1991 Volkswagen Golf GTD from UK and Ireland - Comments

The following items have been reconditioned:

Full engine, due to crankshaft pulley coming lose and then all the valves and pistons became very acquainted.

Gearbox, syncromesh in 2nd, I believe a very common problem, but very labour expensive to replace a €5 part.

Starter.

Alternator.

Fuel pump.

Various water hoses, which can be cheap, but some are ridiculously expensive.

Rear wheel bearing.

And countless other miscellaneous items.

All this on top of the usual servicing at every 3,000 miles has added up to a pretty penny.

A love the car, handles like it is on rails and it has pulled me out of some corners that I am sure if I had been driving other marques I would be dead!

Very economical, now averaging around 60mpg, can I off set this saving against a petrol car to the amount I have spent? wouldn't come close I say.

Will hold onto the car till its end (until I kill it in a ditch).

Have wondered from about the third month when things starter to go wrong, that where is the apparently amazing reliability of the Volkswagen car. have only heard about it, but have never seen the infamous good for 200,000 miles without any problems!

I have a 91 Turbo diesel, it has 428000 km's on the clock. No problems whatsoever... No oil burning, no leaks, no anything. It works like a Swiss watch and has exceptional handling. Suspension built with Sachs absorbers and GTI components. Beats many so called "performance cars" on gravel as well as on tarmac, believe it or not!

I have a 1991 GTD these are bullet proof, they perform amazingly well for a 90's diesel. the build quality is excellent and they do 400 miles on a full tank (urban) might get 600 on sensible motorway driving and it gets you to 60 mph in 12 seconds.

Would recommend getting one if you can find one,only around 800 were sold in the uk they stopped selling them in 1992 so sadly not many now left :- (

Well maybe just made the worst decision of my (driving) life - just sold our loved GTD (luckily to a real VW enthusiast) - it's done 144,000 miles, completely trouble-free - all we've done is routine servicing and put diesel into it. I kid you not - 12 years of flawless service. The only reason we're selling it is that we need three seats in the back... the GTD is an amazing car - all the money went into the engineering, no silly frills, no power steering, no gadgets, no central locking... just solid engineering from the bottom up. They REALLY don't make them like this anymore...

Owned a lot of cars in the last few years, but the g2 gtd was the best to drive, and yes on a good road, it holds on like it's on rails.

The 1.6 engine punches above its weight as far as power is concerned, and when on boost, it flies.

Big big downsides are crap brakes, and even worse headlights, but as anyone who has ever sat in one will tell you, the driving position is really great.

One final note - I converted mine to rear discs, not a good plan, it cost lots and the brakes were no better.

My 91 Mk2 Golf GTD has now run up over 331000 miles. Still does over 60 mpg and can 'crack a ton' if needed.

Wake up Volkswagen and start making more cars like this!

I have a fully restored GTD! Its been resprayed in its Royal Blue metallic and had 700quid spent on the engine and suspension. Its all as original with no modifications and I can honestly say its the fastest, most reliable trouble free car I have ever driven. The only niggle-the rev counter stopped working!

If you have one, look after it-top the oil and water up, get it serviced every 6000miles and hang on to it, they are great. I have the original sale certificates and they were actually more expensive than the GTI!