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James what you have to do is remove the door skin on the golf. The outer skin comes off there is a lot of torx bolts and skin comes off and you can get into the window Reg it’s completely accessible

great content as usual James ive not been well for over a year now love your vids if i fully recover ill go back to buying and selling keep them coming you cheer up my day

Your a really good honest dealer who’s attention to detail is above and beyond, I’d use you for my next car in a heartbeat.

Had the same squeaking issue with the driver side window on a 59 plate mk6 golf. We discovered that the wire that runs the window crane had jumped off one of the pulleys, you can see it if you drop the window all the way down and remove all the rubber seals, few drops of wd40 on the wire and pulleys made it silent again

I had the exact same thing on a sportage the other day. The people that bought it wanted me to get it sorted but I knew there was absolutely no way the service T_WATS would do anything about. All it is/was is a build up of dirt/moss/lime scale and all that good stuff in the tops of the window seal at the bottom of the window/top of the door ( the seal that cleans the window as it goes down ) I just ran a cloth round a panel puller back and forth between the seals ( damp ) for about five minutes till I had gotten rid of all the crap ( F me was it minging ) noise went away.

The VW window must be the rubber rubbing, you can see the streaks. also if there is a window alignment adjustment it could be that. Mr Chops buy yourself a GoPro headset so then you can use both hands while working lol

Exactly What a car Dealer would Tell a customer if you want a New Car They Sell them Just Down Road 😅 Many A True word Spoken 👍

Have you tried covering the window rubbers with tape or similar, just so the glass isn't touching whilst it's going up/down. You'll then know if it is the rubbers?

Good video by Humble Mechanic on dismantling VW doors.

Blimey the last garage i worked at you used to get paid by tanker to take old oil away mind you petrol was a pound a gallon in them days😂

I bought a 1995 Peugeot 405 GTX TDI from a garage in 2005. He had just taken it in as a part exchange and it was absolutely filthy in side. He wanted £1000 for it,I offered £500 and would take it as is. He agreed and when I came back the next day to pick up the car he was really disgruntled. He had found an invoice in the glove box for nearly £1000 for work that had just been done on the car. All brake system overhauled,full service a few other things. It was a brilliant estate car,two trips to Portugal without any issues.Sold it two years later and all I ever did on it was servicing,replaced a rubber breather hose and a track control arm ball joint. I was certainly lucky with that one and no doubt their are bargains around,it's just the luck of the draw. As for the VW cabriolet is the inner door skin riveted on.total pain in the arse to get into to do any work.talking from experience on my Skoda fabia. Sold it on eBay for £500 so lost nothing.😁

Nice wrap-up at the ending. 100% agree there is no dealer who can perfect prep a used car. I can add that even the new car as well! Especially in this post-pandemic world all car manufacturers just lack everything but push those unfinished cars out for sale!

I wouldn't even consider £1500 on that RAV4 as a gamble. An oil change and it will rattle away for years without an issue. An absolute bargain.

The story at the end always gets my goat. I have always bought cheap cars but never took one back unless the seller was dishonest about it. The reason it annoys me so much is now no one will sell a car cheap for this very reason! It’s ruined us that used to get by with rattle engines and a scrape or a dent but usable reliable cars.

You should come with a gag as you always give yourself more work! I think you need to remember that most cars are 10 years old they won’t be perfect James

Saying about paying to take oil away, at my friends garage, he has bought an oil heater, its a big red thing from visiting, and he just saves all the waste oil and uses that in winter to warm the garage for basically free, dont think it was cheap, but its heating and saves money long term as he doesnt have to get rid of waste oil.

Hello, thank you for your video. You actually can take oil to the local recycling center(tip). They do have huge oil tank to dispose your used oil.

£100 for a new boot lid from a breaker would add £300+ to the value of the golf

I've always said that when buying 2nd hand cars it is a mistake look for one with no faults, because they don't exist! Instead find one WITH known FAULTS that you can live with. Its a buying philosophy that has served me well over many high mileage vehicles.

It is a Toyoda, so even old ones are relatively low risk, so nothing out of the ordinary but even the ordinary involves money and if the purchase price doesn't ruin a financially unstable person the running costs definitely do. 🤔

Nice work on the shout out to the fire and oil companies. I used to work in fire protection back in the late 80’s, and I’m sure that servicing and new extinguishers were more expensive then!!! Such a shame isn’t it that it stands out when people are happy in their work. I’m not sure if Covid compounded all of this, but I can count on one finger the amount of people that I know that feel valued and treated well by their employer 😩

Dont think I've ever had one of those new shape golf convertibles apart for window troubles, but if its anything like the older MK5 golf you need to remove the outer door skin to gain access to it!! Bolts around the perimeter of the door!

