Why the negativity for MK3 Golfs - enlighten me :)

[Wayne]

The day a MK3 owner admits the MK2 is better is like the day Dale Winton admits he's gay.

Secretly we all know it's true, but we're just waiting for the glorious validation.

I had a mk3 8v GTI and am happy to say that a mk2 is leagues better even a 8v is a better drive.

[jeremybarker]

Guess i'll have to wait and drive one for myself. 

[jimmyb]

well i do actually love mk2s but i love mk3s more,whatever floats your boat. and heyy if its a golf and its got gti or vr6 on the back just enjoy!!! 

[danny_p]

i've driven  a fair few mk3's  the 8v GTi's  imo have absolutly no GTi ness about them at all  what proved the point to me was the last one i breifly owned i didn't even realise was a GTi  till i got bored and started reading the paperwork one day. if thet had only badged the 16v as a gti  it would have been a disapintment compared to the mk2 16v  but there if a glimmer of gti ness about it. 

wheas you can jump in a mk2 and you'll know about it's gti ness when you meet some nice corners

[tdi_blu]

The mk2 is no more a Gti than the mk3.We keep hearing how slow the mk3 is and poor handling and now we have people who dont even know there driving one Why is the mk2 so much more a Gti than the mk3? Well it isnt simple fact is the mk2 did not hold its own and keep the Gti tradtion alive no more than the mk3 Gti has.When a little french car came along the Peugeot 205 GTI it slaughtered it in performance and handling and it even claimed the title as the best hot hatch which the mk1 had retained for so long.The germans answer was the  mighty 16v  what a improvment that was not really even the 8v will still do it off the lights  yet according to people on here its so fast so much fun to drive with its crisp handling which I think is a slight exaggeration.Ive lost count of how many mk2 gti ive owned and enjoyed over the years but if im honest the mk2 is average just like the mk3.The only Gti to ever put a real smile on my face is the mk1 the true badge bearer.I agree the mk3 is not fast compared with alot of cars but the mk2 is no rocket ship either.Both cars have good points and bad,both have there own following both deserve the badge.

[VR6_Wherry]

The day a MK3 owner admits the MK2 is better is like the day Dale Winton admits he's gay.

Secretly we all know it's true, but we're just waiting for the glorious validation.

I would much prefer to have a Mk2 then a Mk3!

I was sitting in my Mk3 2.0 8v GTI, one mate in his VR6 and another in his G60...

Woop bye G60, woop bye VR6...where was i...might as well of not moved at all, i was left for dust! I think the only reason the VR6 came out was because of how bad the Mk3 'GTi' was...

That will be the last time i comment...

[tdi_blu]

The day a MK3 owner admits the MK2 is better is like the day Dale Winton admits he's gay.

Secretly we all know it's true, but we're just waiting for the glorious validation.

I would much prefer to have a Mk2 then a Mk3!

I was sitting in my Mk3 2.0 8v GTI, one mate in his VR6 and another in his G60...

Woop bye G60, woop bye VR6...where was i...might as well of not moved at all, i was left for dust! I think the only reason the VR6 came out was because of how bad the Mk3 'GTi' was...

That will be the last time i comment...

well considering the 8v is only 115bhp what do you expect up against a 172 bhp VR6 and a G60 super charged its hardly a fair line up is it  so do you think a mk2 8v would do much better then? Why not sell the VR6 and buy a mk2 

[snifferdog]

^ Good point.

The thing Ive noticed is that everyone who has owned a mk2 has loved it whereas there is a split between people that have actually owned a mk3, some like em, some dont.

[tdi_blu]

Comparing 8v gti to G60 and a VR6 is just not realistic really is it.Both cars have way much more under the bonnet going on and if im honest theres a car that did disappiont me apart from the sound is the VR6 

[Diamond Hell]

Ive lost count of how many mk2 gti ive owned and enjoyed over the years but if im honest the mk2 is average just like the mk3.

You must have driven some seriously ropey Golf2s.  

The germans answer was the  mighty 16v  what a improvment that was not really even the 8v will still do it off the lights 

eh?  8V 0-60 8.3 16V 0-60 7.9 .  If you're going to spout nonsense it's hardly going to get the rest of us to take you seriously.

I recently drove a 205, which was in very good repair and really didn't rate it versus the Golf2.  I found the steering wooden and very heavy.  The powersteering on the Golf2 just takes the edge off that weight so the controls are consistent.  The controls in the Pug were not consistently weighted.  I also didn't fit in the 205 very well, whereas I fit in a Golf2 very well (designed for big-a$$ed Germans, innit - and Chuff).  The 205 is a different proposition too - only available as a GTI in three door and there are so few of them left about these days vs the Golf2 that it really tells you something about the durability of them.

Viva Golf2s