golf 2007 gti 170 tdi
05 November 2010, 09:47 PM
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golf 2007 gti 170 tdi
thinking off buying one off these for the wife she runs her cars for over 5 years is maintanice low on these cars and do they suffer any problems i should look for
05 November 2010, 10:37 PM
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My wife has one and it's a great car with really good performance for an oil burner. Ours has 40k on it now and the only problem is a faulty coolant sensor, common apparently.
Pulls like a train and returns over 40mpg when thrashed.
Nik.
Pulls like a train and returns over 40mpg when thrashed.
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05 November 2010, 10:41 PM
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We have one, cracking car, does indeed pull like a train, but we've seen 40mpg, even on a long run.
12 November 2010, 06:11 PM
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I had one as a loan car for a while and it shocked me as to how rapid it was. I followed my wife home one evening, I was in my scoob and she was in the golf. It was only through the streets where I live, out of mini roundabouts in 2nd and 3rd mainly, but it was actually difficult to keep up with in places. I would have one like a shot (as a family car, not a replacement for the scoob
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12 November 2010, 06:21 PM
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ive driven one and they are rapid dont think the scoob would keep up low down but its for the wife im gonna get one for her then get i t mapped lol
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12 November 2010, 06:50 PM
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Nick - eh?!
320d is four cylinder and 180ish bhp in current guise.
Six cylinders "start" at 325d.
Reliable too...
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...10/505879.html
320d is four cylinder and 180ish bhp in current guise.
Six cylinders "start" at 325d.
Reliable too...
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...10/505879.html
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Nick - eh?!
320d is four cylinder and 180ish bhp in current guise.
Six cylinders "start" at 325d.
Reliable too...
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...10/505879.html
320d is four cylinder and 180ish bhp in current guise.
Six cylinders "start" at 325d.
Reliable too...
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...10/505879.html
sorry i meant quicker than the golf and can they be mapped
12 November 2010, 07:16 PM
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Nick, what sort of driving does the missus do?
VW 4 pot diesels have a nasty tendancy to clog up the EGR valves, or pop the odd injector (1.9/2ltr tdi's), so longer distance driving is better for them (get up to temp and stay there).
Wouldnt buy one for just tootling around town or low mileage tbh, and forget about those 20k service intervals, keep to 10k.
Tony
VW 4 pot diesels have a nasty tendancy to clog up the EGR valves, or pop the odd injector (1.9/2ltr tdi's), so longer distance driving is better for them (get up to temp and stay there).
Wouldnt buy one for just tootling around town or low mileage tbh, and forget about those 20k service intervals, keep to 10k.
Tony
12 November 2010, 07:27 PM
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Nick, what sort of driving does the missus do?
VW 4 pot diesels have a nasty tendancy to clog up the EGR valves, or pop the odd injector (1.9/2ltr tdi's), so longer distance driving is better for them (get up to temp and stay there).
Wouldnt buy one for just tootling around town or low mileage tbh, and forget about those 20k service intervals, keep to 10k.
Tony
VW 4 pot diesels have a nasty tendancy to clog up the EGR valves, or pop the odd injector (1.9/2ltr tdi's), so longer distance driving is better for them (get up to temp and stay there).
Wouldnt buy one for just tootling around town or low mileage tbh, and forget about those 20k service intervals, keep to 10k.
Tony
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Something like the 1.4 TSI (170ps) GT 
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/retailer...sed-cars/00705
Looks like these have 2 in, one dsg and one none dsg, same price
Tony
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/retailer...sed-cars/00705
Looks like these have 2 in, one dsg and one none dsg, same price
Tony
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13 November 2010, 11:39 AM
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Good call Tony with the diesel low miles thing. My wife has a CDTi Zafira at the moment, she does hardly any miles and we've had nothing but trouble with it. Even Vauxhall have said she would have been better with a petrol. 
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