Golf V5: thoughts?

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No ones upset, just this thread has pulled lots of stupid posts, yours included.
Also you are now comparing an older car to a performance car from very recent years lol.

Not tracked into buying anything. I have purely asked for information on a car and most posters seem unable to do anything but talk irrelevant rubbish :)
 
Morba said:
No ones upset, just this thread has pulled lots of stupid posts, yours included.
Also you are now comparing an older car to a performance car from very recent years lol.
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well why are you asking for thoughts? if your hell bent on buying it why do you need an ego stroke?

you've been anti everyone in this thread almost.

and its not a lol at Biohazards stupid post.

172 Clio's were out at the time, and they'd hump it silly. So stick your crap car where the sun don't shine, cause its that. Pants.

It doesn't matter the age, I'm compairing engineering but you bash on with your craptastic choice.

:)
 
Biohazard said:
well why are you asking for thoughts? if your hell bent on buying it why do you need an ego stroke?

you've been anti everyone in this thread almost.

and its not a lol at Biohazards stupid post.

172 Clio's were out at the time, and they'd hump it silly. So stick your crap car where the sun don't shine, cause its that. Pants.

It doesn't matter the age, I'm compairing engineering but you bash on with your craptastic choice.

:)
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lol you need to grow up. I'm not even buying a car, i have asked for information on a car.

Is it so wrong to ask for information on a car these days? Does every thread need to be a 'spec me' thread so people can offer other cars up?

I really dont understand what the issue is here.

If i posted in GD asking about apples, would you tell me to get bananas instead?

Oh, and i dont think there is any clio that meets comparison criteria that would hump the golf silly, but hey dont worry because as said many times: its irrelevant.
 
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Because i am interested and thought the great motors forum on here might return non fanboyism only, decent information about the engine and car in general.
What has been posted is a couple of good posts (which have not been ignored) and a general load of crap.
People post asking about many different cars and get given good info about the cars that are requested. Yet this thread seems to be people saying to buy something else without answering the question.
 
Morba said:
lol you need to grow up. I'm not even buying a car, i have asked for information on a car.

Is it so wrong to ask for information on a car these days? Does every thread need to be a 'spec me' thread so people can offer other cars up?

I really dont understand what the issue is here.

If i posted in GD asking about apples, would you tell me to get bananas instead?

Oh, and i dont think there is any clio that meets comparison criteria that would hump the golf silly, but hey dont worry because as said many times: its irrelevant.
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I need to grow up?

Look at yourself, and this thread.

I never told you to get anything, your talking unrelated jibberish now.

Enjoy the rest of your pointless thread, and you have information for your friend. The cars crap.
 
Biohazard said:
I need to grow up?

Look at yourself, and this thread.

I never told you to get anything, your talking unrelated jibberish now.

Enjoy the rest of your pointless thread, and you have information for your friend. The cars crap.
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Honestly, you do. There is nobody buying a V5 that i am aware of. Why can you not understand that? lol.
Thankfully not everyone who has posted in this thread has been as useless as you, however you have made me laugh
 
well you asked for thoughts on the engine and you got some. and you lol'd, so what do you want in the thread? a bunch of people to say what you want to hear?

don't see the big deal, but you do seem very defensive.
 
Morba said:
Because i am interested and thought the great motors forum on here might return non fanboyism only, decent information about the engine and car in general.
What has been posted is a couple of good posts (which have not been ignored) and a general load of crap.
People post asking about many different cars and get given good info about the cars that are requested. Yet this thread seems to be people saying to buy something else without answering the question.
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I used to own a 150bhp MK4 1.8T GTI, but got to drive a 170bhp Golf V5 extensively as our company had one as a pool car (it was the company car of one of the managers, but we kept it after he left the company).

In my opinion the V5 was the better car. It didn't feel much faster than my GTI, and handled exactly the same, but what you got was an engine note with real character. At full throttle between 2k and 4k rpm you get a lovely warble and mechanical thrum. Basically the engine sounded 100 times better than than soulless 1.8T engine. That alone makes it the more appealing car if you're really after a sporty MK4 Golf.
 
Biohazard said:
well you asked for thoughts on the engine and you got some. and you lol'd, so what do you want in the thread? a bunch of people to say what you want to hear?

don't see the big deal, but you do seem very defensive.
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No. the people who offered advice on the car itself have posted decent information (be it good or bad about the car). People who post crap have been ignored or laughed at.

