Used Car of the Day: 2016 Volkswagen GTI

by Tim Healey

Published: February 14th, 2024

We're going back to the VW well today with this two-door 2016 Volkswagen GTI.

Yes, it's a manual.

It has the Performance Package and Lighting Package and appears to be in mostly good shape, save a malfunctioning fog light and minor dents and dings. There are some other cosmetic issues, as well.

Mods are limited to an intercooler and rear quick alignment arms. There's also tints and a bunch of maintenance work has been done recently.

Click here to check out this Oklahoma-based ride with its 69,420 (giggle) miles. The ask is $16,500 or best offer.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Jkross22 on Feb 14, 2024

I have to credit the owner... he made it his own. Having said that, he is either blind, tasteless or an enormous poser. Why pray tell would you take a Cayenne decal and put it ALLLLL THE WAY around a 2 door GTI?

Just spell out "poser" instead of turbo. At least it would be a respectable advertisement as to the owner's character.

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- Analoggrotto on Feb 15, 2024
  
  VW GTi people think their cars all share "Porsche DNA" since Ferdinand Porsche was friends with Hitler and all.
  
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Zerofoo on Feb 15, 2024

I loved driving all of the VWs I've owned however, like every stripper named Tiffany, none were reliable enough to keep.

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- 28-Cars-Later on Feb 15, 2024
  
  Though strippers named Mercedes are ironically quite reliable I've found.
  
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