Used Mk7 Buyers Guide! How to avoid a previously modified car.

[@matthewkelchner6479]

Jake gets my strongest recommendation! He is extremely knowledgeable and does excellent work. Beyond that he has always responded to my car questions with sound, experience driven responses. I wouldn’t hesitate to have Jake work on future mod projects. Great mechanistic, great resource, great products! Couldn’t be happier!

[@jakebaun8422]

Thank you for the awesome review, the vast majority of my customers come on referrals. I really appreciate it!

[@Ares14]

Agree with the 2015 GTI's for the most part. Late in production 2015 GTI's seem to be less problematic though.

[@BaunPerformance]

Some 2015 owners will be lucky, but regardless that model year lacks so many features & parts revisions you’d need to get it for free to justify it purposefully over a 2016 or newer.

[@tyaettlee1300]

thank you for this video I really appreciate it

[@SheekTresSesenta]

Excellent video as always bro! Thnx for the info. My 21 year old is in the market. Gonna fwd this to him

[@RazzmanMK8]

I wish this video came out a year ago. Unfortunately I bought a 2015. But surprisingly I haven't had any issues. Currently stage 2 but I maintain it well knowing the risks.

[@jakebaun8422]

Nothing to lose sleep over, these cars have definitely proven themselves over the years!

[@caskieadam]

The good news is that 7-8 years later the stuff that was gonna break probably already broke. (I'm rocking a 2014-built, 2015 SE with 110k miles).

[@anthonygreco8285]

I’ve been interested in this chassis compared to the MK6 but the previous owner worries bother me. I might have to just get the fiancé a “boring” car.

[@jakebaun8422]

Check out my reviews of the Jetta GLI & base model Jetta S. Both are significantly cheaper than GTI & still a lot more fun than the average commuter car. In this market your best bet is buying new (some dealers are selling at MSRP).

[@daconch]

Bahahaha how relevant is that thumbnail!

[@jakebaun8422]

I was just gonna use my car at CMP, but hit this one first and was like “that’ll do” haha. Never heard of anyone local having a bad second hand experience, but the forums and FB page is absolutely full of guys posting shit where dealers and even CPO clearly was a pump & dump