I am starting to think about trading the cabrio in on a more "sensible" car that is a little more practical. Wanting to buy another VW I was looking at a Bora, but was told that they are "too boxy and chunky" inside and that if I want a car with a bit more room to carry all "my stuff" then I should look at the new golf, while it is a smaller car than the Bora it uses it's space more wisely. Has anyone been in one of these ? I am not keen on going to a dealership just yet as I don't want to be hassled
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We went up to the sunshine coast to get our new beetle vert serviced earlier this year. We had stuff on the back seat and the boot and both were full.
They gave us the new golf as a loan car and EVERYTHING fit in the hatch area so there is lots more room.
I found that I hit my head getting in and out if I wasn't careful and there sounded like a rattle (very quiet but still there) around the drivers door. It may have been wind noise though that sounded a bit like a rattle.
The biggest problem I found was that the rear view mirror on the drivers door is split in to 2 convex areas. One that is a light convex and the other that is a very strong convex. I use my mirrors all the time and it was very dangerous having to refocus my eyes to suit the mirror all the time. If I were to buy one, I would take it somewhere and get the glass replaced.
On the plus side it drive really well. I am thinking about getting the 2 litre diesel version when the lease runs out on Nu Bug (we will keep her though).
It was a lot more boring to drive though and it would be just another car I think after a month of ownership.
My thoughts anyway.
Yogie
New Golf GTI rocks. a great car for around $40K. I have done several hundred kays in one and its VW's best effort in 15 years
Pay your debts, CxxT
I would like to here if anyone has driven the new TDi
Think they are $35k-ish??
That would be my pick
Futue te ipsum!!!
Mine little brother (23) has just bought a 2005 TDi golf. He is rapped with it, has had it two weeks and it is still on the original tank of diesel 🙂 It runs about 5.0L / 100km on city cycle driving and has good grunt also.
Good looking car that is full of euro style and functionality.
If ya got the $$ its a smart buy.
Bora 'too boxy and chunky' nah, wash ter mouth out girl, these a sweet cars, go the 4 motion v6 and chip it, you will have a super 'family' car!, golfs are sweet too.. m2cw
Andy
They laugh because You are different, You laugh because They are all the same.
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oh btw i am 6 foot 3in and the bora/golf is too small for me so i gota Passat 99 model, done 140k and still goes like new..
They laugh because You are different, You laugh because They are all the same.
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I have a new MKV as a company car and i gotta say its an absolutly brilliant car, i currently have a 1.6 manual Comfortline, being 6ft 4 i find i have much more room in it than the mkiv its comfortable, rides much better than the mkiv and i think looks much better too!.
2.0 TDI is awesome and is proven faster than the petrol or last GTI
1.9 TDI is a really nice car too, gutsy and not qiute as peaky as the 2.0
But for a general A to B car, i personally think the 1.6 is the best, Plenty of go, and on as run from sydney to melbourne i got over 800km to the tank!
When my NB went in for it's second service ,I had a new 2.0lt auto Golf with only 150kms on the speedo as a loaner.It didn't do a thing for me.The new car smell was putrid,had to really stand on the brakes to get it to stop and the dash and guage lay out reminded me of an early Passat or one of those cheap things from Korea.On the plus side,the motor was nippy and had excellent steering. Wouldn't swap the NB for one if you paid me.
JETTABOY wrote:I have a new MKV as a company car and i gotta say its an absolutly brilliant car, i currently have a 1.6 manual Comfortline, being 6ft 4 i find i have much more room in it than the mkiv its comfortable, rides much better than the mkiv and i think looks much better too!.
2.0 TDI is awesome and is proven faster than the petrol or last GTI
1.9 TDI is a really nice car too, gutsy and not qiute as peaky as the 2.0
But for a general A to B car, i personally think the 1.6 is the best, Plenty of go, and on as run from sydney to melbourne i got over 800km to the tank!
Good to know they have given more room in the newbys, i still drive around in me beetle with no room but hey, tis cool
Andy
They laugh because You are different, You laugh because They are all the same.
check out
www.lowlight.com.au for low lights only..
VolksFolks wrote:Bora 'too boxy and chunky' nah, wash ter mouth out girl, these a sweet cars, go the 4 motion v6 and chip it, you will have a super 'family' car!, golfs are sweet too.. m2cw
Andy
They weren't my words, but the words of my hairdresser (her husband is the sales manager at the Volkswagen dealership where I bought my cabrio) !!!!!
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VWCOOL wrote:New Golf GTI rocks. a great car for around $40K. I have done several hundred kays in one and its VW's best effort in 15 years
I think that would the model that I would get
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Drove a Golf at klubfeast last year great car to drive loved it.
Marc
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH
Yogie wrote:We went up to the sunshine coast to get our new beetle vert serviced earlier this year. We had stuff on the back seat and the boot and both were full.
They gave us the new golf as a loan car and EVERYTHING fit in the hatch area so there is lots more room.
I found that I hit my head getting in and out if I wasn't careful and there sounded like a rattle (very quiet but still there) around the drivers door. It may have been wind noise though that sounded a bit like a rattle.
The biggest problem I found was that the rear view mirror on the drivers door is split in to 2 convex areas. One that is a light convex and the other that is a very strong convex. I use my mirrors all the time and it was very dangerous having to refocus my eyes to suit the mirror all the time. If I were to buy one, I would take it somewhere and get the glass replaced.
