Hey guys got some noobie questions, had a 94 gsr for quite sometime and I'm picking up an 04 r32 was wondering if anyone knew how good they are its 130,000 miles for 14k. Was wondering how good the motors are for minusing the fact i don't know if it was driven hard. What good websites I can get good aftermarket parts and rims for it. thanks for the help!

 

They are heavy, slow, and outrageously overpriced. Have fun with your 14-second Golf. I can't believe someone would pay $14k for one with 130k miles on it. MK4s have notoriously poor electronics and are not very well-built. The R32 might be an exception seeing as it was a higher-end model, but knowing VAG it's not.

In seriousness, try vwvortex.com

 

yeah, this is a Honda forum. These guys have respect for Honda's and some that have half a brain have respect for DSM's. However, its the guys without half a brain that are into VW's, and you find them on vwvortex.com

 

Avoid VWs. They are supper high maintenance. You will regret ever second of ownership.

 

I'd suggest an evo, S4, wrx, wrx/sti.
For 14k you could have any of those with half the miles.

Not a hater, just giving my 2 cents.

 

Shouldn't you ask those questions before you make a decision on buying it?

 

thats alot of money for that many miles. for 14k, i would pick an sti over anything. that or pick a nice honda and dump 10k into it lol

 

If you really like the body style just grab a GTI from that year. It's not like the Honda world where the R32 = Type R. Where the R (for the most part) is lean the R32 is the pig of the VW world.

As stated above 14K could buy you much more car, or 1/2 of that could buy you a GTI of the same model year.

 

although it is considered as vw's super car youre basically paying for the engine. i love the cosmetic looks of gti's and that is basically what it is, just a regular gti with a big v6 in it. if you want the horsepower then id say go for it but shop around. if you dont really care about horse power and just want a gti id say go for the 30th anniversary ones, those are nice and are significantly cheaper.

 

It's not even a great V6, aside from the sound.

You could probably get a MK5 GTI for $14k at this point, and it's a much better all-around car.

 

For 14k you could have found a very clean low mile, civic si, wrx, hell even an older cobra would be better than a VW. There is a pretty cool dude on prelude po wer whose license plate says VDUBLOL. I find it funny

 

At least he will have a nice interior. That's about the only part of the car worth the money.

 

were the timing chains done?????????? big big question

 

LoL agreed on the timing chains question. My friend just picked up a mk4 R with 80,000 for 14k. Biggest waist of money ever. He wants to sell it after only owning it for bout a month. They still poop out maf's and coil packs like any of the other vr's. You're paying for the hype and thats about it

 

go buy a 2.0t gti +chip and exhaust. wayy more fun

 

i agree with you to a point....

first...its not a V6.... it is not a traditional 90degree "V"... its a narrow angle 15-degree "inline-v" ... the cylinders form a W shape...

and 14k for one that has that many miles... you are getting butt-raped for sure on it....find one with half the miles for the same price....

VW's get a bad rep because the parts are "pricey"...they have electrical issues... yadda-yadda-yadda...the list goes on....


i will tell you from personal experiance i have nothing but love for my 99.5 VR6 GTI...
never had any major electrical or mechanical issues with it besides common maintenance.... and its going on 188,000 miles... the timing chains have never been done, but they arent making noise...

the vr6 was developed by porsche to be a diesel motor, its stout, its robust, its torquey... you throw a turbo on it and crank the boost the internals will hold up to about 450hp stock before you have to go changing anything out...

but thats just my $.02

(def. find a lower milage/cheaper one tho.)

 

I didn't say it was a 90* v6 (most "traditional" v6's are at a 60* angle anyway), but it is a V6, even if it does only have one cylinder head and fits into a 4-cyl engine bay.