vaux.dan
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Registered: 18th May 09
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any one had a vw bora?
iv just got a new job which pays fairly well and im sick of driving bouncy cars, loud and battered corsa's so im looking at getting a nice golf mk4 tdi or bora tdi? which is the best 110,130,150?
i know nothing at all about these cars, but i want a diesel for the time being after getting 210 miles to £25 in the astra and theres still juice left
any opinions/info will be greatly appreciated
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Pip308 is your man to speak to about diesel bora's.
Neil Dagens owns a Bora but 1.6 Petrol.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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I had a golf 130, which is virtually the same without a boot!!
Good car, I liked it a lot!!
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joeseth17
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Registered: 6th Jun 09
Location: North East, Durham
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i enjoy my bora dan, mines on coilovers and is still pretty comfy, its the 2 litre petrol and does ok on fuel tbh bt if u hammer its obv goin to cost more, it isnt the fastest thing in the world by a long shot bt isnt the slowest either.
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
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The PD engines in the VW's are supposed to be very good for gains on remaps if thats your thing. The 150 being the pick of the bunch IIRC
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
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I got told to avoid the 150's when I was looking by a VW Technician!
They are ok cars, step up from corsa and very cheap to run!
Buy my 130!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
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Thought you had a TT Dan?
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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130 is the pick of the bunch, good cars.
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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130 is the best, with a map it will take it to about 165hp and just shy of 300lb ft
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vaux.dan
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Registered: 18th May 09
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Thought you had a TT Dan?
 since when, iv had 5 corsa's and a mk4 astra
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vaux.dan
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
I got told to avoid the 150's when I was looking by a VW Technician!
They are ok cars, step up from corsa and very cheap to run!
Buy my 130!
iv no money yet mate, start my new job in 2 weeks, going to pay a few debts off then il look into a loan from the bank or il buy a scrapper and save up for one. have you got a pic?
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Thought you had a TT Dan?
Sold it and took a GT TDi 130 Golf as part ex! House deposit  Golf does nothing for me, itching for something else!
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Jamie_Hastings1
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
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Mate got one last night for work. Will let you know how it is.
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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Ive just bought a golf mk4 53 plate gt tdi
130
Best thing ive bought, had enough of corsas.
500m+ on a tank and they have alot of poke with quite a bit of smoke 
Stay well away from the Tdi150 as they suffer more from "chocolate cams" the followers were made from a softer metal than the cams so the cams ate through the followers then when its done the followers eat through the cams 
The 130 doesnt suffer from this as much and they apparently revised it late 03 to a hardened metal, hence me buying a 53 plate!
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vaux.dan
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Registered: 18th May 09
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so 130 tdi isthe best model to get? iv seen one i really like, black on golf mk5 gti alloys, looks amazing
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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test drive it 
Power band is short but a simple remap sorts that out and make it better on mpg.
Mind though as a remap can increase the torque and if not driven properly can wreck the clutch and flywheel
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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Mine was £5740 with 46k on the clock and very tidy
Blackmagic paint too so looks good in the sun!
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Gareth F
Mine was £5740 with 46k on the clock and very tidy
Blackmagic paint too so looks good in the sun!
thats expensive for one, i sold my 230bhp gti for 4400 and got a good price for it, only had 60k on it
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Yours had double the mileage and was nodded?!
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Yours had double the mileage and was nodded?!
it infact had about 58k on it, which was still very low milage at the time on one.
lol and double 46k is 92k mate? where did you lose the extra 32 thousand miles? mine had a full vw service history and although modded was very oem. all im saying is for nearly 6 grand id have looked into mk5s
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Diesel's are in more demand than the gti.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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It matters not about how you modded it it wasn't standard and thus you put a good 75% of potential buyers off. Whilst I personally loved the colour as it's not the norm it's not black or silver which are the most desirable and thus worth more colours. I didn't mean exactly double obv. Plus was his a dealers price?!
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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Yes J dealers price, 7 months tax (£60 6 months) new mot and 6 month warranty.
Diesels go for more, 130bhp 228lbs with an mpg av of 52 (68 on flat motorway) so im happy.
Also unless it was the petrol 16v 2l turbo the petrols are dog slow anyway.
Also why would i want a poverty spec slow diesel when i could have a decent spec quick diesel?
Mines a 53 and the mk5 are 04, in the end ive gone for what i want and im happy
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Pip308
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Registered: 25th Oct 07
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Mine, pd130 remapped, excellent to drive, lowered on 50mm springs front and 70mm on coillies at the back, rs4 reps 18" tinted windows and sCeNe roof rack.
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Pip308
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P.s I bought it standard on an 03plate in 09 for 3500 and 134k on the clock
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