new car what you reckon

getting rid of the cougar need a better family car the mk1 is only summer fun etc and winter will be here soon,

so i narrowed it down between a mk4 golf or passat or audi a4

but its got to be a tdi

 if a a4 or passat i'm not fussed if its a saloon or not becuase i'm a keen fishermen and an estate would be great
also being a daddy i would benifit from the extra room

have any off you owned any of the above, got a opnion

i've driven a mk4 tdi before was nice but thats it thou don't know much about above cars other then i like them

i had an 03 golf mk4 gt tdi, 130 version with 6 speed box and was a great car. quick, fun and reliable

I had a new passat for a while, new shape with the electronic handbrake and just found it a bit boring.

Think the A4 is a good car, but you pay a premium for them in some circumstances , and i only like the S sline version and RS4 obviously

How much are you looking to spend ?

stick VAG and you cant go wrong, ive got to change my civic type s GT diesel next year, and i though about the above, but im thinking more and more of going with a skoda octavia VRS diesel estate, get all the reliability and loads of toys and dont pay a premium for the badge !

im too young to insure anything like that but iv always thought if i got a new car it would be between a mk4 golf tdi or audi A3 tdi.
tbf iv heard nothing but good things about the golf. passats seem very popular so must be a reason for that and apparently A4s are really economical and generally good cars. our family car is an A3 tdi and really cant fault it. amazing fuel economy, comfy, quick, reliable. economy wise Audi seems to be the way to go..
but rich has a good point about the badge premium.

looking between around the 1500 to 2000 mark so i know mileage is likely to be high on what i ever i get

but i'm looking at late 90's cars and not 51 plate onwards

and josh a3's can hold stupid money which i think ain't worth it

if i get a golf i'm looking at the top end of my budget

but a4 and passats sell from 800 upwards depending on mileage etc

we have a A4 and the mrs will not get rid of it
its 1.9tdi chipped gives about 65mpg on a run and 45-50 round town and is fast, very fast think its pushing 160-170bhp

might be pushing it to get one for 2k

A5OPY said

we have a A4 and the mrs will not get rid of it
its 1.9tdi chipped gives about 65mpg on a run and 45-50 round town and is fast, very fast think its pushing 160-170bhp

might be pushing it to get one for 2k

and me, iv had my a4 for nearly three years, love it, its a 1.9tdi sport with s-line body styling

who chipped your a4 andy :dontknow: i hear revo are the best :dontknow:

nah nah when people talk a4 they think mega money i'm on about a 1998 year not a 2004 or something, the older shape

i do like the the way the audi a4 is winning the poll and this is a vw site not biased thats for sure

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-AUDI-A4-1-9-TDI-SE-BLUE-/150454041795?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2307c27cc3

thats the sort of thing i'm after

ans4r said

A5OPY said

we have a A4 and the mrs will not get rid of it
its 1.9tdi chipped gives about 65mpg on a run and 45-50 round town and is fast, very fast think its pushing 160-170bhp

might be pushing it to get one for 2k

and me, iv had my a4 for nearly three years, love it, its a 1.9tdi sport with s-line body styling

who chipped your a4 andy :dontknow: i hear revo are the best :dontknow:

A garage in Bolton that ain't there any more plugged this laptop in to the ecu read the code then went to a site in the USA downloaded the new chip code and reprogramed the ecu giving me the original on a cd if I ever wanted it back to standard cost ₤200

what model a4 you got and whats the up keep like,, and hows it drive and comfort level like

I would go for the A4 mate.... better as a family car in my opinion... and i own a mk4 golf..My girlfriend loves the mk4 golf, and admittedly it looks better than an A4, i would have personally had the Audi.. There are some nice mods you can do to em too...

1998-99 Audi A4 and Passat pretty much the same car - slight premium for it being an audi..

so for more bang for your buck get the passatd, for fuel economy/performance try and get the PD130 TDI and as Ady said up a bit, simple chip see's em hitting 170BHP with loads n loads of torque

I looked into all option late last year and bought a newer passat as its a hell of a lot of car for the money..

Check out www.ukpassats.co.uk especially the for sale section

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-Skoda-Octavia-Standard-1896cc-Diesel-Black-Manual-/200484897751?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2eadd4c3d7

yuk the interior is nasty

just an update i got a 306 td for now, as i sold the cougar and needed a car for my littles ones baby sit as the ex partner hated the mk1 so for easy life i got a car sharp,

but this is only a stop gap motor as all the passats and a4's i saw i hated and where over priced for what i really thought they were worth in my mind,

as funk star once said its worth as much as someone is willing to pay, and everything i saw was not worth a 3rd of what are the asking price was

the 306 is m reg 134,000 on the clocks and set me back 250 even had a full tank