Things that make you appreciate your mk3

[adamrob69]

To get away from all the posts about there being something wrong with yours, post what makes you appreciate it.

Im driving an x reg mondeo at the minute for work and i actualy feel unsafe in it!! the driving position is crap, the seats uncormfy, the shocks have had it, steering does what it wants, engine mounts gone, no torque!! annoying rattle from the handbrake area, no brakes! the list could go on....


and to think i was depressed that my temperature never quite made it to 90, that my back box occasionaly rattles, and the ride is a bit bumpy in my mk3...this has certainly put it in perspective!

[VR6-Joe]

Everything. My Mk3 is perfection compared to other cars I've driven. I only have one complaint to make and that is.. why couldn't they have put an adjustable steering column in all of them

[Shady Pioneer]

Everything. My Mk3 is perfection compared to other cars I've driven. I only have one complaint to make and that is.. why couldn't they have put an adjustable steering column in all of them

I've got that. 


What makes me appreciate my MK3? Well apart from the fact even with a broken engine it still persists in going on and on even a year on now. The only major problem bar this I've had was the starter motor failing, and even that was the original one so it lasted 13 years.


I just love my MK3 and pretty much everything about it. 

[jocarl11]

The VW badge makes me appreciate my ride  By far the best car i have owned out of a good 30 new and old!!

[Khare]

the sound, the badge and knowing it's not depreciating too fast   

[Toopay_MkIII_GT]

i know what you mean. as much as i slag my gti off. i feels so solid to drive compared other cars. my dad has a mondeo estate, its feels so light at the steering and whole car just feels limp. and even tho my gti is getting on for 13yrs old. the interior is nice and solid, has a nice "thump" to it if u his it. my gfs 206 is a young whipper snapper compared to my old tank ,and it feels so cheap and flimsy and just grey plastic everywhere, makes you cringe when u scratch it or anything. makes u appreciate the build quality of vw, even if my cars full of rattles these days   like to see her french sh!t machine in 13yrs ahha. rant over!

[jocarl11]

i know what you mean. as much as i slag my gti off. i feels so solid to drive compared other cars. my dad has a mondeo estate, its feels so light at the steering and whole car just feels limp. and even tho my gti is getting on for 13yrs old. the interior is nice and solid, has a nice "thump" to it if u his it. my gfs 206 is a young whipper snapper compared to my old tank ,and it feels so cheap and flimsy and just grey plastic everywhere, makes you cringe when u scratch it or anything. makes u appreciate the build quality of vw, even if my cars full of rattles these days   like to see her french sh!t machine in 13yrs ahha. rant over!

lol i've owned 2 306's both were over 10 yrs old and they felt like driving a tin shed after a hurricane hit  A good test of build quality is to shut your car door and if it thuds its a vw if it falls off it's a peugeot 

[tweed]

Have to be build quality. Coming from 106 gti and a saxo vts I wouldn't say handling and performance are better, but everything els is. Handling and performance I can improve, you can't improve a 106 or saxo build quality.

[Snowey]

Old skool, torquey and solid.  

I worked for a bit at manheim car auction and we ended up driving anything from a 1L fiesta to the latest Merc AMG model. All these were 'new' cars and as nice as it is to jump into all these, sometimes seriously quick cars, they all felt the same, safe and soft.

Modern cars seem to have that bland, light feel to them. With all the electrics and gizmos attached it feels as though it takes away what you get from old cars, proper solid fighting the wheel fun.

Shame but after having the chance to drive most models of cars on the road although for a short time, nothing really felt like that solid go kart feel you get with a golf with the solid build from VW. Audi's felt solid too but still bland!!  

[Jimp]

I just really like mk3s.