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VW Golf 1.4 Vs The Opel Astra Sport 1.4 SXI

  • 05-01-2011 8:37pm
    #1
    musicman2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Which one and why? Budget is between 6000 and 8000! which should i get??


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,411 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    If you are going to get a Golf then go for the 1.6 litre. The 1.4 litre only has 75 or 80bhp and is far from a reliable engine. Astra has 90bhp.

    I would also add a Focus 1.6 litre to that list, better than the above 2 imo.


  • #3
    musicman2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭musicman2011


    cheers for reply!see i do quite alot of driving with work and dont wanna be crippled with fuel as i get small expenses but not alot hence wanting the smaller engine! I just think the focus are a much uglier car than either of those 2 no?


  • #4
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Focus 1.6. Ghia spec. Great engine.

    If not, Astra all day long


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Don't assume small engine = better mpg. It's not always that simple.

    I wouldn't touch the 1.4 golf. I have the same engine in my Polo and it's not what i'd consider easy on petrol.

    I'd go with the focus 1.6 first and the Astra second.


  • #6
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    having bought an astra a month ago....defo get one. sticks to the road like **** to a blanket


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  • #7
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Avoid the Golf OP, it's a bucket of crap with a heavy skim of engine oil on top.


  • #8
    sean1141
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭sean1141


    if you are worried about mpg buy a diesel
    first diesel golf that came up on donedeal
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1754432
    vrt would be a little over 1000 id say


  • #9
    musicman2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭musicman2011


    jeez that Golf is good value!kinda leaning towards the 1.4 astra sxi now i think! anyone know what they're like to drive or fuel consumption?


  • #10
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    A 1.4 is a complete false economy.

    100 euro less in tax for misery every time you want to overtake.

    A 1.4 Astra is doing around 4,000 rpm in fith gear at 130 kph - that means it's guzzling fuel down on a motorway as well as making you deaf and driving you mad - listening to a four cylinder engine droning away at 4,000 rpm gets very wearisome very quickly.

    A little engine will be woefully underpowered on a dual carriageway or motorway, meaning that it will be using more fuel than a larger engine, which has an easier life.

    Buy a 1.6 at least OP.


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