# 2008 Volkswagen R32 -- good bet for a used car?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-volkswagen-r32-good-bet-for-a-used-car/135027>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen, r32\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-volkswagen-r32-good-bet-for-a-used-car/135027 "2019-02-20T15:08:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![roger02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@roger02](https://community.cartalk.com/u/roger02)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-volkswagen-r32-good-bet-for-a-used-car/135027/1 "2019-02-20T15:08:04Z")

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is this a good used car to buy, has been taken care off

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-volkswagen-r32-good-bet-for-a-used-car/135027/2 "2019-02-20T15:15:20Z")

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I guess this cryptic sentence is supposed to be a question . If you are asking if you should buy a 11 year old VW I don’t see how anyone on a forum can answer that . Your best bet is to pay a mechanic to look it over and you still will have a used vehicle that will run for an unpredictable time.