I am sure you have done the following, but if not: 1) remove, throw away and replace the cabin air filter and 2) rerun the ozone machine with the hvac fan running on high to eliminate smoke on heater and ac coils and ductwork interior.

Dean, it would be best to have the car insurance inspected, allowing the Cat N to be removed and the car would be given a Cat I classification. With a Cat I it would allow the new owner to insure the car for full market value and if sold on it would retain almost full value on the second hand market. If you don’t do this yourself at least offer an inspection to the new owner before mileage is added to the car as it will be easier for the car to pass inspection with new tyres brakes etc. Added bonus is that it will make good content for a video.

I can’t imagine why my insurance keeps going up £200 to £300 pound every year. Something needs to be done about insurance companies just writing off cars that shouldn’t be written off. The only person who pays are the customers in there premiums.

A Cat-N writeoff can invalidate manufacturers warranty - so be careful saying it has 3yr warranty - that might not be the case

If you're using an O Zone generator, ideally, after using, you should vent the car before getting in and breathing inside the car. Also, run it with the air on re-circulation mode.

I loved my Golf Mk7.5 R estate Lapiz, dynaudio, roof and lane Ass. Best already company car I ever had.

The garage is right across from where is stay didn’t think they had written off all the cars but come to think of it they must have lost a lot to the fire . Love your content keep it up 👍

The OBDEleven scanner can do the SFD unlock btw! VCDS is in the process of getting approval from VWAG to get it all working

Ozone is great for removing smells but it's also toxic. When you use it, air out the cabin or room afterwards before entering.

Dean it was 20k not 30k under list price if you paid 29k for it. Would recommend getting the underside pressure washed as smoke fallout can be corrosive due to what has been burning around it. Other wise nice car for the someone.

Great job you’re a good mechanic just keep going. I really enjoy your show. I just found it because Chris mentioned it. Thank you so much George Magnin.

Great video. You should talk to Cars For Paul as he has someone who can do the main dealer token diagnostics remotely. We use fogit fog machine for smoke and smoking damage before we do a deep detail. We also use the ozone machine which is really good.

After running an Ozone machine its recommended to open all the doors and allow the O3 to escape and mix with normal air. The air inside the car isn't safe to breath and can cause Hypoxia as it lacks oxygen. You'll notice a distinct smell, just try not to inhale it too much until its aired out. The machine you have is more advanced than mine though and I assume the second phase helped to combat this. Also, always try to run it with the HVAC system running with AC on and ideally replace the cabin filter after.

Thank you for the discount on the plates :) - much appreciated

As a current VW tech this is cool to see how knowledgeable you are about these cars and especially the PDI process. I’ve also heard the story of the car with 30k miles and still had the travel blocks fitted to the shocks. Heard the tech who carried out the PDI was fired too

That’s a beauty of a car. Was looking at a 2015 golf r estate today, will definitely be entering this competition

Great video Dean, tickets bought so cant see this one hanging around very long.

Change the pollen filter i would aswell

I like this kind of videos, and this time you where really lucky to get your hands on it for a amazing low price !!! Nice video !!!

You need to change the cabin/pollen filter and use an a/c conditioner as smoke would have gotten into air ducting

I’m actually from Perth, drove past after I had finished my backshift at work and the fire services were attending it. Never did I think on of my favourite KZfaqrs would mention my hometown!! Awesome find! I’m surprised they write a car off when you can do as you’ve done and basically still have a factory fresh car! (Almost).

Nice one! You have to air out the car after using the ozone and you might as well change the cabin filter bc smoke damage.... maybe you can get that category removed by those specialist that SRUK use?

PDI's changed since my day when we used to check function of all seat belts, seat functions, h/vac, switches, spare wheel / tools present oh, and shear ignition lock bolts (BL). Then adjust door strikers and tighten everything in sight underneath. Shame you couldn't get dealer marked index plates, bit of a giveaway on it being a cat car Dean.

Great video & car Dean! & kudos on the heated gilet- same as one I have and it’s a lifesaver when your powerbank is charged up anyways 😅👊🏼

Nice score Dean love all your content keep it up.

Very nice purchase m8 looking forward to seeing what's plans for it

Wow! Nice find Dean - will be an awesome car to win! Can't beleive they didn't just clean it like you did to be honest!

good job you got a result.vw have to be one of the most expensive motors to buy even there vans are crazy prices guess why most stick to audi,

What a great buy, a true bargain and its the first time I've guessed one of your prices right 👍 Tickets should sell like hot cakes, although road tax is going to be hefty .

Pretty sure you can buy tokens for Clarista OBD scanner to remove the transport mode. I prefer vcds, but there are a few things you can do with clarista that you can’t with vcds.

Hi dean yes liked this video very much and would like to see more like this stunning car and cant believe this was writen offmy son will be buying some tickets when i tell him to watch this video . Both of us are subscribed to your enjoyable channel 😊

Great content Dean!

Absolutely perfect family car. Great buy

What an absolute bargain, love these sleeper cars. Great content as always

I wouldn’t pay 49k for a Golf, ever!!

Hi dean perhaps you could to do a video on how you went about getting such a cracking buy from co part would like to know how you came across this car .....good video keep it going 😊

First time watcher and now subscriber, where have I been ??? Saw you on another channels episode recently and YT put you up as a recommendation.Interesting video. I love a Golf R but they are way overpriced now and up against some stiff opposition in that price bracket. So even as a Cat N the VW warranty still applies ? I suppose their service systems wouldn’t even know ?

I bought a car from quattro tech last year. Brilliant garage! I'm not local at all but would make the 2.5 hour journey to buy a car from them again.

battery cover on +side is fitted in video just the wrong way round probably due to ctec charger on it in showroom just need to pull it up and turn it round and put the 2 pegs back in the wholes on the battery vw will fit the engine cover foc as its a service campaign

Personally I'd of done a full valet with deep clean on all the cloth before anything to help get rid of the smell

All new cars from 2018/19 all have a system on them called Security Gateway. You have to pay a monthly subscription for your diagnostic computer to communicate with the car to do anything from the basic service reset to checking any ECU faults. That’s probably why your computer couldn’t connect with the Golf

Hello Dean , we used to "clean" containers wich where loaded with fish ,just by smashing (smashing ,no slices,no salad,no swans cut out of it ..) some cucumbers in it ,leaving them for a few hours (closed) ,and than ,as they came back at the ramp , they smelt really fresh! no fish smells or whatever. Not meaning to smash them in the Golf,but smashing them first and leaving them in a bowl(..not a plastic one..) in the car..

It’s ID Era Oddis only unfortunately,still a superb buy dean 👍

What a touch.made up for you mate.needs the under seal wax that the factory must have missed apart from that mega👍👍

Going back to your salvage video look at Copart there are 2 VW ID3s one cat S, and one cat N something need to be done about the categorization of cars because the cat N is ridiculous keep up the fantastic videos

But this is one of the best channels that I watch

Two years ago the VW dealership left suspension chocks on my new Golf MK8 GTi Clubsport. It was genuinely dangerous, amazed that nothing was permanently damaged. I was told that it happens more often than it should do.

Haha , love the editing mistake at 15min 🙌 Love the car and the interior. Shame i cant buy tickets because im not from the UK.

My dads mrs had an Audi sq2 that never had the chocs removed from the dampers during pdi she had it 2 years and didn’t realise until she hit a pothole and something broke

I just picked up a mk8 R 20Y from that very dealer 😅 they are in a temp showroom atm whilst the original is redone. Thankfully my car hadn't arrived until after the fire!

You should have first cleaned to remove smoke residue and THEN ozoned....😊

The UK is fucking nuts man. It stood in some smoke... no fire damage... Also didn't know the R was available as an estate! F'kin awesome!

Wow I’d love this car. Another awesome video Dean. Just bought 10 tickets for this one 🤞

Shame it’s not like a Ford. You can as a user take a Ford vehicle out of transport mode by turning On the ignition, pump the brakes 5 times and put the hazards on. This would wake up the sleeping modules. Might be worth a try on the Golf. I did this all the time when I worked on Ford cars, I was a Ford diagnosis test engineer improving their IDS then WDS diagnostic tool.

Proper detail interior, seats , headliner , belts

nice car I'd say just get interior full professional valetted that will get rid of any residue

Meguiar's Air Con Bomb, I bought a car from a dealer, there was a smoker smell in the car once the air freshener wore off. Once I used the air bomb according to instructions, never had a whiff of it again.

I had a kitchen fire years ago and the specialist cleaners appointed by the insurance company insisted that every single electrical item in the entire house was thrown away as the smoke is supposedly corrosive to electrical components. I’m guessing that something to do with that is the reason it was written off.

I was yhowhat they don’t have detailers 🤔 but Iv worked at dealerships before and all they do is wash it slap some polish on and clean the windows , they’re really cleaners not detailers , but that crazy to write it off for the smell of smoke , major come up

Well done some great detective work, thats going to be a great prize, will VW still honour the warranty after the insurance write off?

Dean try this stuff on the leather seats in the car, it will smell of fresh leather for some time after the application. I have used it on my ‘65 Riley Elf, the car smells great after using it. Gliptone Leather Conditioner GT11

WOW new car prices are mental, no way I’d pay that even though it’s a mega car. Wish I had your knowledge but yeah £1.99 sounds a good price to pay! Loving Skoda project.

Great piece of detection. Dean shows a bit of research can be rewarding. Is that correct? The manufacturer's warranty still stands after it's been given a cat N title. That alone makes a mockery of the way insurance companies behave with this type of damage if you can call it damage!

Superb buy mate, hopefully win it to bring back up to Scotland😂

I remember when this car was in Whitburn Copart. There was indeed other VW cars with delivery mileage on them on the site.

I've just put tickets on this car. Hoping to bring it back to Scotland!

Great video detective Dean 👍👍👍

I remember that car in the showroom after the fire. Others sadly had the windows open during the fire and suffered more smoke damage.

I'm not having a pop at you the KZfaqr, But my car insurance renewal has doubled from last year. And your video highlights why. Insurance companies are too keen on writing cars off with next to no damage and wiping thousands off the values. They could have done exactly whet you have and sold it on at much less of a hit. Meanwhile us motorists literally pay the price for their losses.

Dean what a car.and your gamble paid off...im after a newer estate car..i'll definitely be entering 👌 👌💪😁.

I wish I’d have known this, I’d have hoped for my local dealership to be involved in a fire rather than take delivery. Worst car I have ever owned by a long way. The list of faults and problems with the golf and its subsequent replacement was longer than a football field. I’d not even pay £2 for a golf.

Well done Dean More please

My cavalier has recently been broke into and she is cat N the 1 thing I noticed is her insurance tripled in price used to be £350 a yr for insurance and now she is £977 a year Now you may think that's just because of increase no because we have a second cavalier that also got broke into but they never put a category on it as it was just a door lock and they got that fixed it is still £350 a year insurance

Love the video as always.....Need and love the car too :). Shame to see witin a transition "text here''. Videos are normally so tight. I am a profesional video editor. not far from you and twiddling thumbs. Been a fan for sometime and would love to help, if you ever require some advice or even proof watching. Keep up the great content either way. Josh

Great video Dean. Suppose ozone machines are a little out of vogue given the environmental implications. I've still got a small one in the garage cupboard - I bought a second hand car back in 2015 and the seller lied about whether it had been smoked in. Ultimately I kept the car for 8 years before finally getting rid. On a hot summer's day you could still get a faint whiff of tabs, I don't think you ever fully get rid of it. Just depends on your sensitivity to it all i guess.

Surely a VW dealership could fit a new interior in worst case if it wouldn’t valet out. No wonder insurance premiums are so high, I don’t see the justification for writing it off

Remember to change the cabine filter

The RS4 and 6 look awesome so VAG need a redesign

Your local Audi dealer forgot to correct tyre pressure on my Q2, however I got fantastic mpg at 50psi.

No need to release the parking brake manually, it will release automatically when you're in gear and step on the gas.

My sister in law got her Octavia delivered with the suspension chocks still in. She kept complaining about how harsh the ride was... 😂

For the smell, just replace the cabin air filter and it will eventually go.

Nice buy Dean. Should make an excellent car. So many 'know it all' comments on here from wanna experts.

Fair play, I wouldn't pay £49k for one but happy to support the channel for the chance to win it. Keep them coming 😄

Good detective work at start 👍

There was a blue Taycan there in the parking, any chance of a video featuring one? Some salvage repair maybe just like the Q4.

its categorised new car ....so at least 30% off from seconhand price ....its means if NON recorded Second hand retails for approx 30k - 30% 20k - Category = maybe you got it for 15k Max

There is a reason it was written off. Smoke and in particular soot is very corrosive - think acid. It doesn't even have to be in the same room just nearby. Given that the fire was going from 1am till 11am it means that car was likely sat in smoke for at least 10 hours if not more. As there was soot or ash inside the car the electrical components now have a greater chance of failure. So it might be running today but, will it be running in a year? Shoving an ozone machine in it to get rid of the smell has done just that - got rid of the smell. It hasn't removed the potentially harmful layer of dust and soot inside the car. So roof lining, seats, carpets, plastics, dashboard etc etc. It's highly unlikely VW will warranty anything on that car now due to the smoke damage so it's probably best that its being 'raffled'. Personally, I'd take the cash 🙂

Motorpoint were punting 6 month old straight ones for around £28k pre-covid. Shows how mental the industry has become when a categorised piece of salvage now commands iro £29k.

amazing car dean great buy

Cracking buy at 29k gonna get my tickets tomorrow.

In Australia a new golf R 8 is c$78k…. That’s under £40k with 5 yr warranty and better standard spec than the UK.

Just bought 10 before you even finished explaining about the car. The underneath needs lanogaurded with it being mint to protect it from new

I bought my new Passat that was in the Cameron's VW fire, all good, but the headlights are dusty and the interiors smoke smell I can smell coming back after valet 2 months ago. Hopefully all good in long run, I didn't even check if my car is category N tho 😬 as bought from another dealer that bought alot of Cameron's stock.. Great purchase you got tho, the asking price was far too high anyway, for what it is. Manufacturers trying to claw back what they can before European sales plummet when they can't sell combustion vehicles anymore..

Good interesting video enjoyed that

Cameron’s of Perth. A major blaze which broke out overnight in their workshops. The reason for this has not been disclosed, however I have my own theory. A VW dealer in Wales would not charge my VW ID3 in their workshops whilst in for service and a battery recall a few days later.

Dean is the competition open to people in the republic of ireland, im from london myself but here 20 years and would support and try to win a motor. Have a look at Rking competitions they deliver the car to anywhere in ireland or the uk, seeing as you have the transort to shift motors migjt be worth venturing out

Okie dokie, yes makes sense that, thanks the info and great videos by the way, ps please pull my name off the screen for this one Dean hehe Keep safe

What a great purchase 👍

The ultimate dad car. Wish the US spec would wise up and give us the wagon