They make great daily drivers, cheap to buy, cheap to run, oldskool enough to get ya street cred and way more confortable and safe than MK2s. Get some period correct BBSs or Speedlines, an H&R or Bilstein dampers and springs kit, some sticky tires and exhaust and you'll be looking hot baby!
I’ve just bought a lovely top of the range 2 litre cabriolet Mk3.5 avantgarde for the princely sum of £250 with 80000 miles and can’t wait to get behind the wheel. Thanks for putting up this informative video.
Lovely to see the mk3 getting some attention! However, the VR6 has a single electronic ignition unit as of 94(?) and no coil per cylinder kinda deal. Earlier distributor type ignition obviously had a single coil too. Cheers.
We have an extra green mk3 gti (2 door) in my vacation house and hasn’t run in a couple years, and we’re planning on selling it… but now I want to fix it so we don’t sell It(but I’m 14 so it’s not gunna be ez)😬
I have one. Its my 1st car and Im at 5 year of ownership with that. Its a 1.6 petrol engine 101hp, stock oem not modified. Its cheap to maintain but it has some little things with the age that makes you angry sometimes..but overall I ove it and cant think to sell it.
My dad has a golf mk3 but it has a lot of problems its value is around 400-500€ now but i would really want it. If i get it from my dad i will need to put more than 5k into it im sure
maybe do one for the mk3 golf variant for people who need a bit more space than a hatchback, they have their own issues that are a bit different than the hatchbacks
Why does every mk3 across the pond look like it just came off the show room floor as oppose to the U.S.A market rust buckets 😂 i cant find one in the states without it bieng all dented up rusted to pieces or way over priced...
Omar Alvarez that’s because it’s very expensive to repair and restore an old car in the U.S. Labor costs too much and it’s easier just to replace for a newer car. In Europe and South America is less expensive (I’ll say cheap) to hire an auto boby person and a mechanic to bring your car to perfection than to buy a newer car. Plus the U.S. is such a Consumer society where you rather get into a car loan for many years than be seen driving an old car that’s already paid for.
My Mexican made Gulf had 115 hp, but poor fuel economy. I got 6.9 liters per 100k. It is very easy to fix. Use a torque wrench! I had no glove box in my American Gulf. I was given a little VW bag with a zipper to keep my paperwork and registration in. I am a "white" guy, but when I got pulled over by an American police officer, I had my hands through the steering wheel and on the dashboard. I explained that my little bag was behind the passenger's seat and moved very slowly. They have guns you know. I had a big aluminum air intake that passed over the valve cover (made in Canada). I replaced the axial bushings. The plastic tale gate licence cover creaked and failed. I replaced the pneumatic arms that help lift the gate as well as repaired the plastic gate cover. There is a sensor for the gate lock and if you do not get that right, your car will not start. You can get rain water in your boot and you cannot figure why. It is the gasket around the rear tail light assembly, tighten the 10mm nuts down a little or carefully remove the gasket and trace a new gasket - from foam purchased from an arts and crafts store. When the little spring inside the door leach fails - your door will not stay shut. Buy a new one. You can use silicon for tires on the rubber trim around your windows. Buying new cowlings for the windshield is expensive. The plastic radiator grill cracked and I had to hold it on to the car with wire :( I had to replace my instrument panel for 525 quid (adjusted for inflation). Clean the ground lead that is connected to where the starter motor bolts into the engine mount. Clean all of the contacts of your engine management system. If your mass-flow sensor or oxygen sensor is not making good electrical contact your car will not run well. A 3D printer is handy for making plastic parts you cannot buy. In 100 years cars from 100 years ago will still be running and the plastic junk we drive will be crumbling in a museum. Get the entry model with hand cranked windows. Americans apply salt on the roads in the winter and along with the sand they apply it gets flung up inside the body of the car. Which rusts. Cars from southwestern Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California are reputed to have very little rust. Cars from the deep South (Confederacy) have been submerged in floods. A 27 year old car full of mud and the electrical system is compromised. I sold my VW in 2009 with 209,000 miles on for 1388 pounds (adjusted for inflation) with the roof rack, a small pile of spare parts, 3 repair manuals. I still have dreams about that car... repairing it.
The VR6 engine is a great engine but if you're a complete ignorant tool, you can kill that too. Frankly, having anything other than the VR6 in the MkIII GTI is a sin. The guttural intake sound alone will make your bits fizz as May would say.
