Looking at Bora

[TazzyVR6]

Hey all.
I'm in the market for a car and the only appealing cars I can find in Tas are VW's and the odd Audi Been looking through the Mk4/Bora forum for the last day or two now. A search for 'Bora' has returned a fairly positive view of the Bora. I'm looking at this one for sale in Tas:

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7633196&__Qpb=true&Cr=9&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32%7c1%7c%7cpCar_Price_Decimal%7c1%7c%7cpCar_Make_String%7c0%7c%7cpCar_Model_String%7c0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294962746%20902&SearchAction=N&silo=1011&__No=15&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=41&__sid=12399C991DD4

I'm coming from a Mk3 VR6, has anyone driven both that could give a comparison? What do ppl think about the asking price for the one I listed? My dad is going to look at it for me this weekend so i'll let you know what he thinks.
Thanks

[dubbed]

Beautiful cars. In comparison to your VR6 it's going to be much more refined, quiet, and smoother. I'd say it'd be a little bit quicker too: more power, but more weight. But AWD, leather, and 6-speed

[qsilverza]

I live for the wet weather in my bora Most people hate driving in the wet.

[FarQ]

I live for the wet weather in my bora Most people hate driving in the wet.

so do I! lol. altho most of the time my wife drives the "mistress" (bora) as she calls it and i get the "girlfriend" (Ibiza)

[goodfella]

Bora V6 4mo...oh yeah.. Ka chow!

Unless you want to get busy and transplant a 1.8 20VT into a 2.0 body and make a Bora T, although it might be easier to just import one from US or UK

Had mine for just over 2 years and still love it like day 1.

[qsilverza]

Nah what about a 2.3 Five Cylinder !!! or Twin Turbo V6 bored out to 2.9 !!!

Bora V6 4mo...oh yeah.. Ka chow!

Unless you want to get busy and transplant a 1.8 20VT into a 2.0 body and make a Bora T, although it might be easier to just import one from US or UK

Had mine for just over 2 years and still love it like day 1.

[Dyldo]

how do the V5's go just by the by? (sorry for thread hijack)

[Manaz]

Nah what about a 2.3 Five Cylinder !!! or Twin Turbo V6 bored out to 2.9 !!!

Not sure there's room under there for twin turbos, or much point given how narrow the V6 is...

how do the V5's go just by the by? (sorry for thread hijack)

The later ones are 125kW, earlier ones are around 110kW IIRC, all through the front wheels (5 speed manual or 4-speed auto). Probably not too shabby, but not the same as the V6 4Motion.

The car in the OP's carsales link is a pre-update model (the update occurred 2002.5) - very few changes were made though, the interior changed slightly, there may have been some minor changes to gear selector linkages, etc, but that's about it.

[Gravey]

how do the V5's go just by the by? (sorry for thread hijack)

Bora V5 does 1-100km/hr in 8.something secs. I think the V6 is 6.something secs.

[gerhard]

Be aware that the 120,000k service is a big one, but Andrew in Hobart will be able to handle that for you.

It might have already been serviced by him.

[TazzyVR6]

Be aware that the 120,000k service is a big one, but Andrew in Hobart will be able to handle that for you.

It might have already been serviced by him.

Thanks for that i'll keep it in mind. Yeah there is a V5 for sale in Tas but it's $22,000, 2005, 38,000km which is a bit out of my price range and really it's just not a V6. I want to go up in power from the VR6 not down.
There is a trick looking Mk4 GTI but agian that is $19,500 which is a bit more than i want to spend:

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=6900279&__sid=12399C991DD4&__Qpb=true&Cr=13&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32%7c1%7c%7cpCar_Price_Decimal%7c1%7c%7cpCar_Make_String%7c0%7c%7cpCar_Model_String%7c0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294962746%20391%20413%20902&PriceFrom=391&PriceTo=413&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=23&silo=1011

P.S. I'm glad to hear that the 0-100 time for the V6 is something like 6-7sec because on redbook it says 10sec!

[FarQ]

P.S. I'm glad to hear that the 0-100 time for the V6 is something like 6-7sec because on redbook it says 10sec!

its meant to be 7.5sec. It was never a sub 7 car, stock.

[andrew]

dont you just love where you can still push it in the wet

I live for the wet weather in my bora Most people hate driving in the wet.

[TazzyVR6]

If we taswegians feared driving in the rain i fear we'd never get to drive at all! Unfortunatly the bora sold saturday morning (had organised to see the car that afternoon) so the dreams have been dashed, for now...

[Yevvy]

dont you just love where you can still push it in the wet

haha so true, especially if you have 4 bold tires - fun, fun, fun!!