SEAT...the car

zac_smits Coolest Person Ever!

3,634 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 28 Feb 2003, 10:22 pm

#29072

I know this is a little off topic but I jsut bought a SEAT. Seeing as they are owned by VW i thought that this might be close enough. Hell, even the engine has VW badging. The interior lights,indicators, buttons and switches are all straight out of my 97 Golf. Exact copies. Good to know that this car might be half decent.
Zac

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Feb 2003, 10:47 pm

#29077

As long as You don't ever want to sell it.... they are VERY RARE... I see one about every 6 months... I don't believe they are sold in Aust anymore.... they are just a copy of the GOLF - just made in Spain with cheaper labour - and then the VW importers tried to sell them as (spanish) GOLFs with German Prices.. if they had been Priced Correctly - IMHO - they would have sold well... Similar to the NEW Beetle - if it was priced UNDER the Golf - they would have sold thousands more.... a Mexican Golf with a New Beetle body.. AND GERMAN Prices... STUPID... IMHO of course😀:o:bounce:bounce

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volma1 0428212510

529 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Feb 2003, 11:00 pm

#29081

A friend tried to trade a 97 model but was offered $6000 as the reason was that it would have to go to the mainland to get a buyer. He put a sticker on the window for $9700 in a remote country town and sold it to a girl in 2 days. volma1

They are still there, just have faith you'll find one.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Feb 2003, 11:14 pm

#29086

volma1 wrote:A friend tried to trade a 97 model but was offered $6000 as the reason was that it would have to go to the mainland to get a buyer. He put a sticker on the window for $9700 in a remote country town and sold it to a girl in 2 days. volma1

Well, there is nothing wrong with the Car, just the people who were trying to sell a Spanish Golf at German Prices....
:thumb

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

amazer kombi pilot

3,187 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Mar 2003, 12:36 am

#29108

you live out in the sticks at scone! Whats rare out there is to see a wedding where bride and groom arent already related!

Plenty of SEATS down here. Maybe its cos we cant afford VW's, I dunno. Hardly any sheep though. Very rare.

Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Mar 2003, 1:25 am

#29118

lol chris 🙂

[Edited on 28-2-2003 by Che Castro]

Grey 57 Old Grey Cruiser

2,937 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Mar 2003, 12:09 pm

#29167

The Seat Cupra Sports (think thats how its spelled) with a 2ltr is a real beasty.
Can't remember the actual spec, but the power to wieght is real good for a FWD.
In the same league as the Proton Satria GTi. Cheap pocket rockets.