I thought i would put up a few words about my 'dub ride', it's a 1996 3 door 8v in dragon green , basically it's been in my family since it was a year old when my younger brother bought it from carrs of truro for proper money at the time, he maintained it regardless of cost with a main dealer history up to 90000 miles and including a £2000 respray to the rear half of the car after vandal damage in 1999.
In 2004 he decided to upgrade to a mk4 3 door 1.8T and sold the mk3 to my youngest brother who also continued to look after it although at a VW specialist rather than main dealer and owned it up until april this year and on 126000 miles when he changed job and needed something much more economical so he put it on ebay....i found out about it and having admired it all it's life and being a sentimental old fart decided it needed to stay in the family so i bought it off him for a bag'o'sand which i think was a fair price.
So there we are, i've been through it top to bottom and it's in excellent condition with no rust in the arches or sills and only 2 small scabs under the rubber trim along the top of the sills that have been treated properly and a small scab where the tailgate electrics grommet is at the top of the body which will be treated properly over the summer, i have a box file full of history and bills for work done to the car over the years and it drives very well and feels tight and solid.
The only thing that lets it down are the shocks which are tired and will be replaced when i get a week off work to do it.
It's not a rare or special GTi but it's a bit like a family pet and it's still a really good drive after all these years and hopefully will give many more years of reliable service.
