Meet Nigel Steve the Golf

[Ammo]

Mate wanted shot of this as it's prob not gonna pass another MOT due to one of the sills needs welding

1995 1.9 Tdi Estate with 169k on the clock MOT till October Tax till December



The rust was free and picked it up with the gauge in the red, drove it home an hour and a half and the light hasn't come on yet (If it works)

It actually doesn't go too bad, it only has 90bhp but the torque makes up for it

All in all I'm quite happy for the £150 I parted with for it

[Ammo]

It's had a slight front end tap so today i was baored so decided to pull it out as much as i could with a racket strap



It's a better fit now but still need some tweaking

[vanzep]

Nice one ammo seems a few of us on here have vw golfs
why the double barrelled name? is it cos its a cut n shut

heres a pic of my (new) 94 Golf 1.8 Driver Coupe

[Ammo]

Nah My mate called it Nigel, but with the drifting every car/trailer/scooter is called Steve. But as i've nicked named my mates new car a MR2 roadster "Clown Shoe" I'm stuck with him calling my car Nigel lol

We have a 1.8 Auto Mk3 golf estate as well, fecking shocking on MPG, it's almost on par with the Lude if i drive the lude sensibly

[jjmartin349571]

Nice one getting that for £150 mate, seems we have quite a Golf fraternity here

Shame they never made an estate of the Mk2, imagine these looks combined with better practicality



Hopefully I'll be joining the Mk3 TDI estate camp soon too, need a sensible commuter!!

[Ammo]

50mpg plus is a winner, hoping to run it on Veg oil as well to further reduce running costs

[jjmartin349571]

Good thinking, I was reading about this yesterday myself!! You thinking of mixing it with diesel, or are you going to go pro and fit a dual tank system? Gotta love old diesels, as work horses they're bloody marvellous

[nitin_s1]

How you thought about running on poo?

Like on TopGear.

Looks like a bargain for £150. I'm jealous.

[Ammo]

Was gonna mix it with Diesel, need to see what it will run but 4thgenphil runs his merc on a 50/50 mix

Even if i buy veg oil from tesco for £1 a litre i'm still at least 30p a litre better off, over a full tank that's a lot

[jjmartin349571]

I read you can get away with 100% veg oil in the old Golf engines, however the increased viscosity when the car is cold means they can be buggers to start, and wears the fuel pump faster. Apparently pure veg oil mixed with white spirit or even petrol is also used by some people I will be doing the same as you when I get mine though, starting with a 50/50 mix and aiming to go up to something approaching 90/10 if it still starts ok. Need to find some catering suppliers so I can buy the stuff in bulk, maybe time to get a cash and carry card

At any rate will be interested to see how you get on with your Golf