DannyW Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Been offered a mk3 golf gti 16v as i need a cheap car, has anyone got any experience of them? Are they generally reliable? The figures suggest 35mpg, is this about right? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky1978 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Not a bad motor tbh. Its the heaviest of the GTI's though so 35mpg might be at the top end of achievable if you drive it 'normally'. Generally quite reliable as with most VW's and if looked after properly shouls see well over 100,00 miles no trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezzler Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 How cheap are we talking? I'd sooner have a mk2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Yeh they are pretty reliable, you would be ideally looking at 30MPG. Solid cars too, but if you want to do better on petrol, get the Polo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 How cheap are we talking? I'd sooner have a mk2 Cheaper than a decent mk2, about £700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Wife has a mk3 gti, and she enjoys driving it and giving it stick Has been reliable, will say that, but we purposely got a low mileage 8v version.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 but we purposely got a low mileage 8v version.. Why? known to have less problems than the 16v? or to be better on fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Why? known to have less problems than the 16v? or to be better on fuel? Less problems, and a little more spritely I found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 Less problems, and a little more spritely I found cool thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 They're alright. Some water hoses are a bit prone but they're cheap to replace. Suspension bushes and rear shocks go quite a bit, but otherwise my mk3 never broke down once in it's 8 years of ownership and it went to the scrappage scheme with 166k on the clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 They're alright. Some water hoses are a bit prone but they're cheap to replace. Suspension bushes and rear shocks go quite a bit, but otherwise my mk3 never broke down once in it's 8 years of ownership and it went to the scrappage scheme with 166k on the clock Good advice, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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