Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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This one -
Anybody had any experiance with them? MPG? reliabilty?
As i'll be getting rid of heap of junk very soon and moving away from vauxhall all together.
Thanks.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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Mate had one in silver 2002 02 reg, his was a 1.9TDi sport though
he absolutly loved it, only sold it cause he needed a 5 door due to his kid, he really regrets selling it
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D-A-V-E-
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Registered: 2nd Mar 08
Location: Northern Ireland!
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A friend of mine has a 3door 1.4 tdi^^^
She let me drive it and I know I drive a petrol but it was really rattely...didnt like it
[Edited on 01-03-2009 by D-A-V-E-]
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Nice car, solid drive, but VW prices.
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mattk
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and why not the 1.9?
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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Buy my 1.4 Petrol one. Much better 
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Hamish
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and btw just for referance its a mk6
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Scotty C
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Insurance etc.
Will get a quicker car when i'm more finacilly stable. I just want a reliable car  I don't mind paying VW prices TBH.
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
Buy my 1.4 Petrol one. Much better
Diesel FTW 
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Hamish
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Pffft. What do you know. Ive had 50mpg out of it once
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Scotty C
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I know that I prefere the drive of a diesel.
[Edited on 01-03-2009 by Monster]
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mattk
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have a look at Seat Ibizas too, they are the same, probably cheaper too
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Scotty C
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I love the look of that Polo though...
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mattk
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yeah I do too, they look solid
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John
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Any car can have the problems you've had with the corsa.
It was a company car that would have been driven hard every single mile of it's life, if you get a cheap polo it could be the same.
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Scotty C
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I'm not going to get a cheap one. I'll be looking at 55/06 reg, And i'll spend upto 5.5k
Edit - And NOT ex company car
[Edited on 01-03-2009 by Monster]
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mattk
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what insurance group are they?
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Scotty C
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dannymccann
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Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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I always thought ex-co cars were good as even though they tend to have been ragged about, they also seem to have been serviced correctly and what not?
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
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not a bad little car... suspension falls to pieces however
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
I always thought ex-co cars were good as even though they tend to have been ragged about, they also seem to have been serviced correctly and what not?
Service isn't going it help the things that fail at all TBH. If it gets ragged from cold everyday, the turbo is going to fail, and mine has...
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
not a bad little car... suspension falls to pieces however
I'll have to lower it then
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dannymccann
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Can you not just put a new turbo on Monster? Or has something gone with it?
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deano87
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tbh, I was looking at Polo's a while back when avoiding doing Uni work. I was looking at the newer 1.9TDi GT's, which have a very similar looking grill to the Golfs.
I then looked at Ibiza's, and for the same 1.9TDi FR or Sportrider, it was over £1k cheaper.
If you are going VAG, I'd go Seat tbh. Same, not the same badge yet cheaper.
The price differences were pretty much the same with the 1.4TDi's.
Consider Fiestas as well - 1.4TDCi is supposed to be quite good - not heard too many horror stories either.
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Can you not just put a new turbo on Monster? Or has something gone with it?
Thats what i'm doing, i'll buy it through the garage where I work and get ubber cheap. But there are 'other' noises
i'm begining to think the prevoius owner was the devil himself.
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