MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: dave parker on July 05, 2012, 11:36:15 am
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Can a 22 year old mk2 Gti be suitable as an everyday car?
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If its a decent one then I dont see why not. I got one as a stop gap for a while - ended up using it most days for almost 18months. Got some great comments too - wish I kept it now but then they can need some work to keep in tip top condition on todays roads - all the salt/grit in the winter months.
Actually sold it for £20 less than I bought it too - ok may have spend around £500 on it over the 18months but overall pretty good. Mine was a 1990 Mk2 GTI 16valver
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Absolutely if you find a good one, they are brilliant cars but you may need to update suspension componants etc. due to age. I would not like to run an old golf on the motorway however purely from a safety point of view. Shame to run a minter every day in my view but make great weekend toys :happy2:
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It won't be long before the price of mint MK2s are running into that of the highest mileage MK5 GTIs :laugh:
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I have loads of friends running mk2 GTi's as a daily and they love them but yes with age they require loving
And so on :smiley:
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Thanks everyone
I only do 4k miles a year, mostly town driving, which will help running an older car I guess
NEG:- your car looks awesome, very much like the kind of thin I am looking for
FELIX:- yeah would probs be coilovers on straight away
ANDREWPARKER:- I currently have a mk5 but a GT TDI Sport which I am going to be selling to fund the Mk2
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I did seven years in mine as an every-day driver until 2005, more reliable than my Mk4 1.8T, that's for sure.
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if i was in the market for a mk2 (which i wish i was) then i would be very interested in this one:
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3972872.htm
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if i was in the market for a mk2 (which i wish i was) then i would be very interested in this one:
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3972872.htm
Oak Green Tax, don't get it! :confused:
I love it when people say 'Rare colour'. Ask yourself why, no one wanted a Green one when they were new! :laugh:
My old MK2 8 Valve, wish I still had her! :sad1:
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My old MK2 8 Valve, wish I still had her! :sad1:
reminds me of this video of your average scene hero :laugh::
this thread is making me want a Mk2 GTI :sad1:. love your Grey one Nath, looks cleaaaaaaaan
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Is the 16v much better than the 8v?
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Is the 16v much better than the 8v?
Having driven both many times I'd say the 16v was harder work to drive quickish, if that makes sense. 8v does feel torquier at lower speeds. There's not a lot in it but in a recent buyers guide I read they suggested a late 3dr 8v was the car to go for.
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were the 8v ever available with big bumpers?
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I'm pretty sure I've seen loads of big bumper 8v MK2s.
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were the 8v ever available with big bumpers?
Yes. Made alone side the 16v. 16v is way better in every sense. Ive owned 14 Mk2s. Every type. 8v, modded 8v, 16v, abf converted 16v, 9a converted 16v. Carried out my own vr6 conversion (mate still owns it from 2005 when I sold it) in 2.8 coil pack also had a Jetta vr6 with 2.9 dizzy engine.
For me every time the best option is a k-jet 16v with 2.0 bottom end. Sublime cars. I will have another next year maybe. My fave cars of all time!!!
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i'd love The Phirm's K04 2.0T'ed Mk2
can you imagine 300bhp in something that weighs 900kg?! :driver:
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i'd love The Phirm's K04 2.0T'ed Mk2
can you imagine 300bhp in something that weighs 900kg?! :driver:
You'd need an extremely stripped Mk2 to get near to 900kg.
My empty caged mk1 with 2.0 abf was around 850kg. Nothing but 2 seats, dash and cage in that.
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Whats the gist with the mileage situation?
90% of Mk2 seem to have 100-170k miles which obviously at first glance sounds loads but factor in that its a 20+ year old car and not too bad.
I had decided to wait out for a low mileage car, somethingup to maybe 70k miles, but not sure if its better to get one thats been used or one thatas not done as many.
Scary to get a 170k miles car when I have never owned a car done more than 40k .....
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its only milage people are way too hung up on milage in this country just go out have a look and have a drive check its history and make sure its not rusty and that it drives as it should and is not on its last legs and try to buy it off someone like us who loves his vw
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i'd love The Phirm's K04 2.0T'ed Mk2
can you imagine 300bhp in something that weighs 900kg?! :driver:
My mate Nick "Nickb" has 300 hp, perhaps a touch more since the hard intake pipe in his lovely MkII. 20vT Bam motor
Id love a Tfsi MkII :party: :party:
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I've owned quite a few mk2s over the years, and have often thought of getting another as a round town runabout. They were the car that VWs reputation now was built on, very over engineered and properly looked after will last forever.
BUT they are old now, many of the rubber bushings will be shot, they don't have the soundproofing of modern cars and the oily bits will need to have been properly maintained.
So just buying one and chucking a set of coilovers on won't solve any problems. The axle bushes and top mounts will need replacing with decent quality parts. If you get cheap suspension you will get loud crashes when you go over potholes and small ridges in the road. If you just lower a car that has spend 20 years on standard springs chances are that the rear beam will knock on the exhaust and drive you potty; and a standard 16v feels like it has a giant power hole in the mid range where as a standard 8v has poor low speed throttle response on most cars thanks to the Digifant injection system (k-jet 8v's better response but probably not many decent ones left).
A decent set of gas dampers on standard springs will give the best handling for a daily driver, an 2.0 bottom end makes the car 100% better to drive whether it's an 8 or 16valver and new rubber axle bushes will make it safe to use at speed.
16v heads are a nightmare to repair.
For me it would be an 8v with the 2.0 bottom end out of an Ibiza GTI or similar minus the catalyst and the ECU written to suit. Power from idle to the (lowish) red line, huge torque so it wouldn't matter if you fluffed a gear change.
The bit where a 16v comes into its own is about 4500rpm and that's when you start thinking about the potential repair bills of a complicated 22 year old cylinder head going 'pop'!!!
Don't go on mileage on a car of that age if you want a daily driver. A mint low miler is too good to use daily, and a neglected low miler will be just as big a money pit as a high miler. It's an old car so go on condition, originality of body panels and paint and how much detailed history it has.
And we're not girlies here (and that goes for the women members too), don't get hung up on colour - it's a second hand car so you buy the best example not the sexiest colour!!
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Friend of mine has an ABF'd MKII with aircon - it is most pleasant. I'm too old and miserable now to have a daily driver without it.