Was told it would give my GTIR a run for its money, it was a TDI DSG model.
First impressions were that the seats were fantastic but the rest of the interior was cheap crappy plastic.
Pulled out the driveway and started accelerating and there was a thud/pop followed by more smoke than the space shuttle on liftoff. Now it won't even wind over. 100,000km on it. Looks like turbo has gone but seems a little more damage than just the turbo
gmphil,
Mar 2, 9:42pm
wow I bet thats not left a good first impression
tamarillo,
Mar 3, 5:35am
However much I like my euros, the gold tdi is diesel up against a hot petrol (I thing Nissan pulsar? ). Interesting comment re plastics, how old was it, they went through a bad patch before finding their mojo again did the golfs. Jazz will know way more. So who pays to fix it now?
brapbrap8,
Mar 3, 6:01am
Sounds like a driver problem to me, I have seen a few jap boy racer cars blow valves and bits of piston out the exhaust when some idiot has hopped in it with a cold engine and decided to take it to redline in every gear up the road.
sw20,
Mar 3, 6:03am
So you actually managed to compose yourself after rolling on the floor laughing for five minutes to actually drive it?
extrayda,
Mar 3, 11:10am
My only experience with a Golf was a reasonably recent one (< 3 years old), not driving, just as a passenger and I found the seats felt horrible, interior felt cheap. TBH very similar to a Tiida. To be fair, this would have been the base model. Recently also a passenger in a new shape Corolla, felt very plasticky and tinny, didn't like the feel of the Auto either (CVT) although I think that is just CVT in general might take a bit of getting used to. My old 97 Cefiro felt far more plush and comfortable, without quite so much shiny plastic. (this coming from a Toyota fan). Maybe all modern cars are full of shiny plastic - I haven't been in many.
timmo1,
Mar 3, 11:42am
Part of the problem with 'shiny plastic' in general, is that some people lather that horrible interior polish over everything. Even if it started as a classy matte finish, it ends up looking like a cheap plastic thing.
solarboy,
Mar 3, 11:53am
I'm guessing - and hoping for his financial sake - that O P hadn't BOUGHT this Golf before his first ride in one.
mugenb20b,
Mar 3, 3:19pm
I found that Golfs have a brilliant chassis but they feel like they are bigger than any other hatchback, almost to a point that they have no competition, it's no longer a medium size vehicle. Corollas, Tiidas, Civics etc. are all about the same. That's my impression anyway.
intrade,
Mar 3, 5:20pm
i wont even bother wasting my time on this thread i erased a post i was going to post as it was to stupide to even reply to this thread just want you to know that part.
lookoutas,
Mar 3, 7:29pm
jazz is quiet.
mugenb20b,
Mar 3, 7:59pm
That's cosmic.
morrisman1,
Mar 3, 8:02pm
we went to push it onto a salvage trailer today but bloody hell they are heavy things, so its still sitting there in the driveway haha.
vtecnet,
Mar 3, 8:09pm
Yep, 1300- 1400kg on average. but they are strong cars, good safety ratings etc.
unideck,
Mar 3, 8:09pm
You know what they say morrisman, its like pushing s**t up hill pmsl
mugenb20b,
Mar 3, 8:10pm
Yes. and water pumps that fall off at 80 000kms.
vtecnet,
Mar 3, 8:19pm
odd, mines still ok at 185,000k (original waterpump), its only 18 years old too. heh I've had 5 golfs, 2x Mk2, 2x Mk3, 1x mk5, So far no water pump problems. seems a random thing to come up with. i'm sure someone has had that happen, but it doesn't happen to all of them :)
I actually had more issues with the 4x Hondas I owned in the last 5 years (2 had the distributors totally fail on a road trip, needed to be towed both times) another blew a head gasket, another the gearbox. was some other incidents too, just can't remember now. fuel pump perhaps., radiator top tank too. on 2 of them Of course not all of those have problems either. :)
ema1,
May 19, 3:16am
End of life cars comes to mind?
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