The official "I just bought a volkswagen bora" thread

[james_tigerwoods]

m44kts said:

They're not a bad cheap snotter. I bought one as a stop-gap last year for £620, that had HiFly tyres on the front, they were comically crap in anything but hot dry days. I remember scaring my mate as I went round a big motorway roundabout in the wet on full lock thanks to the understeer from the crappy tyres.

I had a diesel one, in that colour that I sold to a fella in Scotland (FX51 DLE)

Discovered the hard way that it was pretty soft when I went round a corner, at the same speed as a departed Leon, and spun it - landing backwards in a field. Having missed the ditch, hedge and everything solid. Only cost me a pair of tyres and a shock absorber that VW replaced under warranty.

[big643]

Mr2Mike said:

Unlikely, unless it's very light traffic.

What would be a more realistic Mpg figure around town?

I've never run a 2.0 petrol as a daily, so I have no idea, but would consider one for the price difference over a diesel.

[Meths]

big643 said:

What would be a more realistic Mpg figure around town?

I've never run a 2.0 petrol as a daily, so I have no idea, but would consider one for the price difference over a diesel.

I managed 31mpg in very light traffic (2pm). That included coasting to traffic lights and being as light footed as possible. A 2 mile run from cold (always uses more fuel when cold) sees an average of 25mpg

[excel monkey]

Meths said:

in jazz blue

Best colour! I had a Jazz blue Golf 1.8T GTI many years ago, and it was a great car.

[AndyT77]

I used to average about 35mpg mixed driving, i'd struggle to crack 32mpg on exclusively town driving.

[Meths]

Had it for a couple of weeks now, nothing has broke/fallen off/overheated/exploded which is unusual for for me with such a cheap car. Previous owner kept good care of it and it shows.


I'm going to get a da polisher to the paintwork and bring it back "to new" and sort the various deep scratches after exams.