Hello
Hoping you guys could put my mind at ease.
I went to have a look at a used mid 2018 Golf R today at a dealer.
About 50K on the clock. Car appeared in pretty good order, with an up to date service history and some subtle cosmetic add ons (blacked out grill and VW emblem on boot) which while not my cup of tea does at least suggest it has been well cared for.
However what caught my eye was heavily sooted up chrome exhaust tips and on driving it the clutch felt very light and with quite a high take up. The state of the tail pipes and the clutch feel got me thinking that perhaps the car might have had quite a hard life. Or could it be that perhaps worse than being ragged it has done lots of short trips ie not fully warmed up hence all the tail pipe soot. Or am I just being paranoid and the tail pipes simply have not ever been cleaned properly.
Any comments welcome.
Cheers
Hoping you guys could put my mind at ease.
I went to have a look at a used mid 2018 Golf R today at a dealer.
About 50K on the clock. Car appeared in pretty good order, with an up to date service history and some subtle cosmetic add ons (blacked out grill and VW emblem on boot) which while not my cup of tea does at least suggest it has been well cared for.
However what caught my eye was heavily sooted up chrome exhaust tips and on driving it the clutch felt very light and with quite a high take up. The state of the tail pipes and the clutch feel got me thinking that perhaps the car might have had quite a hard life. Or could it be that perhaps worse than being ragged it has done lots of short trips ie not fully warmed up hence all the tail pipe soot. Or am I just being paranoid and the tail pipes simply have not ever been cleaned properly.
Any comments welcome.
Cheers
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