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Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by ladipooluwafemi(op): 12:32am On Oct 23, 2022

Quick one, I intend to buy a Volkswagen bug(beetle) 2004 model with a manual transmission but the seller already installed a golf 3 engine. Is it advisable to buy?

Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by easytig(m): 3:21am On Oct 23, 2022

Just get a bicycle,and save urself unecessary stress

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Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by Nobody: 3:54am On Oct 23, 2022

A potential mugu.

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Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by Wandeayo(m): 2:37pm On Oct 25, 2022

ladipooluwafemi:
Quick one, I intend to buy a Volkswagen bug(beetle) 2004 model with a manual transmission but the seller already installed a golf 3 engine. Is it advisable to buy?

No,
Buy beetle that has 2.0litre factory engine.

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Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by jeff1607(m): 7:52pm On Oct 28, 2022

Wandeayo:
No,
Buy beetle that has 2.0litre factory engine.

How is the cost of maintenance for a Volkswagen Beetle 2002- 2004 like?

Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by felix55(m): 5:23am On Oct 29, 2022

Don't buy any Volkswagen they changed engine to golf 3. Always buy Volkswagen with factory engine and untempered wire. When buying ur bug, make sure u go with ur obd2 scanner. As for cost of maintenance, is normal & less compare to Toyota parts ...

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Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by kernniejay(m): 3:15am On Oct 30, 2022

ladipooluwafemi:
Quick one, I intend to buy a Volkswagen bug(beetle) 2004 model with a manual transmission but the seller already installed a golf 3 engine. Is it advisable to buy?

Once a Volkswagen or Audi product has left it's factory setting, it's not advisable to buy it. (The only exception are the Lagos Danfo). grin

Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by Wandeayo(m): 2:41pm On Oct 31, 2022

jeff1607:
How is the cost of maintenance for a Volkswagen Beetle 2002- 2004 like?

It's the same as golf MK4, I use to do routine maintenance majorly on the tierods, I mean replacing tierods once in 3 months due to bad road network of the location I was staying. 5k for both tierod.
I changed the clutch plate once, about 3k for tokunbo clutch plate, 4k for workmanship.
I do service the car with 20w50 total, around 9k

And some little maintenance, though I bought vcds scanner at the rate of 10k from AliExpress for scanning the vehicle, and I do change whatever sensor that is malfunctioning by myself.
So I don't encounter any electrical issues since I don't give it to our naija quack electricians to work on it.
It's maintenance is quite cheap.

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Re: Expert In The House, Kindly Advise Me. by jeff1607(m): 7:52pm On Oct 31, 2022

Wandeayo:
It's the same as golf MK4, I use to do routine maintenance majorly on the tierods, I mean replacing tierods once in 3 months due to bad road network of the location I was staying. 5k for both tierod.
I changed the clutch plate once, about 3k for tokunbo clutch plate, 4k for workmanship.
I do service the car with 20w50 total, around 9k

And some little maintenance, though I bought vcds scanner at the rate of 10k from AliExpress for scanning the vehicle, and I do change whatever sensor that is malfunctioning by myself.
So I don't encounter any electrical issues since I don't give it to our naija quack electricians to work on it.

It's maintenance is quite cheap.

Cool

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