Advice Please - Golf V5 Mk4

[alphadog]

Hi Guys - Thinking about buying a Golf Mk4 V5, anyone got one? Good points / bad points??

What do you think of this?

ebay V5

[Dr G]

It is not the best model in the range. As thirsty as a 4 motion but without the performance or 4 wheel drive traction and even worse residual values.

Both 1.8T and 2.8 ar ebetter prospects. That advert is absolutely terrible also!

[alphadog]

Agreed advert is terrible - but currently 4k and only 33k on the clock seems pretty good.

Replacing my Alfa 147 2.0 Selespeed - seems pretty similar in terms of fuel econmy, insurance power etc but don't really know about anything but the numbers.

Thanks

[paoloh]

As said previously, buy the 1.8T.

V5 is the pup of the range. was never a great seller and residuals are not great.

The chap selling must have been on Acid when taking the pictures. He also made the mistake of posting the answers to the questions.

[skymaster]

The one he is selling is the 170 version, pre 2001 they were a 10 valve 150 HP version.

I owned a 150 version for a few years, mine was chipped to 170, lowered and had a Milltek exhaust on it as well as the lovely 17 inch Santa Monica alloys. It was a great car but the MPG was awful, it was fairly lazy until I had it chipped and even then it was no where near as quick as a 1.8T 180 or a 4 motion... It was nice and smooth though... and sounded great.

I guess you could re map this one up to 190 which would be respectable for a car of this age and generation.

Mine was super reliable and never missed a beat... but there will always be someone out there who has suffered a really unreliable one...

[rb5230]

surely a v6 4motion would be similar money and a betetr car?

[NBirkitt]

See 5-page Model profile on the Golf V5 (and Bora V5) in the June 2006 issue of Volkswagen Driver magazine (p49-53)

+ 5-page Road test of Golf V5 ( 170 PS version) in May 2001 p37-41

www.volkswagendrivermag.co.uk or 01525 750 500

[Somnophore]

I drove one, sounded lovely pulled well, very smooth, but needs better suspension bit wallowy still not as sharp as a gti handling wise