Im after a golf but in the trader there are literally millions of them... Unfortunately I know absolutely nothing about them..

options are

1.8T 20V GTI
1.8 GTI
2.0 GTI
2.3 V5

budget is upto 5k, which I hope is enough to get a decent one..

Ideally, leather and air con..

Just after peoples opinions on which one is the best option really..

thanks

 

u wont get a gti for 5mate

 

Bloke at work just got a 2.0 gti, 03 plate on about 60k, black 3dr for 5.5k

Nice car, but not that fast and a little boring, but a nice day to day car

 

all i can say is good buy to your gearbox ther made from card bord

 

just bought a 99 GTi T with 48k on the clock for £4700, air con but didn't have leather, not too keen on it anyways

 

thanks for replys..

Im not after a performance car as such as I'd just go out an buy a RWD Saff so if its a little boring, then no problem... will just be left in Train car park as I commute to London every day by train..

Something reliable, with comfort as semi decent looks...

Is the V5 a better car??

 

we have a minty mint GTI 2.0 w reg that we are thinking of selling Westy. Its red, 3 door and the interior is the black and red one....inside is like new

stunning car, pm if you want more details.


kaplaybunny

do you live on the moon? Loads under 5k

 

Lee

To be honest mate, not liking red at all ...will go for dark colour.. appreciate the offer too.. Also, lack of leather..

I diod wonder about the comment of you wont find one for under 5k.. shit loads about..

 

go for a gt tdi mate if your not after mega performance. still go well but with good look sand economy then get it chipped and its a flying machine

 

youd be hard pushed to get leather....especially with the 5k budget.

and the cloth interior in Golf GTI's is far better than the leather too...

 

Cheers Lee.. didnt realise the cloth was better than the leather in the GTI's just not into coloured cloth if you get me Still a possibility tho..

Chris - nioce one mate.. didnt think about the diesal's.. still under 5k are they???

 

Try and have a look at the A3's, 98-02. You wont get a facelift model but i got a 1.8t sport with leather and every extra for 4.4k nearly a year ago with just under 80k on it. Well worth a look.

Matt

 

A3 deffo the nicer car, interior ect, inmo but every one to there own

 

Westy, the coloured cloth doestn sound nice and in pics doesnt look that nice either....i wasnt convinced....till we went to look and some. Its also really quality cloth too unlike 'wear my bolsters out' RSTS

 

PS

i think thas a bit blind not likeing red



One of best colours imo I love black too but silver and black are too common

 

My mate just bought a 2.3 V5 (mk4, can't remember what year it is tho) with about 60/70k on it for £3800. Other than a few little stone chips and the paint on the bonnet dulling a little, there's nothing wrong with it, goes like stink (for what it is) and is a really smooth, quiet and capable drive. I'm actually impressed, although it IS a little uninspiring(sp)....

 

Depends whether you're deadset on wanting a golf or not?

As the A3 and seat leon/toledos/vw boras are where the bargins are.

Personally i'd go for the 1.8t gti, can be tuned to over 300bhp iirc - there was a thread about this the other day? i reckon the basic 2.0 and 1.8 models will be very slow and boring tbh, the 2.3 isn't that clever either, theres very little scope for tuning and the 2.3 is supposedly a heavy drinker on fuel.

Now if you don't mind a seat toledo you can probably get a full spec one for about £4k with cruise, air con, leather etc etc. Or a seat leon cupra 1.8t again with aircon and leather for under £5k

If you can stretch to 6-7k then a 2.8 4wd bora/golf would be something different.

Or theres the diesel, don't get the 90bhp one, i've found they seem to suffer in the reliabilty stakes than other ones, should be able to get one under £5k but will probably have over 100k miles.

 

I'm almost positive they didn't do a 20 turbo, thought its was NA which makes it slooooow.

IMO I'd avoid the 2 litre as again, its not particularly exciting.
The v5 is very thirsty and no quicker than the 1.8 turbo. Dunno why VW bothered making them tbh.

Best bet is either a 1.8 turbo or 130 diesel. Diesel has loads of torque but are hard to find with low mileage at that money.

I had a 150 diesel anniversary which was the best car I've owned, can't believe I sold it!!! I paid £13500 for it, ran it for 18 months (well it sat in the garage most of time) and sold it for £13500 to the first person who came to view it!

Sold it with the view of buying an e46 m3/audi cab/bmw x5 next year, but miss the golf so much I'm considering buying a mk4 r32.

 

the 2.0 litre is non turbo and slow...and not economical either...

As for seat leon/toledos/vw boras being bargains....theyre quite crap tho imo and they are bargains because of such. Golfs hold their money well

 

golfs only hold they're money better cos people think leons/toledos are rubbish cos they have a seat badge on the front, much like the skoda octavia, take a golf and a octavia of the same spec/condition and the golf will always be worth more money cos people don't like the skoda brand. Even though it's almost the same car and built just aswell i've found.

 

not true very good box's imo

 

this is my ibiza cupra it uses the 20v turbo vag engine and is basically a golf underneath
great interior and capable of starship milage
20v turbo is the engine to go for mate


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MESE%3AIT&rd=1

 

It doesnt matter what the reason is...its the fact they still hold it...

Like sierra cosworths. They ARE sierra with fast engines....END OF. But a saff cos in good cond goes for 5k plus, and a saff LX goes for 500 if its lucky..

It doesnt matter why, the golf holds its value...so its a good buy.

 

You want a gt tdi pdi150!!!!

BEST golf out there (bar R32 )

Pete...

 

R32 too heavy

mk4 anniversary 180 bhp is a sweet sweet car

 

warleydaddy


he said 5k pete

 

old mk4 turbo is ok around that price,but my seat is better as you have change for a remap etc

 

Not too keen on Golfs, mainly because there are far too many around here... :P :P

 

Thats where you`l be surprised!!!!! my matesw just sold his 52plate, with 117k,FVWSH,FULLY LOADED gt tdi pdi 150 for 4.5k!!!!!!!!!!

I was going ot have it,but couldnt sell the 3dr in time,as it HAD TO GO!!!!

Got to say its 1 of the best all round cars ive EVER drove.i got to Scotland and back on £65 and was NEVER under 90mph,AMAZING car,just AMAZING!!!!!!!

But yeh chances of gettin another for that price is SLIM!!!!

1.6 petrold with a tape player for you my friend..

Pete...

 

Fooking hell pete thats cheap. we couldnt find a decent diesel nevermind a gt tdi for under 5k Hence why we got the un ecomnomical 2.0. Lovelly, mint car though but would have liked gttdi

 

Sure was mate,BARGIN OF THE YEAR if you ask me!!!!!

ANd to be honest,even with the millage,the build quality just shines through,the damn thing is FANTASTIC!!!!!!The gilr who i got it for is going traveling for a year nxt Aug,so when she goes i have 1st pop at it,so i know by then it will be EVEN CHEEPER!!!!!

Honest Lee,there isnt a single mark/fault on the whole car..

Pete...

 

they ARE built very very well Pete..thats why they hold their value so well... Everything is solid

 

westy did you have a black s2?

 

many thanks for the advice/reply's

thats the 2.0 one out of the way then..

Looks good that golf Lee.. even in red

and Keorsturbo, yes

 

Westy


try to stretch mate and go for the tdi

 

This is my 1.8 turbo ( X reg ) Paid £5800 for it

By far the most reliable car ive ever owned-Nice cars to drive too



Selling it for £5500 as i need a bigger car

 

this was the anniversary that I owned, had it remapped to just shy of 200 bhp with a boat load of torque.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/n8ckh/PICT0021.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82...utotrader2.jpg

Lovely motor, would buy another one without hesitation.

 

liking these anniversay golfs..

any ideas how much the 20th anniversary ones go for?? noticed 25th ann ones going for 12k ish but may as well go for the R32 for an extra couple of k

are 20th anniversay ones availbale for less than 6k or am I well out

had a look on the trader, but couldnt find anything.

Thanks

 

iirc the 20th anniversary was the mk3 model. I sold my anni for £13500, only had 33k miles though.