Anyone familiar with these beasties?

I believe (perhaps wrongly) that this is the change to current shape.

Whats the tips on them? I am looking to replace my Wifes Laser at some stage as she is now driving to work and the Laser has <200k. Still a good car just sooner see her in a newer VW

Needs to be Auto with air and I have heard that they are pretty good with reliablity.

Any good/bad experiences?

kkk

or mid 90s ones too, Im a learning.....

I have a '96 TDI that I use daily, it is a great car, 185000 k's and its only had service work done on it.

We have another one one the local club, its a '97 auto, the owners are very happy with it too. can't beat them for daily driving.

I drive a 97 golf manual.

has more than 270k on the odometer.
had to replace the brake pads and ignition relay/switch today at the service.

very good car to drive, and very reliable

zac

Our golf is a '97 which is the last of the Mk3s I think. It has 4 wheel disks, rear seat head rests and different headlights which make it different to earlier Mk3s.

I really like it and still think it looks stylish for a 6 year old car. We bought it with 44'000 kms on it for $16'500. Not bad considering they were $30'000 new. It's a GL which means it has a 2 litre motor conditioning and electric everything. The options fitted were cruise control, alloy wheels and extra floor mats.

The only thing I've done to it is replace the stereo with an Alpine unit because the original unit got bad reception. The reception is still not great so maybe the funky bee sting ariel isn't that functional. The speakers now need an upgrade. The treble is good but the base is weak.

We've had 2 problems with the car in 30'000 kilometers and 2 years of ownership. First the drivers window stopped working. Normally the regulators go but the problem turned out to be a broken wire in the flexible door conduit. The second thing to go wrong was the clutch actuation lever. The car stopped on William Street near Sydney's Kings Cross with my girlfriend driving. We had no choice but to send it to Chatswood Classics who charged us a fortune to replace a simple and inexpensive part. They also changed the clutch cable which didn't need changing and the part was over $130 from memory.

Good cars but avoid the dealerships.

CYA, CT