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Title: Hey New person here
Post by: Alias on 10 May 2008, 19:48

OK so I have just brought myself a VW golf after a year of bad luck with my CRX being stolen and crashing my replacement Fiesta, so insurance is an issue. I have got myself a MK3 Golf Match, never heard of one or seen one before. I collect it on monday but dont really know what to expect, my mechanic has got it for me and swears its in good condition from 1996 and with only 60,000 miles on the clock.

so what can I expect from this car? are they good on petrol? what extras do the match models have over the standard?

Cant wait to get it, and start on a new project, I cant own a fast car anymore so I might as well own a nice looking smooth dub.

NIck/Alias

oh P.S hi guys been reading the forum for a couple of days now.

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: VW_08 on 10 May 2008, 20:34

Hi and welcome.

Only owned my Golf GTi for 2months so im new to VW aswell but so far its great  :cool:

What engine size is the golf your getting? 1.6?

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: Alias on 10 May 2008, 20:54

a pathetic 1.4. I dont care about speed anymore, have owned a fast car (CRX was tuned) so am now going for reliability, comfort and style

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: Rmachines on 10 May 2008, 21:10

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so am now going for reliability, comfort and style

So your getting a golf  :undecided: 

Haha joking of couse  :wink: 

First of all as its a Post 95 1.4 engine it has the much better AEX Multi point engine! (sorry single point guys but it is better)  They are pretty good on fuel and the AEX engine has a fair amount of poke considering its a heavy car and its a smalll engine.  I dont think the match has anything special over the CL, its just a diffrent name, it was all bit of a joke i think,  Golf Ryder, Golf Match, Golf Driver... haha i think you get the bonus of colour coded bumpers etc..

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: golfmk3 on 10 May 2008, 21:42

ive got a match, comes with alloys and power stearing, everything else as far as i know is normal and the single point is acctually much more simple to work on, jus thought i wud point that out  :tongue:
i thought i might chuck some pics in for good measure  :grin:

(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/ben_456/Picture028.jpg)

(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/ben_456/Picture027.jpg)

(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/ben_456/Picture025.jpg)

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: mark3valver on 11 May 2008, 19:08

oh and match's come with low profile tyre's......oh no, hang on........ :grin: :grin:

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: Dinky on 11 May 2008, 19:55

welcome to the forum hun :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: VR6Lee on 12 May 2008, 09:10

Welcome dude. What colour is your VDub?

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: Hurdy on 12 May 2008, 11:43

Welcome :cool:

Title: Re: Hey New person here
Post by: L8 on 13 May 2008, 09:38

Hi mate and welcome  :smiley: