Why the negativity for MK3 Golfs - enlighten me :)

[Khare]

I suspect if you get to work and strip out the tat it'd be a good car, as the basic shell's probably stiffer and not a lot heavier, but you'd need to do so much to get it to that point, whereas the G2 is good straight outta the box and even better when you add ABF fairydust to it.

To me that tells me he's saying a sorted mk3 is as good if not better than a mk2. But with lots of work needed.

[Diamond Hell]

You'd need a datum on my opinion of a Golf2, which you don't technically have, but on the basis that I own one it's a high datum. 

There are plenty of good cars out there, I don't own any of them.  I have the really good ones.

[Dan_GTi8v]

It's funny how all the mk2 owners hate mk3's and all the mk3 owners prefer mk3's

I think there are more than one way to look at this. All I really see from the mk2 owners is arguments about performance, I'm sure If you get a cardboard box and put a good engine in it it would out perform the mk2, but thats not really the point is it

mk3 is safer, more comfortable, more practical, warmer in the winter, and cooler in the summer. To me that makes it an improvement over the mk2

[Diamond Hell]

mk3 is safer, more comfortable, more practical, warmer in the winter, and cooler in the summer.

Yes, lots of attributes you could pin to a sofa.

You somehow seem to have avoided mentioning handling prowess, which is kinda the point of a Golf5, but you crack on with missing the point, as VW did with the G3.

[AudiA8Quattro]

Yes, lots of attributes you could pin to a sofa.

What's wrong with that?
Driving the A8 is like driving up the road in your favourite armchair.
Nice 

[DrewGTI]

It's funny how all the mk2 owners hate mk3's and all the mk3 owners prefer mk3's

I think there are more than one way to look at this. All I really see from the mk2 owners is arguments about performance, I'm sure If you get a cardboard box and put a good engine in it it would out perform the mk2, but thats not really the point is it

mk3 is safer, more comfortable, more practical, warmer in the winter, and cooler in the summer. To me that makes it an improvement over the mk2

I'm a former lover of the mk3 (well still am) and have had two! found my mate a mint example of a mk2 8v which he brought last year and i've drove! loved it! so many months when by and i brought a mk2 16v not so long ago! love it! have the mk2 and the mk3 still and the mk2 is just so much more fun to drive! not just that but doesn't feel as sluggish as a mk3. may not have as many modern comforts as a mk3 but is far more FUN!  

[LazyLunatic]

I still think the MK3 Golf VR6 should have been labelled as a GTi instead.

Was in the US.

[jimmyb]

ive had a few mk2 gti`s and then i moved onto a vr6, i thought i was going to be made redundant earlier this year and sold the vr6 and got a cheap mk2 gti,after my vr6 the mk2 felt crap to be fair,it felt like something was missing and it was! it turned out to be 1litre of engine,2 pistons and 4 valves,ive never been in a mk3 gti,(so i cant comment on them) if you do get a vr6 the first thing you will notice is how refined and smooth they are. but personally this just makes me treat the car with more respect. the second thing you will notice is the addictive thing THAT ENGINE NOTE! get a vr mate you wont be disappointed

[Diamond Hell]

the first thing you will notice is how refined and smooth they are.

Ah yes - refined and smooth - precisely the sort of thing one looks for in a GTI.....

[Mr Blue]

mk3's are not too bad. ABF and VR6 highlines are my favorite.

Just dont have the icon status i guess?

and rust like mad!