Hello House,
Can anyone give me advise on Golf 3(2 doors), manual with a/c, engine 1.6. I am just about to purchase one but i need to know the major advantages of the car and disadvangages so i wouldnt regret later, i have an option between this car and a nissan sunny (2 doors)1.6 engine, automatic but no a/c. I will really appreciate advise expecially from people that use the car and engineers.

They are, for lack of a better word, indestructible, anything goes with that car. I remember back in the days, overheating was the only major problem it had, so people used to open the engine compartment when going on long trips. Damn, those good old days.

Still, for a learner driver, using that manual gearbox mehn, must be some form of exercise.

How many of us in Nairaland has been to a driven school for the purpose to know how to drive and acquire a driving license?
I never went to drving school @ OP. I used my toyota corolla to learn how to drive back in school.

Back in '95, Ȋ̝̊̅† cost lesser than timberland boots

bimmyd2000: Hello House,
Can anyone give me advise on Golf 3(2 doors), manual with a/c, engine 1.6. I am just about to purchase one but i need to know the major advantages of the car and disadvangages so i wouldnt regret later, i have an option between this car and a nissan sunny (2 doors)1.6 engine, automatic but no a/c. I will really appreciate advise expecially from people that use the car and engineers.

Golf 3 is a good car but it has got its electrical problem. The engine is very good. I will take it any day ,any time to that of a nissan sunny. A nissan sunny develops mechanic engine faults and also the wheels of the car keeps developing fault ; like bearings,break pads etc

You only need to listen to redmosquito

because is small and less complicated to drive, 99% driving school world wide uses a small car

Do people still go to driving school. I thought they bring their driver's licence to them at home while they learn on the job.

The real reason is this: the clutch of VW beetle doesn't get burnt/ develop fault easily, unlike some other cars. Hence a learner who is still learning control of clutch (cable) , with most manual vehicles, will get it burnt often which leads to often replacement of clutch, but in beetle if u press clutch and accelerator down together it wont develop fault in time. That is why most driving schools go for it, not only because it is cheap.
And any person that learnt driving with automatic car and cannot drive manual e.g beetle is not a driver at all. If u can drive beetle like a pro, then u can drive any car. Driving manual is more technical and sweeter to drive, my opinion.

Also the engine is behind so if any crash it wont affect any engine part only front booth

If u can drive that beetle then u b James Bond......

I was in Naija throughout last week and I saw twice where people were being thought how to drive using VW beetle cars and the question popped up in my mind. I think it might be due to the fact that it's quite cheap to buy to start a Driving School, and also if the learners crash it, it will be cheaper to fix.

Do u expect 'em to use HUMMER or RANGE VOUGE ?

Full or energy and cheap

So who will pay if learner 'headboot' driving school car into Nepa pole for instance?

Rhetorical question that needs no answer,that's what your question is.

Next thread puhleeze!

ijapa nor dey die! Thats the simple reason

Hmmm, I was surprised to see one speed past me on a Dallas freeway while i was doing 70mph...German Cars!!!

browncool: Because it's one of the most old difficult car to drive.

I think so too.

I think it's cos it is relatively cheap. Though it is facing out, I hardly sight one @ sanya b/stop where we have many driving schools but those who have keep cos its maintenance is cheaply cheap.
My friend bought his 40k in 2004. So, now, it shld be like 15k or less.

should be in the museum

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1. The car is cheap. Any accidents occuring by the learner will not usually leave exorbitant fixing costs or damage.

2. The engine is at the rear. Therefore, head-on collisions with other moving or stationary vehicles or objects would only dent the trunk (which is rather located in front).
No risk of damaging the radiator or other engine parts as the case may be in other conventional vehicles.

3. Use a car like the old volkswagen beetle model to learn driving and you would be able to drive and manoeuvre almost any other automobile.

azpekuliar: I remember this vehicle with a lot of nostalgia as a kid...but..

Why do driving schools (in Lagos) still use old, battered, rickety VOLKSWAGEN BETTLES (TYPE 1) to teach learners how to drive??

Is it because of the cost? There are more recent cars that are just as cheap to use for learning purposes.

Is it cos of its awkward gearing, where you could start off in second gear?...

or the manual drive stick shift that juts out in your face like a haulage truck....

I must admit that I tend to admire, the car from afar, but only as an icon of automotive history, (the most manufactured model of a single design) but still can't place why it's still the car of choice for driving schools. I think it's look is pretty intimidating for a wanna-be-learner driver....

In contributing let's share some experiences with this automotive icon - the 'Peoples Car'.

Contributions pleaseee.....

its because it has its engine at the back which will make damages minimal in case of accident.

redsquare: I think it's because of the repair/replacement cost in case of a crash. My friends dad bought a second hand VW Beetle N6,000 last year.

Ar u sure its ur friend's dad or ur dad

bory09: Volkswagen beetle is the best choice for those learning to be a commercial driver most especially those that will end up to be a danfo or paragon driver. Sey you no know say na mad dem dey use cure mad, na rough thing dem go use teach rough driver.

....but some pastors are not mad nd they use to pray for madman xx

I suggest that,it might be as a result of its complexity. This will enable the learners to adapt to any type of car

it is because the engine is in d back.