Looking at buying a Bora V6 4motion....Advice

[gh172]

Looking at buying a Bora V6 4motion with around 60k on the clock as a second car. Wasn't really looking for one but a guy I know is selling one at a really good price so considering I've always wanted a 6 pot dub I'm very tempted. Anyone here with one than can offer any advise or thoughts about what to look out for and so on would be greatly appreciated. Does the car sound a lot angrier with a cat back exhaust? Cheers.

[Jmac]

Mate what do you what to know about these, they are a top car and one guy i can recommend you pm is DubstarV6 his is a sleeper mate, tidy and angry.
Obvious stuff will be regular services mate, as no timing belt comes into play the oil services are crucial on this motor. Same goes for the Haldex. Good luck and hope you have fun if you buy it, tons of info on here on them use the search feature mate.
Jmac

[Peter Jones]

Great car.

Mine had a few issues with switches but they were easy and cheaply sourced from ebay sellers in China.

Had to replace the MAF and one of the coil packs but that's normal for a car of this age, pretty routine stuff.

I regularly tow 1400kg of tandem trailer with mine, more than enough get up and go.

Fantastic handling in all conditions can't believe how well it launches and corners in the wet.

Pete

[gh172]

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.

[Manaz]

With only 60,000km on the clock, the suspension should still be fairly fresh, so you shouldn't have too much issue there. As it ages, I'd heartily recommend a front suspension refresh kit from ECS Tuning (replaces the aging bushes with new ones, as well as replacing the rear lower control arm bushes with the upgraded version from the R32.

As indicated, with a good service history, you should be laughing.

[gh172]

Approximately how km's a tank can you expect with a 50/50 mix of city and freeway driving?

[anthony]

I would go for it,the Bora is a classic car,and being the top of the range,besides the power,it has all the other goodies too.

[Dyldo]

Approximately how km's a tank can you expect with a 50/50 mix of city and freeway driving?

bud i get about 600kms to 650kms on a full tank of premium and i do a healthy mix of city and freeway. with many a good blat of 25L/100kms around the place (mostly around my office to blow off steam) and the cruisey highway stuff of 6.5L/100kms i can end up with an average of 9.0L/100kms. thats usually what i end up averaging on my MFD and i reset it at every fill.

[Rybky]

bud i get about 600kms to 650kms on a full tank of premium and i do a healthy mix of city and freeway. with many a good blat of 25L/100kms around the place (mostly around my office to blow off steam) and the cruisey highway stuff of 6.5L/100kms i can end up with an average of 9.0L/100kms. thats usually what i end up averaging on my MFD and i reset it at every fill.

Are you confusing your 4mo with your TDI??? That is better economy than I get from my V5!! Best I have ever seen on a long motorway run is 7.1, normal average is around 11.

Adam

[Lonewolf1983]

best economy i've seen on the freeway at 100km/hr is about 8-9L/100km.
Average since i've bought it is 11-12L/100km

[Dyldo]

best economy i've seen on the freeway at 100km/hr is about 8-9L/100km.
Average since i've bought it is 11-12L/100km

Are you confusing your 4mo with your TDI??? That is better economy than I get from my V5!! Best I have ever seen on a long motorway run is 7.1, normal average is around 11.

not trying to win points here boys, thems the facts. i can take piccies next time i am on cruise control on the freeway. my average is usually 8.8L/100kms or 8.9. i actually get annoyed if i finish my tank over 9.2L. i use exclusively Shell 95 (not that this is a fuel thread) and i can promise you i give it the beans on suitable occasions. i mean, i bought the car for its pipes, and if i want economy i drive my TDI. now that puppy can give me 1200kms to empty if i fill up on a highway run. average 5.2L/100kms this week on her.

[WhO]

Wow just wow, thats really quite epic fuel consumption! I'm in lonewolf's boat, my consumption is usually around 9 - 9.5 on the freeway with around 12.5-13.5 around town!

[trickysimon]

Hmm, I dont think I'll post my fuel economy in this thread haha

[Dyldo]

highest number wins bro

[Manaz]

not trying to win points here boys, thems the facts. i can take piccies next time i am on cruise control on the freeway. my average is usually 8.8L/100kms or 8.9. i actually get annoyed if i finish my tank over 9.2L. i use exclusively Shell 95 (not that this is a fuel thread) and i can promise you i give it the beans on suitable occasions. i mean, i bought the car for its pipes, and if i want economy i drive my TDI. now that puppy can give me 1200kms to empty if i fill up on a highway run. average 5.2L/100kms this week on her.

Would it be fair to say that most of your kilometres are highway/freeway?

I can get great economy on the highway, but I don't do much highway driving unfortunately.