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'The Purple Princess' as she is now know had only covered 53000 miles when I was nudged and winked into buying her by my Dad who swears by Volkswagens (having ran his Passat into the ground) from a local second hand dealership for the slightly presumptous price of £1400
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Advantages: Fuel economy, Reliability, Comfort, Handling and Cheap Tax/Insurance Disadvantages: Slow acceleration (expected for engine size) and poor standard sound system
---The Car---
I purchased my P reg Polo (1996) just over 12 months ago and can say that she has grown on me. I should also mention that this is my first real car. I did have a M reg Peugeot 106 (an absolute shed I might mention) which I managed to crash within 4 days of passing my test. Oops.
'The Purple Princess' as she is now know had only covered 53000 miles when I was nudged and winked into buying her by my Dad who ... ...from a local second hand dealership for the slightly presumptous price of £1400
Its the bog standard 1.0L version, comes with Power Steering and Electric Mirrors and thats about it. Also comes with Manually operated windows, I personally feel you should work for that fresh air and a standard cassette player sound system, which Im sure was the height of technology 13 years ago, but now is like putting a glass to the wall to hear next ... more
---The Car---
I purchased my P reg Polo (1996) just over 12 months ago and can say that she has grown on me. I should also mention that this is my first real car. I did have a M reg Peugeot 106 (an absolute shed I might mention) which I managed to crash within 4 days of passing my test. Oops.
'The Purple Princess' as she is now know had only covered 53000 miles when I was nudged and winked into buying her by my Dad who swears by Volkswagens (having ran his Passat into the ground) from a local second hand dealership for the slightly presumptous price of £1400
Its the bog standard 1.0L version, comes with Power Steering and Electric Mirrors and thats about it. Also comes with Manually operated windows, I personally feel you should work for that fresh air and a standard cassette player sound system, which Im sure was the height of technology 13 years ago, but now is like putting a glass to the wall to hear next doors Radio. I replaced the stereo with a iPod compatable one (which I can hide from view in the lockable glovebox), whipped out the 6.5" standard door speakers and the 4" dash tweeters and replaced them with some after market ones and also sacrificed the spacious boot for a Subwoofer. (I can almost hear the rolling eyes from the more sensible mature readers.) The car comes with an immobiliser but no alarm, this combined with no central locking and the forgetful mind of a teenager does not make for a easy nights sleep.
---Realiability---
The car has now done around 10,000 more miles while under my ownership and I haven't had any sort of complaint from it what so ever, well when I say that I mean one that wasn't my fault. I did accidentally try to drown it by driving into a deeper-than-it-looked river crossing doing about 40mph. The car required drying out overnight and some serious persuation to get it started the next day, which I personally find miraculous that it started again at all. But besides that no mechanical faults at all.
I should mention that the brakes do squeak when being released, the car has done this since shortly after I got it and I hear it is a common complaint with similar Polos. Saying this the car sailed through its last MOT, which was around August, without any cost.
The car also likes to leak water from the drivers side in particularly heavy downpours, which can result in a quite frightening amount of condensation. This is probably down to a dodgy window seal which I am too lazy to replace.
---Looks---
My opinion on how the car looks varies week to week. Sometimes it looks quite slick and other times is looks like a Panzer tank. I found that I generally prefer the front view of the car the best and try to park so I dont have to see the side profile from too far away. One benefit to its design is that the car litrally ends where the back window is so parking is a doddle. My Polo was owned by a 'more mature' lady in the past and has suffered from her possibly poor sight combined with possible poor hand-eye coordination as the car seems to have a sizable scrape on all 4 corners of the car. The car also has little bubbles of rust starting to appear here and there, only noticable when looking for it, but it is in no way anywhere near as bad as on some Polo specimens I have seen driving around.
---Performance---
Being the stereotypical speed hungry 18 year old boy that Im sure many of you are familiar with I am pleasantly surprised by how well the car performs. Granted it does take a while (to put it nicely) to get to 60 but once it does it has no problems what so ever coping with Motorway speeds. However having such slow acceleration makes overtaking troublesome without a clear horizon or a downward slope, but with some training from a friendly neighbourhood boy racer you'll learn how to milk every teet of power this car has to offer.
---Handling---
The handling on the car is excellent and it has no problem coping with the twisty narrow roads that I frequently drive it on. The steering feels responsive when cornering and has no problem manouvering any obstacle, such as pot holes on country roads that cant usually be seen until the last minute. I usually take what can only be described as a mountain pass to work (I live in the Lake District) and the car has survived the road, which numerous others have not, in conditions ranging from torrential rain, ice and recently about 4 inches of snow. I strongly suggest this road for any sort of extensive road testing as it is more like a rally stage.
---Summary---
Over the year I have owned the car I have went through many love-hate phases with it, the hate usually being down to the shoddy performance and the love usually because of the reliability and sturdiness of the car.
The car would serve as a brilliant first time car as it is cheap to tax and relatively cheap to insure, I spent £1500 for my first year but this was on my own 3rd Party F&T policy, and I was a newly passed 17 Year old male.
