Volkswagen Golf GTi 2.0 FSI Turbo Mark 5, Volkswagen Golf GTi 2.0 FSI Turbo Mark 5
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 Feb 3 2011, 03:01 PM
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European imported car are best avoided, the whole car was built with materials that are not suited to our climate, rubbers and plastics become brittle, maybe the a/c is not cold enough because normally it's a smaller unit since europe is not hot and humid, they have heating system which can leak and rust when not used
overheating as well since the cooling system is adapted to europe climate |
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Feb 4 2011, 04:20 AM
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QUOTE(Mavik @ Feb 3 2011, 06:43 PM) Before you start making a lot of noise, please note that the Golfs which are sold by VGM now are imported from Germany, the Scirocco from Portugal and the Polo from the South Africa plant. yeah but what's the point if half the time is spent trying to find someone to fix the car again and again, it's an awful trap to fall intoAll these cars can use Ron95 so fuel quality is not an issue here at all. TS, for more questions, go look for Phaser here in the forums. He runs a GTI Mk5 as well and he can give you loads of advice about it. Added on February 4, 2011, 1:44 am Unfortunately its the European imports which are the ones with all the extra goodies which a lot of our local dealers don't bring in. Full spec versions of certain models are sometimes too tempting for our local market.  |
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Feb 5 2011, 03:16 PM
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QUOTE(Mavik @ Feb 4 2011, 08:46 AM) Although I own a Golf and have about 4 friends who own the MkV GTI, 2 of them 2005 and the other 2 of them are 2007 models, frankly they have never had issues with the Golf and most of the time they service their cars regularly and bring their cars for track days once in a while. Not many issues with their cars, usually smaller minor issues like noises here and there. true if bought from VGM the cars have been tested in asian climate, these CBU AP imports aren't they are still Euro cars with heaters for the a/c. But in all of that, if TS is in the Klang Valley then there are plenty of service centers and shops which does VW servicing. If in other states maybe there might be less with the exception of Penang and Johor. Added on February 4, 2011, 3:48 pm Best is to also get the car VAGCOM at VW. Basically it scans the entire car to check for faults and issues. To check for accidents remove the rubber linings at the doors and boot area to check for welded spots. Usually the best bet if there has been a major accident before. Added on February 4, 2011, 3:55 pm Once TS buys the car, he can always reflash the ECU with let's say a APR stage 1 remap? Hahaha. Them no need to worry about dodgy ECU and gets about 250bhp Also TS make sure you check undercarriage for rust, remember in Europe when it snows they spread salt on the roads so the body having been resprayed will look new but underneath may all be rotten from exposure to road salt, if the undercarriage was also resealed i really think twice because i doubt they would have taken the time and effort to clean the rust before resealing edit: just read the ad, one line which rings alarm bells 'MANY REPAIRS DONE'. But low mileage and weekend car only, hmmmmmm..... This post has been edited by rcracer: Feb 5 2011, 03:19 PM |
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Feb 5 2011, 08:28 PM
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QUOTE(frankie1125 @ Feb 5 2011, 12:26 PM) Now I am seriously considering a new golf 1.4 TSI instead... Like Mavik said, peace of mind... don't forget Ford Focus TDCi, 128k also with 6 speed dual clutch gearbox and economical torquey engineInitially, I thought a 5yo low mileage car is a worth buy, but like any other used car... better to avoid My next dilemma, price factor, the new golf 1.4 is additional RM20k+ than this MK5, it is over my budget dy, sigh... I guess I have few option now: 1) To all lowyat kaki, if you bump into any new golf 1.4 TSI owners who wanted to let go his/her car now for some reason (eg. someone won TOTAL RM1million and wanted to upgrade immediately), please let me know! 2) Fiat Bravo 1.4 ard RM125K 3) PGT 308 turbo, ard RM118K 4) .... (i dunno what else)  |
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