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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: mrsaunders on 17 June 2013, 15:38

Title: Time to sell up!
Post by: mrsaunders on 17 June 2013, 15:38
The time has come for me to sell my golf  :cry:, be sad to get rid of it but got a baby coming, needs a new abs sensor, front pads and its good to go, it's all solid underneath (which is a surprise)
Think I'll still hang around here and I'll def be staying vag!
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: murraymint on 17 June 2013, 18:19
What's next? Passat? Bora?
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: mrsaunders on 17 June 2013, 18:45
It's between a cupra, passat, a4 and maybe a bora or a3
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Post by: Gavv8 on 17 June 2013, 18:56
Seems to be a migration towards Bora's at the moment, quite fancy a passat myself.
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Post by: thai-wronghorse on 17 June 2013, 19:32
Leon,  A4 Avant or Passat estate for me. Baby tat is mahoosive.
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Gavv8 on 17 June 2013, 19:39
Avant's nice but you get more bang for your buck with a passat.
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Jasikasisback on 17 June 2013, 20:17
I suggest you buy a B4/B3 Passat Estate. I have had one for over two years and am very happy with it. Very quiet car. Try to find a diesel and you will be very very happy-I believe the Umwelt is recommended.  Tons of room and a very good car. I have the 2.0 petrol (AGG engine).
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: CJA321 on 17 June 2013, 20:31
Seems alot of people selling up. Mk3s in good nick a very far and few between now!! Maybe even become more sought after haha.................
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 17 June 2013, 20:34
B3 pissrat estates in a decent spec and colour are bloody hard to find now,  ive been trying!
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Jasikasisback on 17 June 2013, 21:21
they are around, but the diesels are hard to come by and understandably so with 50mpg. My petrol gets half that...:)
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 17 June 2013, 21:24
It would have to be a TDI GL with air con if I was buying one.
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Leroy on 18 June 2013, 09:32
I bought a b5.5 TDI sport wagen recently with all the toys and its a great car, planning on keeping it for years. Getting out of my mk3 and into that is like sliding into an armchair with a paper and slippers and a cup of hot chocolate after a long day!!!  :nerd:

Not selling my mk3 just yet, but i do admit the thought of a mk4 gttdi with that little bit more refinement and 50-60mpg does cross my mind from time to time!
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: mrsaunders on 18 June 2013, 11:07
A mk4 golf is one thing I won't be getting  :grin:
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Hongkongphooey on 18 June 2013, 12:10
How about an Audi S2 Avant (based on an Audi 80 shell) for between £2.5k and £5k? You can insure it on a classic policy if you're of a certain age. Fast, practical and fun.

Otherwise you can pick up the Audi 80 Avant in 2.8l Quattro or even a slow as crap 1.9TDI if economy is your concern? Parts are cheap and widely available and they are easy to work on. More interesting than a Passat that's for sure but each to their own.

Sounds bizarre I know but what about a Mondeo ST220 Estate? Not my cup of tea but you can pick them up very cheap and they are pretty rapid and they have the space you are looking for.
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: mrsaunders on 18 June 2013, 12:44
Put the car in the classified section before I ebay it, and not after any sort of estate, I think the standard looking cupra is my first choice, something newish and comfy but can be easily played with
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Len on 18 June 2013, 12:54
My 1.8T Passat is fantastic!
Get a remap and you will have 180bhp or more if its a newer model than mine.
The car is super comfy but still handles well.
Loads of room if you are doing things like a run to the tip etc.
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Leroy on 18 June 2013, 17:48
Is there alot more room in a cupra compared to a mk3 golf? or do you just want something newer?
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Post by: thai-wronghorse on 18 June 2013, 18:26
Yeah there is up front and the rear very slightly but the boot is pretty big cconsidering it's not an estate.
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: mrsaunders on 19 June 2013, 09:45
Just more doors and newer really, god knows how long it will take to sell my 3 though, I'm not gunna let it go for peanuts
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: GOLF-MK3-GTI on 19 June 2013, 15:16
Just more doors and newer really, god knows how long it will take to sell my 3 though, I'm not gunna let it go for peanuts

I'm surprised why the Mk3's dont sell that quick, i mean Tweed is selling is VR6 for peanuts, I've got my own VR for sale at a good price and am willing to drop it lower if i get genuine interest. and they not selling.

I've got 2 micra super S's, one's a K10, the other K11. I sold my K11 2 days ago, it were on ebay for 3-4 days and it got sold really quickly. i've got 2 potential buyers interested in the K10 also. and i'm still getting calls for the K11 asking if i've still got it. ohh and i've got these micras advertised at £1500 each. one has gone, the other will go soon  :smiley:

Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Foreveryoungaus16v on 19 June 2013, 17:31
Expensive to run
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: Gavv8 on 19 June 2013, 19:10
Expensive to run
For what they are yes...insurance/parts/tyres  and highish tax means no one wants them unless its got sixteen valves and no rust.
Title: Re: Time to sell up!
Post by: mrsaunders on 19 June 2013, 21:08
just put her on ebay  :cry:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390613743252