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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Mikester on 23 November 2008, 21:45
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I have been looking the 1.0 mk4 polo. It is insurance group 3 and apparently does 47mpg!
Has anyone had one of these or driven one, because at 89.9p a litre and 47mpg, and insurance group 3 it would make a very good daily.
Is there any down side to these?
At the moment i use my mmk3 8v, which is group 14 insurance and does 35mpg if im lucky, and drive 40mins each way to work each day!
Help would be great
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I've bought my girlfriend a 1.0 mk4 Polo. It's ridiculously slow, about 17 seconds to 60? you won't get a top speed higher than 90 down a hill either. Steering feels disconnected from the road. I generally feel unsafe in the care, quick scared to be honest.
BUT, it's good on fuel if you stick below 40mph. Above 40mph it eats fuel as quickly as my 1.8T :shocked:
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well thats that out of the window!
My mk3 8v makes me feel safe, and its never let me down in the past year and a bit, but i pay £158 a month to insure, and when u only get 35mpg and i do 40mins to work, and 40mins back, its not practical.
Any other ideas?
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What are you main requirements?
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I really dislike the clutches on them Polos too!
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Well i want something that is cheap to run, so it does good mpg, and wont mind doing the miles i do to work and back each day, is not pricey to insure, and not expensive to buy. As its just a daily.
Plan to a daily, then next year get another gti when insurance drops, as i have 0ncb atm, even though i am 20 and been drivin 2 years.
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It dont have to be VDUB either, just not break down!
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Get like a 1.4 TDI.
My mate has a pug 206 1.4 HDI and its cheap to insure and £35 tax for the year! Also gets 600 miles from a tank driving to braintree every day :smiley: He did pay £2k for the car though which probably defeats the object :undecided:
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My next door neighbour had one these. Biggest complaint was lack of power steering, then lack of performance.
I think they did a 1.9 diesel in these which should be quite cheap to run.
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How some can complain of lack of performance from a 1.4 HDI is beyond me, what the hell was they expecting :D
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you ever thought about getting a small van like a caddy hideously cheap to insure fairly cheap to buy and quite good on the fuel and it has the vw badge :wink:
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All depends on how much you've got to spend. What's your budget Gangsta?
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have you considered a mk3 polo?? my bro has a gt and gets anout 145 miles to 15 quid! if insurance is pricey though look at a 1.0 they are still really nippy and brill on fuel, my mate had a 1.0 for his first car and abused it for about a year and never had a prob with it!!
and they are dirt cheap to pick up!!
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Well i want something that is cheap to run, so it does good mpg, and wont mind doing the miles i do to work and back each day, is not pricey to insure, and not expensive to buy. As its just a daily.
Skoda Felicia
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I've just stopped driving my mk4 polo as bought a golf and i think its a really reliable car and never gave me any problems and it was so cheap to run!! And great as a daily runner and a good car to and from work.
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Not sure now, im thinkin the added cost of another car its just best to run a gti, and not worry about the fuel cost, as the added car and insurance will make it more expensive.....hmmm..... Basically im looking at either a 1.8t or ctr, but not sure if they would be good for a 1.5hour round trip each day.......hmmmm........
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Motorway driving?
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yes mate, i had one of these a few months ago before i brought the GTI, they're great little cars, never had any problems with it what so ever. By the sounds of your GTI from your other posts, think it might be best to scrap the GTI and just get the polo if you know what i mean
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dude if your rollin on hottuning coilovers then i should think any car would be more comfortable on a 40 minute journey ... even a plank of wood with shopping trolley wheels would be more comfortable ...