Old Golf / Polo - thoughts and what to look out for?

[sssstew]

Hi All

Well im back on the lookout for a VW again after a mess of a christmas and the wife cheating and leaving me (just after i sold the polo!), so am back out on the look out for a cheap old Golf or Polo probably $4k max, anyone know if old Golfs or Polos are trouble and should be avoided?

Any common things to check? And what sort of KMs do these things go up to generally?

Cheers All

[team_v]

Get a Mk 3 for that coin or an older polo.

Shame you had a rough time, hopefully another VW will cheer you up.

[sssstew]

Yeah im looking at mk3s, probably golf cause of the extra size for the kids stuff now and again.

I actually saw you on Saturday late morning pull up beside my friend at the lights, team_v.

[team_v]

Yeah im looking at mk3s, probably golf cause of the extra size for the kids stuff now and again.

I actually saw you on Saturday late morning pull up beside my friend at the lights, team_v.

Wow, small world.

There is a tonne of info on Mk3's in the forums here.

[walshydub]

You could get a nice MK2 GTI for $4k. Much cooler than MK3's and has the much coveted GTI badge.

[jessv3]

You could almost get a MK4 golf for that kind of money, a friend of mine sold his stock mk4 1.6 manual for 4.5k it had 160k on it.

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[sssstew]

I ended up getting a 1998 Audi A4 Avant with 177k on it for $3700. Needs some work doing on it but got some time now to tinker and tart it up, and it will do me until i get my feet back on the floor and some money back in the bank then i will be on the lookout for an old GTI turbo me thinks.