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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Godzilla on 13 August 2011, 01:15
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As many have read I bought a 96 VR6 a week ago.
So far I am very pleased with her, lots of torque, nice to drive, fast, little bit thirsty but she is a 2.8 V6.
Just wondering what other people think to them, previous owners of them, owners now and other general views.
Also mine came with a s/s exhaust......Would she benefit from an induction kit as I remember my GTE 16v was far better with the standard airbox due to heat soak.
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Thirstier and just as rusty :grin:
A friend has one which is about to fail its mot on rusty sills, its mine for a song if i want it :lipsrsealed:
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Would she benefit from an induction kit as I remember my GTE 16v was far better with the standard airbox due to heat soak.
Nope standard airbox, panel filter and cold air feed are much better
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I'd love to own one but i just couldn't live with the mpg's and given that most VR's are getting on a bit now the timing chain issue, i would imagine these factors have been the end for some very nice cars.
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There great if you can afford them :grin: The people that can afford them though normally go for R32's or mk5 gti :grin:
Everyone would still buy them if the fuel was still 87p a litre.
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Thanks guys :wink:
So I am getting the idea they are very expensive yet lovely cars to own. Hmmmm, on my little salary I hope I can keep up with the costs :undecided:
tweed.....It looks like you own a VR?
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yeah I have a gti (sig) and a vr that needs some tlc and has ran out of tax and mot :sad:
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yeah I have a gti (sig) and a vr that needs some tlc and has ran out of tax and mot :sad:
They go rusty quicker when the tickets expire :grin:
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I would say they are fat, underpowered, front heavy under steering sons of b!tches. If I wasn't so lazy I would do a 1.8T conversion! But I'm happy with how it is now, the noise is lovely! I've also shocked a few MK4 1.8T owners! :evil:
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Great cars, i owned one for 5 years, and it was a total pleasure.
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If I was going to return the mpg of a vr6 I'd prob go down the impreza route
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The mpg is not bad on a vr6 :grin:
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The mpg is not bad on a vr6 :grin:
Yup you want to try running a 2.7 Volvo 240, I was doing £60 a week in petrol 10 years ago :grin:
The 2.4 turbo was even worse :laugh:
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If I was going to return the mpg of a vr6 I'd prob go down the impreza route
Daft idea, they are getting a little chav plus will cost you loads more to run
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For the performance you get from it the mpg is bad
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I would say that changing your driving style to suit will help but that defeats the point of owning a hot hatch :sad:
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If I was going to return the mpg of a vr6 I'd prob go down the impreza route
Interesting you say that mate. A good friend of mine has a Scoob and no matter how he drives it she drinks! Scooby's are known to drink even if driven with care......Quick cars though!
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If I was going to return the mpg of a vr6 I'd prob go down the impreza route
Interesting you say that mate. A good friend of mine has a Scoob and no matter how he drives it she drinks! Scooby's are known to drink even if driven with care......Quick cars though!
This is brilliant! My mate sold his scooby about 3 months ago because he was spending to much to run it and bought a vr6 highline :grin: He says it's much cheaper.
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The noise <3 They have the sweetest roar
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This is brilliant! My mate sold his scooby about 3 months ago because he was spending to much to run it and bought a vr6 highline :grin: He says it's much cheaper.
Wtf, I cannot see the VR being much better :smiley:
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This is brilliant! My mate sold his scooby about 3 months ago because he was spending to much to run it and bought a vr6 highline :grin: He says it's much cheaper.
Wtf, I cannot see the VR being much better :smiley:
I think he meant parts etc. he had to spend £80 on a rear bearing but the golf is £15 for both sides
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This is brilliant! My mate sold his scooby about 3 months ago because he was spending to much to run it and bought a vr6 highline :grin: He says it's much cheaper.
