Mainly A road and motorway, SWMBO'd says small car. I like MK3 golf, she likes the MK3 golf, she wants small engine but doesn't know the difference, maybe able to stretch to a debadged VR6.
I know it won't handle the twisties and will probably go straight on at first roundabout, but what about as an A road bruiser/motorway cruiser?
Worth having? Doesn a MK4 interior bolt in OK?
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Good motorway car, early ones, i.e J and K plate, are to be avoided though as the build quality is crap.
Gear change can be a bit vague due to stretched / badly adjusted cables
With a set of decent shocks and springs on they're actually not that bad, not brilliant, but not bad. Crap on fuel though - between 18 and 23 is about average in town use, but that's taking it easy.
I'd have one, but I'm hardly Mr Go-Fast nowadays, they sound brilliant with a nice pipe though.
That's a very nice engine i've heard before haven't i?
I won't handle that badly with a mild drop and stiffening ;-) Also, Chet's brother has one on 20s....
I beleive i've heard that before, also, Mk4 headlight look quite nice on them :)
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Mk4 Cabrio front wings, bumpers, lights etc will all fit (cos the Mk4 Cab is a Mk3 in drag)
I would have one in a minute - but I'm no judge of anything.
LOL!
It's a big con VW are trying to pull the wool over peoples heads, where's the V in the VR6? there's a bigger V between my fingers!!
Will be doing very little town, but no worse than the old Celica then.=20
Likewise. Just want something small but grunty and cheapish, but=20 moderatley comfortable to keep the missus happy. Would love a Rallye but=20 can't justify =A37k for an old car (or any car forthat matter) ATM.
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D'oh :)
Cheers.
It's a 15deg V. The R stands for Reihenmotor which with V, means inline V in German.
Nope. I really couldn't justify it. I would love to do it, but couldn't. I don't think he would even have the desire.
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I'd have bought one, but the fuel economy is shocking.
You lot are turning into Dervy ;-)
hmmm - golf VR6 cheapest on autotrader is 1600 quid on a K plate (there's a couple cheaper but ones an auto and the other needs a head...). About 3 grand before you get to low milers and looked after ones. 4 grand would get you into a Mk 4 GTI turbo... no need to bolt any mk4 parts on and in my mind the better engine - not as much power as standard but easily rectified!
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But he's just upsized his car - bigger car with a bigger engine, and it's not diesel!
Not really. It's the pactical consideration of doing 50-odd miles / day in a car that struggles to do 20mpg.... if I knew I was going to be working within a few miles of the house for the next few years, I wouldn't care about economy. As it is, I aim for 30mpg when driving relatively hard, as that's the 'break even' point for me on my expenses.
This is something I'll be pointing out next time he has a dig at me for having bought non-Wop in the past.
He's only had one diesel car..... but calls himself 'derv'. Wierdo :-P
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