VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2.0 GT TDI 5DR

[BlueEyedBoy]

Anything better for the money, looking at second hand about 6 years old.

Criteria are

Total costs, i.e. sevicing and fuel, doesn't look like its beaten by the ugly stick, comfortable for wife and kids and isn't too slow when I use it.

[rallycross]

Yes there is something much better.

It is the Golf 2.0 GT Fsi 5 door.
150 bhp.

Smooth quiet free revving engine with good performance.

Averages 40+ mpg on motorway runs.
Average 35 mpg normal driving.

And the best bit, the bit that makes it a sensible purchase v's the oil burner;

It costs about £1500 less to buy an equivalent age/mileage used Fsi GT than its inferior to drive Tdi sister. So unless you are doing huge mileages per year its always the cheaper option.

Oh, and it doesnt have a rattly old 4 cylinder engine that sounds like a tractor at idle.

[BlueEyedBoy]

Isn't that about 20mpg less?

[fathomfive]

How many miles a year will you be doing?

[BlueEyedBoy]

About 15K ish. We already have 2 cars I consider better than a golf (e46 touring and saab aero). The whole point of the purchase is to reduce costs on the family car. 35mpg is pretty rubbish for a compromise car. Might as well put up with 25 we are getting from the beemer.

[minimatt1967]

By the time you've bought, taxed and insured the Golf it's going to take an awful long time to break even isn't it?

[BlueEyedBoy]

Plan on selling both cars, so tax / insurance etc come into it too. Plus other cars both about 10 years old now. My wife is putting about £80 of fuel a week into the beemer. If we can double the fuel economy that works about about 2k a year, so not long at all on a 8K car.

[minimatt1967]

My error, thought this was another car being added to the fleet