Golf mk2 good first car?

IC3 said:
Do you have any pics of your mk2? and what car you have now?
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Not my picture but same colour and spec. Although mine was lowered 60mm in the end, Oh and mine was a 3 door

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Not driving anything at the moment, but it will be a 2000 1.6 Ford Escort Estate in a few months time as it'll be cheap from my Dad and I have a baby on the way.
 
Nice, I like the colour if you could drop in some BBS that you can get cheap used and re freshed it would look even better! ;)
 
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theyre pics from 5 years ago or so. i like BBSs but theyre a pain to clean and a bit predictable in the golf scene

if id have kept that car it would have stayed OE looking and id have transferred all my mk3 hardware into it :D
 
Love the mk2 gti's.. I remember driving the 8v after driving my nova sr and thinking how damned torquey it was...Nothing by todays standards im sure but a blast nontheless.. Mint, unmolested, which are the most rare go for 4k+. Most have been molested and bodged with though, i think id get a 1.8t conversion if i were ever to plump for one.
 
gigeorge said:
Love the mk2 gti's.. I remember driving the 8v after driving my nova sr and thinking how damned torquey it was...Nothing by todays standards im sure but a blast nontheless.. Mint, unmolested, which are the most rare go for 4k+. Most have been molested and bodged with though, i think id get a 1.8t conversion if i were ever to plump for one.
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1.8t? Why not vr6 2.8 or 2.9 from corrado? :D
 
IC3 said:
1.8t? Why not vr6 2.8 or 2.9 from corrado? :D
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More tunable and lighter. Also if going for a vr6 then the 2.8 is less prone to bore wear on cylinders 1 and 6 than the 2.9.

I checked recently and my old grey mk2 16v is still on the road. I would love to find it.
 
I would highly recommend not allowing a drive in a highly tuned and modified car on some great country roads lure you into buying a 1.3 version which you will drive around on the pot-ridden roads of England.

Before you learn to drive and have a licence, you will lust after many [some ridiculous] manner of car especially if you get given the opportunity to drive it. We've all done it.
 
I still firmly state that the 1.8t with a standard blower has no place at all in a gti. There is not a shred of fun character in that engine.

I'd vote vr
 
I had a Mk2 1.6 for my first car and it served me well for nearly 4 years. Hardly skipped a beat! Took me to the Mediterranean and back no problem.

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They are very good cars, very reliable if you treat your car with respect then yes, if not than no wonder it brakes ;]
But the insurance will be probably high any way, does any one know roughly what are the costs?
I had a talk with my dad today and we considered some sensible options, to not get ripped off with 4-5k insurance... Because to me its crazy!
 
They came from an era when the cars were meant to las . I have a mk3 too which is no 237k and still a trooper

My mk4 is no 200k but I think it has taken more work to get there
 
IC3 said:
They are very good cars, very reliable if you treat your car with respect then yes, if not than no wonder it brakes ;]
But the insurance will be probably high any way, does any one know roughly what are the costs?
I had a talk with my dad today and we considered some sensible options, to not get ripped off with 4-5k insurance... Because to me its crazy!
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I paid £1300 at 19,although footman James won't do a classic policy for under 25s anymore.
 
Matt82 said:
I still firmly state that the 1.8t with a standard blower has no place at all in a gti. There is not a shred of fun character in that engine.

I'd vote vr
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Something like an extra 60kg infront of the front wheels though. On a car that's back end already weighs nothing .

Always would have to be an ABF for me unless a warehouse full of newg60's showed up . Easy swap , Enough power , bombproof
 
"andy" said:
Something like an extra 60kg infront of the front wheels though. On a car that's back end already weighs nothing .

Always would have to be an ABF for me unless a warehouse full of newg60's showed up . Easy swap , Enough power , bombproof
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ABF is the 'proper' way, a supercharged VR can't be beat on noise though.
 
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