Jetta / Vento

notel70

Can anyone help me understand the story with these cars(90s vitage) lately?

The amount of young lads buying these lately and putting alloys and german plalts on them, and then putting the seat back and shaping around towns is gone mad.

Are these cool now? At the end of the day they are a farmers car. The engine is either a pile of poo 1.4 or even worse a 1.6diesel with about 50bhp.

I cant see the attraction in them at all.

FearDark

Theres one near me and it was an old farmers shítbox, some youngfella bought it sprayed it with blackboard paint, cut the springs down to nothing and slapped 17" dished alloys under it and a nice little front splitter.

Honestly. I think it looks class!

But seriously aren't Jettas/Vento's part of the racing scene in the USA, aren't they up there with Civics and the like? Im sure there was a couple of Vento's in the fast and the furious movies so not entirely a new thing.

notel70

FearDark wrote: »

Theres one near me and it was an old farmers shítbox, some youngfella bought it sprayed it with blackboard paint, cut the springs down to nothing and slapped 17" dished alloys under it and a nice little front splitter.

Honestly. I think it looks class!

But seriously aren't Jettas/Vento's part of the racing scene in the USA, aren't they up there with Civics and the like? Im sure there was a couple of Vento's in the fast and the furious movies so not entirely a new thing.

But the cars in the states are 2.8 VR6s which are cool.

The thing i dont get is the irish ones that are getting pimped up are complete **** bag cars, crap suspension, engines are rubish

pajero12

Shur why not/ There dirt cheap,fairly reliable,and easy to run,What more would ya want!

tossy

notel70 wrote: »

But the cars in the states are 2.8 VR6s which are cool.

The thing i dont get is the irish ones that are getting pimped up are complete **** bag cars, crap suspension, engines are rubish

I know of a few VR6 ventos knocking around.

I think a nice Jetta/vento slammed on nice rims looks class (no matter what the engine) i'd rather see one of the above over rough punto/colt/corsa/astra/civic with a wavan pipe exhaust hanging out the back.

Besides why does it bother you so much what other people drive?

notel70

tossy wrote: »

I know of a few VR6 ventos knocking around.

I think a nice Jetta/vento slammed on nice rims looks class (no matter what the engine) i'd rather see one of the above over rough punto/colt/corsa/astra/civic with a wavan pipe exhaust hanging out the back.

Besides why does it bother you so much what other people drive?

where did i say that there was no vr6s in the country majority of these cars are 1.4s or slow diesels. just trying to figure what so appealing about them esp ventos, nobody looked sideways at them 2yrs ago

why does what bothers me bother you so much?

sean1141

notel70 wrote: »

I cant see the attraction in them at all.

and i cant see the attraction in a white 1.4 civic with type r badges plastered all over it a bin as an exhaust but loads of others do as is apparent with about 50 of them doing laps of the town on a saturday night!!
i think its a thing called PERSONAL TASTE!!:D

Eric Cartman

loads of lads now buying boxy starlets, e30 beamers etc... "old skool" stuff as theyd like to reffer to it, they do it because the cars are cheap and easily customisable

mista_2k10

Theres no school like old skool!
www.vagdrivers.net

tossy

notel70 wrote: »

why does what bothers me bother you so much?

It bothers me when im surfing boards and see a thread started on what bothers you ,if i started a thread on everything that bothers me i'd need my own sub forum.

You implied that all the Jetta/ventos in the US were VR's,which kind of backward implies that none of the ones over here are.

antomorro-sei

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1367688

Looks pretty cool. I must confess I've never heard of these cars til earlier

Aids By Google

Aren't they Golfs with a boot/saloon version?

mondeo

antomorro-sei wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1367688

Looks pretty cool. I must confess I've never heard of these cars til earlier

Would not be caught dead in it........

Sorry:rolleyes:

crosstownk

I quite like the MkII Jetta. If I'd enough spare time, space and money I'd probably buy one - a 1.6D. I wouldn't tart it up mind - I'd like to to keep it as close as possible to factory spec.

gooch2k9

The boy in the fast and the furious had a pimped white one, which was nice!

Couldn't pull a trailer though...no hitch!!!

tossy

gooch2k9 wrote: »

The boy in the fast and the furious had a pimped white one, which was nice!

Couldn't pull a trailer though...no hitch!!!

Too right an Jetta without a tow bar is like a Fianna fail government- useless!

kona

notel70 wrote: »

Can anyone help me understand the story with these cars(90s vitage) lately?

The amount of young lads buying these lately and putting alloys and german plalts on them, and then putting the seat back and shaping around towns is gone mad.

Are these cool now? At the end of the day they are a farmers car. The engine is either a pile of poo 1.4 or even worse a 1.6diesel with about 50bhp.

