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Offline HedgeHog

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Need some advice
« on: 07 March 2004, 04:09 »
Hey to all - hope you don't mind giving a newbie some help over here :)

After much looking around, I'm looking at getting a 3 door Golf Mk2 16v Gti - only trouble is I've no idea what age I should be looking at. Is there anything i'll need to consider regarding age - eg. difficulties with certain modifications, known problems/issues, or things I should be looking to avoid etc...

Any help would be gladly appreciated :)


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Offline richy

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #1 on: 07 March 2004, 10:27 »
How much do ya wanna spend?
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Offline Poke

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #2 on: 07 March 2004, 12:36 »
Hi there, check out the golf buying guide on www.matey-matey.com
Hope that helps
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Veedubgt18v

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #3 on: 07 March 2004, 13:24 »
 yeah thats a good link the matey matey one. obviously you pays your money but 1500 uopwards should get you a straight one, 2 - 3000 an absolute minter!
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Offline HedgeHog

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #4 on: 07 March 2004, 13:52 »
Good stuff, thanks for the link :)

I'm looking at the best part of ?2000, got a budget of ?3000 but theres stuff like security and ICE that I'm trying to include in that figure. I'm guessing a 1.6 is the way to go, right?
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Offline Dizzie

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #5 on: 07 March 2004, 16:01 »
no. 1.8  :D
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Veedubgt18v

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #6 on: 07 March 2004, 18:13 »
Gti's only came in 1.8 form for both 8 and 16v, the only 1.6 gti was the original mk1!

1.6 mk 2's are carburettor generally
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Offline vaughn

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #7 on: 07 March 2004, 18:19 »
check for crunching gearboxes as this seems to be a common fault with 16v`s
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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #8 on: 07 March 2004, 18:23 »
and 8v's ^ >:(

check for seized rear calipers on all gti mk2's aswel. Its the handbreak mechanism that seizes
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Veedubgt18v

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Re:Need some advice
« Reply #9 on: 07 March 2004, 18:23 »
yeah the second gear synchromesh thing
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