19-10-2012, 08:45 AM
Surely that's a typo? I paid £2k for this one with a load of MOT and tax. Unfortunately I did get a 'bad' one, just like people get bad hdis, or xuds that pop rods, or tapping 6s lol.
You have to remember a lot of my issues were self inflicted.
The car had 129k miles when I bought it, and full service history on longlife oil! It's this thin shitty longlife oil that ruins the cams imo, and I asked on dubgen....all the failed cams there were also on longlife! The silver one didn't have any cam problems at over 140k and that had full service on time and distance with pd oil.
The turbo was my fault, the kinked oil catch tank pipe pipe built up so much pressure it forced oil out of other places around the engine, so as I say, it was getting on and pressurised oil HAS to go some where, the weakest seal usually.
And as for the DMF, they break on any new car, to have done 10 years and 136k without exploding is better than a lot! Much nicer than a smf though imo! Hydro clutch and cable gearshift are nicer too.
And things like wishbone bushes and CV boots go on any car, can't blame that on vw.
I must admit its odd breaking it, everything is so easy to remove compared with a HDi, not sure what people think is difficult about them, except needing special tools like spline keys, but other cars are full of torx so same difference really! And the build quality is MUCH better, still weren't any rattles, massive engine mounts compared to the tiny ones on the HDi, tonnes of sound deafening everywhere, everything still feels solid and built to last. There was nothing wrong with the headgasket, and the pistons still look brand new! It's just a shame they skimped on really important parts like cams lifters and DMFs! Although they also saved money on things that Pug didnt! There's only one pad wear sensor for example, not sure what's supposed to happen if your drivers side cwliper seizes and wears away the whole pad...a normal golf driver probably wouldn't notice without w warning light! Also there's only one bonnet lifters where Pug use 2. And they save money by manufacturing a lot if identical parts, shocks and springs are the same both sides for example.
I do have to be careful what I say on here obviously, but after driving a HDi, I really would take a standard pd150 over this thing anyday......IF ONLY the parts didn't cost much! When I owned the golf, I thought handling would've been more fun than.all out power.....turns out.it isn't, is rather have the torquey golf back in all honesty. But then I guess the grass is always greener isn't it. I was hating the golf the last few weeks I had it! Always worrying about noises, engine lights.....oh yeah and being pulled without all the mods declared, which wasn't even my fault, the damn insurers changed thier mind! they quoted me before fitting, I phoned afterwards and thier 'policy had changed'. f*ck them, I wasn't taking it all off again, but that meant I was driving round in fear of getting caught all the time!
You have to remember a lot of my issues were self inflicted.
The car had 129k miles when I bought it, and full service history on longlife oil! It's this thin shitty longlife oil that ruins the cams imo, and I asked on dubgen....all the failed cams there were also on longlife! The silver one didn't have any cam problems at over 140k and that had full service on time and distance with pd oil.
The turbo was my fault, the kinked oil catch tank pipe pipe built up so much pressure it forced oil out of other places around the engine, so as I say, it was getting on and pressurised oil HAS to go some where, the weakest seal usually.
And as for the DMF, they break on any new car, to have done 10 years and 136k without exploding is better than a lot! Much nicer than a smf though imo! Hydro clutch and cable gearshift are nicer too.
And things like wishbone bushes and CV boots go on any car, can't blame that on vw.
I must admit its odd breaking it, everything is so easy to remove compared with a HDi, not sure what people think is difficult about them, except needing special tools like spline keys, but other cars are full of torx so same difference really! And the build quality is MUCH better, still weren't any rattles, massive engine mounts compared to the tiny ones on the HDi, tonnes of sound deafening everywhere, everything still feels solid and built to last. There was nothing wrong with the headgasket, and the pistons still look brand new! It's just a shame they skimped on really important parts like cams lifters and DMFs! Although they also saved money on things that Pug didnt! There's only one pad wear sensor for example, not sure what's supposed to happen if your drivers side cwliper seizes and wears away the whole pad...a normal golf driver probably wouldn't notice without w warning light! Also there's only one bonnet lifters where Pug use 2. And they save money by manufacturing a lot if identical parts, shocks and springs are the same both sides for example.
I do have to be careful what I say on here obviously, but after driving a HDi, I really would take a standard pd150 over this thing anyday......IF ONLY the parts didn't cost much! When I owned the golf, I thought handling would've been more fun than.all out power.....turns out.it isn't, is rather have the torquey golf back in all honesty. But then I guess the grass is always greener isn't it. I was hating the golf the last few weeks I had it! Always worrying about noises, engine lights.....oh yeah and being pulled without all the mods declared, which wasn't even my fault, the damn insurers changed thier mind! they quoted me before fitting, I phoned afterwards and thier 'policy had changed'. f*ck them, I wasn't taking it all off again, but that meant I was driving round in fear of getting caught all the time!