Just been tempted by a nice looking black mk3 GTi.

It is a 2.0 8v, yes i know it wont set the road on fire before you say it but im getting bored and fancy a change after 2 years of owning this Escort.

Ive only seen pictures so far and it looks in good nick inside and out, what else should i look for and ask?

Im taking it for a spin tomorrow.

 

Rust as they are common for it just like escorts

Just all the usual things with any car really, let the car idle for fans to kick in check heater works etc etc

 

yeah i know, just not really in the know with VW's so wasnt sure if their prone for anything, but obviously its a VW so there cant be much to look for mechanically.
Here it is, i think it looks quite nice?


The splitter is in the boot he said because its catching over speed bumps.
Got a CAT 1 alarm with full closure which is nice

 

its a vw. check allllllll the electrical things.
save a couple more quid and get a vr6^^

 

yeah i know but i do short regular journeys so i dont want a fuel guzzling 2.8

 

ive got a vr6 and fuel economy isnt the best tbh, that looks good, audi a3 steels on it, tbh they dont have a lot of rust like fords

id check the idle on the 2.0 8v as theyre a bit of a bugger for erratic idling, my mk2 had the 2.0 8v engine in and it was up down up down all the time, bit annoying!!!!!

i want mine like this....





Sarah

 

mines for sale now .

 

what colour is that? looks like a highline purple colour but gone a bit wrong?

 

Dicko the ad says 8v but if you look at my pic i swear thats a red 16v badge on the grill?? ill open the bonnet tomorrow when i go to see it and double check anyway.

So there audi a3 steels? i did wonder what they were yeah, looks good though, ive never been one for huge alloys since ive grown up abit, subtle is the way forward

 

think its the pic heres another pic that shows a better colour . its a VR6 but is aint that bad on petrol

 

I like that blck one......just put some Ronals on it

 

Cheers thats the one i may look at tomorrow

 

I hate the wheels.

Otherwise, nice car.

 

red ones very nice

black one needs a wheel change badly

 

my mate had one and the sills and door bottom had serious rust, it can be patched up but just note everything like thats wrong with it-drive away for a think and then go back. Don't love it from the minute you see otherwise you'll get it home then start noticing that bubble or knock.
But VW are good solid motors in general

 

cheers good advice

 

Dubs all kool cars just check the electrics work, millage isn't a problem on them, check all the bushs and wheel bearings on the one your looking at because when you lower cars that much they can go very quick. My mate is selling a mint vr6 in silver Ł1400 but he's open to offers on it tho (essex)



this my vdub has ronal turbos on it now

 

Thanks mate, ill check those then

Any more pics of yours? looks nice from the pic

 

go to photobucket http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/saaamon/ all my pictures are on there, its on fk coilovers, de-wipered with a glass plug, k&n airfilter, tv headunit, poineer sub, componts all round, xbox, drilled n grooved discs uprated pads, fastroad clutch, gti upper grill and gti lower splitter, havn't got any pictures off the ronals on but i paid Ł600 for them and theres a 2month waiting list on them.

 

Its a polo aint it? looks smart either way

 

i know it's not a mk3, but im hoping to make my mk4 look sumert like this

but these wheels quiet rare.

 

lol just seen your post dicko on the thread i got that pic from, the ones you were asking about are tsw holstons

 

pete that mk4 looks the dogs

 

i know, love it so much i have it as my screen saver on my mobile

sum reason i like the 5drs better than the 3dr

 

I think if a car is nice its nice, doesnt matter how many doors it has, especially when your not 18 again

 

I just got rid of a MK2 16v..... hated it!

Looked nice, but I was suprised that it was rustier, flimsier and more prone to breaking than any of my Fords!

Oh yeah, and it smelt bad

 

early mk3's - ones with square side repeaters - can be fairly rusty, sills, wheel archs, boot lids etc. later ones with the oval side repaters had galvanised steel i believe so less rust worries.

as said, check electrics work. vr6's are the ones to get but i'm a bit biased! and mpg on the 2.8 i get about 19mpg, thats around town doing only short journeys driving like a looney. on a decent run mid to late twenties is easily achievable even when into three figures.

 

yh its a mk4 facelift, some people call them mk5 but the true model number is 6n2

 

The wheels are base model A3 alloys, just all painted up.

Look cool as fuck, just a bit small for a Mk3 golf really, better suited to a Lupo or similar.

Still deffo the most tasteful and individual Mk3 posted on this thread tho

Just FFS dont put Ronals on it Thats only 1 step up the "I have no imagination or taste of my own" ladder from a set of 8 inch wide MOs

 

i've got ronals on my polo and they really suit the car, when i got them no one had them but now there everywhere... but people who put ronal turbos on golfs really havn't got a clue about dubs!

 

My wife has a 16 valve mark 3 and although it's just about to reach 140k miles it's been a good car.



On the 96 onwards cars rust isn't such a problem. Hers has leather but I wouldn't say that the cloth ones wear much more. Having had that one nearly 2 years and a VR6 before it there isn't much I can say against them.

 

My mate has got a wicked Mk3 VR6....

 

cheers, i knew my taste was pretty good

 

BillyCabrio that looks awesome that does, no shitty body mods just some nice wheels/lights etc, how it should be


By the way this one is a 96-P so it should be fine for rust then

 

that car looks awesome, id personally get the merc segins instead theyre still a fantastic looking wheel, dont really like the holstens now, the centrecap ruins em compared to the monoblocks

and its Sarah not Dicko

 

i quite fancied some of them comp th's for mine,

ronals can look ok but mines 5 stud

 

and as its a later model wont have the arches, i cant wait to get mine painted and arches removed, they look pants

 

Yeah my mate is a P plater too..... Fully retrimmed leather interior, worthy of a feature!!

 

What do you mean wont have the arches? explain please

 

this is mine, look at plastic arches



this is what later ones have... no arches



and if you look on e38 and the likes, not one of the decent looking ones has them

Sarah