Golf MK3 is a descent everyday car. I wouldn't call it a "classic" at all. It's just old car. The problem is that lots of them are trashed from uncarefull drivers, or overturned up, so finding a good original one is a bit of a challenge. Also in my country they are still quite pricey (around 1500 euros and more ,which honestly is overpriced for one in average to low condition) and the most I've seen are TDI. I would buy one, because just as mentioned in the video, I don't want my fully restored classic car to be targeted by other cars or shopping carts, or vandals. So a descent MK3 is on my list, I just refuse to give my money to some lying seller who wants to get rid of his rusted, busted, trashed Golf (and I've seen plenty of them) for the same price as a well kept one.
They make great daily drivers, cheap to buy, cheap to run, oldskool enough to get ya street cred and way more confortable and safe than MK2s. Get some period correct BBSs or Speedlines, an H&R or Bilstein dampers and springs kit, some sticky tires and exhaust and you'll be looking hot baby!
I think it mk4 is the best-looking golf, but the mk3 has the same charm - just with a little 90s flair.
I’ve just bought a lovely top of the range 2 litre cabriolet Mk3.5 avantgarde for the princely sum of £250 with 80000 miles and can’t wait to get behind the wheel.
Thanks for putting up this informative video.
These cars used to be everywhere 12/15 years ago, it's surprising to hear that they are now considered a classic
We have your car and now my dad loves it soo much
I've always loved mk3's so much and now im getting my drivers license soon so im getting one as my first car!
I'm thinking about getting one of these for my first car too! Did you get one in the end? :)
@@Rawwr1ful Sadly i didnt i ended up getting an 8L Audi A3 1.8T which is maybe a little more expensive than this but it came up and i got it
@@surellowfair enough, that sounds like a great choice though tbf!
Thank you brother i love it!!@@Rawwr1ful
I just bought a 2000 Cabrio. Such.a fun Vert. Well made.
Lovely to see the mk3 getting some attention! However, the VR6 has a single electronic ignition unit as of 94(?) and no coil per cylinder kinda deal. Earlier distributor type ignition obviously had a single coil too.
Cheers.
Great video, just bought a 94, 1.6cl with power steering. Lovely drive and using it daily.
Great car, well done, simple ,inexpensive
Jeezus! You guys over the pond got shafted! Her in America, we got the ABA 2.0 8valve as base engine with 115hp and 123ft-lbs torque.
thanks for the video dude, so helpful
We have an extra green mk3 gti (2 door) in my vacation house and hasn’t run in a couple years, and we’re planning on selling it… but now I want to fix it so we don’t sell It(but I’m 14 so it’s not gunna be ez)😬
Despite the green paint I think this is a very attractive car! Unfortunately they become more and more rare...
Get one while you can! They're getting rarer...
@@ClassicsWorldUK I have a little 1:18 scale model of the Golf 3 haha. Wasn't really planning on buying a real one, I just miss seeing them around
I have one. Its my 1st car and Im at 5 year of ownership with that. Its a 1.6 petrol engine 101hp, stock oem not modified. Its cheap to maintain but it has some little things with the age that makes you angry sometimes..but overall I ove it and cant think to sell it.
@@geraldzenelaj 1.6 with 101Hp? got a 97 1.6 with 75hp :)
@@nickk.9914 yes 1.6 with 101hp :-) AEK motor, no mods..factory stock GL version
My dad has a golf mk3 but it has a lot of problems its value is around 400-500€ now but i would really want it. If i get it from my dad i will need to put more than 5k into it im sure
Watching this video and hearing the price for them in todays world, it’s so painful to see how much they’ve gone up in value
One press to the window switch is enough for open or close the window!
Wud luk kickass with nice 18" rims/alloys 👌
I am thinking of buying a mk3 in 2023 as my first car
Getting the 99 Wolfsburg golf tonight, anything else I should look out for?
Didnt you watch the whole video
found a golf mk3 1,8 I4 for around 1500 euro 1994 looking to buy as first car most stuff is changed into new and almost no rust
Is this the same guy from Miller corner
Still have my mk3 variant in daily use. Runs like a charm, rusts like a m**********.
