Shings

Right ho..

Clio is gone... YAY

Got myself something to smoke round in for a bit and off to the Auctions tomorrow and Thursday BUT I quite fancy a MK 4 Golf GTI 1.8t.

I know they aint that quick and the diesel has similar performance but I want petrol.

How do I tell a genuine 180bhp from a 150bhp?
Whats all this revo bollocks??

Anything else I wanna know?


Jake

AndyNo1

www.uk-mkivs.net

All you need to know............

....or do a search on here as its a popular topic.

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

I've driven a 1.8T (150bhp) and wasnt keen on its handling tbh


I thought it was only the Anniversary that was 180bhp?

Correct me if Im wrong

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

i have one that may be coming up for sale soon Jake.

4 door model,silver,full recaro leather,18" r32 wheels.200+ bhp.

tabetha

SLOW, don't do it!!
tabetha

dojj

iTrader: (3)

don't they use the vvt turbo's? apparently you can't rebuild them when they fuck up and they cost loads of money

if you can stretch to a mk5 then do so, it's a much better car but the handling is still a bit on the "oops, nearly soiled my underpants going round that corner" type

Ryan

got a nice black one for sale, low mileage.

chipped, and rare heated recaro leather interior

has every optional extra other than winter pack.

cfoster

As Tabetha says slow! Rubbish rubbish rubbish!! Slow, handles awfully. I poly bushed mine hoping it would make a difference but didnt at all. Probbaly one of the worst cars i've had!

Shings

I've had a Diesel one guys so I know exactly what they're like- certainly know clio.... lol... but thanks for the thoughts..


Ryan- pm me details

Dave- 2 many doors for me mate...


I've got 2 worth looking at so far 1 private and 1 at a dealer...


Jake

Ryan

cfoster, you must be driving a different car to mine then, as mine with H&R springs handles absoutely brilliantly for a FWD car, granted the tyres are shit, as there hard wearing, but the handling is amazing.

details of the car are:

67k miles i think, its 60 something, cant remember which, will look later if your seriously interested, 90% VW history, just had cambelt and water pump, lowered 30mm on H&R springs and 18" Mk5 GTI alloys.

Black with black recaro heated leather (VERY RARE) sunroof AND climotronic, electric sunroof, and full electric pack (apart from seats)

Chipped by MSD so basically 180 BHP, but noticably quicker than my friends Skoda octavia RS 180.

Thats about it.

Cheers

SapphyMike

I have a Skoda Octavia vRS, and tbh, its not that slow! Comapred to a 400bhp Cossie then tbh, most cars are slow! However, I wouldnt want to do 60 miles a day in a Cossie!

TIFF

get a skoda Jake

cjwood555

Turbo the Alfa

Shings

As much as your Skoda impresses the fuck out of me- it just aint my cup of tea mate- needs to be black or silver with some extra aerials.. lol



Fuck that- its an unreliable Alfa What oil does it take mate?



Ryan - You have PM

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

And a black bonnet!

cfoster

I just never got on with it to be honest, I did come out of a 200sx into it so perhaps used to the handling of that?

Chris

Shorty

iTrader: (1)

I love my Golf, its only a 1.4 and not a GTI but is mega, as Ryan said, they handle mint too, mine is lowered 25mm so that must help...

Not very hard to get more power from the GTI's too, just the usual stuff, zorst, map etc..

Do it Jake!

Shings

See I was going police car- but the Taxi theme might also work too..

bud-weis

get an S3 instead!!!

Shings

Cant get one for the same spec and price and mileage.....

Also- 4wd is just asking for me to be spitting diffs and stuff out... I do take driving hard to another level

bud-weis

i do like golfs....too lardy though, mate has a Tdi that is lovely to drive, just doesn't seem worth bothering with the petrol

how about a seat ibiza Cupra thingy?

like this
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/317696.htm

( first decent example i saw, obviously be loads of others about )

Shings

Erm.... I'd rather stick pins in my eyes

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk..._mileage=80000

Will do nicely.

Jake

bud-weis

where's the 'yawn' smiley?

nice interior though

best of luck with it, bet it won't last long though

Shings

LOL

I hope it does- I've just seen Ford are taking deposits on new Focus RS's

Interior is nice but I am toying with whether its worth paying the extra for the leather - I suspect the answer may be yes though...

bud-weis

i prefer the heated cloth recaros personally....the leather usually doesn't wear that well at all.

Ł500 deposit ain't much...and you could keep the RS a couple of months and still make some profit, i may do it myself

Shings

When you pop over the road the Brooklyn stick my name down- tell em I'll be in later...


Heated cloth recaro's... is that the ones where the seats are colour coded and not just grey and black?


Jake

Ryan

cloth looks very cheap in the golfs compared to the recaro leather.

cant be heated leather seats

smithy20vt

I ve got another 1.8t fairly happy with it now, i ve got a black 3 door 19s coilvers about to be fitted, Forge Turbo intake, turbo back milltek just need a fmic then i ll be running about 240bhp.

Not the best handling car but perfect as a long distance crusier pretty refined and with 240 bhp it should be quick enough

Shings

I agree with that- but the colour coded cloth looks ok- the standard black and grey is poor though..

smithy20vt

Also the 180bhp ones have the KO3s turbo same as the Octy VRS and with a stage 2 remap and the above mods will make 240bhp.

The early golfs are 150 bhp with the Ko3 turbo with an agu engibe with a stage 1 will make 200bhp and stage 2 about 220bhp.

Revo is a Remapping company but atm Custom code are doing 30% off remaps and much smoother in power delivery, more like stock, than Revo which is pretty spikey

bud-weis

yes, my mates are black with red centres...look really really smart, very comfortable too...and supportive

joshF

theres a 225bhp round near me and that things abit naf tbh

saying that theres a gt tdi 180 bhp and that thing is rapid

Drunken Master

My brother had one, I thought i'd take it for a spin as he had been bragging about it. And it was like driving a boat, handling was shocking to say the least. Not to mention they haven't got enough power to take the skin of a rice pudding.

I still don't understand why they put a "GTi" badge on it

Wazzzer

Main difference between the 150bhp and the 180bhp modles is the price tag

Anniversarys were the only model available with 180bhp and were only available in black, red or silver.

I love my 1.8T to bits

If you want any guides on buying them etc you won't go far wrong with uk-mkivs. If you need any quick info give me a shout and I'll try and answer for you

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

mine has heated seats too.

AndyRST

I test drove a GT TDI 150 when it was 9 months old from a VW dealer and i was shocked at handling, i went and bought a ST170 instead lol. Ride was like suspension had been removed and a tube of jelly placed instead

My sister's got a GTI 1.8T and makes a good everyday car, comfy, quiet and quick enough for a everyday car but its nothing special like a Seat Cupra R with 225bhp

Shings

Stop it..

At the moment I am limiting myself to about 5k... judging by the auction yest I should be quids in with somet sensible..

I have 10k to spend which gets a Cupra R 225 spec one with 30k ish... which IMO looks the tits but I hate the dash- also it means boxster too.. and if I go down the boxster route it means I will open it up some more and but an S.....

dojj

iTrader: (3)

forget the 1.8t and get yourself one of them 2.0 tdi things
fantasicly quick and well spec'd
the only prolems are the slightly out of control feeling when you erally stamp on the brakes and the vaugness of the steering going round corners

but all my stuff is based on the mk5, my mate had a mk4 and he said it was a pile of wank, worse than his mk3 astra

maxest

iTrader: (1)

The ST170 is a better car imo, and i dont like ST170's...

gingerxr2

my mates just had,cold air intake,full powerflow,re-mapped,and it was RR at 220bhp,not bad 150-220bhp