hey guys
been helping a friend look for a golf, and he has started looking at seat's because there cheaper....perhaps because there less popular, well i
havent seen one on the road for some time!
are these cars worth buying?? cant really find too much info on them except they have golf running gear but assembled in spain.
any info would be great, cheers
have heard good things about them
Mate at work has the GTi version.
They are not represented in Australia anymore
But for the price you buy them for they are almost disposeable items.
How much and what model were you looking at??
hey bizarre
my mate is looking at a few 95-1996 seat cordoba GLX's (1.8litre)
http://carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.private_results?category_id=3...
hope the link works..as you can see there a bargain, golfs are about 3g atleast more in that year range
do you know if they you use all golf mechs?? engine, running gear etc....just if they do parts should be no probs!
Don't buy a Seat
http://carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.private_vehicle?vehicle_id=27...
. a seat with a 2.8 golf vr6 in it. apparently ahs the brake and gear bos to go with it also. this would be worth a look.
[ Edited on 11/12/2005 by twoguns ]
The Cupra is the only one that goes. I had some dealing with them in the late 90s.
Never had the budget to market and sell in any quantity, and VW/Audi didn't help much as they were finding it hard enough to shift cars, so they
often could not meet the price point of VW or other Euros like Pug. Basically good cars, but not a 'thunk' 'thunk' in build quality. The Cupra was
a real pocket rocket. I had one for a while as a loner, it was heaps of fun, but didn't like slow traffic much making it hard to crawl. It also had
massive torque steer, a bit like the old 1.9 Pug. This was kind of fun as you could back off when it started to loose it, then stamp on it again, and
it jumped back in line. Lots of fun....but addictive and may well kill you.
The build quality was 'okay', but felt a bit flimsy. And this was a new one.
They are not a patch on the current Seats ... but I think that the then the importer at the time Inchcape, found it almost impossible to make money
off them and ditched them.
I heared that they stopped importing largely due to in fighting about the effect that 'good Seats' would have on the rest of the Inchcape
stable.....ah well...
Lot of fun as a sleeper for low bucks ... Defo drive a Cupra, they are fun.
cordoba GLX clutch lasted 195,ooo kms cost 600$ to fix then i needed arubber axle boot and yeah a battery. The old one only lasted 7.6 years was in
the family 247,000 ks and a daily country rd driver. lotsa gear in 96 and more inthe 97
would like ABS as my wifes merc does but 6.5L /100ks on unleaded wow. Engine does not leak oil uses minimal oil even at high revs
1.8L nippy and fun and aircon and yeah there are afew about and most parts (cept body ) are GERMAN VW !!!
go for it or buy mine for $4000 sheeps 10 stacker tinted allround and big muffler syst.
my daughter has one also
Alpine 97 mod cool car
17" wheels 5 sp manual.
the reliable Golf mtr and box design is insurance