1997 1.4 VW Polo's

[Smokey McPot]

A friend's dad is selling one, I am thinking of buying it if the price is right as a run about as I'm soon to change jobs and I dont want to run Willy as a daily commuter.

Does anyone know of any inherant problems with these? Its a delightful shade of faded Tornado red too.

[midge]

I've had a couple, niether had any problems!

[Smokey McPot]

This is all the information i need :D

[Coops]

headgaskets are like cheese, mine was leaking like buggery by 60k

also they wallow and dont handle

in fact frankly it was the worst car i ever owned!!lol! but it was quiet and fairly comfy and good on fuel so as a shitty daily was okay

plus headgasket was cheap to swap out

[Smokey McPot]

Its purely a tool to get me from A to B until I can save some money to get something a bit better.

Gonna chop the springs, put it on 17's and stick a fat sub in the boot anyway. Innit.

[Brealbags]

Ive got one and carried out the following repairs in a year

replacement gearbox
new master cylinder and brake servo
2 sets of door locks as the internals are made of stilton
window motor

Also it handles like a greasy weasel too as coops says.

I hate it!