I have 3 1 GTD / 1 GT TDI / 1 VR6 and i pretend to never sell them
Lucky guy
haha Just like me i have 1 GL TDI/ 1 GT TDI/ 1 GTI 16v / 1 VR6 Syncro and i keep Them too
Mine was determined to become baked bean cans.
My Grampa has a 4 door mk3 and a 2 door mk4 he loves the mk3 so much the odometer has been rolled back for a second time now
maybe do one for the mk3 golf variant for people who need a bit more space than a hatchback, they have their own issues that are a bit different than the hatchbacks
Thats the one Hubnut tested
I want a golf 3
Why does every mk3 across the pond look like it just came off the show room floor as oppose to the U.S.A market rust buckets 😂 i cant find one in the states without it bieng all dented up rusted to pieces or way over priced...
Omar Alvarez that’s because it’s very expensive to repair and restore an old car in the U.S. Labor costs too much and it’s easier just to replace for a newer car. In Europe and South America is less expensive (I’ll say cheap) to hire an auto boby person and a mechanic to bring your car to perfection than to buy a newer car. Plus the U.S. is such a Consumer society where you rather get into a car loan for many years than be seen driving an old car that’s already paid for.
I had no idea how rare they were, I just found a garage kept, single owner one here in the states. I feel lucky now lol
Mk1 or 3
My Mexican made Gulf had 115 hp, but poor fuel economy. I got 6.9 liters per 100k. It is very easy to fix. Use a torque wrench!
I had no glove box in my American Gulf. I was given a little VW bag with a zipper to keep my paperwork and registration in. I am a "white" guy, but when I got pulled over by an American police officer, I had my hands through the steering wheel and on the dashboard. I explained that my little bag was behind the passenger's seat and moved very slowly. They have guns you know.
I had a big aluminum air intake that passed over the valve cover (made in Canada). I replaced the axial bushings. The plastic tale gate licence cover creaked and failed. I replaced the pneumatic arms that help lift the gate as well as repaired the plastic gate cover. There is a sensor for the gate lock and if you do not get that right, your car will not start. You can get rain water in your boot and you cannot figure why. It is the gasket around the rear tail light assembly, tighten the 10mm nuts down a little or carefully remove the gasket and trace a new gasket - from foam purchased from an arts and crafts store. When the little spring inside the door leach fails - your door will not stay shut. Buy a new one. You can use silicon for tires on the rubber trim around your windows. Buying new cowlings for the windshield is expensive. The plastic radiator grill cracked and I had to hold it on to the car with wire :( I had to replace my instrument panel for 525 quid (adjusted for inflation).
Clean the ground lead that is connected to where the starter motor bolts into the engine mount. Clean all of the contacts of your engine management system. If your mass-flow sensor or oxygen sensor is not making good electrical contact your car will not run well.
A 3D printer is handy for making plastic parts you cannot buy. In 100 years cars from 100 years ago will still be running and the plastic junk we drive will be crumbling in a museum. Get the entry model with hand cranked windows. Americans apply salt on the roads in the winter and along with the sand they apply it gets flung up inside the body of the car. Which rusts. Cars from southwestern Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California are reputed to have very little rust. Cars from the deep South (Confederacy) have been submerged in floods. A 27 year old car full of mud and the electrical system is compromised. I sold my VW in 2009 with 209,000 miles on for 1388 pounds (adjusted for inflation) with the roof rack, a small pile of spare parts, 3 repair manuals. I still have dreams about that car... repairing it.
The VR6 engine is a great engine but if you're a complete ignorant tool, you can kill that too. Frankly, having anything other than the VR6 in the MkIII GTI is a sin. The guttural intake sound alone will make your bits fizz as May would say.
Golf MK3 is a descent everyday car. I wouldn't call it a "classic" at all. It's just old car. The problem is that lots of them are trashed from uncarefull drivers, or overturned up, so finding a good original one is a bit of a challenge. Also in my country they are still quite pricey (around 1500 euros and more ,which honestly is overpriced for one in average to low condition) and the most I've seen are TDI. I would buy one, because just as mentioned in the video, I don't want my fully restored classic car to be targeted by other cars or shopping carts, or vandals. So a descent MK3 is on my list, I just refuse to give my money to some lying seller who wants to get rid of his rusted, busted, trashed Golf (and I've seen plenty of them) for the same price as a well kept one.