Help with Mk3 buying decision please

Help with Mk3 buying decision please

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andy tims

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5,578 posts

246 months

Sunday 29th March 2015
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06 - 2.0i Sport, heated leather and speed box.

drivingwoohoo

Flip Martian

19,666 posts

190 months

Sunday 29th March 2015
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Very nice. Like mine then, except mine's black. The grey looks better I think!

Rgee

248 posts

247 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Very nice, I was thinking about getting a Mk3 as a weekend toy as they seem great value for money. Went to the local dealer and sat in hard top version and I was a bit disappointed with the seating. I am 6'2" and found my head touching the hard top with the seat fully down and with the steering adjusted fully up it felt it was still too low and sitting on my lap. I'll have a look at another before I discount it but I was really wanting to like it but just can't get on with sitting on it rather than in it.

Flip Martian

19,666 posts

190 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Rgee said:
Very nice, I was thinking about getting a Mk3 as a weekend toy as they seem great value for money. Went to the local dealer and sat in hard top version and I was a bit disappointed with the seating. I am 6'2" and found my head touching the hard top with the seat fully down and with the steering adjusted fully up it felt it was still too low and sitting on my lap. I'll have a look at another before I discount it but I was really wanting to like it but just can't get on with sitting on it rather than in it.
Maybe the hardtop is more of a problem. I've not tried one but my soft top Mk3 is fine for headroom and I'm 6 ft 2. Even less so with the roof off clearly - but my head doesn't touch it unless I hit a particularly large bump...

Gandahar

9,600 posts

128 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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I am that size and the soft top is ok for me too. It's such a quick mechanism no loss over the hard top, also it is lighter and less to go wrong.



g40steve

925 posts

162 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Must be your seating position?
I have had both hard & rag, i am 6,1.
Don't get a problem with either until I wear a crash helmet.
Then the bars in the rag top get in the way & the hardtop is no problem????

clarki

1,313 posts

219 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Nice work andy - looks superb

mehstg

1 posts

108 months

Friday 3rd April 2015
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Very nice. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it set you back? - Prices seem to vary quite wildly at the moment on the way in to summer.