Why the negativity for MK3 Golfs - enlighten me :)

[tigerj360]

its like premiership football, mk3's are Chelsea and mk2's the Fulham.

They call it a derby but in reality Fulham hate Chelsea and Chelsea just feel sorry for Fulham.

same works with the golfs 

*gets some popcorn*

[Dan_GTi8v]

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.

you must be one of the few dubbers that runs on standard suspension then i assume 

[snifferdog]

Ive never had any problems with rust on any of my mk3's?! Im not denying that they rust as so many people have mentioned it, but surely it cant be that bad?! Ive had alot worse rust on previous citroens, fords and renaults.

[Diamond Hell]

you must be one of the few dubbers that runs on standard suspension then i assume 

did for a long time, but my Golf is a track car.

Still have standard suspension on the Passat and put my Corrado back to standard - handles much better.

[Phil1980]

its like premiership football, mk3's are Chelsea and mk2's the Fulham.

They call it a derby but in reality Fulham hate Chelsea and Chelsea just feel sorry for Fulham.

same works with the golfs 

*gets some popcorn*

Mk3's Are League One

[weazgti]

Did like my mk3 as a £300 runaround but i wanted a mk2 again. My wife said i would be making a mistake going back to an old car and when i got in my mk2 i thought she was right.
But then i thrashed it back home and enjoyed it,something i never did with the mk3.
Could not believe how much more livelier it was.

[jeremybarker]

I'd hardly label a MK2 8v GTI as a quick car either and i don't have the urge to chuck it around really, after my last TVR it was never going to offer anything like the shove you get but i bought it for different reasons hence why i wouldn't expect a MK3 to be a sharp handling rocket ship. Don't get me wrong when i do get a MK3 VR6 i would seriously consider pointing it towards being a track day car, suspension, polybushed, decent discs/pads and some sticky 888's as with the noise on top it would be cheap thrills. The TVR was a pain in the arse on trackdays as the exhaust was about 120 db and failed everywhere unless i bolted two flipping big silencers on the back.

Is there much of a performance difference between a MK3 16v and VR6?

[Thom89]

I've said it before, the Mk1 was bang on in every way, when the GTI version came out, it blew everyone away, and with no Achilles heel either... and stood there alone for a number of years, untouched by anything else, waiting for everyone else to play catch up, which they did.
Along came the Mk2 GTI in the early 80s, and did it again, the Mk2 is little more than a face lift of the Mk1, so was bound to be a hit, although the opposition had moved well and truly in. with the likes of the Astra GTE, XR3i, MG Maestro and the 205 GTI. which had the same sort of effect as the  MK1 that started it all in the first place,
When the Mk3 GTI came out, it was dead in the water, from the word go, the opposition was just so much better, and a lot cheaper too, and thats when it had its stigma attached, that seems to have stayed with it till this day,
The Mk3 was not a Golf, it was just a car that VW produced that they stuck a Golf badge on...

Thom

[JC]

its like premiership football, mk3's are Chelsea and mk2's the Fulham.

They call it a derby but in reality Fulham hate Chelsea and Chelsea just feel sorry for Fulham.

same works with the golfs 

*gets some popcorn*

what the fcuk does that make sunderland then 

[Thom89]

Mk5/6

Thom