The last Toyota I bought was a 2007 Camry, which I bought at 222,000 miles and I ran up to 347,000 miles, when it was written off by a speeding driver. The car needed nothing doing to it at all apart from routine servicing in that time. I'm 50 and have been running cheap old Japanese cars only since I was 17. The only repairs my cars have ever needed over 33 years and probably a dozen cars are a sum total of one distributor, one fuel pump, one water pump and one wheel bearing. That's it.

James, I can appreciate that you are a honest car dealer but you need to stop pointing out every little fault with these vehicles. I am talking about every little dent or ding. In my opinion you are giving your customers every reason to fight you on your prices. On a 2015 car that gets 50 mpg and is a descent spec and only asking 2500.00 to 3000.00 pounds, Who really cares if it has a few dings or scratches. They are not buying a brand new car and if your customers do complain, just tell them to piss off. You are in this to make money and every little imperfection you fix to keep them happy is costing you money. Only making 500.00 pound profit per vehicle is not fair to you. You put a hell of a lot of work into these vehicles and you deserve to make a little higher profit. This is just my opinion.

What about silicone spray on the window rubbers ✏️ have you tried that, it was a definite fix when I tried it, that and talcum powder…..yeah, talcum powder. lol 😂

pretty sure for this generation of Golf you unbolt the door skin to access the door interior/window mechanism etc

As others have said, outer skin off on the mk6 door. The squealing may be that the regulator runners (up & down rails) may be bent / distorted / non-genuine etc.. and causing excessive rubbing/friction 👍

I always amazes me how you transform these cars, even with just a deep clean.

Feelin' you on that squeaky window. My Mini's giving me the same noisy ball-ache!.

Fix the main things send them down the road forget the paint on those cheap cars

How can you buy a car and not see that huge ding in the back 😂

thankyou James,looking forward to it,enjoy your weekend,

Great video James! Good decision on the Rav when the Homebuilt boys took it out you could definitely hear some of it’s issues, I have a feeling if you retailed it it would be one of those cars that just keeps coming back.

A lot of cables used on cars, motorbikes & the like are nylon coated & if you can get to the end of the cable to spray "silicon" lubricant down it, it makes a huge difference. Using the incorrect lubricant will make matters worse🤔

The outer door skin on a golf has to be removed to assess the window regulator , crazy set up

Be interesting to see that rav at Co part auction bud, your doing a Rob and Chris!!

Heat the rubber on golf window often works🇮🇪

I searched the internet…..Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber Care, rub well into all the seals (both the rubber and felt) all the way round. That’ll solve problem

Great video as always 👍🏼. Have you thought about investing in a ramp? Think it would make your like easier. 👍🏼

Is that little 2015 car that is basicly a base model early 1990 cars. Plus point off cars like that easy to work on and dont really have much to go wrong

Personally, that squeaky window wouldn't put me off buying the car , maybe knocking a few quid off for it and let the buyer sort it out . However, I'm one of those people who doesn't care about little dings and slight scrapes provided it's a bit cheaper. So long as the car runs and stops and is safe I'm happy

If you turn the engine off with the doors open on a VW EOS the windows get mightily upset. Probably the same on the Golf. Simple way to fix is to restart the car, close the doors and windows and turn the car off with doors and windows closed

Great video bud, on golf's you actually take the door skin off, there's torxs round the edge it's actually quite easy, I think I'd have filled thst boot lid bud, even with gloss white aresol it would have looked better, polo will be rings at 150k,or even 60k (!) re Facebook, I find it's a total waste of time, I put a cheapie 06 wagon r on last week at 695 full mot, I just got a load of nutters, an idiot offered 200 quid!, I'd change the oil, put 2 stp, whyns in it, put it on auto trader at a fair price, don't say a load about it, if you've run it and it's not going to blow up,it should sell OK, obviously totally with you with your last comments, but customers aren't listening, sold a 03 yaris couple of weeks ago, put a clutch in for them(warranty) then it's ooooo I hope it's going to be OK in the future, she's got no money, ect, ect, cars 19 years old (!) tbh on that rav you need to appraise your p exs better, rev it up, hear its rough and probably say no thanks, or do a Jason and bid megga low. P exs to small dealers like us are usually knack**Ed I don't usually take them, it means usually you end up basically buying business, it's so easy to look at them with Rose tints, if you look at your p exs over the mths you've been done most times.

