My Golf GTI 16v

[randomman]

Hope you like

[D1on]

Nice
Makes a change to see one thats actually red rather than pink too!

[150bhp]

Looks good to me

[ambuletz]

looks in lovely condition!
How are these for reliability? Always thought about getting one as they're relatively cheap (£500-1500), although they're almost always above 130,000 miles or so.

[randomman]

Well that one's on 143k and running sweet as a nut. FVWSH and had the cambelt changed shortly before I got it. All for the princly sum of 800 pounds.

[ambuletz]

Wow, absolute bargain. if the engine is strong perhaps it could last you twice that!

[randomman]

ambuletz said:

Wow, absolute bargain. if the engine is strong perhaps it could last you twice that!

Here's hoping!

As far as I can tell the engine is a pretty tough cookie.

[MadRob6]

I think that's the tidiest mk3 I've ever seen. Looks very nice.

[seismic22]

tidy! i had a mk3 16v and it went like a train and that ABF 16v is bombproof. ignore all the crap about the mk3 being a heavy car, at only 1150kg its actually pretty dam light and if u get some cheap uprated suspension then the mk3 16v is a proper cheap weapon.

[Macleod1873]

What a Beaut mate

[Evo]

Another bargain Golf. I've just paid £800 for a clean white MK2 GTIm 143,000 miles and it's drives as tight as anything, no rattles,squeaks or funny noises.

Very clean car, are you going to keep it original?

[BelperJim]

That's a lovely example. Should of invested in a Mk2 though

[gareth.e]

bargin!

[jas xjr]

BelperJim said:

That's a lovely example. Should of invested in a Mk2 though

nice car but i was hoping it was going to be a mk 2 as well

[randomman]

Evo said:

Another bargain Golf. I've just paid £800 for a clean white MK2 GTIm 143,000 miles and it's drives as tight as anything, no rattles,squeaks or funny noises.

Very clean car, are you going to keep it original?

Yeah, would be a shame to change anything on a car like it to be honest. I was tempted by a subtle stainless steel exhaust but can't find any I really like. Suspension is another maybe but I wouldn't want to drop it any more than the bare minimum and people tell me that uprating bushes and top mounts would be more effective than that.

[cg360]

Uprated anti-roll bars are what I would do first, assuming all the bushes/springs/dampers were in good condition. Makes a huge difference to how the car feels.

I like your example, btw. I had Mk2's but I now hanker after a Mk3 as I only run one car and the Mk2s are all getting long in the tooth and deserve a bit more pampering than I have time for just now.

[randomman]

Cheers for the replies. Will look into arbs!

[Adz The Rat]

God damm, that looks brand new!!!!
I thought mine was tidy but that has really just shown me up.

[Paul 8v]

Bargain! Nice car, I had the 8v one and I loved it, should never have sold it...

[paultownsend]

a beauty mate. iv an abf in a mk2. quick little motor.
as said, a few choive mods and it will be a proper little weapon.

vw abf exhausts flow well so leave that
get a k&n and take out the airbox trumpet and smooth the box out. id get catch tank and bypass the pcv. they always leak.
weitec/bilstein springs dampers
h&r roll bars
a mix of poly and vw bushes to tighten things up

mine runs dead on 149.5hp and an increase of 10 lbft on a D_Dynamics rollers. good power. but since the head rebuild seems a little quicker