I cant see the attraction in them at all.

Take yer head out of yer arse, that will help you understand.

I think its great that lads are modding different cars its great to see. Modding aint all about power. The irony being you probably drive a sub 2L family saloon.

Fail.

tossy

kona wrote: »

Take yer head out of yer arse, that will help you understand.

I think its great that lads are modding different cars its great to see. Modding aint all about power. The irony being you probably drive a sub 2L family saloon.

Fail.

While i agree with most of what you said,what does the type or size of car he drives have to do with it?

notel70

kona wrote: »

Take yer head out of yer arse, that will help you understand.

I think its great that lads are modding different cars its great to see. Modding aint all about power. The irony being you probably drive a sub 2L family saloon.

Fail.

Fail yourself, you cant even get your point across without getting personal with a stranger that you know nothing about.

My point is the following types of cars always have always been cool, both new and as a classic:
Mk1/2 escort
mk1/2 golf
pug 205
etc etc

A vento was nothing but a farmers car up until about 2 years ago.

Im a big vw fan by the way, I learned how to drive in early 90s ventos/golfs(mk3s), this is where i am coming from they were a terrible drive, slow and lardy and crap suspension. Cant understand how so many people would spend big money on them.

For Forks Sake

gooch2k9 wrote: »

The boy in the fast and the furious had a pimped white one, which was nice!

Couldn't pull a trailer though...no hitch!!!

-Trek-

I don't get what the problem is, its a Golf with a boot which means plenty of room for the sub woofer.






I miss my Vento

high horse

There's something cool about the MkII Jetta with a set of BBS wheels on it. Something like this one would be even cooler as a 2 door

mista_2k10

Know this is a jetta!

Wambago

notel70 wrote: »

My point is the following types of cars always have always been cool, both new and as a classic:
Mk1/2 escort 10k+
mk1/2 golf 3k+
pug 205 3k+
etc etc

You'll pick up a Vento for 4-500 euro,they're cheap to run,reliable,and easy to get bits for,and look pretty cool when done right!I am a fan!

Mr Benevolent

Ugh, it's the equivalent of tarting up a Micra

Mark 2 Golf = cool.
Mk2 Vento = fat & ugly.

shogunpower

i think there was a 1.9tdi version so they arn't that slow with a screwed out pump etc and i think its to do with the new theme of low and slow?

and the fact that no1 modified these 2 years ago is the same for every old school car that is done up, no1 cares untill they see a lethal looking example then everyone wants one until they end up like the corsa or fiesta












looks cool to me

I Was VB

mista_2k10 wrote: »

Know this is a jetta!

Very nice! And i'm not a VAG head either.

I Was VB

Just came across this one, seems like alot of love and care went into it.

http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/36/58203636.html

http://picasaweb.google.pl/opethf4n/Jetta#

kona

tossy wrote: »

While i agree with most of what you said,what does the type or size of car he drives have to do with it?

Because it makes him a hypocrite.

How can he say anything about somebodys car when he drives a safe, mundane, generic ,underpowered, uninspiring lump of metal ,which will hit the scrapper in a few years?

Unless he actually does drive something interesting I think his opinion on cars is a bit stupid.

kona

notel70 wrote: »

Fail yourself, you cant even get your point across without getting personal with a stranger that you know nothing about.

My point is the following types of cars always have always been cool, both new and as a classic:
Mk1/2 escort
mk1/2 golf
pug 205
etc etc

A vento was nothing but a farmers car up until about 2 years ago.

Im a big vw fan by the way, I learned how to drive in early 90s ventos/golfs(mk3s), this is where i am coming from they were a terrible drive, slow and lardy and crap suspension. Cant understand how so many people would spend big money on them.

what do you think of american muscle cars?

Your logic is flawed. A car can be "crap" and still cool, ask owners of many british sports cars.

A vento was a "farmers car" in backwards bally-go-nowhere?? When was Fast and the Furious released? It was in that film, and played a starring role. They wouldnt put and sack of crap in a car film:rolleyes:

how am I getting personal? because you fail? Its not my fault your definition of cool is whatever you think the crowd says.

Cool is what something means to you? What do you drive? I bet its not very cool.

Gary ITR

kona wrote: »

Unless he actually does drive something interesting I think his opinion on cars is a bit stupid.

That's the most ridiculous thing I've read on boards in long time and I've read a lot of ridiculous crap on boards

tossy

Onkle wrote: »

That's the most ridiculous thing I've read on boards in long time and I've read a lot of ridiculous crap on boards

I agree,i couldn't kick a ball to save my life but i'm full of opinion on football.

