Things that make you appreciate your mk3

[spear]

I like the fact that my car keeps me continuosly occupied. There is always something that needs replacing, or something that I can improve on it.

I think you get to know the car so well that you really notice every little thing that you do it and it and makes you love it even more.

Plus it still looks the nuts when cleaned up 

[Toopay_MkIII_GT]

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.

^^ well said!

maybe my dads mondeo is a poor example some how. but its still couple years newer than my golf and im still saying it feels crap. bare in mind im the 3rd owner of my gti, gti's by no means get a easy life! they are ragged from day one usually and it feels tighter to drive in everyway. but probs is im comparing my gofl with car that was from day one a easy, soft wollay crusing family/businessman exec car.

[zdebx]

Comparing Mondeo to a Golf is just stupid, because they are in different classes.

Mondeo is a 4 door saloon, Golf is a hatchback.

Golf goes along with a Focus, while a "competitor" for a Mondeo is probably Passat.

In any case, VW > Ford 

[adamrob69]

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.

i can only agree wit you to an extent. i drove the 1.8 zetec aswell. there are in completely different categories so you carnt really compare them like that as there in different markets...but if you want to i could reel of a list of things the golf is better then the mondeo at. i will give the mondeo its due, its been thrashed for over 5 years now and it hasnt broken down once and the engine has a very nice grunt...however safety features?? when doing 70mph down a motor and all of a sudden your seat decides it doesnt want to be in the position you put it in but instead wants to slide all the way to the back of the rail!?

The golf has aged better, everything is falling apart in the modeo. the golf looks better and did back when they were released, and more importantly the golf doesnt have a bumper covered in duck tape to keep it together!


This thread is about why we like the car we drive...not comparing it against the spec of another car....

[robz]

mine talks to me....

[snifferdog]

 Why is it that all mondeos have tape on the bumper though? Ive just come back to a mk3 after owning a couple of fords and althought they were good and didnt let me down, the golf just feels more sturdy and gets respect, where as people used to laugh when i said i had an escort gti.  

[jeroni]

One word for me  "Timeless"

[Toopay_MkIII_GT]

yeh, does feel silly comparing golf to mondeo a, they were built for different purposes, but u can only appreciate something on ur car if u've had something to compare it to, or u wouldn't appropriate summit about our golfs so much.

lol at the duct tape on ford bumpers, only ever fords

[carlgti]

how many mondeos make it into the 100s of thousands of miles and keep going strong

[thai-wronghorse]

I <3 my Allegro.