Why the negativity for MK3 Golfs - enlighten me :)

[snifferdog]

I was amazingly disapointed when i went to buy my 2.0 8v GTi, thankfully the VR6 has restored some faith back 

I was, but after selling it and owning several other cars (fords) then I was actually well impressed to get back in one?!!  

I think the difference is that originally I went into a mk3 from a mk2 and didnt like it but then when I got a mk3 after an escort gti it felt better.

[A7 UFO]

There was a MK4 2.8 V6 4 motion on Autotrader, 60k and full leather for £3000, that's a hell of a lot of car for the money. Probably not sensible for every day useage with the price of petrol but as a weekend toy 

a weekend toy??  Toys are meant to be fun aren't they?

[jeremybarker]

Oh yes they are, i previously had an Integrale Evo and TVR's but with the kids in nursery my toys have to be a bit more affordablefor the forseeable 

[Khare]

I actually prefer the mk3   

Having owned a mk2 I think it was great as a car showing status and personality, and a good laugh here and there but as soon as I bought the mk3 it was in a different level. Much more grown up, more toys to play with, so much more usable especially in the winter. Where as I used to tread carefully in winter due to carb icing, extremely cold interior even with heaters on and leaks, with the mk3 its effortless and feels so much more solid.

The mk3 just needs some love and some nice things before they look good 

[tdi_blu]

I think its all about what you like,me I like the whole volkswagon range as I love all things vw if im honest   I think the main haters are the mk2 owners mainly because the mk2 is a older model and a classic now and this has increased its value over the mk3.If you decided to buy a good example mk2 Gti then you fall into the "classic" gti band like the mk1 gti which is a classic gti.Once your in this bubble no other gti is worthy of the gti badge hence why ever gti above the mk2 is crap in a minority of mk2 owners eyes.For me the true blood gti is the mk1 as it was the one that set the bench mark for ever other hot hatch to date,if I recall when the mk2 first came about the mk1 owners were saying how lardy and slow the mk2 was compared to the nibble mk1.So really it just goes full circle the mk3 is getting all the flank now and soon enough it will become a classic gti like the mk1 and mk2 and so on  

[Dan_GTi8v]

Basically, people are easily led by others who they think are 'cool' and a majority of people cant have their own opinions, or are scared to air them as the 'cool' people will dissagree

mk3 is sexy  

[Agreeable Slick]

Khare, you can't compare a carbed mk2 to a injection mk3

MK3 was a let down in terms of "GTI" simple as that. European safety laws saw to that.

[clipperjay]

In all my years I've never owned a MK3 been in a VR6 and thought yeah it moves......!
I've even had a MK4 sorry a boat as a stop gap for six months. That was bad the inconvience module, worst attempt at making a golf with more ECU's than it needed due to laws.
The only MK3's that turned my head, where dark, mean looking and moody dark met grey what ever that colour suits it to a T!

[Wayne]

There was a MK4 2.8 V6 4 motion on Autotrader, 60k and full leather for £3000, that's a hell of a lot of car for the money. Probably not sensible for every day useage with the price of petrol but as a weekend toy 

Not that good a car to be honest, very heavy and not that quick.

[tdi_blu]

^^you owned one wayne or sorry driven one??