Getting a feeler...

[Shady Pioneer]

Hello chaps.


Need to know a few things, now if I were to buy a MK4, which one would be best to go for?


I do a fair few miles, but no more than 5 - 6K a year so not really that much, do I get a dirty diesel or a 1.8T?


Give me thoughts

[jeynesey]

1.8t

Yes!!! Before Diesel boys Rhys and Steve get their claws on you!!

You know you want to!!

[Shady Pioneer]

What about mileage, now thing is, as my GL is going, I'm really trying to get a good idea of what to go for next, nothings defo at the moment, but if I were to go for a MK4, what kind of mileage on a 1.8T engine is acceptable? Like with MK3s over 100K is still gonna go strong...

[gjroe78]

Derv   not a great deal of difference in performance unless you get an R32  

[jeynesey]

What about mileage, now thing is, as my GL is going, I'm really trying to get a good idea of what to go for next, nothings defo at the moment, but if I were to go for a MK4, what kind of mileage on a 1.8T engine is acceptable? Like with MK3s over 100K is still gonna go strong...

Ive just hit 100k. TBH mate Its not cheap to run my car but I love every second in it, the only way to tell is to drive the models and see which you like. But if you have been in a top range diesel you will know how much torque you get and its pretty impressive!!

[Shady Pioneer]

How much is it to run jeynesey? MPG? Compared to the diesels? See I don't think I'd mind a diesel, but the option to tune the engine to get more out of it would be nice, as if I do get a MK4 I want to stick R32 bumpers on it and MK5 Anni wheels, I've seen on like this in silver and loved it. So I'd be in it to keep for a few years.

[Wayne]

Diesel ftw.

[gjroe78]

You can tune diesels too shady, just ask rhyso  

[jeynesey]

How much is it to run jeynesey? MPG? Compared to the diesels? See I don't think I'd mind a diesel, but the option to tune the engine to get more out of it would be nice, as if I do get a MK4 I want to stick R32 bumpers on it and MK5 Anni wheels, I've seen on like this in silver and loved it. So I'd be in it to keep for a few years.

Well not certain on mpg as it fluctuates depending on how heavy your foot is   I would be happy with either though I think, im happy with a standard mk4 engine-wise so it depends how much power u want??!

[Shady Pioneer]

Well I don't want to get a low engine MK4, I want something I'll be happy with to begin with, and then will have the easy option to bolt on bits in the future to futureproof it.


I'm looking at spending about £2K, and am finding a lot of MK4 1.8Ts and Diesels for this amount, both ranges have around 110K - 140K miles on.