Time to Change...

[Funkyfin2000]

bit pricey, i think it is probably best i go for an FR due to features/extras and new ness?

 

[dozza.13]

dozza i meant the pd130 can mapp to 170-180bhp

thought u ment cupra mate, didnt mean to get defensive lol!

 

[Smee]

thought u ment cupra mate, didnt mean to get defensive lol!

arent u ment to be looking after those RAF planes?? u do less work than me!!! i do none!!!

hows it going mate...

Smee

 

[dozza.13]

Not flying till l8er lol, not bad ta mate, on leave from morro, slight hangova tho!

 

[Funkyfin2000]

no FR's around at all

saw a nice one in swansea for sale but someone bought it last nite, firs tperson to see bought! must have been a good un!

 

[-=Rob=-]

Keep you eye out for early FR TDi's. I spent a few months looking for a TDi Sport for the wife, they were very rare! We were lucky and ended up with an 04 plate FR TDi. Managed to get ours for £7.5k with 23k miles and FSSH, that was back in January, the FR's interior is a bit more inspiring than the TDi sport, and look a bit more sporty with the silver mirrors / different alloys. I love the facelift version, but you're looking at £10k plus for a TDi.... We also priced up the costs of running a Cupra, insurance was over £200 more per year for starters which put us off. If you want a bit more power, a nice re-map will sort it out

 

[Funkyfin2000]

yeah il probably get the FR remapped....its only for the missus for commuting anyway.........

insurance isn't an issue as we are both over 25 and she already pays out for a mk3 ibiza cupra mapped....at about £490 fully comp.

i think thats probably why i have already plumped for the FR rather than the sport tbh and hoping to find an FR with about 20k miles on for about £7k hopefully....the cupra isn't really practical as the car will be used for lots of miles and i wouldn't want to put a nice car thru tho miles...

where did you find urs Rob? on here or autotrader?

Cheers

Rich

 

[-=Rob=-]

Rich - I found our FR at an independant local dealer on the forecourt, they specialise in VAG cars, but I don't think they realised TDI's fetch more than the petrols, hence the low price. I think the insurance for both of us is £220 fully comp and the Cupra was up near the £500 mark. A big difference if you want to start saving some money....

I would get a list of local independant dealers and search their web sites, use Google to find them.... Also have a word with your local Seat dealer, express interest in any px's that may come in and if your not bothered by having a warranty / px see if you can do a cash deal with them.... As you say, kepp your eyes peeled on Autotrader and Ebay, but be careful and get HPI checks done.

Best of luck..

 

[Funkyfin2000]

Cheers dude, thats great stuff, i mainly use ebay/forum and autotrader to keep my eyes out and piston heads of course

 

[rashcupra]

when i was buying my cupra seat where useless!!!!!!!! i told them i wanted a cupra and rang them on a few occations and had a chat face to face at a few garages about colour and spec i was after but they didnt produce 1 car!!!!!!! then on the trader 1 night 1 came up for 8.5 k and that was nearly 2 years ago!!!!! only had 14,000 on it as well just prooves wait and keep looking and a bargain WILL pop up GOOD LUCK

 

[dozza.13]

Mine was like that, 18months ago 04 cupra tdi came up in auto trader with 13.5k on it owner only wanted £9500, I snapped their hand off, most were over £2000 dearer!

 

[Funkyfin2000]

well theres a rush on for it, so gottra keep looking hard!

 

[dozza.13]

Just keep an eye out everywhere you can think of mate, places like piston heads can be good when ur looking for cars!

 

[Funkyfin2000]

looks like i might have hounded down a black fr....

have to see got 2 cars to look at... the ibiza tdi SE and the FR