Hi Guys,

I truely cant believe the run I have had with this car, as soon as it is fixed it will most likely go for sale. I know I cant speak for the other MK4 owners out there, but the frustration and drama that comes with owning such a mechanically idiotic car is astounding. This thing has taken atleast 5 years off my life expectancy.

The story so far......

Purchased car.
Broken passenger side window motor, full motor and window replacement.
Broken power steering
Broken cup holder
Shorted out internal electrics, no indoor car lights
Broken front windscreen (I know not a car problem - rock)
Car going into limp mode, found terrible bleed valve which was causing limp mode.
Installed exhaust
Exhaust backfiring, spoke to 2 mechanics, all think its due to excess fuel
New plugs and various other engine internals needed
Installed GFB DV
Car running on 3 cyls (it seems), the sound of the exhaust sounds like a lawnmower and does not accelerate properly, feels terrible.
Removed DV - mechanic said this was the problem
Car running fine, still backfiring.
Driving up the hill - car becomes chuggy again (See problem with DV) and fails to run properly. drives around like a deep sounding lawnmower, accels slowly but sometimes brakes through and boosts up ok.
Took the car to my mechanic and he can not figure out the problem, we put it on the VAGCOM, no errors. Took it to VW, they cannot identify the problem, again the car was put on VAGCOM.

I quote "There is nothing wrong with it accept for the fact that its stuffed and we have no idea why".

For sale, 1999 MK4 GTI.