Things that make you appreciate your mk3

[Wayne]

The fact that it's pretty much the best first car you can buy today, if you are under 21, and looking for something decent AND german (don't forget about the cheap insurance)

Polo's / Ibiza's are cheaper to insure plus more modern.

[weazgti]

yes lol thats mine had it for a year now , what u think of it as there isnt many euro or decked cars on the island .

also do you have any pics of your mk3 , may have seen it around ?

Looks clean mate like the look of it not over the top like all this other crap driving about.
I haven got a mk3 anymore,got a mk2 again. Its atlas grey 5 door with nasty wheels and nasty debadged grille.
And the smoked headlights i got for it are purple for some reason lol.

[dan iow]

yeah i like the way its not ott aswell , thats why i have taken the smoothed bumpers off and put the black ones back on 

[zdebx]

The fact that it's pretty much the best first car you can buy today, if you are under 21, and looking for something decent AND german (don't forget about the cheap insurance)

Polo's / Ibiza's are cheaper to insure plus more modern.

I said "decent", and Polo doesn't go into that category, imo

Never liked Seat's, so Ibiza wasn't an option for me...

[dom]

I had a 1.4 match as my first car and loved it (even if it was majorly underpowered), sold it, went straight out and bought a Gti. There's nothing I don't like about it, and I appreciate everything about it!

[Dan34]

The noise 

[Nino]

I gotta say the thing i love most about my m3 is the fact it feels so solid and well built, compired to my GF's mk1 clio

[TJJONESVDUB]

how anybody can say there mk3 drives better than a mondeo is crazy fair enough if the mondeo has just been abused like at the start of this thread but in a normal situation, theres a reason y there are so many mondeos on the road and thats because they are decent cars that dont brake down, and the saftey features on them are immence. Sorry to spoil ur appreciate thread but ive driven 4 kinds of the cars in question, mk3 gti 8v a mondeo 1.8 zetec pre 2001 and a vr6 + st220 mondeo and although the vr6 felt faster than the st mondeo around corners it felt solid the IPS system is probly the best on the market and even with the 1.8zetec mondeo u felt safe didnt feel all the bumps in the road it was 125bhp which is more than enough and averaged 45mpg on a run.

Im sorry but im a true die hard VW fan my very very first car before i was even old enough to drive was a mk3 but talking in facts the mondeo is twice the car of any of the mk3 models no matter what you do to them.

says the man that walks rather fast back into the mk4 section.

[VR6_Wherry]

The noise 

I hear you there! bought my self a 21st birthday present that VR6 is the best thing i have ever bought! and insurance aint bad either!!

[Deano2711]

how anybody can say there mk3 drives better than a mondeo is crazy fair enough if the mondeo has just been abused like at the start of this thread but in a normal situation, theres a reason y there are so many mondeos on the road and thats because they are decent cars that dont brake down, and the saftey features on them are immence. Sorry to spoil ur appreciate thread but ive driven 4 kinds of the cars in question, mk3 gti 8v a mondeo 1.8 zetec pre 2001 and a vr6 + st220 mondeo and although the vr6 felt faster than the st mondeo around corners it felt solid the IPS system is probly the best on the market and even with the 1.8zetec mondeo u felt safe didnt feel all the bumps in the road it was 125bhp which is more than enough and averaged 45mpg on a run.

Im sorry but im a true die hard VW fan my very very first car before i was even old enough to drive was a mk3 but talking in facts the mondeo is twice the car of any of the mk3 models no matter what you do to them.

says the man that walks rather fast back into the mk4 section.

The major difference is that a 15 year old Golf is worth money whereas a 15 year old Mondeo is scrap value. I have driven Mondeo's and they do what they are supposed to be. The Golf does plenty more in my opinion.