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Title: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: Butler on 25 July 2007, 21:34: Hello people! Just joined up! I'm a ford man through and through! Never owned anything but a Ford! 1.4 Fiesta, Escort GTI, Sapphire Cosworth & now a Focus RS! As much as i want to keep the Focus or maybe get a tuned up Escort Cosworth the money is better off else where! (a house); so i'm going for something more practical! I've been thinking about a diesel Golf! I've currently got my eyes on a 2.0 SDI? In silver! It's a 4dr and is bog standard! I want a 2.0l as i don't think i could go from 260hp to 60hp! Need a bit of go lol, and i would prefer a diesel rather than petrol for various reasons!

Anyway, basically i don't want to spend any money on the car unless i have to BUT i do want a set of alloys for it to make it look abit more of a drivers car!

If you lot could post up as many pics as possible or silver golfs (05 sdi) on various alloys that would help!

(http://i18.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/ab/51/ce44_12.JPG)

Thanks :smiley:
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: Rhyso on 25 July 2007, 21:47: welcome mate

if you can go for either the 1.9 TDI or 2.0 TDI variants as the SDI has NO TURBO = quite slow and won't give you the mid range punch you need for overtaking.
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: Butler on 25 July 2007, 21:50: I only started browsing yesterday! Have no idea what i'm looking at/for when it comes to vw diesels! I'm after anything that looks the part, in v.good condition up to the price of around Ã‚£7500! Whatever it is, i'd still be buying a set of alloys for it! :laugh:
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: Rhyso on 25 July 2007, 21:54: lol well only browse the TDI's and not the SDI's :wink:

not sure what you'll get for Ã‚£7500 in the MKV variety :undecided: may i suggest a MKIV?? for that money you'll get a good spec GT TDI 130, possibly an early 150 BHP diesel with a few nice toys. Plenty of torque which may help with the come down from 260BHP! PLus with a remap for around Ã‚£400 will make them quicker still :smiley:

Have a look through the MKIV and MKV sections as there is plenty of info there :afro:
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: kells on 26 July 2007, 23:41: yeah, i have a 04 plate mk 4 150 bhp gt tdi as a company car, reflex silver, heated leathers, climate control, roof, zenons and polished 5 spoke vag rims (17 inch)

car really turns heads and its quick as hell too, deffo reccomend :cool:

btw love cossies, especially the 3 door, absolute classic
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: Thom89 on 26 July 2007, 23:51: 7.5K puts you well into Audi A3 territory 1.9tdi 130... may be worth considering!
Tom
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: Butler on 27 July 2007, 06:16: Deffinatly don't want an audi!
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: Rhyso on 27 July 2007, 10:28: Quote from: thom89 on 26 July 2007, 23:51
7.5K puts you well into Audi A3 territory 1.9tdi 130... may be worth considering!
Tom

will be older than the equivalent Golf and probably won't be as well equipped; will also only be 5 speed as opposed to 6
Title: Re: Hi, new to the VW world and need help!
Post by: AlanD on 27 July 2007, 12:55: Just going to add my 2 pence.

I agree with Rhyso (still not buying all this diesel bullsh!t tho :D), for the 7.5K budget its worth going from the MKV to the MKIV Golf (imo MKIV is a nicer looking car, but hey) and getting either the 130 or 150 GT TDI. Have a look on Autotrader and see what it throws back.