tempted by a VR6

[Golf VR6]

Evenin all, i've been reading through these forums for a while now, so i thought i'd curb the shyness and introduce myself I've always  particularly liked Mk3s, my first car was a 95 Golf Mk3 1.4L this thing was as fast as a Rover Metro (60bhp ) but hey it never broke down or gave me any major problems.  It got my a$$ to uni and back everyday and was my best companion for a good 3 years but naturally (as we all do) the time has come to trade in the old girl for something with a bit more grunt.  Right now i'm torn between the natural upgrade, a GTi 16v or an Audi A3 1.8T, in your non-biased opinions what is the better complete car in terms of build quality, interior, handling and performance?  Anybody owned an A3 before?  Normally i would always choose the Golf but frustratingly i'm finding there is a lack of good condition/low mileage/3dr/black Mk3 16v's available.

I would love to push for the VR6 but i'm still on the young side with NCB......yet, insurance would be

[Overseer]

never been in a 1.8t, but i'd expect the build quality to be comparable. anyone?

theres a bit of a difference in cost isn't there?

funny you mention those 2 cars,  i have a friend with a dragon green mk3 5dr valver, last time i saw him he was talkin about getting a 1.8t (or a TT)

personally i dont like the smaller audi's and class the TT as a posers car.

you're right about the lack of mk3 16vs of that calibre.. took me a while, was lucky to get the leather, AC and sunroof too, mileage wasn't exceptionally low (75k).. but better than most .. oh and black is a b!tch to keep clean

[jte]

Fantastically i have just had a great offer of a VR6 Highline.  R reg, all the spec, fvwsh, 37,000 miles(!).

A mate is a postman and some old chap on his round is selling it for his son who is minted and has three cars.  He has just moved to hong kong for two years for work and wants to get rid of it.  He thinks it's worth ?4,500 to ?5,000 but mainly wants a quick sale.   I haven't seen it yet, but if it's what he says then it's a bargain!

This means that my mk3 16v is now for sale.  See the cars for sale section for all the details.

[Overseer]

bargain indeed!!

is it pink or something?  

[jte]

erm, nearly!!!

It's the mulberry purple colour, which i quite like.  And luckily it has full black lether not the black with purple bits in the middle.

[N-Wales_vr6]

  BARGAIN!  :o snap his hand off!!!! listen to the voices and buy it!! If the insurance company bite your ass then you can flog it and make a tidy profit!

Bet you wont though!!! Drive it and try stop grinning like an idiot!!

[jte]

I'm trying to get hold of this bloke to snap his hand off!  He's a bit elusive.

The insurance is an extra ?190 for the remaining 7 months.  So that works out at about ?1,010 based on this years premium, should be less next year, i'll be 22 and have a year's no claims (finger's crossed).

However i still need to sell the 16v!  Again see cars for sale section.  It's very nice!

VR6 I want it now!!!!!!!!

[jte]

frustratingly i'm finding there is a lack of good condition/low mileage/3dr/black Mk3 16v's available.

3 doors?  How impractical!  Black? hard to keep clean as Overseer says!

What you need is a Dragon Green, 5 door!  Service history is more important than mileage, as long as it's under 100k your fine!

In fact i know where there's one of those going right now!  You should buy it!

[Omar]

bargain, hey if you dont get for some reason, I'll have it!!

.......money sitting waiting!!!!!


am looking for a VR6 for the Missus BTW.

[bishthefish]

I had to drop my mates mulberry highline off for some work to be done, and it was very nice... sweaty bum in the summer i imagine with that leather mind you  

Its not as fast as other cars ive owned, but the engine note more than makes up for it , and it drove very smoothy... Its a toss up at the moment for a vR6 or another corrado G60..superchargertastic mate...