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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: dragongreengolfgti on 30 July 2012, 20:35
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Well after one of my mates has bought one of these I can simply say I want one :smiley: Although I am not a fan of the MK4 in most other forms I am really starting to like these alot. I'm currently in the market for a newer car now :smiley: this is going to sound bad ( don't all shot me) but I have been looking to get a mitsti evo 7/8 for a while now and haven't yet found the one I was after so this has got me thinking. Now this will be a car for fun as I will be keeping the mk3 valver for work duties :smiley:
R32 summary
Front-Engined
Naturally Aspirated
3.2 Litres
Horizontally
6 Cylinders
240 BHP
236 Nm Torque
153 MPH Top Speed
0 to 62 in 6.6 Seconds
24 MPG
All Wheel Drive
leather seats
pulls well and can be made very fast :evil:
evo 7/8 summary
Front-Engined
Turbo
2 Litres
Inline
4 Cylinders
300 BHP - 400 BHP
305 Nm Torque
160 MPH - limited
All Wheel Drive - Permanent
4 doors - got kids so could be handy :smiley:
Now I like both my vag metal and Japanese metal and I attend both jap shows and vag shows infact i'm a petrol head and love all cars but the fact is i have a desire to own either of these cars and can't make my damn mind up :( i need info on the r32's what to look out for what can go wrong most of all etc any info welcome as i'd like to view a few soon. I would ask my mate but tbh he dosn't hardly know anything about them yet it's his first golf and i'm the reason he's rolling in one :smiley: I am clued up about evo's my brother in law has owned one for 8 years now so i can find out pretty much anything about them.
Insurance, fuel and running costs are not an issue tbh I have also considered these cars seat leon cupra R, Honda s2000, integra type R DC5, porsche boxster s 3.2, Bmw M3 e46 and possibly nissan 350z
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buy the evo mate r32 is over rated :smiley:
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yea buy the evo and rebuild the engine every 40k. R32 everytime. :cool:
oh yea and replace the clutch and gearbox every 10k
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For me it would be evo too.
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yea buy the evo and rebuild the engine every 40k. R32 everytime. :cool:
oh yea and replace the clutch and gearbox every 10k
what evo you thinkin of then :undecided:
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evo for me to but like the r32 aswell
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evo for me to but like the r32 aswell
had a blast of this evo sure its 610bhp an my mates mk4 goes wrong more than this :smiley:
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc419/barrym381/284161_103097813124219_8300279_n.jpg)
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yea buy the evo and rebuild the engine every 40k. R32 everytime. :cool:
oh yea and replace the clutch and gearbox every 10k
what evo you thinkin of then :undecided:
Ive owned a evo 7 and 8 and it was a dog where do i start big end bearings, head gasket failure, complete gearbox failure, AYC problems, other sensor problems, miss-firing the list goes on, ive also owned a MK4 R32, yes it suffered a few problems but the repair bill was no way as big as the Mitsubishi
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evo for me to but like the r32 aswell
had a blast of this evo sure its 610bhp an my mates mk4 goes wrong more than this :smiley:
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc419/barrym381/284161_103097813124219_8300279_n.jpg)
ask him how much hes spent on it!
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Get a evo 6 tommi Mackenen
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Yeah not to sure i follow with the unreliable answer with the evo in the 8 years my brother in law has had his evo 8 fq 300 all he's had to replace is oil, tyres and brake pads and disks infact its been more reliable than the mk5 golf gt 170 they now have thanks to me :smiley: which blow its turbo not so long ago :sad: It even had a problem with a pump under neath which squeeled everytime he started it which fixed itself and has been fine again for over a year now :laugh: this is why its a hard decision as i really do love both cars atm :grin:
I was looking at a 6 originally but for the same price can get the model or two up so have opted out of that decision now cheers guys your making it even harder for me :laugh:
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evo for me to but like the r32 aswell
had a blast of this evo sure its 610bhp an my mates mk4 goes wrong more than this :smiley:
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc419/barrym381/284161_103097813124219_8300279_n.jpg)
ask him how much hes spent on it!
