Volkswagen

VW Polo GTi 1.6 2001

Advantages: speedy, good looking and economical
Disadvantages: potential gear box problems and pricey parts

I bought my little leo 3 years ago and have loved it ever since. Reasons to love it: It handles like a dream around corners. It is not a Golf! It is unbelievably economical - 330 miles to a tank (if not ragging it!) He feels solid and reliable. The only fault I have found so far............ The gearbox had to be replaced at 100,000 miles and set me back £1200 (huge expense). I am really interested to read that if I had had bearings replaced much ...
...replace it. I have also recently heard a disturbing noise when I slowly turn the wheel (stationary car) and am going to have to take it to the garage to find out what this could be. (it has now done 110,000 miles. I would recommend this car but would advice careful monitoring of the gearbox. AGR ...

Agr2009 13.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Volkswagen Polo GTI

My vw PASSAT 1.9 Tdi se 130 Bhp

Advantages: Cheap to run
Disadvantages: Starting in the cold

Hi I purchased my passat tdi a year ago, i had problems with starting it in the winter months, and found the reciepts from the previous keeper in the glove box, he had spent over £1500 on trying to fix the problem witn new injectors, new heater plugs and various other things, i can't keep it in my drive as it doen't seem to start and i end up haveing to tow start it, but then i found the solution, when you first turn the ignition you hear a swirting ...
...back and forth until the swirting sound stops, do it one more time, count to 10, and put your foot to the floor it should start like a new car, great value for money, i got mine on a 2003 for £2500 and i fill it once a month, also for a 2.0 tdi 130 bhp really cheap insurance John Glasgow ...

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Review of Volkswagen Passat 1.9 TDI

Extremely over rated box on wheels!

Advantages: Performance & MPG
Disadvantages: Bloody everything else!

Well this is the story of my time with my Golf. What can I say, I had 2 previous Rovers beforehand and both had been pretty good reliable cars. However I was on the market for something diesel and my friend had recently bought a diesel golf and it seemed very quick and offered good mpg that I thought I should consider a golf as my next car. So I had a look around for golfs and came across a 1998 R reg VW Golf 1.9 GT TDI with 114,000 miles on the ...
...Went to view it and bought it. I paid £2540 Features The features within the Golf were very good. It had electric sunroof, electric windows all round, electric mirrors, remote locking etc. It also had lights everywhere. Insurance I found it really easy to insure and it actually worked out slightly cheaper than my previous Rover 216 Coupe SE. Drive The body roll is horrendous. Its really the only word I can use to describe it. It rolls around ...

kris214 09.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Volkswagen Golf IV 1.9 TDI

VW POLO

Advantages: Cheap and reliable
Disadvantages: Depretaiting

VW Polo 1.4 review Reliability I live in Northampton been up to Manchester, Bradford London etc many times and I have had no problem. All VW have very strong and reliable engines, if you are looking for a car for reliability and cheap to maintain I would highly recommend this car. I've owned the vehicle for just over a year and honestly say there is no problem Value for Money Tax and insurance is very cheap, I am 20 n0w and when I bought the ...
...holder and I am the second driver, we only pay 600 for the whole year My experience As mentioned before the car is reliable and good value for money, it is a good car for new drivers also, easy to drive small car and cheap on insurance. I also think look wise it is fairly simple in a good way, the only problem I would argue that the car has depreciated a lot due to the release of the new VW polo model. ...

moinul123 19.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Volkswagen Polo 1.4

My Polo 1.0

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 · Read full review
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Review of Volkswagen Polo 1.0