Every car (even brand new) can have problems. I bought a brand new hyundai i30 in 2018 and it spent more time off the road than on it. I recently bought my daughter a 2010 Toyota Yaris and spent about $1100 on new tyre’s, full service, transmission service and a second hand door.. I know there’s a further few hundred to spend this year on brakes and suspension and factored that in when I bought it.

Very well said. Most used cars for under 5k your going to have to spend bout 3k getting them fixed imo it makes better sense to buy a newer car with less faults for that money

Regarding the DS, if its the same engine as the mini and Peugeot then have a loom at Salvage uk, they fixed the same rattle for £150, it was the water pump, tensioner and belt, good luck..

just keep a hose pipe running down the window rubber and it will stop.had same problem on a alfa mito.drove me crazy and tried everything then resorted with the hosepipe and hey presto fixed

Also I work for Waitrose and yes it too is a fantastic company to work for good friendly management and 20% discount off Waitrose and John Lewis Products , they do look after their partners well , the work is hard as all jobs are but the rewards make it worth it.

18.32 is a funny start time for a video.

James True words mate no new car is perfect nevermind a second hand car you will spend servicing etc Phil in stoke

On that 500 I'd have filled the gap with tiger seal and put a jack under the bumper, would have tightened it right up for 10 mins work.

Evening James , hope u well matey

Another great video sir. What do you use to refresh all the black plastics in the engine bay and external trim.

Ozone cleaner. Any link please thanks

Lists cheap car on Facebook -> Receives countless stupid messages. OMG, whatever next!? Lol :)

If you buy used cars, you MUST have a yearly repair budget. How much depends on the brands, but it should be at least 20% of the cars value. And, for gods sake, don't ignore repairs. That just stacks things up and will result in significantly higher costs. If you think you are getting a deal by buying an expensive car for 1/10th of the original cost, think again. Those cars are designed with repair costs relative to their original price, not what you paid for it.....

Try washing the window and rubbers with Fairy liquid and a toothbrush to get into the rubber runners. The squeak could be build up of road dirt + grease. If that doesn't work then wind the window all the way down and floof lots of talcum powder into the rubber trim..

Fiat 500 front bumper , needs ramp and two persons to line up unless you have 6ft arms. (or maybe you can fiddle with trolley jacks

Ah yes the joys of facebook marketplace....is this still available.....answer yes......then radio silence haha

Having heard it on the video that RAV 4 will probably go on for years with a light tappety sound.

Probably at higher speeds that polo is back pressure more, maybe forcing oil thru the breather also oil will be thinner, basically needs a ring set, or a decent used engine, both labour intensive, but I'm supprised it even runs at 150k and supprised you bought it bud, 150k on a diesel OK or a 2 ltr Honda petrol, but a polo 3 Pot, I think your enthusiasm got the better of you and your customer, I've got a belingo diesel van with 189k on and it's fine, but people still aren't keen, I'd have stood behind that polo and smelt the burning oil before I bought it, take some time to do some basic checks on the engines, knocking, head gaskets, smoking, etc, your customers do, I jumped in and bought a wagon r the other day (was only 340 with fees) it was a corsa engined one (agila) only 80k but engine was basically knackered, noisy chain, crank sensor, low oil pressure (oil light came on) basically glugged it up to shift it at 600,but if chain jumps or it blows up I've got scrap, if only I'd have revved it up and opened the bonnet. That's at 80k bud not 150k as well, thought it was a suzuki engine that's why I didn't check, said suzuki on the boot!!

base base how low can you go?Mitsubishi Mirage 😁😁

I had the same trouble with squealing window my mechanic just sprayed silicone spray onto the door seals the window is now silent and I have had no trouble by

Lend the rav 4 to the chap with the blue kia estate for a month soon will see how reliable and retail ready the car is

that window take the rubbers off the top and rub candle wax on them put them back on stopped it on my old Mondeo

The gaps on the front are prob due to the front end not being square. It prob needs to go on a frame machine

cheaper the car the more idiots you encounter, if you sell a car as spares and repair they want one which has just rolled off the forecourt i swear!

As always. a great video James .

