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Checking for Accident Damage on a Mk5 Golf GTI
Before buying a Mk5 Golf GTI, carefully inspect the vehicle for specific signs of crash damage that owners might try to conceal.
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen more or less invented the hot hatch and has been refining it ever since. The GTI and R cars are the obvious draws, but they're also the most modified and hardest-driven. DSG servicing, timing chains and cambelt history are where the money hides.
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