(16-08-2013, 11:25 PM)PugLover1984 Wrote:(16-08-2013, 09:18 PM)Poodle Wrote: Just sounds like you bought a shitter tbh. I did the same thing, bought a 160k one with no recent history and she was great, then bought low-miler with full pug service history and had nothing but problems. It happens.
EDIT: And as a recent buyer of a tidy 205 i'll tell you now it's a different league to look after, and not in a good way.
I had a 205 as my first car and I never had a moment's bother with it. I think the moral is you face the luck of the draw with ANY car, not just a Pug.
The 205 shares most of it's mechanicals with the 306 doesn't it?
Judging by the DOB in your name, I'll guess that was a while ago! I had a 306 as a first car, and have seen the majority go downhill in under 4 years....
(17-08-2013, 06:34 AM)Poodle Wrote:(16-08-2013, 11:25 PM)PugLover1984 Wrote: I had a 205 as my first car and I never had a moment's bother with it. I think the moral is you face the luck of the draw with ANY car, not just a Pug.
The 205 shares most of it's mechanicals with the 306 doesn't it?
Absolutely, ask Tom about the reality of Vags old rep.
Um, in what sense? Fairly sure the 306 is different on most counts, sure you're not thinking of the citroen zx?
VAGs are fine....as long as you don't buy an 8 owner, longlife serviced Golf from a dodgy looking guy in the worse end of town and mod it on a tight budget.
But seriously, I had two mk4s with the same engine - first one had a broken intercooler which isn't unusual for any IC with plastic end tanks. That was the ONLY issue with it in the 9 months I owned it. (9 months of a 306 and I'd changed enough parts to build another lol)
Then got a newer Mk4 with full service history on lower milage and had 3 problems with it with it in 6 months! Two of which were my fault for modding though (turbo and clutch) and the third was fatal for the car (cams and lifters). VAGs don't have all the 'niggles' that 306s do, but when they do break they make sure you know about it haha!