Eric Cartman

Eric Cartman wrote: »

loads of lads now buying boxy starlets, e30 beamers etc... "old skool" stuff as theyd like to reffer to it, they do it because the cars are cheap and easily customisable

Boxy starlets were all the rage with young lads when I was in secondary school (over 10 years ago) so nothing new there. E30 Bimmers aren't cheap tbh.

A chap in Cork is driving around in a matt black, slammed 3 door Polo on wide 13" wheels, looks well but he put a huge white sticker on the back window saying "Po / Low" :rolleyes:

He is one of those dudes who parks up with his buddies and they then stand around looking at the engines and smoking.

tossy

RoverJames wrote: »

He is one of those dudes who parks up with his buddies and they then stand around looking at the engines and smoking.

What's wrong with that? i don't smoke but there's nothing i love better than standing around talking about engines and shooting the breeze,be it over a mk2 diesel Jetta slammed on nice wheels or a Ford GT40.

shogunpower

RoverJames wrote: »

Boxy starlets were all the rage with young lads when I was in secondary school (over 10 years ago) so nothing new there. E30 Bimmers aren't cheap tbh.

A chap in Cork is driving around in a matt black, slammed 3 door Polo on wide 13" wheels, looks well but he put a huge white sticker on the back window saying "Po / Low" :rolleyes:


He is one of those dudes who parks up with his buddies and they then stand around looking at the engines and smoking.

so what, its a culture, same as people standing around smoking talking about football, nobody rolls their eye's at them, its a passion for people to spend money on and admire the finished result, a car that means the world to them, they have put their money time and heart into it and it annoys me when people slag other's because they think they're obsessive about a piece of metal that gets you from a-b. To some people a car is almost as important to them as a family member, yes that guy spent money on a little polo but it's probably the best he can afford right now and he made the best of it, alot better than leaving it standard with rusty steel wheels and spinning up and down the main-street like a small minority of young men/women who get the rest of the car enthusiast's a bad name and they all get tar'd with the 1 brush, yes they may stand and look at their engines but why not,i bet some of them have spent more on their engines than others on an entire new car, so why wouldn't they show it off or discuss it?

I rolled my eyes at the sticker.

Popping the bonnet on a 1.3 Polo and the buddies ole lads Focus or similar and having a peak at the induction kit is fairly sad to be honest.

Edit, he also spins up and down the main street repeatedly.

shogunpower

RoverJames wrote: »

I rolled my eyes at the sticker.

Popping the bonnet on a 1.3 Polo and the buddies ole lads Focus or similar and having a peak at the induction kit is fairly sad to be honest.

Edit, he also spins up and down the main street repeatedly.

fair enough if it was a 1.3, and although it still goes on, spinning up and down the street is slowly dieing out, i'm actually glad to see slogan's on car's like, low,slow,pow etc, better to see a polo as low as a turtle's sack that can't pass 40 because of the fear of pot hole's putting a hole in the car than a standard 1 flying on a country road,

however there have been tdi polo's modified to put out 200bhp, or 1.3 petrols turbo'd etc which are worthy of looking at.


my point is people shouldn't face palm at people looking at engine's,for all you know it could be a master piece of engineering

whitts

this is a pure and utter waste of a thread, simply put... you are obviously not into the car scene? if u have no interest in it, stay out and don't make stupid remarks, people have there own interests and hobbies, if u dont like it so what???. i drive an old skool 106, its what i like? some love it, some hate it, i dont give a flying **** tbh...

horses for courses!

RobertM

RoverJames wrote: »

He is one of those dudes who parks up with his buddies and they then stand around looking at the engines and smoking.

And what's wrong with that ? Or you would like to see one of those idiots who drive at speed through the estates and drifting on public roads.

RobertM

RobertM wrote: »

And what's wrong with that ?

asked and answered, please tune in

RobertM

RoverJames wrote: »

asked and answered, please tune in

Sorry just read that post and pressed quote

shogunpower

whitts wrote: »

this is a pure and utter waste of a thread, simply put... you are obviously not into the car scene? if u have no interest in it, stay out and don't make stupid remarks, people have there own interests and hobbies, if u dont like it so what???. i drive an old skool 106, its what i like? some love it, some hate it, i dont give a flying **** tbh...

horses for courses!

