VW GTI MK4 | The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly…

Hey guys welcome back to the channel and welcome back to another good bad and ugly on the wonderful Volkswagen Golf gti or r32 mk4!! This is pretty much everything you need to know on this little euro hatchback that’s reliable as hell and still cool looking and fast! I hope you enjoy and if you do, please be sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more!!

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[hellaflushhonda]

As a guy that owns a mk4 20th anniversary most maintenance isn’t too bad, this is a super popular car that shares the motor with the Jetta and other VWs so 1.8t videos are EVERYWHERE and since it’s a older VW parts are kinda cheap because there’s ALOT of aftermarket brands that make parts or used ones you can find at junkyards or eBay. An Exhaust for my 2018 Golf R is about $2000. My fully custom built 3” exhaust only cost me like $950. If you find one for cheap that’s in good condition get it! This is the first car I’ve ever worked on and I love learning on it

[FrankBruno]

The turbos on the 1.8t hardly ever fail, I’ve hardly ever heard anyone say their stock turbo has gone bad. I have 2 1.8t gti’s both tuned and have over 200k km. Both still on factory turbos. One has been tuned for over 100k km on 20psi.

[Lockie]

Ok imma be honest as a mk4 guy who currently owns 2 mk4 golfs. This review is honestly quite fair. In relation to timing and water pumps and things often it’s the tensioners that go out. But not often it’s mainly cos these things are old getting old. The factory water pumps the impeller is made outta plastic from factory so if u replace the water pump with a metal impeller u shouldn’t have any problems ever again. Also in terms of what a 1.8t sounds like not the greatest example but. These things can be great but are better when u know what ur looking at. If u don’t they can be quite complicated and frustrating.

[BogusBolloks-mfwq]

Owned a GTI 132KW for the past 10 years. Been working on it since i got it. Had a lot of mechanical neglect. Good car overall. Not very fast or powerful but looks great and very comfortable. Affordable to maintain, lots of aftermarket parts available and not a computer on wheels like newer moddels. Love mine.

[PhreakaIicious]

this car has been the car i’ve been lookin at, glad there is now a good video from a guy i like covering it.

[bicyclelife]

I had the 24v 2.8L VR6 that was highly modified for track racing and made 300hp with a 6 speed stick. I had it for 10 years. The downside was the door interior was flimsy and soft-touch turned sticky and fell apart easily. The transmission/clutch broke 3 times and had to be replaced. It was amazing on corners. It sounded amazing (VR6 was mean compared to peoples 4s).

[spectrumxr_]

You already know this is a classic Mark roden W 🔥🔥🔥as always

[RedondoBeach]

I bought the 2004 GTI 2.8L VR6 new in 2004. Today it's still my daily driver. No mods. Near the end of the year I'd like to garage it and take about a year to fully refurbish it to as close to factory condition as possible. I agree with you on every point made but somewhat disagree on characterization of the VR6 reliability. The engine has been highly reliable. The biggest issues experienced are: 1 failed coil; an oil leak; water pump failure (coolant pipe was replaced at the same time); vacuum hose leak. The car currently has a 173K miles and... wait for it... the original factory clutch. Granted, the car mostly has highway miles, but still, I've never heard of anyone with a manual transmission having more miles on their clutch than my nearly 20 year old daily driver.

[lucascarman]

I bought a mk4 24v for my first manual…knew nothing about them when I first bought it owned it as a daily now a project car….in love with mine

[landroverSV]

Owned two MK4'S
2001 GTI 12V VR6
2004 R32 24V VR6
Loved them both!

[ianmilo]

I own two Golfs MK4 TDI, one is 96kw Variant (estate), and the other is 110kw 4motion (AWD) I wouldn’t agree that there is cheap plastic inside. In fact, even by today’s standards, it’s better than a brand new VW Polo, and definitely better than an MK5. The build quality is amazing. TDi emgines start at 66kw or 90hp. The 64hp one you mentioned is not a turbo-diesel. It is naturally aspirated dirsel engine and is called SDI.

[basco]

my dad has a tdi one, bought it in 05 with 40k and it has 450k km now. never had big problems

[blakewollsieffer]

Been with your channel since around 17000 subscribers. Of course i remember these

[oVoKINGspade]

The cup holder comment haha I was lucky enough to have the 05 GLI and the cup holders were usable haha

[robthorpemusic]

Good and densely packed video. Just for clarity - the cabriolet was actually a Mk3 Golf with a Mk4 bumper slapped on. The 1.8T GTi was actually 150bhp until the Anniversary edition came out, and the 1.9 diesels were 90bhp-148, the lowest was actually an SDI with no turbo. Poor economy and performance but, in my friend's words, "built for isolated Spanish farmers" who need ultimate reliability and simplicity over all else.

There was a guy who took the 1.9 TDI mk4 Golf rallying. Think it was on an old Top Gear or Fifth Gear episode.

[adambrzeczek]

I'm running VR6 2.8 AUE Golf 4 with 4motion. It's 365.000 Km and it's still running on original timing chain - no issues, no sighns of wear, chain is still perfect. I'd say that it's waay more reliable than 1.8T for example.
But the car itself isn't that fast, maybe 0-100km/h is decent but 1.8T and 1.9TDi will be better considering gas milage and speeds above 160km/h+
The V-max on 2.8 AUE is 250 km/h GPS meanwhile on my other golf 4 1.9 TDi the V-max is around 200-205km/h. 1.9 Burns around 5L/100km meanwhile 2.8 at the same pace burns 12L/100km

[gallaxzycollidez]

stay healthy mark, onto the next one!🙏🏻

[rasmusseito]

you can find many 1.9 tdi golfs with 4 wheel drive too and stationwagons

[MaqsVids]

👌👍I'm looking forward to improving my MK4. I've done quite a bit but I'm going to keep going. Nice video

[coachtyler]

i think they do much more than a honda, but over all i agree with all the things you mentioned, good video and very educational for those who are not familiar with the golfs