Wtf, I cannot see the VR being much better :smiley:
I think he meant parts etc. he had to spend £80 on a rear bearing but the golf is £15 for both sides
:cool: parts wise they are a lot cheaper
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f**k im picking up a vr tomorrow that i have just bought for pennies not expecting much just a daily. mot til march so as long as it lasts until then I'm happy, describtion on ebay was shnot the most detailed to say the least , was poor so i got it for 485 bargain? lol
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f**k im picking up a vr tomorrow that i have just bought for pennies not expecting much just a daily. mot til march so as long as it lasts until then I'm happy, describtion on ebay was shnot the most detailed to say the least , was poor so i got it for 485 bargain? lol
only a bargain if it's good. :grin:
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f**k im picking up a vr tomorrow that i have just bought for pennies not expecting much just a daily. mot til march so as long as it lasts until then I'm happy, describtion on ebay was shnot the most detailed to say the least , was poor so i got it for 485 bargain? lol
only a bargain if it's good. :grin:
Or does not have rattling chains :smiley:
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f**k im picking up a vr tomorrow that i have just bought for pennies not expecting much just a daily. mot til march so as long as it lasts until then I'm happy, describtion on ebay was shnot the most detailed to say the least , was poor so i got it for 485 bargain?
only a bargain if it's good. :grin:
Or does not have rattling chains :smiley:
its got 110000 miles on the clock.. had a vr before that was rotten so I hope this one is at least not as bad. but I blame his bad advertising for the bargain lol
what was he thinking... apparently its got coilovers, fresh service new heater matrix and some other bits
I hope its good. its got the usual rust in the corner of the rear hatch , am going to check the sills as soon as i get it.
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This is brilliant! My mate sold his scooby about 3 months ago because he was spending to much to run it and bought a vr6 highline :grin: He says it's much cheaper.
Wtf, I cannot see the VR being much better :smiley:
I think he meant parts etc. he had to spend £80 on a rear bearing but the golf is £15 for both sides
Exactly mate.....Jap parts are very expensive.
As in fuel, well it is to early for me to say but my mates Scooby returns 19mpg and that is driving it with care......He gets it into single figure's when he presses the loud pedal!
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I like scooby's a lot especially the great noise of that flat four but it kind of spoils it if you have to drive everywhere watching the fuel gauge, this is why is sing the praises of the mk3 8v so much, it's a good compromise if you don't have money to burn.
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I like scooby's a lot especially the great noise of that flat four but it kind of spoils it if you have to drive everywhere watching the fuel gauge, this is why is sing the praises of the mk3 8v so much, it's a good compromise if you don't have money to burn.
I wouldn't compare a 8v gti to a 2.0 turbo rally bred sl*t lol
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subarus are a mixed bag imo
if your booting them the performance is worth the petrol, hell they drink but they go bloody well.
if your not booting it there absloutly AMAZINGLY CRAP, they guzzel fuel when your being sensible trundeling allong on your way to work, the amount they get through is unbelievable, there worse on petrol than i am on jack daniels
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i have just bought a vr6 and i love it,the sound of that engine is just to nice,i have had 6 pot beemers and there not a patch on these vr's for sound,i think they drink fuel when driven stupidly my trip usually says 14-15 mpg,but on the motorway taking it easy just under 3k doing 70 it read 32 mpg which i think is ok for a 2.8 v6
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brought mine bout 18 months ago and still havent driven it.lol
its sittin down my mates at the mo,bout 4 foot in the air as were replacing every thing
bay has also been smoothered and engine has been rebuilt
cant wait to get her on the road :laugh:
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I have an r reg highline. I really enjoy it. The sound is lovely, so smooth with heaps of torque.
My driving varies, the long term mpg is 30.4mpg and when on a long country
Run I get 37/8.
At first I thought the computer over read but actually it seems pretty spot on, tank seems to last and last.
When I fill the tank tue needle doesn't move for ages pike in most cars. When it does move it seems to shoot down to the quarter very quickly where it seems to stay for a long long time.
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I like scooby's a lot especially the great noise of that flat four but it kind of spoils it if you have to drive everywhere watching the fuel gauge, this is why is sing the praises of the mk3 8v so much, it's a good compromise if you don't have money to burn.
I wouldn't compare a 8v gti to a 2.0 turbo rally bred very *friendly* person lol
No, there is no comparison, i was just thinking out loud that if you are worried about the price of fuel maybe an impreza isn't the best car to buy, or a VR for that matter.
