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Offline Len

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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #20 on: 16 November 2007, 20:54 »
Ah now that dont count coz its LHD! :smug:
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #21 on: 16 November 2007, 21:31 »
Quote from: LensBlue on 16 November 2007, 20:54
Ah now that dont count coz its LHD! :smug:


So LHD GTI's are not GTIs?  :rolleyes:  Also, the early Mk3's didn't have aircon or ABS - I found out the hard way when driving a K Reg Mk3 8v GTI and tried to brake hard from a brisk speed as I wasn't expecting a concrete barrier in front of me when pulling off dual carriageway in London.  Needless to say, it scared the life out of me when the car skidded for a few metres until I relaxed the brakes - lesson learnt...  :grin: :grin:
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #22 on: 19 November 2007, 10:16 »
So you are comparing a one off with a standard car?  :huh:

To make a fair comparison with your G60 Syncro I would have to fit Audi TT quattro running gear/engine!

Standard cars I'm talking!
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #23 on: 19 November 2007, 11:53 »
If it's a nice example and you like it?  Buy it.

There's a lot of 8v bashing which I think is just unfair.  They are great cars and accessible for people that can't afford the insurance of a 16v.

My 8v is a superb, fun motor which is more than nippy enough for me.  I love it!

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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #24 on: 19 November 2007, 12:11 »
I do really like it but apparantley there is a problem with the idle when you start the car up and the car has been stopped for a long time so they are not sure if it starts up....
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #25 on: 20 November 2007, 11:29 »
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If ya gonna get a second car..... And if it must be a MK3........... then get a VR6.  :evil:
Sorry. My dad had one and that thing......wow. I was six at the time.... But yoh....

 :grin: VR6 is the only MK3
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #26 on: 20 November 2007, 13:11 »
Quote from: 08micsta on 20 November 2007, 11:29
Manu_GTI

If ya gonna get a second car..... And if it must be a MK3........... then get a VR6.  :evil:
Sorry. My dad had one and that thing......wow. I was six at the time.... But yoh....

 :grin: VR6 is the only MK3

Yeah, but just don't corner too fast in it or you'll end up in a hedge  :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #27 on: 20 November 2007, 13:13 »
Got any simple fixes for that? Or is a dead case unlike the Mk4 that corners just as well?  :rolleyes: :grin:
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #28 on: 20 November 2007, 13:25 »
Quote from: 08micsta on 20 November 2007, 13:13
Got any simple fixes for that? Or is a dead case unlike the Mk4 that corners just as well?  :rolleyes: :grin:

 :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:     and thats from a mk3 owner!!    Where the mk5 was developed on a handling circuit the 3 and 4 were developed on a handling straight!!
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Re: MK3 GTI
« Reply #29 on: 21 November 2007, 21:37 »
hey boney mind you don't get out of your depth venturing all this way from the mkIII forum :drool:

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