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Gti opinions

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  • 29-07-2009 11:13pm
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    stuckinarut
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭


    Ive had my 1.6 a3 for 2 years and think im ready for a change..im 23 with 2 years ncb..i want to be in an s3 as soon as possible but realise this may not happen for another couple years..instead ive been thinking about mk4 golf,maybe 02 or 03? budget would be 8g possibly 9..my plan would be to get to 180 version and getting it chipped..

    any opinions on this?

    my current insurance is under €700, what sort of a jump would i be looking at if i get quoted at all?


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    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Too many Golfs......
    http://www.cbg.ie/Car_Detail.aspx?ID=3282247#


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    stuckinarut
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭stuckinarut


    unbelievable but insurance i think would be a problem


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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Standard mk4 gti vs standard MK1 S3 no competition any difference in insurance would be lost spending money to make the GTI handle half as good as the S3,S3 all the way for me,its a no brainer.

    Just buy the right one,do your homework and go to the UK.


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    Nforce
    Registered Users Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Too many Golfs......
    http://www.cbg.ie/Car_Detail.aspx?ID=3282247#

    Lady owner + Nurburgring sticker?


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    stuckinarut
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭stuckinarut


    only thing about going to UK is with all costs included id be looking closer to 11g i think, and as much as id nearly give my left nut for it, i know id kill myself financially doing that..


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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Nforce wrote: »
    Lady owner + Nurburgring sticker?

    Sabine? :D

    Sure most cars with Ring stickers have never been in Germany! :D


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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    There is a well cared for S3 for sale on octane.ie at the moment http://octane.ie/ads/car.php?id=4851 on of the finer Irish examples.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,393 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Wow, a petrol S3 :D


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    AugustusMaximus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭AugustusMaximus


    stuckinarut wrote: »
    unbelievable but insurance i think would be a problem

    Try 123.ie

    THey will prob give you a quote and prob not a bad one either.

    Quinn said they wouldn't quote me on a GTi yet 123 gave me a quote of around 700 Euros. Not bad.


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    high horse
    Registered Users Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭high horse


    Have you tried to get a quote on the S3? I seem to remember hearing something about the insurance rating on the MkIV Gti being classed as a sports car (which it definately is not!). There aren't many S3's about so there wouldn't have been many insurance claims on them (this does affect insurance premiums, try getting a quote on a 3dr civic!) so insurance might be affordable.
    The soft handling and the mediocre performance of the MkIV Gti really disappointed me when I drove one. These are not fast cars...


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    MarkN
    Registered Users Posts: 4,162 ✭✭✭MarkN


    A MKIV Golf GTI is really not something you should all be nervously talking about when it comes to insurance. It's a 1.8 turbo engine with 150 bhp (unless you get the 180)... most modern family saloons have the same power these days.

    The S3 is the same 1.8T anyway so depending on who you get a quote from, it may not be much more than a GTI anyway.


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    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    MarkN wrote: »
    A MKIV Golf GTI is really not something you should all be nervously talking about when it comes to insurance. It's a 1.8 turbo engine with 150 bhp (unless you get the 180)... most modern family saloons have the same power these days.

    The S3 is the same 1.8T anyway so depending on who you get a quote from, it may not be much more than a GTI anyway.

    Except the S3 produces 220ish hp doesn't it?
    tbh if I was going for one it'd have to be the S3..
    Golf...wouldn't do it for me.


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    MarkN
    Registered Users Posts: 4,162 ✭✭✭MarkN


    The later S3s had 225 brake, same as the MKI TT with the more powerful of the 1.8T engine.

    I am aware that they're faster but a lot of Irish companies still judge the risk by engine size.


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    omega man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭omega man


    Op forget the MKIV gti imo. Go for a standard A3 1.8T or better still a Leon 1.8T Cupra (180bhp standard) or even the previous Octavia RS model (also 180bhp).


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    stuckinarut
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭stuckinarut


    have only ever seen 3 1.8t a3 that i can remember, never seen one for sale, the octavia doesnt interest me but maybe the leon could be an idea..any links?


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    HashSlinging
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    Not a lot of Cupra's over here im afraid, you would have a far better chance in getting one in the uk, very popular over there. Try the classified section on www.seatcupra.net you can pick up a cupra R 225 bhp for silly money now.

    Example


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    #18
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    more power than you need, and Golf insurance.

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/TT/200926194429372/advert?channel=CARS

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