Who's had a (basic) mk4?

[shreddedmeat]

Cheers for all the tips, will look into maybe a Bora TDI. On the US TDI forums a few years back i remember reading reports of people having them up to 700k and still going   

[Chris92]

I had a mk4 golf 1.6 16valve for nearly 3 years and didn't spend a penny on it other than normal servicing and brake pads etc, straight through every MOT. I know the man I sold it to and he hasn't spent a penny on it either apart from what I did and he's had it over a year and a half, so that's about 4 and a half years it's been in my life so to speak and has been super super super reliable. Still on its original exhaust to and it's still tidy looking.

[Mannystk]

I had a 1.4 MK4 Final Edition, Had the car for around 5 years

It was quite slow as the car is pretty heavy for a 1.4 to pull around, but it was great to drive, very reliable and its very easy to maintain as you can get any parts for pennys

[Horatio]

Had a VW Bora for 5 years and currently a mk4 golf estate S TDI 100pd as a second car for work, plenty fast enough to cruise at 70. Looked at quite a few and a lot of the low mileage examples I found had little or no regular service history. You cant go wrong with a high mileage PD tdi with fsh.