Buying A Vr6

[chadzter]

I am thinking of getting one soon, Looking at some of the post's saying they have all these problems, im scared too get one now

[The_Hawk]

Dont be too sacred.

I just bought a 96 VR6 for $6,400 and bought it knowing the heater and air con didn't work, the window tinting was awful...

But the aircon now works, the heater gets fixed next week, the window tinting has been redone and all up I think I will have spent about $8,500.

I intended on leaving lots of those little things until later, but a half decent tax return ment I could fix everything now.

Really they are a fun little car to drive Get one. You know you want to...

[rayray086]

I'm ready to go VR power too. Reserving at least $2000 for repairs.

[cOS]

like any car, not just the vr6, the quality largely depends on how the car was treated at it's early stages in life. it is hard to judge a car based on its km's alone.

so what to look out for? well, the vr6 has many common issues regarding workmanship and quality. I wouldn't be able to list all the problems associated with the golf. if you would like to know what are the potential problems that may arise from buying a vr6, go to myvwlemon.com. or you could simply browse through zillions of post on vwvortex.com. those are your best chances of finding out what can happen.

as for just looking at the car, I don't think you could easily determine where the possible faults are if you are inexperienced. I think thats the pain and joy of owning a vr6. it can be excitingly fun or it can empty your pockets pretty quickly.

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wally

[chadzter]

like any car, not just the vr6, the quality largely depends on how the car was treated at it's early stages in life. it is hard to judge a car based on its km's alone.

so what to look out for? well, the vr6 has many common issues regarding workmanship and quality. I wouldn't be able to list all the problems associated with the golf. if you would like to know what are the potential problems that may arise from buying a vr6, go to myvwlemon.com. or you could simply browse through zillions of post on vwvortex.com. those are your best chances of finding out what can happen.

as for just looking at the car, I don't think you could easily determine where the possible faults are if you are inexperienced. I think thats the pain and joy of owning a vr6. it can be excitingly fun or it can empty your pockets pretty quickly.

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wally

Hey thankyou for that, I am a young bloke so i will not have much money at all.. Unfortunately i have read through some of the post's on here, and i have seen plenty maybe hundreds of problems so that is the problem.. i will probably still get a VR6 i love the sound that comes out of the beast's

Cheers Chad.

[BlackVr6ix]

myvwlemon.com looks like a place for people just to bitch about their cars.

its not often that people will post on a public forum saying

"today i took my car for a drive and everythnig was fine.

Just thought you'd all like to know.

Love

Happy Vw Driver"

[gpk_gti]

theres this cheapish 96 vr6 on ebay,relisted!! maybe probs???

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-GOLF-VR6-1...QQcmdZViewItem

[rayray086]

Worth a look at $6.5K. Relatively low km too compared to the bloody 200K+ examples on carsales and the rest. I would check it out if I had mine sold haha.

[chadzter]

Kind of wish i had that amount.. I only got a bit over half.. And still saving though..

Any more suggestions in buying a VR6.. I will if i have a look at a Vr i will bring my mate that use too own one, but any more cautions just for myself, so i know what i am looking at..

cheers Chad..

[Pullstarter]

"drivers rear power window requires new regulator [ very common on Golfs ,.. a cheap fix ]"

Above quote taken from the ebay add mentioned above, does he know something about window fixes we dont? n: