I haz purchased a Golof.

[doobietoo]

Bought this today. 

 

 

Yeah yeah i hear you say its just a mystic blue golf mk3....Nothing special what's it doing here

 

 

 

  maybe an interior pic will help...

 

 

This i think is a lowly L spec.

Keep fit windows, and mirrors, no sunroof radio cassette all on a 1996 car !!! and a 1.4 engine putting out a heady 60bhp 

I think it will fit in just fine.

 

On the plus side its only done just over 100,000 miles and has a pretty good history. The panels are pretty straight too. It does need a good polish though as it has the usual vw blue oxidation.

 

 

 

 

 

[dugong]

Hurrah*?

[wuvvum]

I had one of those.  It was proper basic - 4-speed 'box and everything.  Wasn't as sluggish as I'd feared though.

[Lacquer Peel]

You could get a Mk3 Golf with a 4 speed 'box?!

[MarvinsMom]

i hope it was cheap.....

 

and wheres your pineapple?

[Ghosty]

Uh?! What?

 

Sorry, I fell asleep.

[michael1703]

Read the title as geldof, though wtf?

[doobietoo]

I thought it was a good balance to this..... http://autoshite.com/topic/19570-mmmmm-dubber-crash/

 

and pineapple free 

[r.welfare]

1.4 Mk3 Golfs were definitely 4spd to start with, the tight bastards.

 

My wife had one of those when we first met and for a good few years afterwards, we all know ALL GOLFS IZ CRAP M8 but it was dead reliable and not really that rusty when we sold it at 11 years old with about 150k on the clock.

[dieselassist]

this being a late 1.4, possibly has the AEX engine code; multipoint injection type; the stem oil seals seem to fail regular n douse the 02 sensor in oil, breathers can also mayo up...

 

The earlier ABD 1.4s are 'more durable' being the last incarnation of the mk2 style small engine... looks fairly 'fresh' - with these base mk3 golfs its fairley easy to tell one 'shagged to bit' - it'll drive all sloppy, loose gearchange etc.. I had 4 or 5 of these throughout the years, even an estate version in 1.4 (with the roofrails - MEGA!!) as they are mega cheap here, as are the bits to keep em going...

 

Enjoy the sheer banality!!

[Pillock]

I was going to say I've got some parts for that - but not sure that an electric sunroof motor, couple of GTI arch trims, and a rev counter clock set are necessary. And I put the airbag in the bin (hope the bin lorry doesnt try and crush it or anything)

[purplebargeken]

I like it! I quite like Golfses. I have a Golf with fancy clothes on so I haz biased.

[vulgalour]

132mph is* achievable.

[Luxxo Waftybarger]

I had one, no power steering, 4 speed, tape etc. Strongest arms I've ever had. I drove it as hard as I could try to kill it. Finally something belt like snapped and I rejoiced.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

These are probably the last true volkswagons before they went ALLVAGIZSHIT

 

a golf used to be the reliable, sensible solid choice.

[Pete-M]

I resurrected one of these a few years ago for a friend who needed cheap wheels. It was free but needed wheel bearings, brakes, lower arms, oils, plugs, filters. Cam was knocking its plums off but it made it through the MOT after a day's work.

 

Three years of abuse with liberal servicing and it just made it through another MOT. Needed a couple of plates and rear shocks - the owner builds café racer CX500s in her living room, and regularly shifts donor bikes etc in the Golf.

 

Camshaft is still knocking itself to bits and it just scraped through the emissions this time, but it ain't dead yet.

[UmBongo]

When are you going to start driving like a complete cnut, then?

[nigel bickle]

A Kia Golf. Nice.

 

T'ain't going to go like a Pride though?

[purplebargeken]

 the owner builds café racer CX500s in her living room, and regularly shifts donor bikes etc in the Golf. 

 

Please introduce her to this here forum, she sounds perfect! 

 

I used to have a Cx500 and 2 GL650's. Great bikes. 

[Captain Mainwaring]

I like it. Nothing wrong with a nice Mk3, especially one as basic and no-bullshit as that.

Plus, in my eyes at least, much less associated with cunts than subsequent Golfs. (apart from the scene lot).

[Junkman]

a golf used to be the reliable, sensible solid choice.

 

That's exactly what they never were. They always were overpriced dangerously flimsy tosh with neither handling nor brakes

and had loads of cheap rubbish in them that broke a lot and was expensive to replace.

At least they aren't Vauxhalls though, so I guess all is well.

[HillmanImp]

You could get a Mk3 Golf with a 4 speed 'box?!

 

Even my 87 Scirocco had 5 gears, even if the 5th one was called 'E'. 

[spike60]

For a few days I had a miserable Jetta Formuel(?) E which had 3+E. It was so gutless it couldn't pull E, meaning 3 speed. 1985?

[forddeliveryboy]

That's exactly what they never were. They always were overpriced dangerously flimsy tosh with neither handling nor brakes

and had loads of cheap rubbish in them that broke a lot and was expensive to replace.

At least they aren't Vauxhalls though, so I guess all is well.

 

Always overpriced, I thought (some) handling and brakes began to appear around the time they started making them out of bits which routinely fail - in the days of no brakes and little suspension they did have a reputation for being more reliable than most. Which probably wasn't very difficult.

 

I know of one which broke its MAF sensor (regular occurrence for VW group cars apparently), which in turn took out the DMF. Since the 'wishbone' bushes were more than a year old, they went in sympathy too. I was surprised the oil pump didn't pack up, just to finish the thing off.

[doobietoo]

Well having got it home and checked it out it is actually a CL but i cant for the life of me work out what the C is for...........

 

Nige the Pride was REALLY ROTTEN .......

[Lacquer Peel]

It's no Golf 'L'.

[Pillock]

 

 

I know of one which broke its MAF sensor (regular occurrence for VW group cars apparently), which in turn took out the DMF.

How on earth does a sensor failure take out the flywheel?

[bub2006]

Only 60bhp? That is low powered.

[fordperv]

132mph is* achievable.

I thought that was the mk4

[Matt]

Only 60bhp? That is low powered.

 

Could be worse, my 1.0 MK2F Polo with a 4 speed had a mind blowing 45bhp (when it was new 20 years before I bought it).