg on turners damaged for sure

[@TrentJordan3198]

You should buy a stolen and recovered Toyota Aqua or Mazda Demio, then fix it up and sell it! I really love to see more of your videos of you buying cars, fixing them up, and selling them (reason why I've just subscribed to you!). BTW This VW Polo GTI is built in Spain and the Mk5 Golf GTI is built in South Africa. Proof is in the VIN numbers (between the model year and the 6-digit serial number, there is a letter ("Y" is for Spain, "U" for South Africa, and "W" for Wolfsburg, Germany (the home of VW)).

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah there's a few Aquas and Demios that come up. Not very interesting cars though that's all

[@TrentJordan3198]

@@KiwiCarLife What about a Toyota Mark X? The kids who steal Mark X's like to do burnouts in them because they're a rear-wheel drive car powered by a V6 engine.

[@philipdowns4784]

Another great video, enjoy watching your restorations. Looking to get something for my son as first car - what would you get from Turners that is not as boring as the sensible corolla/yaris/fit/jazz options? I have old car restoration skills, but know little about more modern european options. Can't be too powerfull or thirsty :)

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah any of those would be good, 2nd gen Jazz is a personal favourite of mine. Can find them in good shape

[@ZephMorehu]

Great video cuzz, been jamming ur euro r videos and I’m setting up to get myself one

[@KiwiCarLife]

Would recommend

[@GreedNZL]

Another top notch vid! Well done! I've always thought of picking uo a vw. But i don't know too much about them. Currently working on my peugot well i wait for a trans to be avalible for the cl9.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man! Nice, sounds like you’ve got a few projects on the go. Overall these are decently reliable it’s the twin charged 1.8T’s in the later polo GTi’s you want to avoid

[@MrWah79]

Hey mate, great vids. What vac do you use for the cars? I notice you have a few different attachments and I want to get something like your one...keep up the vids, they're great entertainment and very informative.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Hey man it’s just my mum’s Miele house vacuum cleaner lol

[@spadgm]

Ha! fun vid mate, that is a great wee car, hopefully you can get a bit better luck in future auctions to get some better profit margins!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah this one I should do a bit better on

[@Birmingham_racing]

These are rare in the uk now. My friend had a 2001 Ibiza cupra 1.8 turbo 150 over 10 years ago. Same chassis and engine but he installed a k03s turbo and tuned to 240bhp

[@KiwiCarLife]

Ooh nice!

[@thatguyben3128]

🤔 _hmm I probably would have kept that as _*_channel’s_*_ car_ … _great review, epic journey_

[@KiwiCarLife]

I would, but I’m happy with the M135i and Škoda. This will be a good car for someone though!

[@thatguyben3128]

@@KiwiCarLife ah right, sorry, I thought you had moved the M135i on 💡

[@druscanam]

Nice, review it's cool to see how a modded one of these goes. It's well known that these had good potential with a a few choice mods. Also time has proven to show the strength of these manual 1.8T Audi A3 sourced MK4 GTi over the MK5 1.4 twin charged DSG models which susposiblly where brilliant when new but time has proven them be riddled with problems due to their complexity. VW obvious caught on and replaced it with a new 1.8T and later their 2.0T engine proving sometimes simple is better

[@KiwiCarLife]

Oh yeah those twin charged engines are horrible haha

[@druscanam]

@@KiwiCarLife I remember when those Skoda VRS fabia wagons came out, I was quite intrigued especially in the green. It seemed like they had it all, good performance, fuel economy, handelling practically, luggage space in a small affordable package and price that was also a bit of a sleeper with just the right amount of rally flair and that twin charged engine when new even won engine of the year. It's a good thing I never got one given how many problems that engine and gearbox had. With this polo it might actually be cool for you to keep for a little while before you flip it. Put some 200TW tyres on it do some track days, maybe some auto cross. Given the mods on it I think it might be good for your channel to do a few things on it first.

