Golf V5 beyond the fail thread

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After seeing the epic fail of the v5 thread i started paying attention to these much maligned beasties.


infact if the veccy hadnt have been crunched today leaving me in a rather uncertain financial position i was off to look at one in Fife this weekend


**** all you want as i currently own a 1.8T (albeit in a leon ) and had a v6 4motion previously. i want something cheap and different.

170 v5 fits the bill. its quirky different and i think the noise is something special :)

the rest of it is pure tosh but that doesnt come into it
 
i mainly want one for the noise, other than that its a semi practical family friendly medium sized hatchback
 
i will have one and sometime soon,

preferably with a straight thru exhaust and a healthy hike in power :)
 
Morba said:
I know some people supercharged vr6's. Surely there is similar for the v5?
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shhh i have a vision(abeit a drunken one) cooper s charger weegie bodged onto a v5 lump :)

dont give a monkeys about the final power output circa 200 bhp would be ideal but 5 pot and supercharger whine = epic sound womens knickers will drop and men will be in awe. or seomthign like that anyway
 
Morba said:
Didn't seem overly loud or chavvy tbh.
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Never said it was too loud or too chavvy, but doesn't sound anything special.

The Toledo v5 makes sense because it's a top one range bargain. The golf doesn't make sense for this
 
[TW]Fox;17376493 said:
Same opinion as before. Don't see the point. V6 4Motion, 1.8T or better still... something else.
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there isnt a point, i like mk4 golfs i've had a v6 4motion and if i bought another one i'd be constantly comparing it to my old one which i dropped silly money on. i have a 1.8T in my life already a v5 is just well different i'm not saying its good but its different and i like that.
 
Foxtrot26 said:
there isnt a point, i like mk4 golfs i've had a v6 4motion and if i bought another one i'd be constantly comparing it to my old one which i dropped silly money on. i have a 1.8T in my life already a v5 is just well different i'm not saying its good but its different and i like that.
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If you want it to be different you could get a car that's not a MK4 Golf? :confused:

Maybe look at the Bora V5, pointless car + pointless engine (all imo). At least they're cheap, as is the Toledo V5.
 
Spamalot said:
If you want it to be different you could get a car that's not a MK4 Golf? :confused:

Maybe look at the Bora V5, pointless car + pointless engine (all imo). At least they're cheap, as is the Toledo V5.
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i like mk4 golfs i would also consider a bora though (same thing) toledo would also be a possibility


maybe i should have said a mk4 platform v5 :)
 
The funny thing is that a Golf v5 would be a better car than many that are owned on this forum, but yet it's regarded here as completely *****.
Gotta love this place :)
 
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At the time the V5 was the second quickest Golf available behind the 4 Motion, and considering the slight difference in performance between the engines I didn't consider the V6 worth the extra. What I did enjoy was driving a comfortable well specced hatchback with a bit of poke , in fact I still miss it, it wasn't the dog that many seem to allude to here, I've no doubt that on paper there are better value cars you can find, but I just remember a very nice hatchback that served me well for 3 years.
 
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