what exactly is VW Mastercar

[techead]

they "say" that they have various checks and a set of rules that a car needs to meet, but no where do they mention exactly what these are?

Im sure I read somewhere that a VW Mastercar cannot be labelled that if its been in an accident or had any spray work done? Is that right?

 

[HapticSimian]

Full service history, along with certain age and mileage constraints. Also, vehicles with past structural damage shouldn't be sold as Mastercars - that doesn't imply that they are necessarily 100% of past repair work and/or spray-painting.

 

[Stokstert]

Overpriced second hand cars. Often only a few R's cheaper than new.

 

[I.am.Sam]

Full service history, along with certain age and mileage constraints. Also, vehicles with past structural damage shouldn't be sold as Mastercars - that doesn't imply that they are necessarily 100% of past repair work and/or spray-painting.

i bought mine and it didnt have a full service history

they do a 50 point check IIRC ..but nice thing about it was the check was krap and they gave me a month to see if anything else was wrong

my one tyre was messed, my battery died cause of no battery water and some noise i found

they fixed up the problems except for the noise and up to today i have no idea what that is

 

[HapticSimian]

i bought mine and it didnt have a full service history

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Was meant to have. At its simplest a Mastercar is second-hand VW still within the factory warranty. For that warranty not to have lapsed, the car needs to have a full service history. Whatever you bought should not have been sold as a Mastercar.

 

[techead]

what about re-sprayed panels? im selling my car and took it to AA to get a 40-point check done. The oke said that he can see that 2 panels have been sprayed...

and this was supposed to be a Mastercar?

 

[HapticSimian]

what about re-sprayed panels? im selling my car and took it to AA to get a 40-point check done. The oke said that he can see that 2 panels have been sprayed...

and this was supposed to be a Mastercar?

Quite possible. As I said, as long as the damage wasn't structural a repaired car can still be sold as a Mastercar.

 

[I.am.Sam]

Was meant to have. At its simplest a Mastercar is second-hand VW still within the factory warranty. For that warranty not to have lapsed, the car needs to have a full service history. Whatever you bought should not have been sold as a Mastercar.

i bought a mk1 golf and im sure it had a full service history only till 60k ....

i must just check again