{"id":6150,"date":"2016-08-09T12:32:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2016-08-09T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:32:30","slug":"my-car-well-my-mk6-golf-r-is-up-for-sale-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/my-car-well-my-mk6-golf-r-is-up-for-sale-again\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: Well, my MK6 Golf R is up for sale again :("},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4176,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/vwmedford.com\\\/vehicle_details\\\/desc\\\/used_volkswagen_golf%20r__\\\/vehicleid\\\/1674818&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160811023329\\\/http:\\\/\\\/vwmedford.com:80\\\/Vehicle_Details\\\/desc\\\/Used_Volkswagen_Golf%20R__\\\/vehicleID\\\/1674818&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 07:51:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 07:51:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4177,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.carfax.com\\\/VehicleHistory\\\/p\\\/Report.cfx?partner=CPV_0&amp;vin=WVWPF7AJ1DW075967&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.carfax.com\\\/VehicleHistory\\\/p\\\/Report.cfx?partner=CPV_0&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Four weeks ago, the guy who bought my last car, the car that now I really miss a lot messaged me that the car was going to be sold. He had it for about a year and now I\u2019ll likely lose track of it as I highly doubt that next owner is going to find me and reach out. Here\u2019s my last exchange with Bryan:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt; Bryan (MK6R):<\/strong> Want to buy your R back for the wife? Haha 9:37 PM<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Me<\/strong>: Ha! How&#39;s the car running? Sounds like a decent deal. 9:38 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan (MK6R)<\/strong>: Runs great. Im trying to save for a house, and decided to take the next step and go all in. So I decoded to shed the payments. Ive spent so much on this thing already im just like wtf did I do haha. 9:39 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me<\/strong>: Well, that does suck. If there&#39;s any way you could try to keep it. I know it&#39;s an awesome car. If you sold it, I assume you&#39;d try to at least get what you paid? 9:52 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan (MK6R)<\/strong>: Yea I love the car. I just feel guilty haha. Like I rushed into taking out a big car payment. I would prob try and sell it for 25k if I kept the mods on it. If I part it out prob 22-23k. Dealership already offered to cut me a check for it for a min of 22k haha 9:54 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me<\/strong>: 22 is a good start. 25 would be ideal. I understand the high payments for sure. I hate how expensive the car is then I go for a drive and forget until I have to put gas in. Lol. Sell mods and sell for 23.5 might be a good win. 9:55 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me<\/strong>: If you sell, I wonder if it would be weird if you put a piece of paper under the rear hatch protector with our Vortex usernames &quot;if found, contact &quot; 9:56 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong> Bryan (MK6R)<\/strong>: Yea thats kind of what Im aiming for and I know, the car is fast as hell now. And in such good shape. If I already had a house I wouldnt care. But im also hlgoing to have to start paying on my student loans soon. So thats another big hit. I will def put our forum names in there aha 9:58 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me<\/strong>: Have you listed it on correct classifieds? As is, maybe someone will bite? 10:00 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me<\/strong>: <em>forum classifieds. 10:00 PM<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan (MK6R):<\/strong> Not yet. This all just came about haha. Want to but the new car first. Then deal with getting rid of this on. 10:08 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan (MK6R)<\/strong>: MMS Received 10:20 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me<\/strong>: The R looks great! I like you&#39;ve kept visual mods to a minimum. Just looks really clean. 9:47 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan (MK6R)<\/strong>: Yes that was my goal. I like oem+ lol. 9:48 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan (MK6R)<\/strong>: Only thing I would have liked was the black euro headligts 9:49 AM\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, in an effort to help Bryan out, you can find my car for sale at  Colonial Volkswagen in Medford. I am pretty sure I was paid $25K for my trade-in, it sold for around 29 and it looks like with 15K more miles on it, it\u2019s now for sale for 25K. 64K Miles isn\u2019t a lot for a 2 Liter turbo but keep it in mind it is an FSI which will mean some higher maintenance costs when you pass 100K.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking to modify the car, reach out to me and I\u2019ll put you in touch with the guy who had it. He has a lot of mods taken off the car that I\u2019m sure he\u2019d put right back on for a price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vwmedford.com\/vehicle_details\/desc\/used_volkswagen_golf%20r__\/vehicleid\/1674818\">Check it out<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carfax.com\/VehicleHistory\/p\/Report.cfx?partner=CPV_0&amp;vin=WVWPF7AJ1DW075967\">CarFax Link &#8211; WVWPF7AJ1DW075967<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did take note at the vehicle description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong> Rare R-Model <\/strong> Leather <strong> Sunroof <\/strong> Non Smoker <strong> Ultra Clean <\/strong> And This Outstanding Golf is in great shape and has only 63,547 Miles. It was obviously always kept Garaged, Hand Washed and Waxed., It has that pampered look that most vehicles just dont have.,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is insanely clean. I had it detailed twice a year and hand-washed it myself. It was unfortunately not garage kept, but good detailing can keep a car looking brand-new for a long time. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>In closing, now that I\u2019m shopping for a Winter car and looking at used Golf Rs, I actually wish I had just kept this car instead of selling it. I only made 3 grand by selling it. Oh well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four weeks ago, the guy who bought my last car, the car that now I really miss a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-09T12:32:31Z","apple_news_api_id":"95540e19-8d81-4ef5-98fe-83e594b93d76","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-09T12:32:31Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AlVQOGY2BTvWY_oPllLk9dg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-car","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Bc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3789,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/07\/12\/review-nike-fuelband\/","url_meta":{"origin":6150,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Nike+ FuelBand","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"At NikeTown in NYC, the entire 1st floor of a 6 story building is dominated by gigantic screens displaying a wrist band that calculates how active you are. 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