Hi Guys & Gals

[MAFFA]

I've not driven it far enough yet to warrant a service but I don't know about before I owned it?

Thanks for the link to that site. That was the first golf site I read. I actually posted a load of stuff from it on the first page of this tread

I dunno why because I know a MkII would be a better track car but I still fancy a MkIII. No idea why other than the rust worry? 

[Dinky]

Maffa...why don't you just keep your options open? view a couple from each mark, check them over..and I'm sure your gut will tell you which one to buy..whether mk2 or the boat..i mean mk3

Dinx

[MAFFA]

  PMSL 

I've got a few MkII's i've got my eye on & a few MkIII's so i'll probably get around to driving all of them at some point. Anyone know of any meets around my way that I could go along to & check out a few all in one place?

MAFFA

[gibby]

Welcome to the forum. Not really into scoobies (or BMs), but got to take my hat off to you on the work done. Engine bay looked special.

There's loads of opinions etc on the car to have, but I just can't see a mk3 being a decent enough spec for you coming from a BM & scooby background and I don't see it as a track car at all in my opinion.I get your thinking on the rust side of things though, but I'd still personally go for a decent mk2 16v over a mk3, but again that's my opinion. The torque thing about 8v & 16v is a myth as 8vs don't have any better low down torque over a 16v anywhere in the range, there's a graph in the mk2 section as a sticky that will prove it. One thing I'm surprised that people haven't mentioned is a 16v mk1, now there may well be rust issues here as even the newest tintops will be over 20 years old, and the 16v mk1 will be a conversion, but 139bhp+ in a car that weighs about 800kg means they shift.

[Dinky]

One thing I'm surprised that people haven't mentioned is a 16v mk1, now there may well be rust issues here as even the newest tintops will be over 20 years old, and the 16v mk1 will be a conversion, but 139bhp+ in a car that weighs about 800kg means they shift.

You kinda answered your own ponder there Gibs..and precisely why i didn't..

Dinx

[gibby]

Yeah, but if it's to be a track slag and you find a good one then a lot of that may have been sorted out. They are out there.

[Dinky]

Totally agree with you mate..just have a feeling that Maffa is abit of an erm..meaning this in the nicest way possible..poser?!
so like rust and the looks have to be spot on..
No offence maffa! 

Dinx

[gibby]

.......and what better way to pose than in a well sorted mk1 16v ! Cooler than any mk2. In my humble opinion of course !

[Dinky]

You shut up...you went over to the mk2 side..
Of course..i totally agree with all of the above thou..

Dinx

[gibby]

The love of the mk1 is always there though Di, always there !