My humble Golf shed
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Well with my 328 sport playing up and its fate hanging in the balance, I badly needed a cheap set of wheels to get around in.
Meet "Snotball".
Crap phone pics will do for now.
Cosmetically not the best, rust on one of the arches and a massive scrape down the left door, but that's not important really. What is important is that mechanically it is a peach, engine runs really smooth, newish tyres (little 13" things
) doesn't pull to one side or the other, no horrible vibrations, nothing.
Came with a folder full of receipts, history etc.
The only thing that it could do with really is some new brake pads.
I paid £285 for it... unexpectedly the insurance said that they would be refunding me £245 for switching cars.. meaning that this car owes me 40 quid!
Meet "Snotball".
Crap phone pics will do for now.
Cosmetically not the best, rust on one of the arches and a massive scrape down the left door, but that's not important really. What is important is that mechanically it is a peach, engine runs really smooth, newish tyres (little 13" things
) doesn't pull to one side or the other, no horrible vibrations, nothing.Came with a folder full of receipts, history etc.
The only thing that it could do with really is some new brake pads.
I paid £285 for it... unexpectedly the insurance said that they would be refunding me £245 for switching cars.. meaning that this car owes me 40 quid!
Edited by getawayturtle on Tuesday 4th September 21:41
I have one of those wheels with a pretty much new tyre on it if you would like it when I come get your wheels? I don;t want anything for it, it is just taking up space in my garage
I've had 2 Mk3 Golfs, strangely lovable cars
eta: I also have 2 spare headlights if you want them, same as above, just taking up space. They even have working bulbs in them!
I've had 2 Mk3 Golfs, strangely lovable cars
eta: I also have 2 spare headlights if you want them, same as above, just taking up space. They even have working bulbs in them!
The Nur said:
I have one of those wheels with a pretty much new tyre on it if you would like it when I come get your wheels? I don;t want anything for it, it is just taking up space in my garage
I've had 2 Mk3 Golfs, strangely lovable cars
eta: I also have 2 spare headlights if you want them, same as above, just taking up space. They even have working bulbs in them!
Thanks for the offer, I might drop by sometime I've had 2 Mk3 Golfs, strangely lovable cars
eta: I also have 2 spare headlights if you want them, same as above, just taking up space. They even have working bulbs in them!
It's my second mk3 Golf too, the reason I bought one was because of my last one which I ran for nearly 18 months, never failed to get me to where I wanted to go!John Boy 616 said:
Now that's what I'm talking about! Hope it serves you well. Keep updated, I would be interested to see how it treats you over the coming weeks
Just bothered to look through all the receipts for it for the first time, had a new HG done less than 2000 miles ago, along with new spark plugs and injectors. Can't go wrong really Haven't had any issues with it so far, put about 800 miles on the clock by now (158K). There are only 2 minor problems, one of which is a loose heat tray which is rattling, the second is the throttle body is gummed up a bit, which will be sorted when I can be bothered
MOT comes up in December, which will be the real bangernomics test for the car!
It seems that vag group cars only come in one colour during the mid nineties , I'm on my third in a row in Vw dragon/classic green.
Great motor my last one was the 1.8 but I see you have gone upmarket and got the newer more powerful 1.6.
the only problem your going to have with the golf is you may grow to attached to the old girl and start giving her a coat of wax once in a while and checking the oil.
Mine was bought as a cheap stop gap nearly 3 years ago and it's still going strong.
It looks a great shed for the money, I really can't see how you could ever go wrong good luck with the golf.
Great motor my last one was the 1.8 but I see you have gone upmarket and got the newer more powerful 1.6.
the only problem your going to have with the golf is you may grow to attached to the old girl and start giving her a coat of wax once in a while and checking the oil.
Mine was bought as a cheap stop gap nearly 3 years ago and it's still going strong.
It looks a great shed for the money, I really can't see how you could ever go wrong good luck with the golf.
This car has been good to me, but sadly its failed the MOT on rot which will cost more to fix than what I paid for it. The sills turned out to have a thin layer of metal welded over the top of them, mounting points didn't hold up too well
So erm, if you have a sub 600 shed for sale, drop me a line
So erm, if you have a sub 600 shed for sale, drop me a line
y2blade said:
Ours will fail on ROT too...MOT not due until Feb but it is off the road and going to the scrappy in the sky as it has been made surplus to requirements.
It's a shame they rot so easily, as aside from rot the car is absolutely fine (albeit a bit dented)Kitchski said:
Quality man-maths there
I've been looking at a suitable replacement, either a Mondeo ST24 or a cheap BMW E39
Edited by getawayturtle on Saturday 8th December 01:55
getawayturtle said:
I've been looking at a suitable replacement, either a Mondeo ST24 or a cheap BMW E39
Edited by getawayturtle on Saturday 8th December 01:55
I swore I wouldn't go back to the M52B28 engine either. Oh well.The guy selling the ST24 isn't replying to any of my questions anyway. The 528 I'm looking at has done over 250K, at £650. I'm not worried about the engine breaking, just wondering what it is going to be like to sell in a couple of months time, also the tax is due to expire.
He won't budge on the £650 which is a shame, normally I'd have snapped it up by now if I had just a little more cash.
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