Another reason this car is worth owning is its fuel efficiency, I put 30 litres of fuel (£27) in the car every week which lasts a 50 mile there and back commute 4 times a week and my social use at the weekends.
All in all if you can put up not being the fastest car out there then this car is definately one of the best and cheapest second hand cars money can buy.
Advantages: It's a great little city/town/country car. Its fabulously economic. Disadvantages: No power steering on this particular model.
...going to be something from Volkswagen that I would take much pride in calling my first car.
I began with a Mark 2 Golf Driver. It was nippy, clean, honestly, absolutely rust free, beautiful little car. But it had problems way beyond my pocket and so I moved on.
My dad brought me home a little 1.3 1995 purple Polo. I'll admit it, as sad as it sounds, it was love at first sight, but with Pedro, my name for it, it was never meant to be, he came to ... ...on my way to work.
But as far as safety went in that respect Volkswagens have no fault, I hit a drystone wall at 50 mph, a bit of damage to the front of the car but I was held safely and the car could be driven away. But unfortunately my mum and dad decided that it was to be scrapped. As a poor student, I couldn't afford to repair it anyway.
But about 6 months later, I decided I was ready to drive again. To be honest, it was a mixture of things, ...
eviec 04.10.2009
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Advantages: now let me think..... Disadvantages: how long have you got?
...tired, and seemingly more practical Volkswagen Polo C. I have owned it now for about 12 hours, driven it for about 4 hours and in the wise words of Jeremy Clarkson, it is hateful, hateful (yes thrice) hateful, car.
Why you may ask have I come to this conclusion in such a short space of time? Well, read on a little further and I’ll enlighten you.
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Specs-
Dual circuit brakes
1043 cc engine
4 speed ,manual gear box
3 ... ...Interior-
Volkswagen score two whole points here!!! Firstly the dash whilst very basic and hardly luxurious is practical and buttons/stalks are well positioned and resist wear and tear well.
Secondly the seats whilst again hardly stylish in their design do tend to have wear ability. Mine despite being a good few years old now still look in tip top condition rather like the dash., and again like the dash I put this down to very tough nylon/vinyl ...
babajane32 30.06.2003
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Advantages: Strong, Sturdy Car & Little Big Car Feel Disadvantages: None as Yet
...Polo 1.0litre. I decided on Volkswagen after Id had a lot of trouble with my first car a Peugeot 106, eeevil things wont go there.
Ive always heard that Volkswagens were reliable well built cars though I'd never really taken much notice of them. I needed a small car as Im only 18 and obviouslly petrol prices and more importantly Insurance premiums are a major influence...(If you and not mommy & daddy are paying to keep your car on the road) I looked ... ...I had a look at a range of different mark Polos and decided on the Mk4. Not too dated like earlier mk's and containing more modern equipment too. I looked around and luckily almost immediately spotted a little Racing Green fellow on Autotrader. It was S Reg and had just 37,000 miles on its clock. I was chuffed as it was also only about 30-40 miles from where I live so I rang the number straight away and aranged a viewing.
**The Car**
I got to the ...
ahughes1000 29.08.2006
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Advantages: Easy to park Disadvantages: window shades low
I have just bought a 1998 Polo and I just love it. Its a beautiful dark blue with grey interior. I know that colour should not be the most important thing in a car but it is - and when combined with everything else my new Polo is just perfect. I must say I was a bit uncertain at first as I thought 1000cc engine was a bit on the small side, but it seems to have enough power for my needs. It whizzes up hills in the Scottish countryside and feels so ... ...to the road as many other small cars.
Everything appears to be of very good quality and well made, nothing tinny or rattley. It feels solid and secure. There are lots of little pockets to store things with plenty of space in the boot, far more than I would expect from a small car. The seats are very comfortable yet quite firm. The windscreen wiper is superb - quite a change from my citreon that had a design fault on the wiper. The wide windows also ...
Conicview 16.09.2001
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Advantages: Compact, fuel efficient, value for money, cheap to run & maintain, spacious Disadvantages: Can be a little tough to park (without power steering)
Before I begin this review I would first like to say that I am no expert in cars, I have driven a few but I am not going to go into anything too technical in this review and this review will be based on that perspective.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND
I received my red VW Polo (Nicky) from my parents for an 18th birthday present. I distinctly remember my disbelief on the day, I couldn't believe something that looked so smart and new could be mine. In fact ... ...bunch of people who drove what I would describe as "old bangers" to college every day. In fact my car is a lot older than it looks, at 10 years old it should be beginning to resemble the "old bangers" that I remember from college, but instead I feel that it has aged gracefully, still looking as good to me today as it did then.
WHATS GREAT ABOUT IT?
Ok, so there's not a particular wow factor and your friends are never going to be spectacularly jelous, ...
sianciao 29.07.2007 (20.09.2007)
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** Performance **
Being a 1.2 you would expect this car to have a little go? Considering that it is quite a small and light car, but that is where you would be wrong. This car has less go than my previous car, which was a 1.0VWPolo. However where the car lacks is speed performance the car gains in how economical it is to run. When I first got it, it was unleaded ...
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