vw golf mark 3 advice

[solidsingh]

hi i was looking to make my first car purchase in february and i have narrowed it down to golf mark 3 1.6cl or a 1.9tdi

which one do you think is better and which one would be cheaper to run including insurance and maintenance costs?

[adamss24]

Get the TDI. The 1.6 isnt as cheap to run as the diesel nor it will be cheaper to insure. Get a mechanic to look at the car so you dont have nasty surprises. Search the threads for what to look when buying a new car and you wont go wrong.

[oceanwizard]

Hi i have a mk3 tdi and cannot fault the mechanics of it at all its given me 3.5 years of trouble free motoring. I am pretty religious about changing the oil every 6 months and this has kept it sweet 55mpg on motorway run 40ish normal driving. Any questions you may have dont hesitate to ask

[solidsingh]

whats the acceleration like? how often does it need servicing?

whats the life like on these engines?

can they be remapped to 110bhp +?

thanks

[solidsingh]

oh and how many miles to a full tank?

[oceanwizard]

I have a 110 and yes it can be remapped. acceleration isn't to bad as it has a veriable vane turbo fitted to reduce lag. Change the oil regulary and it should go on for 200k mines coming up to 100k and no probs like i say regular oil change seems to keep it sweet

[solidsingh]

i thought they were all 90 bhp?

[oceanwizard]

well i can get to from east sussex to cornwall which is 300 ish mile on just over half a tank tank size 55 ltrs so not bad i would say

[oceanwizard]

it used to be ;-)

[solidsingh]

what did you do to get it to 110?

[oceanwizard]

I got remap unit from tunit.com it costs nearly 500 quid but you can install it your self it just plugs inline with the ecu. probably cheaper alternatives out there

[locondro]

Hi

Thinking of buying a Golf TDI GT 1997, 3Drs.

Me and my Gf are moving to Greece, so we'd need quite a lot of boot space to store all our things (especially my GF, u know women;)..)

Hows the Golf in this respect?
And, provided it has been well kept, is it reliable, as engine, mechanic, body etc?
What do you say I should look out for?

Cheers!

[ini]

Any of the early TDI engines (90 or 110) can be doubled in power, for relatively little money.