I often find myself pondering the same question. The only answer I can come up with is that, in some way, I trust him. Like many of us, I have a passion for cars, and, on the flip side, his reviews are concise and have assisted me in identifying and resolving some issues with my vehicles at home.

Me too!

Those CarVertical segments are just so damned watchable(!)

I'm the same, only I keep looking for the Wonder Grip van now......

You always learn something through Matt’s extreme bluntness to the condition and his wisdom.

Its a shitbox

I would still have checked the oil level regardless. £900 is still way above scrap value@@lovro_ribic

Yeah I agree. It wears down the engine. Poor guy getting this one after!

Who cares 🤣

​@@lovro_ribicit's a shit box that he's going to sell to someone

😂👍👍

I was gunna say I just bought a MK3 MR2 for £1100 quid the thing is going through 1.3L of oil every 320 miles. Let’s say I’m not as happy about this as Matt would be 😂, because I can’t make a KZfaq video out of it and make money back for repairs haha 😂

No one would buy those cars. Too much potential hassle. However they make entertaining viewing, so it's another income stream.

Oh I just commented that 😂😅

More likely a tensioner failed

@@samholdsworth420No. Timing chain. 1.4 TSI. You are thinking 2.0 TSI. :-)

@@samholdsworth420better to put a whole chain kit tho but the tensioners are crap

Don’t worry - it’s not just you 😅

What would be roughly the cost of the job out of curiosity

​@@usemoreoilprobably £600

@@usemoreoilIt cost approx £2000 for a full timing kit on these twincharged engines. 140, 170, 160, 180 and 185 Ps engines. Cheaper on the 122ps

@@danielfl.9347 that much wow, interesting 🤔

What would be the recommended engine to get, if any , on a MK6 Golf?

Usually I'd you take good care of a cat it will be fine. I've rarely had a bad car because I've treated them well.

No you're not lucky, you just haven't severely abused or neglected it. 148k is nothing, I'd expect them to go 300k at least with good maintenance.

Regular oil changes in the 2.0tdi and she’s all good in the hood touch wood.

Good on you haha. But I prefer the diesel engines when it comes to German cars. Always more reliable in the long run, better mileage and last forever.

You need to run thin Oil and change very often on these

No Ken 😂 😂

@@damianleah6744 😂

It will be a "Y" reg .

@@andrewroberts4736 😂

A Vanden Plas no less

Two out of three !

Give it 3 years til the shock absorber fails

Didnt know they came in 2.5l version. Only in USA market I guess?

​@@dzenan.myep in the US there were 2.5L 5 pots in the mk5 and 6

@@Afraz_9n3 Nice

@@dzenan.m Canada too. We love them 2.5 5 cyllinders here

That's a decent engine. Might be one of the ones you have to run on super unleaded thou 👍

I've got a 2011 VW Golf on 109k miles, faced almost all of the issues he's faced in the last 6 months and kept it on the road (just!). Bonnet latch, bulbs, shocks, tyres, brakes, oil, engine misfire (1 coilpack to fix)...mostly consumables due to passing the 90k mile range/10y age. Same as the Golf in the video except the grille and stretched timing chain. Suppose I've got to look forward to a timing chain fail next!

Glad you enjoyed

They tried.

It's so hard to have a optimistic outlook on cars priced like this in the US. A car that costs 900 dollars would be damaged or need severe repairs or be 20 years old with 200k miles. Folks of the UK are extremely lucky to have such a huge throw away car culture where cars only a few years old are worth nothing. At least nothing compared to prices charged here in the states. I just pulled up prices for MK 6 golf's here in the US. Didn't look long but they are worth about 8k and up. For similar mileage too.

​@@baronvonjo1929tbf US cars are a lot more well specced in terms of features than our cars. For example the mk6 golf in the US as far as I know all have larger engines, AC as standard, slightly nicer seats, electric windows, alloy wheels etc. and from what I've heard from my American friend German manufacturers are seen as premium there. Meanwhile in the UK you can get a mk6 golf with no front fog lights, steel wheels with hubcap, no AC a 1.2L 3 cylinder with a whopping 90hp, manual windows etc just a really basic model. We have half the stuff on our base models than yours and as a result they cost half the price it makes sense when you think about it

@@Afraz_9n3 But looking at this model it seems to have just about all of that. Same thing with many cars on the channel. Higher prices for cars in the US is the same for every car and every brand. When he shows a car we have here and describes it they all seem relatively similar. This car in particular seems to be well spec and very similar to what we would have here. Yes German cars are seen as premium. But not VW. I think that's something Europeans might struggle to wrap their head around as it seems it held in very high regards over there. Here VW tried to be more premium in the 2000s but it never worked. They have since lowered quality a lot and still are seen as the same or lower as Toyota and Honda. Even Kia and Hyundai who came to the US after them do significantly better than VW. Plus all German cars depreciate like a rock here because they have very poor reputations for long term reliability. My point is I don't think it's the increase of options or the perception of premium branding that keeps prices high. I think we have higher prices just in general. One thing to note is the used car market in the US is huge. We need are cars for basic survival here. Many jobs will not hire you if you don't have "reliable transportation" checked off. I think because so many people need used cars because they can't afford new cars it keeps prices high. It seems many folks in Europe have other options if they really didn't want cars. Many certainly do. But it's not a requirement for a lot of folks is my perception. Idk. Maybe something entirely different. Apologies for the long comment.

@@baronvonjo1929 yh no definitely the car market in the US and Europe is far more expensive than the UK. Actually in Europe prices are equivalent to the US for most cars. In the UK we see German cars as normal but also mostly reliable, mainly because we get the smaller more reliable less complicated engines that the US doesn't (although as Matt mentioned in this video sometimes the small engines like this 1.4 tsi are just as bad on reliability 😂). And so they actually command a premium over similar cars but also because they were more expensive when new. For example a 15 year old BMW 3 series is anywhere between 4 - 8k although you can get one with high miles and some issues for 1 - 3k. While a vauxhall insignia (badged as a Buick regal? In the US) is 1 - 3k and tops at 5k The used market in the UK is also pretty big most people drive used cars and also need cars because most places outside London have terrible public transport or just unreliable public transport or it's just more cost efficient to drive. But people here see cars over 100k miles as ready for the scrapyard and will not consider cars they think are "high mileage" or "bad quality". So cars over 100k miles and cars from manufacturers like the french for example are not desirable to a lot of people. This is changing but it's one of the main reasons why our cars are so cheap. Add to that UK cars don't really have a export market and a lot of cars rust or are neglected (not serviced, run on a shoestring type thing) and those are the other reasons why we have some of the cheapest cars in the world I think.

Glad you like them!

Awesome! Thank you!

Wat

Lovely stuff

Back o the net !

Me too

the dry clutch dsg was terrible the 6 speed the 2 litres had was far better!!

What’s the address?…,,