i kind of know :grin: :grin:
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Get a evo 6 tommi Mackenen
I wish i only have 6k to play with maybe a stretch more but not much :sad:
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Get a evo 6 tommi Mackenen
I wish i only have 6k to play with maybe a stretch more but not much :sad:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4096939.htm :wink:
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Get a evo 6 tommi Mackenen
I wish i only have 6k to play with maybe a stretch more but not much :sad:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4096939.htm :wink:
Good price although I'm after a uk model and either white, black or dark silver and would prefer standard :laugh: I'm a bit picky mate thats why I don't have one yet :sad: I'm pretty sure all original tomi maks were uk model aswell :undecided:
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Get a evo 6 tommi Mackenen
I wish i only have 6k to play with maybe a stretch more but not much :sad:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4096939.htm :wink:
Good price although I'm after a uk model and either white, black or dark silver and would prefer standard :laugh: I'm a bit picky mate thats why I don't have one yet :sad: I'm pretty sure all original tomi maks were uk model aswell :undecided:
not to sure but can find out as a mate has a couple of evos :smiley:
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anymore info about r32's ?
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had a 4mo r32 rep that had amd remap an stuff my mates mk5 r32 couldnt pull away :smiley:
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maybe worth having a look on r32oc :wink: they will have a bit more info than us 1.8t boys :grin:
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my 4mo was a good car an sounded great :smiley: even with 185k
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc419/barrym381/Photo023.jpg)
(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc419/barrym381/Photo044.jpg)
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anymore info about r32's ?
Ye they sound sweet :evil:
Will cost a lot to add more power though. If I'm right in thinking u can only really turbo or supercharge to gain proper power gains. Ye they sound great but adding turbo will cost £££££££ :shocked: and supercharger £££££ lol
My mate has one, decatted and pops and bangs all the time :evil:
Solid solid engines and solid solid cars. So can't go wrong buying one :cool:
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I would go r32 as I think they look the nuts, evos are okay but not for me, even if I had money to burn.
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depends what you want from it, evos have avery plain interior, not really a nice place to be. typical jap build.
but if i just wanted speed id be looking at a skyline, r34s have dropped in price!
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anymore info about r32's ?
Ye they sound sweet :evil:
Will cost a lot to add more power though. If I'm right in thinking u can only really turbo or supercharge to gain proper power gains. Ye they sound great but adding turbo will cost £££££££ :shocked: and supercharger £££££ lol
My mate has one, decatted and pops and bangs all the time :evil:
Solid solid engines and solid solid cars. So can't go wrong buying one :cool:
sounds good i'm not mega fussed on the standard power after being in my mates its more than enough for a while :smiley: they do sound good with a nice exhaust which i can get nice and cheap :smiley:
depends what you want from it, evos have avery plain interior, not really a nice place to be. typical jap build.
but if i just wanted speed id be looking at a skyline, r34s have dropped in price!
