Am I being overambitious?

[spunkymonkey]

I went on a 400 mile round trip for my 8v, it pays to travel if its mint. When i spoke to the bloke on the phone i could tell it was a minter.

There are plenty if you look hard enough. The forums are the best resource for tidy cars.

[gtigolfthree]

I done a deal on ebay for a 1995 8v £250 to finish auction early with 4 months mot chancy but worked out ok for me have spent about £300 getting it ready for next mot inc £100 at a garage for front wheel bearing, tie rod end and alignment. I supplied the bearing he supplied the tie rod end.

[scurbo]

I thought it would be an easy task to get a good one when looking on autotrader prior to selling my previous car. With them having galvanised bodies and german build quality, its a winning combination. Well, time is not on my side i need transport so it might have to be back to bmw as i previously had an e30 and a compact or an audi.

[Wayne]

I thought it would be an easy task to get a good one when looking on autotrader prior to selling my previous car. With them having galvanised bodies and german build quality, its a winning combination. Well, time is not on my side i need transport so it might have to be back to bmw as i previously had an e30 and a compact or an audi.

E30's are getting long in the tooth now, I would try and get a nice e36.

[koomey]

Got my mk3 with years mot for £600  not a shed either, just needs some very little bits doing to make it  into a smart motor 

[Reasty]

You should check out pitonheads,lots of nice mk3's there,i bought my 8v mk3 for 900 quid its an L reg 94 with full vw service history,it need abit of bodywork and some trim but it didnt cost me much and now its lovely and super reliable! 

[locin78]

Hi Mate , just everywere i found mine on ebay of all places with 103'000 full service history and paid £995 for it all it needed was a good clean not bad for a gti 16v 3dr just keep looking one will turn up i had an 8v once 16v are more fun ;-)

Nic

[shrocco]

A lot of people say though that the 8v is better for every day driveability as the power is a lot lower down the revs.

people say this, but they're wrong.

[AlanD]

A lot of people say though that the 8v is better for every day driveability as the power is a lot lower down the revs. The 8v and 16v are basically the same engines with different heads.

Rubbish, no matter how you dress it up the 16v always has more power and torque than the 8v, there is no other way to put it.

[Adam]

A lot of people say though that the 8v is better for every day driveability as the power is a lot lower down the revs. The 8v and 16v are basically the same engines with different heads.

Rubbish, no matter how you dress it up the 16v always has more power and torque than the 8v, there is no other way to put it.

+1 - But you don't need to rev the tits off the 8v to get the same effect.