[@brandonotte3359]

Very well done as per

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks!

[@aidensprinkle2406]

This polo is beautiful 😍

[@KiwiCarLife]

It’s a cool wee thing

[@simonconnelly8149]

Nice little surprise, you should do a car review on a GS460 Lexus, I've got a 2009 GS 460 if you want to do a review.

[@KiwiCarLife]

I’ve already done the LS460. Was quite good except for the transmission

[@liveillusion]

Great job!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks

[@ChristianTawaka-u1o]

I like watching you’re channel always wanted your giveaway cars as I’m one of you’re biggest fans 💯

[@MartinJones123]

They're not giveaway cars, but infact cars that he sells through his dealership

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah not giveaway cars sorry 😞

[@tonganCoConut]

GTi are damn quick. Love turbo hot hatches, makes me want to get another. But my small car days are over with a baby on the way. Damn jelly of whoever buys this car off ya ahahaha.

[@The_Noticer.]

If you dont mind a dull sounding engine, the Civic 1.5T is nice. 165KW on premium gas with a tune and weighs only 1250kg.

[@KiwiCarLife]

CVT though… GTI’s have much better gearboxes and more overhead

[@bbgninja9779]

Yesterday I was in the Touran while you were tailgating me in ur Skoda mate

[@KiwiCarLife]

I didn’t drive my Skoda yesterday? It had no fuel in it

[@NZbmxer0]

tyre shine makes you look like a dealer

[@4dshow]

Well, he kind of is now.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah, and I mean it looks good so what’s the problem?

[@stanleychung88]

Did it also come with Michelins? wow clearly someone's baby. Odd that it turned up at auction it seems totally good. Do you think the insurance company totalled it?

[@craigauty6756]

Stolen then recovered so insurance prob paid out while it was missing then found later and they are recovering some of their costs

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah stolen so likely paid out and insurance selling it off

[@nathennod]

So what was the check engine light for? I am guessing the secondary air intake pump failure?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Could be? Still haven’t been able to scan it yet

[@The_Noticer.]

On that auction website, seems like a really easy way to jack up the price of the car you're selling is to have a smurf account start a bidding war.... Also, probably make a smurf account yourself, maybe someone recognizes you.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thing is though you don’t know who’s bidding, it doesn’t show their name. a small part of me wonders if Turners themselves bid their own options up to get more for them… because every car always sells for way more than I think it should

[@Thatbluefg]

@@KiwiCarLifecan 100% vouch that they are doing exactly that. They can see everything .

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Thatbluefg really? Man I’ve had this theory right from the beginning… every single car there’s always one other person who just will not stop bidding long after the price I think it should have sold for. And on the ones I give up on, they quite often just get relisted

[@iamasoftwarestudent]

Haha love to see polo 9N3 gti's getting more youtube rep. I'd probably have been that idiot if I lived over in NZ since I have two HAHA

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha classic

[@reinierboshoff7722]

How did you find the brakes? They overheat quite quickly 😂

[@seanhamilton4175]

Brakes

[@KiwiCarLife]

I never really pushed the car enough to know

[@christopherjohnston6343]

When was the last time you changed your brake fluid?

[@Tainami_]

Does anyone know what road he’s on in the last clip? Will be driving to Wellington next week to see friends, would love to go for a hoon on a nice road

[@KiwiCarLife]

Ohariu Valley Road

[@eithias671]

i really hope your car dealership buisness turns into a big thing, that'd be awesome

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks!

[@sabzor123]

please invest in some quality items for cleaning/detailing . Buy a pressure washer, Invest in a steam cleaner and also a bissell carpet cleaner and please get some detailing brushes instead of using a toothbrush :/. I really do enjoy your content! I just have OCD and like detailing products

[@KiwiCarLife]

That’s fair, I plan to get a pressure washer, wet vac and interior detailing brushes. But I’m not a detailing channel so there’s really no need to go above and beyond. Just good enough to have the cars ready for sale

[@sabzor123]

@@KiwiCarLife completely understandable :) appreciate the response!

[@lorimerneil67]

Could ya compare to 6spd manual Cruze SRI-V

[@KiwiCarLife]

They’re not really competitors though, that’s more a golf rival

[@lorimerneil67]

@@KiwiCarLife problem with alot of vehicles today, engine compartment full of plastic stuff. Unless you keep up maintanance, of course thing's will go wrong

[@lorimerneil67]

@@KiwiCarLife Can remember when we assembled vehicles here, we had a choice of interior fabric. But now, everyting is black and molded stuff

[@nicklittle626]

How do you steal an immobilised GTI? with the keys...?

[@KiwiCarLife]

I got no idea tbh… now I wonder if maybe it was an attempted theft

[@moretsiseleke7781]

Looks similar to a mk 5 golf

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah haha

[@keno88]

So much for that BMW reliability 😂

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@keno88 HAHA getting a puncture is BMW’s fault?

[@keno88]

@@KiwiCarLife that 540i? Though I do love a nice E39

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@keno88 oh nah he was just doing a transmission service and got sent the wrong gasket so couldn’t put it back together. The right one arrived after we got back and now it’s running perfect

[@keno88]

@@KiwiCarLife awesome, let’s keep these beautiful E39s on the road

[@seanhamilton4175]

Did he say "hood" liner?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah oops sorry, headliner

[@TB1M1]

low profile tyres, on alloy rim not suitable for NZ potholes haha

[@KiwiCarLife]

They’re 18’s on the BMW and 40 profile, so not crazy low profile. My Skoda is 35 on 19’s. But yeah just an awful bit of road

[@BEAMNGBROTHER]

What about buying from japan

[@KiwiCarLife]

It’s too much effort imo

[@BEAMNGBROTHER]

@@KiwiCarLife yeh could get a absolute lemon tbh but u obviously gotta do a lot of research before inmorting something lol

[@toxaq]

Now you know why someone pushed you to your budget. Was probably the original owner trying to get a bargain.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Maybe? Who knows

[@stewiefd3s]

POLO POWAAA

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yessss

[@BassFoxNation]

huckage

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yez

[@Thatbluefg]

Turners bids on their own vehicles 👌 super illegal

[@KiwiCarLife]

See I wondered if they might! How do you know?

[@NZBRG1]

Lots of shill bidding I reckon.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Maybe

[@heretogetupdated6199]

Are you single? 😌

[@KiwiCarLife]

Nope! Coming up to 1 year with my gf Angel

[@angelrose5080]

@@KiwiCarLifeHello 😘

[@mantarayal]

Please don't become a flipper channel. A flip is not a review. And if it is not a review it is a car sale page. There was no real content in this video at all. It was too short, no interactions, no vehicle history content. Nada. So...are you now just selling cars on YT?

[@RanenPo]

I don't think this video was quite advertised as a review. To me, it seemed like he was sharing his experiences buying a cheap auction car. This seems to have been what he's consistently done with auction videos. He's still posting a good number of "proper" reviews (though granted his reviews tend to be on the shorter side too). Personally, I found this video enjoyable and don't have a problem with this type of video and the rate at which he's posting them.

[@TheFatSandwhich]

He’s a self employed car dealer. How else is he supposed to make money on vehicles apart from literally buying and selling vehicles?

[@helplesskiwi]

Well, he's gotta make a living somehow.

[@drgonzo1963]

Maybe it's time for a second channel.

[@KiwiCarLife]

You commented on all my other flip videos and seemed to enjoy them, why the sudden change? This isn’t a review video. My Wednesday videos are proper reviews. And, my flip videos have got more views than every review I’ve posted mid week. Happy to add more info about the car to keep you happy but I’m just doing what the majority enjoy

[@TheAppleExperence]

I'm one of the idiots who keeps bidding should control myself makes life better for everyone

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha I can be a victim of that too