most are very plain indeed however i would have the full leather interior like my brother in laws which improves the interior a great deal although the leather was a 2k upgrade and you hardly see it :sad: Also add a double din stereo with sat nav etc and it starts to look very nice in the cabin also :smiley:
After being to jap fest at santa pod recently r34's were very weak through out the day and were being spanked all day long which i found surprising :smiley: the new r35's were getting good results however with average of 10.8 sec quarter mile runs from standard motors isn't bad at all :smiley:
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pretty sure this is a mates old car
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vw-golf-r32-mk4/102793765
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pretty sure this is a mates old car
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vw-golf-r32-mk4/102793765
that's nice mate maybe to many miles for the price although mileage dosn't put me off to much on these engines would rather go for 70-100k mark though :smiley:
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timming chains are common for jumping on r32s... the us market got recalled becuase they would get sued but becuase all we do is moan in the uk and do nothing about it nothing has been done
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timming chains are common for jumping on r32s... the us market got recalled becuase they would get sued but becuase all we do is moan in the uk and do nothing about it nothing has been done
Yeah typical that's the last thing you want with a car like this :sad: will have to make sure there's no rattles at all when buying then :smiley:
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so you are getting one then :cool:
any decisions on colour or is it just what ever is best at time for the money :smiley:
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so you are getting one then :cool:
any decisions on colour or is it just what ever is best at time for the money :smiley:
well i think i'm more swayed towards one at the moment and i feel a evo or something else could happen later on in life. A r32 has everything i really need and the insurance in comparison to my mk3 16v is sod all i can insure both on a dual policy for a sum equal to just an evo. As i will be looking for a mortgage next year my misses seems to think this is the way to go :sad: :smiley:
Colour is strictly the nice blue they do or if they done dragon green would be that :laugh: would also consider black. :smiley: must haves are will be a 3 door with around 70-100k fsh well cared for as standard as possible to start with would like to spend 5k on one and 1k on either wheels or other mods or outright blow 6k ish on a beauty something like this one.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4070220.htm (http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4070220.htm)
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very nice i seen the same car on another forum a few days ago some chap wanted to import it to where ever hes from to turn it into a track car it was the very same add he linked to :lipsrsealed:
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just found it bit of a heads up on the car to
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=461524
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just found it bit of a heads up on the car to
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=461524
Ah rite i can't read that unfortunately i'm not a member on there :sad: so is this car infact dodgy and thats why no ones snapped it up yet seems to good a price for the mileage and condition i must say :sad:
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think its the running cost that put alot of ppl off them :smiley:
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think its the running cost that put alot of ppl off them :smiley:
Yeah most likely :sad: it's not a great issue for me though as will be using the mk3 for commuting which costs £20 a week :smiley: r32 might cost alot while giving it the beans but as my mate has found can give fairly decent mpg driving normally and with 2 kids in the back it won't be driven hard untill i'm on my own :evil: can't wait to start looking in a few weeks :smiley:
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If you dont mind the travel to be fair this is one of the Mintest R32's ive seen for a long time, my friend got his VXR from this garge and they only deal in decent cars they mostly sell £12k+ cars so this will be spot on if there selling it and mileage is amazing too :)
http://www.williamsmotor.co.uk/vw-golf-v6-r32-in-cardiff-glamorgan-2165044
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taken from the forum thread above :wink:
"My mate went to look at the above R32, said it needed a complete respray. Mainly cosmetic work, so it'll be ideal for track use!"
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taken from the forum thread above :wink:
"My mate went to look at the above R32, said it needed a complete respray. Mainly cosmetic work, so it'll be ideal for track use!"
What the one I posted? Thought it was looking mint from the pics, my bad :lipsrsealed:
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If you dont mind the travel to be fair this is one of the Mintest R32's ive seen for a long time, my friend got his VXR from this garge and they only deal in decent cars they mostly sell £12k+ cars so this will be spot on if there selling it and mileage is amazing too :)
http://www.williamsmotor.co.uk/vw-golf-v6-r32-in-cardiff-glamorgan-2165044
looks very nice mate shame out of price range at the mo :sad: cully was refering to the one i posted about which is also a shame looks really nice in the photos and dosn't mention anything about paintwork in the ad which is a bit wrong really!
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no nino the one on auto trader theres a thread on edition about it several ppl have wiewed the car and the paint work is apparently not very good and lets be honest the owner aint going to tell you that its sh!te if hes trying to sell up
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no nino the one on auto trader theres a thread on edition about it several ppl have wiewed the car and the paint work is apparently not very good and lets be honest the owner aint going to tell you that its sh!te if hes trying to sell up
fair enough, the more I look at that R32 the more im getting stupid lets get in crap loads of debt thoughts lol
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if r32's talk to you its time to see a doctor :grin: