I've owned two lasers, a gemini, accord, a feroza and just had a RAV4 (work car)

Car prices in Perth at the moment are out of this world.

Anyone own a Golf before?

Just bought a 1.4l 2000 beast for a runabout.

shouldn't be much problem ..

just check for water damage !

A sailing friend had a Golf. I'm not sure but I think it was a mid naughties model.

Anyway he said he spent over $1000 on it including new tyres. Shortly afterwards he was driving to work when he saw people driving the other way flashing their lights at him and gestering at him.

He said it took a little while to work out what was going on but when he looked in the rear view mirror he saw a huge plume of smoke coming out the back along with flames.

He tried to stop but the brakes didn't work. He then used the handbrake but it failed to work too. So he drove halfway up onto the medium strip and slowed to a stop. He then bailed out.


Suffice to say he now drives a Japanese car.

GalahOnTheBay said...

62mac said...

great car imo the whole VW range is good.

Golfs - great cars for European conditions

We don't live in Europe

Couldnt agree more, I worked for them for a while and they get a lot of warrenty probs here that they dont get in Europe.

good luck with yr purchase....as the men from the dog and lemon guide say - keep well clear of cars with indicators on the left hand side of the steering wheel!!! Their main problem is reliability - in most custy satisfaction surveys they rank in the bottom half. For some reason they are perceived as a semi-flash car over here yet in Europe they are like a toyota - just not as reliable!! And can be expensive to fix. They rank well in the safety stakes though!!!

Having said that my Mum brought one recently and I have had a drive or 5 in it when I was last visiting and it goes great. Very comfortable, hardy any road noise, lots of power and fuel efficient!!! As long as she sells it before the 3yr warranty is up I will be happy.

I find though that most newish cars these days are reliable and go the distance....we have two cars in excess of 230,000 km at home and they are travelling beautifully still.

felixdcat said...


Meh...... could tell the same story about Toyota, Honda, Porshe, Mercs......... Mars bars, Coca Cola, Brunettes.......... just a lot of bull s....!

Your Mars Bar caught on fire?

GreenPat said...

felixdcat said...


Meh...... could tell the same story about Toyota, Honda, Porshe, Mercs......... Mars bars, Coca Cola, Brunettes.......... just a lot of bull s....!

Your Mars Bar caught on fire?

Sacrableur <<spelling, say in a French accent

So how many of you guys have driven a VW 2 ltr turbo diesel

62mac said...

So how many of you guys have driven a VW 2 ltr turbo diesel

I've seen three in different workshops around Perth. All three have turbo issue's,and are waiting for new turbo's to arrive from the VW supplier.One has been parked up for six weeks waiting