written by Alexhath321 on 31/05/2012
The car makes you feel safe, has plenty of room and has a very well built and thought out interior. My golf has had several gearbox issues and I would avoid buying one with the earlier linkage gearbox like my own. The gearbox was changed to a cable operated one is 2000 and these are far better. The fuel economy is average, you have to put your foot down a lot more to make it move at any speed which leads to a realistic mpg of about 45 which is that same as a tdi. The engine is too underpowered and too loud. Traveling at over 60 is unpleasant and driving on the motorway at 70 -80 sounds like the engine will give at any minuet. Having said this, it has all the room you could ever want and is a Volkswagen. I would not buy a sdi again however I do not regrett buying this one.