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vr6 all the way
in finland parts are much cheaper for vr6 german car then a jap car
everyone has jap cars here,not many nice looking vr6s about
i have a vr6 and love it,no matter how much it drinks
if i put it in 5 gear it drinks less
but i just love overtaking 1.4 and 1.6 cars
anything over 2.0l turbo then im f**ked
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I'm on the lookout for a nice VR6 to replace my 8v GTI that I took as part exchange. Golfs have really grown on me, gave 250 quid for the Golf with a years test and 6 months tax against my 106 GTI, spent a tenner on new ARB bushes, 20 quid on tracking and got a part-worn tyre fitted and both fronts balance for 25 quid and it's now done 3000 miles including 1100 miles to Cornwall and back this week with no issues! I just need more power :evil:
What is the mpg really like on the VR? My mate has a Vento VR6 and says he gets 180 miles to 60 quid which I work out to be about 17 mpg, when he does mainly dual carriageway 60-70 mph runs and takes it pretty easy most of the time, but I'm sure there's something wrong with his, when he boots it he gets single figures! I know it's a 2.8 but those are small block V8 mpg figures :huh:
What are people actually getting in the real world?
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What is the mpg really like on the VR? My mate has a Vento VR6 and says he gets 180 miles to 60 quid which I work out to be about 17 mpg, when he does mainly dual carriageway 60-70 mph runs and takes it pretty easy most of the time, but I'm sure there's something wrong with his, when he boots it he gets single figures! I know it's a 2.8 but those are small block V8 mpg figures :huh:
What are people actually getting in the real world?
Real MPG on a VR6......
Around town with short journeys.....22.5-24mpg
On a good A road with not breaking the speed limit..... 28-30mpg
Motorway driving at 70mph.....34mph
Hard driving, well it can drop down to 15-16mpg
Overall after a month with town driving, A roads, Motorways, hard driving and 1,046 miles covered MFA is showing 24.9mpg.
They are such great fun and the noise is just fantastic. They are good for 146mph (Speedo will show over 150mph though!) and 0-60 in the low 7's.
Highly recommend one for the price they are going for these days :smiley:
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What is the mpg really like on the VR? My mate has a Vento VR6 and says he gets 180 miles to 60 quid which I work out to be about 17 mpg, when he does mainly dual carriageway 60-70 mph runs and takes it pretty easy most of the time, but I'm sure there's something wrong with his, when he boots it he gets single figures! I know it's a 2.8 but those are small block V8 mpg figures :huh:
What are people actually getting in the real world?
Real MPG on a VR6......
Around town with short journeys.....22.5-24mpg
On a good A road with not breaking the speed limit..... 28-30mpg
Motorway driving at 70mph.....34mph
Hard driving, well it can drop down to 15-16mpg
Overall after a month with town driving, A roads, Motorways, hard driving and 1,046 miles covered MFA is showing 24.9mpg.
They are such great fun and the noise is just fantastic. They are good for 146mph (Speedo will show over 150mph though!) and 0-60 in the low 7's.
Highly recommend one for the price they are going for these days :smiley:
Cheers mate, good advice that. I think I'll go for it, always loved the wolf in sheeps clothing thing they have, no-one expects a mk3 Golf to shift like that :)
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a vr6 is like driving a fat b!tch chasing a cream cake! will do anything for that cake with a bit of persuasion! and eats alot of them! but wouldn't change the car for the world!
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Had my VR for around 4 weeks or so now..... LOVE IT!!!!
driving VERY reserved I can get about 28-29mpg but to get the most out of the car you have to drive it hard and I get about 22-25mpg.
TBH I dont give a sh!te about the mpg, I absolutly luv driving it and I have a heavy boot :evil:
When driven properly it REALLY shifts, left an early leon cupra the other day and it put a big fecking smile on my face :grin: :grin: (not a cupra R by the way, the 180 standard cupra)
My advise........ Go buy one now :laugh:
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Had my VR for around 4 weeks or so now..... LOVE IT!!!!
driving VERY reserved I can get about 28-29mpg but to get the most out of the car you have to drive it hard and I get about 22-25mpg.
TBH I dont give a sh!te about the mpg, I absolutly luv driving it and I have a heavy boot :evil:
When driven properly it REALLY shifts, left an early leon cupra the other day and it put a big fecking smile on my face :grin: :grin: (not a cupra R by the way, the 180 standard cupra)
My advise........ Go buy one now :laugh:
Totally agree bud......I love mine and had her about a month.
A very good mate of mine has an Audi S3. Between r/b's in Milton Keynes we are neck and neck although on the r/b's he has the advantage being 4 wheel drive. Mine is the OBDII with a de-cat Milteck exhaust on with a modified direct feed airbox.