+1 if you didn't know jetta's are now considered a good yok to modify your not in the position to comment on modifieng car's

whitts

shogunpower wrote: »

+1 if you didn't know jetta's are now considered a good yok to modify your not in the position to comment on modifieng car's

here here!... :P

look the fact is, 70% of people replying to this thread are not in any way car enthuasiasts, just thick ****s with a chip on there shoulder moaning about young lads that give a sh!t about their car. what harm is being done in 2 cars parked in a carpark chatting etc.

if you knew the car scene in any way, you would know that 99.99999% of us are not out there to cause trouble/ intimidate the community or kill fellow road users in our cars. we are simply people that have a hobbie, that happens to be in the shape and form of a car, we care about our cars and it seems that alot of people have a problem with that.

just stop moaning and get on with it (haters) :P ...

whitts

whitts wrote: »

look the fact is, 70% of people replying to this thread are not in any way car enthuasiasts, just thick ****s with a chip on

who are you saying is a thick cnut and who are you saying is not a car enthusiast. Also seems as you are such a big player in the irish modified car scene please tell us what mods you have done to your 106 ? Sure you might as well post some pics of it for us too !

kona

Onkle wrote: »

That's the most ridiculous thing I've read on boards in long time and I've read a lot of ridiculous crap on boards

Yea because starting a thread in a sub forum aimed at petrol heads moaning about how **** cars are is really not crap at all:rolleyes:

Im sure a thread about how ****e the VW passat is because its a "suburban drivers car" would go down real well..


What I was getting at was how can you criticise other peoples opinions and tastes when his can be subjected to the exact same logic and arrive at the same result.

notel70

Where do I begin. You obviously havent read my first post

kona wrote: »

what do you think of american muscle cars?

Cool as ****, have been since day 1. Plus they are pretty quick in a straight line. How can you compare an American muscle car to a vento?

kona wrote: »

Your logic is flawed. A car can be "crap" and still cool, ask owners of many british sports cars.

What british sports cars?
TVR/Lotus/MG
All seriously quick cars, and look **** hot, again have always had a huge following from car enthusiasts since the day they left the factory.

kona wrote: »

A vento was a "farmers car" in backwards bally-go-nowhere?? When was Fast and the Furious released? It was in that film, and played a starring role. They wouldnt put and sack of crap in a car film:rolleyes:

exactly my question. F&F was released in 2001 yet ventos only became poplular to buy and mod about 2yrs ago.

Also if you look at any vento that is modded in ireland it doesnt look anything like a f&f vento which had big wheels, fast engine, sorted suspension, gamy paint job, stickers.....

kona wrote: »

Cool is what something means to you? What do you drive? I bet its not very cool.

Absolutely irrelevant, but its a 3dr mkv golf with about 10k of suspension/brakes/engine mods, so you called that one completely wrong, but then again if i wanted I could say i own a ford gt

MunsterCycling

notel70 wrote: »

Absolutely irrelevant, but its a 3dr mkv golf with about 10k of suspension/brakes/engine mods, so you called that one completely wrong, but then again if i wanted I could say i own a ford gt

All of which are disclosed to your insurers?

Gary ITR

kona wrote: »

Yea because starting a thread in a sub forum aimed at petrol heads moaning about how **** cars are is really not crap at all:rolleyes:

Im sure a thread about how ****e the VW passat is because its a "suburban drivers car" would go down real well..


What I was getting at was how can you criticise other peoples opinions and tastes when his can be subjected to the exact same logic and arrive at the same result.

Why are you so condescending all of the time? What you said here is completely different to what you said previous. You implied that the chap isn't entitled to an opinion on cars unless he drives something interesting

And btw there are threads and posts here all of the time discussing how ****e particular cars are so stick your ':rolleyes:' where the sun don't shine

ianobrien

whitts wrote: »

i drive an old skool 106,

A 106 is old skool! Don't make me laugh!

To me, a 106 is a modern car. Most modern cars are soul-less, 106 included (excluding the GTi and both Rallye versions)

To me, old skool is a 70's saloons low on minilight/superlight, but to each their own.

Will today's toddlers be slamming Octavias in 20 years time ? When I was a lad in my early teens we were all into Celicas and Twin cam Corrollas, VTi Civics, Preludes etc. The Jetta was considered a poor handling, sh1tty looking yoke that the farmer in the classes ole lad drove (I'm from the city but a few country lads went to our secondary school).

Nowadays apparently propor motor enthusiasts must have a Jetta

kona

Onkle wrote: »

And btw there are threads and posts here all of the time discussing how ****e particular cars are so stick your ':rolleyes:' where the sun don't shine

Yea and as a result the forum is clogged up with ****e threads amonst the few decent ones. Wonder whose fault that is:rolleyes:

Motors threads usually involves somebody moaning about being ripped off, pedantic discussions and bad driving, paranoid motorists fearing their mechanic isnt trained and ripping them off.

Then the odd day you get a thread thats gold. I wouldnt consider it full of "Ethusiasts". Maybe threads like this should be expected?

FWIW I wouldnt buy a vento but I wouldnt start a thread moaning about how some people buy them and mod them. I think that sort of elitist crap is bull**** and this forum is full of it and Id admit that im well capable of spewing elitist ****e sometimes too.