I dont need to have a huge intricate reason for asking about a car, i am allowed to be interested lol.

Biohazard said:
so what do you want in the thread? a bunch of people to say what you want to hear?
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Yes. I want to hear information on the car itself, not what is better or alternatives. Its really not hard to understand lol
 
You said you were asking about a specific engine at one point, and I made a comment generally along those lines I do apologise for not bringing to the table what would interest you.

I took the thread title 'thoughts' too literally it would seem.

But anyway you continue on your fact finding mission, have fun.
 
you did make a very general comment, it was even picked up by someone else but you decided to ignore them.
given other 6 pots (be it straight or v) out around the same time had similar or worse bhp, it was an odd comment to say that it was low for what it was. You then took offence it seems and went off on one about even more random rubbish lol
 
its a shame that you come on here looking for help and anyone who posted somthing negative and give there opinions you jumped down there throat.
if you want fanboy on a car use the fanboy website for that said car.
 
Cupra said:
its a shame that you come on here looking for help and anyone who posted somthing negative and give there opinions you jumped down there throat.
if you want fanboy on a car use the fanboy website for that said car.
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Lol, where have i rejected good information that was negative about the car? The only comments that i have batted off have been ones regarding suggestions for other cars.

Someone mentioned that they drink A LOT. I commented on that, didnt tell the person to get lost.
Another mentioned coil packs going one after the other, i mentioned that it sounds like diesel injectors!
Both are negatives to the car, did i ignore those people? no.
 
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Morba said:
Lol, where have i rejected good information that was negative about the car?
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as soon as anyone mentions anything about an alternative engine and why its better, how do you expet anyone to advise about anything without giving some alternates?


i think your just sad because you went out and bought the car knowing the 1.8t or the vr6 would have been a better choice and a leon/ibiza octavia/fabia a3/a4 would have been better than the dull golf too.
 
I didn't ignore him I didn't see it, but by the time I did I'd talked further and encompassed it a bit.

well it is low for 'what it is' from my point of view ok it might be upkeeping with a comparable 6pot of the time but those bmw/vaux lumps are fairly restricted, 170/180 from six/five cylinders in which ever configuration.. it can be matched with less weight less cylinders and less parts with a 4pot.

ok its not your brief, and lol yourself content but i'm entitled to my opinion as to why its not brilliant.
 
Cupra said:
as soon as anyone mentions anything about an alternative engine and why its better, how do you expet anyone to advise about anything without giving some alternates?


i think your just sad because you went out and bought the car knowing the 1.8t or the vr6 would have been a better choice and a leon/ibiza octavia/fabia a3/a4 would have been the right choice.
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No, people have said 'get x its better' without really saying why the v5 is a bad choice. Another poster said that most people who actually drive them like them (be it a couple of times or owning them), its just the people who havent driven them that rubbish them.

The alternatives mean nothing, because most of them are not available in any form that i would actually be interested in. So i wanted information on the specific car itself. Its really not hard to understand lol.

I havent bought any car lol. I still have my 3 series.
 
Biohazard said:
I didn't ignore him I didn't see it, but by the time I did I'd talked further and encompassed it a bit.

well it is low for 'what it is' from my point of view ok it might be upkeeping with a comparable 6pot of the time but those bmw/vaux lumps are fairly restricted, 170/180 from six/five cylinders in which ever configuration.. it can be matched with less weight less cylinders and less parts with a 4pot.

ok its not your brief, and lol yourself content but i'm entitled to my opinion as to why its not brilliant.
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nobody said you arent entitled to an opinion, it was just an odd one given the other engines in the market at the time :P
 
Foxtrot26 said:
they eat mafs
watch out for chain slap its a hellishly expensive thing to put right
they like to eat coil packs and temp senders quite frequently too
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My experience varies greatly from this.

Original MAF
No idea what chain slap is, but not experienced it yet.
1 coil pack in 190k miles

Can an average of 34mpg really be described as thirsty for a 2.3L 170bhp 5 cylinder engine? I consider it to be very good. Service intervals are 10k following a repeating pattern (inspection, standard, inspection, full). I'd take another car with this engine without hesitation. Shame they don't make it anymore.
 
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