Mk2 8v or Mk3 8v

[Liam]

Heres the details of each off autotrader.

VOLKSWAGEN Golf GTi, J reg.
excellent white bodywork, nice interior, p/steering, sunroof, alloys, s/s history, big bumper model, MOT. ?795.


1995 VOLKSWAGEN Golf 2.0 GTi 8V,
1995, 3 door, met dark red, 106k, service history, EW, PAS, CD player, remote locking alarm, MOT & tax, alloys, nice condition. No offers. ?2,000.

[vbdub]

wheres the mk3?

[m4nesh]

So what your saying is you wanna buy a proper GTI that demands respect as a result of performance and heavy premiums or a nice family hatch back with a little sticker on the front that claims it be of GTi pedigree.  A car that started the decline of the world's greatest badge!


Best Regards

Manesh

p.s. ever thought of a toyota corolla thats a nice family hatch too....

   

[Cupra Turbo]

So what your saying is you wanna buy a proper GTI that demands respect as a result of performance and heavy premiums or a nice family hatch back with a little sticker on the front that claims it be of GTi pedigree.  A car that started the decline of the world's greatest badge!

Yeah cos we all know how blisteringly quick the mk2 8v is huh.

its 150kg lighter than the mk3 and has less equipment, smaller alloys etc

Pick the mk3... least ur only 2 generations behind then...

[Gambit]

that mk2 has 15's on it, which is the size mk3's come with

early mk3 GTI's just looks like a run of the mill hatchback

mk2 big bumpers always turn heads in the street

depends what you want really, mk3 will be more refined, mk2 id say is more desirable - its getting hard to find decent ones at decent money

[Dizzie]

Yeah cos we all know how blisteringly quick the mk2 8v is huh.

quicker than the mk3 8v that's for sure...

[m4nesh]

Yeah cos we all know how blisteringly quick the mk2 8v is huh.

quicker than the mk3 8v that's for sure...

To Black_GTI

Dizzie's got a point!

quicker thats what a GTI is about, oh yeah and handling, weight and looks!

Mk3 looks like a over weight hippo, probably handles like one and off course probably not as quick as...

The only thing a mk3 8v got over a mk2 8v is i think it comes standard with abs and before i forget its poggy weight.

mk 2 8v 0-60 mph according to the brochure is 8.3 secs (I have proof)
mk 3 8v 0-60 mph according to "best family hatch Brochure" is about 10.5 days

just friendly banter to anyone who gets offended

To conclude:
mk3 8v about as good as a ford escort gti (Ggggrrrrrrrrr) (Easy Tiger!)

[Cupra Turbo]

mk 2 8v 0-60 mph according to the brochure is 8.3 secs (I have proof)

So .. the mk2 weights about 150kg lighter than the mk3... has the same power and manages to get to sixty in under 2secs faster?

wtf brochure was that?

[Cupra Turbo]

Lemme just clear this up.

Rover 420GSI 16v J reg

Vs

VW Golf GTI 16v mk2


...What won? the Rover did.

How do I know? cos my brother many years ago and his mate decided to race them... his mate was like .. mines a GTI it'll beat urs easily... and it didnt.

Now the Rover 420GSI didnt get to sixy in under 8secs... and its quicker than the 16v mk2... so u REALLY think the 8v does it in 8.3secs???

who u kiddin'?

[jv]

kniterider, can we look into getting a 1/4 mile shoot out organised, that we mentioned before? run a load of standard and modified GTI's up the strip to try and prove a few things