Try rain-x on the the vw windows..adds a low friction coating.I had similar on my Nissan.It didn't completely cure the noise but it's much,much better.

Ozone cleaner is a joke. It takes the smell out for a couple of weeks and then the smell is back. >>>>Sadly.

Had a mixture of luck with used cars. 1st car a 206. 50k. Would cut out randomly. Traded it back in a year later for a astra. Which was bullet proof for 50k till someone rear ended it. After that a Passat which was we extremely up unlucky. Pretty much wrote itself into the ground. Current car is a insignia which 4 years and 70k is going strong as.

My 2018 Nissan leaf has this squeaky drivers window noise, wd40 makes it go away for a few weeks

So honest👍👍👍👍👍

On some VW you can remove outer door skin.

I totally get it with the oil disposal costs, what does it cost?

Can I start by saying, like I said before, factory clips and fixings are total rubbish, beleve me they are 1 time use only, I would prefer a chops garage fix by James anyday and not care about a couple mm gaps in the gap line.

I can vouch for the dodgy feeling Clutch on Mitsubishis as the older Colt i have has that same fault , Clutch feels grabby but still am able to change gear , its been that way for years now and no way im going to waste £500 on a new clutch as in all likelihood the gearbox will need changing too as mines done over 120 thousand now , also that E10 stuff makes cars go faster someone told me racing drivers use more ethanol and that may explain why we all are getting less MPG ?

Sounds like the bit that carries the window up & down🤔

I cannot wait until the Mirage, I10, dog hair Astra estate, Golf convertible, VW Up, ASX, hole in the roof Micra, Moor's Fiesta, Skoda Yeti, Citroën DS3, Jaguar, Alfa Guilietta all sell. Why?? Because I can't wait to see what stock you bring in next to replace them all!!

Ye cars are a money pit agree with that

About time you finished the skoda

Could have used all your old oil in that polo that loses a ltr every 30miles

You not bought many part exchanges from the main dealer . Or been offered any

Another good video 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

On that golf mate I'd have run round that arch with a flap wheel, primer and blown a bit of white in, on the boot, DA it down, fill, DA, prime and paint, do the bits like that and still cheap at 3995, it's a fashion statement car, can't see people liking that bump, keep telling you bud, compressor, DA, spray gun, delivery of base coat from your paint shop, you'd do that golf for about 14 quid, rather than do it cheap. I know you'll probably message me saying it's sold tho!! Ha, ha.

The Golf I know it's not the same as the 2 mk4s and a Mk5 I had but each 1 I had problems with the windows all of a sudden the windows just dropped and each 1 was no more than 6 or 7 years old when I got rid must be a VW thing and all models have window regulator problems as obviously yours is regulator problem with my cars they had broke 1 of the cars it happened several hours before setting of for Manchester airport Xmas Eve to go on holiday , worried all holiday I was going to get back and the window had dropped and the car would be wet through or full of ice etc.

Is that your house behind the red car nice :)))))

you need a fire starter not extinguisher (exept for yeti dont burn that funky wheels )

Do you have to pay to dispose of the tyres you remove James?

All these older yokes can you not copart the life out of them the way the market is it won't slow down anytime soon

DONT !!!! Sell cars to single women. They will ruin you they are all angry and think that it’s clever to kick off and don’t care how much stress and hassle they cause you and your business. And my Mrs agrees ( bitches be crazy )

Probably not as controversial as it sounds. 😉

Another great video James, 😊 if you liked the video guys, please feel free to COMMENT DOWN BELOW, LIKE, SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE, BUT MOST OF ALL ENJOY THE VIDEO, 🤝👍😘

Just as you have fitted the best tyres to your Suzuki Sport I insist on first class tyres. If I were to buy a car from you I would immediately buy new tyres. e.g. Michelin Crossclimate 2 at £92 each (fitted, balanced and new valves) less 15% for four, total £312.80 for my '07 Clio. Fitting new tyres you will have charged me ~£200 for tyres that I will scrap.

Fiat Italian badge incorrect, green white red.

What phone do U use James I’m looking at buying another one .

Just had letter of rejection for that freelander bud, leaking shock, a bush and obviously sill rust, can't see me winning so looks like I'll be going to the iow (300 miles) also someone's texted saying clutch has gone on their micra, I couldn't remember it, when I've looked it was last December (!) jobs getting to be a nightmare mate.

I buy 1 owner cars only! Easy

Take the speaker out