quick Golf related question

[fozziie]

Okay, i was stupid enough to get caught being a bit naughty with my car and picked up a ban...bad times i know, fortunately my car was ruined anyway and the fact is i cant afford to get a new one til next summer when im back on the road. Anyway, my insurance will no doubt be high, so i was wondering, are mk2 golfs with a 1.3 engine any good? and what insurance group are they in...i woulda gone for a 1 litre, but im guessing there pretty bloody awful. 

[The Mighty Elvi]

Please tell us more about this naughtiness Alex. And you being a Law student an all.  Shame. 

1.3 is "OK"  I was my first car, had it at Uni, still got it in the garage.

Don't expect blistering pace from the 4 speed box. 

Don't know if you could even find a 1.0.  Although my 1.3 was originally a 1.0 - technically still is. 

Jonathan.

[fozziie]

lol, its Stuart, Alex is my middle name, but it's christmas, so i'll let you off. lol...i might have been drink driving, stupid thing to do i know, anyway, 12 month ban, reduced to 9 months if i do that drink awareness course. you live and learn eh! At least i remember why i hate public transport!

Well, the options were to find a 1.4 mk3, but iv had two of them before and they were horrific things, both blew headgasket in the same place, and the 4 speed box was awful....the 5 speed wasnt much better either to be honest lol.

So my thinking is that the 1.3 mk2 would be quicker than a 1.4 mk3 even though the 1.3 loses 5bhp on the 1.4, because the mk2 is lighter?

[The Mighty Elvi]

 :embarassed:  Sorry..Stuart.   

Aye. Avoid the small engined MK3's....if you thought the GTI was slow...

Get the MK2...keep your insurance as low as possible.  On the plus side you can make it look like a GTI.

[fozziie]

yeah, my last car was an mk3 1.8 and that was a decent motor...apart from all the rust underneath, the dodgy suspension and the knackered bearing. the plan is to use the first payment of student loan next august/september to buy a car, so about 1500 quid, the choices were mainly...dare i say it...clio, but then i noticed VW did a golf with a 1.3 engine and so thats now an option, plus, i do like the mk2, decent ones look far better than mk3's

[Mitching]

There was a 1.0L mk2, but was only made in the first year of mk2 production as it was sh!te IIRC.
If I was in your position I'd go for a mk3 polo coupe, would be lighter and more fun IMO.

[fozziie]

lol, yeah, but im vain and iv never been a fan of the polo styling, wasnt that keen on my old 6n polo (p reg, 1 litre, in 1litre purple) lol, theres just summat about an mk2, with 4 lights up front, and a set of big bumpers that i love!

cant you mate the 1.3 engine with a 5 speed box?

[Mitching]

Love polo's, me 

Tidy.
Or theres the mk2 polo, kinda like a mini golf 1 

But hey, that's just my opinion on what I'd do, can't stop you can i? 

[fozziie]

my dad used to have an old B reg polo, many moons ago, it was horrendous! cant complain though, i got his olds mk2 fiesta out of it! haha, then destroyed it...whoops

[Mitching]

You don't have much luck, do you?