advice on buying 04 vw polo.

tronlegacy

Son has seen a nice 1.2 polo,petrol and 04 plate with only 35000 miles on the clock and im just wondering if there is anything i should be looking out for?
Are there any known problems with polos of this year?
Dont know anything about cars which is why im asking:)
Thanks in advance
Should add that this will be his first car.

OddballJamie

Honest John has some good info on them
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/volkswagen/polo-iv-2002/?section=bad

tronlegacy

Thanks for the link.This is maybe a car that he should avoid especially for his first car.

OddballJamie

Yaris or a Micra make a good first car.

GAZ237

Before you buy any car, get an insurance quote on it for him first.

forgotmyname

35000 miles in 9 years? How often has it been serviced?

motorguy

Is that the three cylinder engine?

Make sure it just 'thrums' when you're driving it as they can get noisy.

Also timing chain rattle as from memory theres no tensioner on it.

Also, had one with head gasket failure, so watch for that too.

tronlegacy

Thanks for the replies:-) he's going to look for something else.Insurance not a problem as he's had quotes and he's had license for 1 and half years now so its gone down a lot.He couldn't afford the quotes he was getting last year that's why he waited.
Thanks again:-)

tronlegacy

forgotmyname wrote: »

35000 miles in 9 years? How often has it been serviced?

No idea as he's decided not to bother even going to see it.

fivetide

Certainly play around with a few quotes and cars. Remember, sometimes less popular but bigger cars can be fairly cheap to insure as they aren't seen as having the younger driver risk.

Pick the cars based on what he wants to do with it, if it's just nipping round town then the 1.2 is fine. If he needs to travel a bit for work a bigger motor might be a more relaxing drive etc etc.

Then look on condition. There are plenty of cars out there. If he's not in a rush that will help. For the first car the danger is getting over excited about having your own wheels and buying the first thing you see!