Blimey. Font of all knowledge. From photos of genuine Harlequins, the grille should match the wings. It doesn't. And it's a year too old to be a harlequin. And VW say it isn't one. Wrong bumper too. Right spoiler though. I reckon someone's tried to make a Harlequin replica. Wrong wheels too.
And a CL badge on the tailgate...
You've got them bang to rights then. Let us know what they say.
The truth is I've always quite fancied one (I have a habit of collecting odd and rare VWs)
God. You see cars dressed up to look like something they're not all the time at the auction - but who in the hell wanted to do this!?!
Anyway, look, I sincerely doubt she's paid much more for this alleged special edition over a standard Polo of the same age; indeed, at the age of the car, I doubt she paid much at all.
If it's got mechanical problems the dealer should rectify them, but unless she paid a stupid amount of money on top because it's a 'special edition' that's about all you can hope for.
Also, she should get an eye test.
Well. She paid £2k. That's certainly well into the "Stupid" band of prices for an 11 year old Polo in my book.
Cough. Splutter.
cheers, clive
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That's your inheritance, that is.
Tell me, tell me you get your brains from the other side of the family.
Richard
Gresham 2000 you cheeky monkey! :-p
Gresham is a kind of duck, you numpty. It's Grecian 2000.
Anyway, why buy that muck when a no.1 works just as well ;-)
'Women, know your limits!'
Why are you bothered about this? because from the sounds of it you really don't like your mun.
Why are you so bothered about my mum?
Wasn't even a case of letting her go on her own. I just got a phone call after it was bought... She still seems quite keen on keeping it. It doesn't even look like the red paint's been sanded before it's been sprayed, so the paint's going to come off in big lumps when it gets stonechipped. When she picked it up, I went to look at it - "It's got 4 new tyres! Why on earth didn't the dealer mention that?" - because it's got 4 old tyres and tyre black on them. And someone's touched up the alloys with a completely different colour of silver from one of those nail varnish bottles...
Price is down the bottom of the therad. December 95, 80k, VW history to 50 or so, everything else rather suspisciously missing...
Ok... come on then - age, miles, price.
-- JackH
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I hate to say this - but do an advanced search on AutoTrader.
VW Polo. Over 10yo only. Trade only. National. There's a *s*it*load of N & P-reg 1.4CLs at £2k and over. £4k seems to be about the highest...
139 cars. 96 over a grand. 20 over two grand.
And there's even more at a lot less. I wouldn't mind it being so stupidly expensive if it was a) a proper harlequin and b) mint.
A good son would have went with his mum to view this POS and steered her away to something decent, especially if this good son says he has a passing intrest in cars.
and as he said he didnt know that she was going to buy it....
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