thinking of buying a mk3 golf-dont want nought expensive i see a few 1.4 litre match ones going at ok prices-but are the 1.4's underpowered-any info please?

mark

 

my missus has a 1.4 CL on an "M" I think.

good solid car,and relativeley reliable. My GF doesent think so though, she was trying to talk hersef into selling it the other week and as ammo she stated it had broken doen 3 times last year, these were ( woman alert ! )

Knackered battery - wear and tear IMO, batteries dont last forever.

Broken distributor - fair play, but this has been the only mayor fault since has owned it.

And the one that made me chuckle - a puncture

Like I say I like golfs, but hers feels underpowred ( she never goes over 3000 rpm anyway, and there is no power steering - mega heavy to drive at slow speed.

other than that wev'e had no problems.

 

hi the i.4 are pretty underpowered mate.if you can go for a 1.6 or better still a 1.9tdi.they are great.ive had 1 for nearly 2 years mate great car spent alot on slight mods mate then got a complete engine rebuilt.now have to sell cos ive just bought a new scoob so will be putting my for sale for offers around £1850 let me know cost me nearly 3800
http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/thread.asp?ThreadID=286422

[Edited by mo,s scoobymonster - 1/17/2004 11:21:24 PM]

 

Hi,

I had a '97 Mk3 GTi 16v and other than the car I have now it was the best car i've ever owned by far.

Had it for ~2.5 yrs nothing ever went wrong with it at all, infact all it cost me during my ownership was 4 tyres LOL.

 

My Fiancee has just bought one and it's such a nice car. Hers has covered 102,000 miles and looks & drives like a new car I can't comment on the power of the smaller engined ones though Golfs are great cars

Paul

p.s she had a mark 2 gti that got written off just before Christmas and got out of it without a mark on her Even the old one stood up well in a crash.

 

I had a 98 mk3 gti and it was a complete pile of poo, i owned a mk2 prior to this and that was one of the best cars i've ever owned but the mk3 was a nightmare, underpowered didnt deserve a gti badge, and was riddled with problems from day 1 but maybe i had a bag egg, although i believe that all golfs are **** since the mk2 apart from the r32.