On the plus side it drive really well. I am thinking about getting the 2 litre diesel version when the lease runs out on Nu Bug (we will keep her though).
It was a lot more boring to drive though and it would be just another car I think after a month of ownership.
My thoughts anyway.
Yogie
I am pretty short so should be ok !
I am worried that it wouldn't have the same feeling that my cabrio has, makes me smile everytime I think of it !
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get an r32 😀 then u can race y2k at the next valla
mscabrio wrote:VolksFolks wrote:Bora 'too boxy and chunky' nah, wash ter mouth out girl, these a sweet cars, go the 4 motion v6 and chip it, you will have a super 'family' car!, golfs are sweet too.. m2cw
Andy
They weren't my words, but the words of my hairdresser (her husband is the sales manager at the Volkswagen dealership where I bought my cabrio) !!!!!
LoL, bloody hairdressers know it all, hehe, omly kiddin
Andy
They laugh because You are different, You laugh because They are all the same.
check out
www.lowlight.com.au for low lights only..
I think if I was going a Golf it would be a GTi too.. Awesome.
You going to trade the beast Trace? Let me know.. 😉
THE LOWEST WITH THE MOSTEST BLING BLING WINS!!
handycam wrote:get an r32 😀 then u can race y2k at the next valla
Hehehe dookhead:kiss
Hey Trace
I looked at it seriously too at the Nats. A GTI rocked up and it was the VW Marketing Dude trying it out. I climbed all through it, it was nice on the inside but as you say it wont make you smile everytime you see it. My top priority at the moment was to see how a future family would fit. He had his wife and kids with him so it was a great opprtunity to see how the baby seat fit....umm not too well. It was extremely cramped in the front passenger seat, like so cramped that your shins are sitting on the dash (i kid you not). So sorry but the Mk V is out of this little girls books. Id be looking at the bora or passat.
2000 New Beetle White (SOLD)
2004 NB Turbo Black, APR (SOLD)
2007 Passat Black shaggin wagon
1955 Beetle white VWOVAL
1956 Kombi, rusty n lichen
I've driven the 2.0TDI and it is awesome! The one I drove also had the chip reprogrammed and even though I was flogging it, it was still doing 7L/100km
but I don't think it would be faster than the last GTI... you have to keep on changing the gears to drive it quick
mscabrio wrote:I am starting to think about trading the cabrio in on a more "sensible" car that is a little more practical.
wtf???????????????????????????? :duh
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see.... air and water do mix 😉
1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro
handycam wrote:get an r32 😀 then u can race y2k at the next valla
Even in an R32 I would need a 10 minute head start !!!
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[Edited on 6/4/2005 by mscabrio]
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I must say there is no way I would trade the vert on the golf but as an additional car it would be OK but only after getting rid of that outside mirror glass.
Yogie
There was an article of the new golf diesel in issue #5 of VWMA... I forgot what it said about it.
[Edited on 7-4-2005 by Octa]
'We teach best what we most need to learn'
VW no more... sigh.... well, at least it's a cousin
just buy a kombi no problems with space an family fitting in plenty of room!!!
cheers
rhys
p.s. or an R32
it aint just cool its aircool'd
mscabrio wrote:Even in an R32 I would need a 10 minute head start !!!
hahaha it would take ya that long to try and release the clutch...theyre really stiff
2000 New Beetle White (SOLD)
2004 NB Turbo Black, APR (SOLD)
2007 Passat Black shaggin wagon
1955 Beetle white VWOVAL
1956 Kombi, rusty n lichen
The Bora has the same doors and nearly all of the roof skin of the Golf, so I'd be surprised if there'd be much more leg room in the rear. It's only longer due to the boot overhang. The wheel base is identical.
Here are the specs of the Golf V and Jetta V:
Jetta / Bora
Front Rear
Volume 50.0 ft³ 41.0 ft³
Head Room 38.5 in 37.2 in
Shoulder Room 54.8 in 53.1 in
Leg Room 41.2 in 35.4 in
Golf V
Front Rear
Volume 49.8 ft³ 38.2 ft³
Head Room 38.6 in 37.4 in
Shoulder Room 53.7 in 52.7 in
Leg Room 41.5 in 33.5 in
You lose some height in the Bora, and gain around 1.9 in (4.8 cm) in the rear legroom.
Here's what the Bora Mk 5 looks like:
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From VW Vortex: click me)
It's due here possibly around September to early next year. I wouldn't be buying a Bora mk4 at the moment unless you can get an excellent discount as your resale of a Bora Mk4 will go down by about $4-5k overnight when the new model is released.
Andrew
[Edited on 7-4-2005 by vanderaj]
[Edited on 7-4-2005 by vanderaj]
:repuke
nah ill stick to the mk4 bora
2000 New Beetle White (SOLD)
2004 NB Turbo Black, APR (SOLD)
2007 Passat Black shaggin wagon
1955 Beetle white VWOVAL
1956 Kombi, rusty n lichen
kombi_kid wrote:just buy a kombi no problems with space an family fitting in plenty of room!!!
cheers
rhys
p.s. or an R32
I can't imagine myself driving a Kombi every day
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I do like the look of the Mk5 Bora.
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