Hello All,

I am new to the VW scene and looking to buy a mk4 GTI but trying to sort the truth from the rubbish is frustrating at best!
I have always liked the Mk4 shape and they are in my price range,

reading on here they seem like a solid reliable hot hatch with parts being a bit $$ due to coming from Europe but otherwise pretty good.

yet when you talk to others they are expensive to maintain, overpriced and break down a lot?

I am looking at 150-200k km cars and it will be my daily for work so can't have too much going wrong etc.

Is there any truth to all this or is it just people hearing only the bad stories and making their own clouded opinion??

Is there anything in particular with a 150-200k km car that I should be watching out for beside a good service history?? Ie major repairs coming up like timing belts or clutches? (kind of expecting a clutch but the price seems reasonable for a single mass flywheel and clutch conversion from overseas)

Thanks
Brenden