Reliability of our MKV's

[VeeDubDan]

Are you selling up Neg? 

Sure am 

What you doing with the CHs, taking them off before you sell?

Yep, worth more off the car.  Will put on the wife's new car or sell - or maybe keep.  undecided at the mo.


Edit: unless I find a buyer who wants them on the car

I would be interested in the rims if you did decide to sell them.

[Norbreck21a]

I was sat here this morning, browsing through my usual parade of VW forum sites, and it struck me that all you ever tend to see is people with problems (I guess that's what the foums are for). They go on about their car still being in warranty and going in again for it's 9th fault etc. etc.

....I don't agree. There are more threads which share the joy of owning a Mk5. This is especially true on this site.

Robin, your comment is certainly true of this site (which is why I now frequent more than all of the others). However there a number of other site that are very negative towards the MKV especially towards build quality. Now I've never owned a MK4, but it seems a lot of people compare them it the MK5. All I can say if the MK4 was that much better than the MK5, it must have been really special as after 43,000 miles, my motor is still tight, rattle and creak free and prefectly reliable.

A neighbour of mine with a 2 year old A3 however, has had nothing but problems and said he would never own another Audi! (I always thought that Audi's were a step UP in quality from the VW's ?)

[Norbreck21a]

For JPC,

Oh, forgot to say Jay, I'll be contacting you in the next few weeks to take up your offer of a pro wash and PTG readings on the car, if that's still OK ? 

[The wheel man]

I think it could be a case of remembering the bad things you hear.  Im coming upto 4 years and the only think to go wrong (appart from the white worm!!) was a CV boot dont at the last servise just before the warranty ran out.  Also, its not that ofern that you will do a post like.... "drove to work today and guess what..... no problems"

You will allways got what i call Friday afternoon cars, no matter what they will always have problems

[Norbreck21a]

I think the million dollar question is, would you recommend a MK5 to a family member ? With my experience, the answer would be Yes, in a heartbeat.

[WhiteGTI]

Touching on what The Wheel Man says, people are far more likely to share bad experiences rather than good experiences. Good experiences are taken as a given.

Yeah there have been stories about the build quality of the MK4 interior is better than the MK5, but that the MK5 completely outdrives and outhandles the MK4.

To answer your question - yes I would recommend it to a family member, but I certainly don't believe that its the best car in its class in particular areas. And I would have no hesitation in recommending other 'hot hatches' to a family member either.

[Norbreck21a]

I know what you are saying WhiteGTI. I wasn't trying to say that the MK5 Golf was the best car at everything in it's sector. If that were the case, there would be no need for a MK6, and no one would buy anything but a Golf. I have friends that have Focus ST's, Megane Sports and Astra VRX's. They all love them and I'm sure they are all great cars.

The thread really wasn't meant to be "our cars are the best in the world", just do we find it a reliable car, or did VW's game slip with the MK5 ? From my experiences (and the replies on here), I would say that it's certainly no worse than many of it's comtempories, but also maybe no better ?

[WhiteGTI]

Lol sorry looking back on my reply I don't know why I put that bit in about the other cars, it wasn't exactly relevant haha! 

[Norbreck21a]

No worries mate  .

We sometimes forget that there are another whole word of motors out there apart from our beloved Golf's.

[JPC]

its a pretty good, well rounded discussion this. just why i like this forum! sorry....off topic!

[TomB]

These days, European manufacturers buy common parts from one supplier, like Lucas, Hella or Valeo and variants of them are fitted to their cars.  For example, current Renaults use a variant of the MK3 Golf rear caliper, and a lot of electrical sensors fit a whole range of makes and models.  So in that respect, most cars are similar without you even realising.  Its all down to personal preference.

[john_o]

as said its natural to post on negative stuff on forums (in general)
fault codes etc to get some help.

What is noticeable is how many people DONT have problems that are modified on this forum, given the torque and power ripping through VW drivetrain 

[RedRobin]

....

It's been said to me independently by two people who have been in motorsport for many years, that unofficially and as an approximate 'rule-of-thumb', VW build a headroom tolerance of about +40% in their cars. So, in other words, they are generally well built and durable and can take a reasonable increase in performance modification without too much stress.

[joesgti]

i love the mk5, best car ive owned by miles.

looking at getting a 1.6 fsi for the misses as they can be baught for around 5k now 

never had a problem with it except a new cv boot, other bits that went wrong were aftermarket parts!

[gazbutS3]

that was a week before road trip 2007 right? we nearly had a man down! bad times

That is the one my man, we were sh*tting ourselves that week 

"oh ha ha" said Jay in a sarcastic tone! ;) 

wish you would wear dungarees Jay