Is The MK5 Golf GTI The BEST Car For UNDER £5k? 

Still got my mk5 GTI in manual and love it. A good daily.

I still have my MK 5 GTi and I'll never sell it! 14 years old, no squeaks, no rattles! I can recommend doing a carbon clean on the car. It improves performance and fuel efficiency!

Had one of these for 6 years (got rid of it last year for an R). Barely ever put a foot wrong and was great fun to drive every day. Never got bored of it

With climate control you set the temp you want (normally 22 is enough) and the car heats up to that level using as hot air as possible - you don’t need to switch it to ‘high’ and then turn it down. Just leave it at 22, and it will heat cabin as quickly as possible up to that point

If you are planning on keeping it long term I’d recommended looking at getting the fuel pump cam follower done also.

Great platform is the MK5 and a timeless design really. I’ve had my MK5 R32 for close to 10 years now and it still turns heads.

Clio 200 cup can be had for under 5k now. Definitely the right choice if you’re into fast road/track use.

I have owned one for about 2 months , same but 4 door, great car love it, l had the mk4 golf gti before for 12 years.

Got a 5 door in reflex silver, leather interior with heated seats and ill be honest, ive had the car for 3 years now and still very happy with it... reliable, good looking with good performance if you wanna put your foot down. What more do you need.

Very solid car. Been watching alot of your videos. Excellent commentary and very well edited. You are going to be huge one day 🙏🏻

I must say the Clio 182 is a serious contender, but this definitely looks like a handful of fun!! Heated seats came in clutch too ;)

Owned a mk5 gti for 2.5 years now and in love, wish I had got the manual now although at the time I really wanted to experience DSG. Great spec for a car of its age and performance too especially with a stage 1 map. Cannot beat the steering feel. Having driven modem cars even a 6 gti has nothing on it when it comes to feedback and feeling. Legendary car. And values are on the up now

You can pick up some pretty good cars around that kind of money. I’ve just bought a 125i for my misses for similar money and it’s really very nice. Full leather, heated seats, Bluetooth and a lovely, lovely inline six. Fast Renault’s would be on the list too.

Had a mk5 Gti for nearly 3 years 2015 onwards loved it only sold as I needed a bigger car family commitments. Got the opportunity to get another one last august test drove one but it wasn’t as good as I’d remembered probably down to nostalgia as I’d wanted one for years prior. Ended up getting a BMW 330D e90 which in my opinion is probably the best sub 5K car you can get. Ideal daily driver fairly quick and economical.

Loving the content, I just got my mk7.5 golf r fitted with an Akrapovic back box and it’s absolutely savage. Thanks for making that Video

Focus ST225 for under 5K. Soo much potential in them!

Clio 197 for me. Awesome little car and good on the track too.

My wife is a Golf fan, mk2 country syncro and her baby is an '06 GTI. Its totally standard and immaculate, red manual 5 door. I try to steal it from her all the time. To be honest I think its nearly the perfect daily. If it had awd it would be very hard to beat.

I bought a Cupra 240 st2 with supporting mods(329hp then) 2010 model 83k for 5000 on the nose! Stacks of history. Cupra 240 better value/ more modern.

Almost at 60k 🔥🔥👏🏾

Good all round b road blaster and motorway cruiser 👍

I had the exact same car...brilliant car...its actually my fave car ive had.....and ive since had an s3 8p and an rs3..... Id advise anyone to get one of these...

I'm just about to buy one so I'm really liking your videos.

Go drive a remapped Edition30 and it makes the Standard Mk5 GTi feel like it missing another turbo 🤣😉

Subaru WRX!!!

Ep3 a lot more fun but maybe not as good as a daily.

Great video.....can't wait for the next one on the Mk5 GTI !

Had my 5door 57 plate for 18 months. No reason to change. Pretty quick too.

I have a golf Gti mk5 l won’t ever sell it there is something special about theses cars.also they will go up in value in the future that’s always a good place to be when owning a Vehicle Also top gear car off the year and 5th gear👍👍✅

Honda Civic Type R FN2 just got mine love it 👍

E90 330d are a good shout

First gen mazda 3 mps for under 5K. Lots of power stock and much potential for tuning.

Bmw 130i. 3.0L, I6, NA, Manual, Rwd. And they are also reliable.

Yes finally a MK5 GTI vid

I don’t know, mk5 gti is a very good car, but a solid E92 330d is a decent option, especially if you can find an LCI car. Properly quick when mapped aswell

BMW E46 330CI's are a lot of car for sub £5,000 , usually less than that!

I thought we where in a national lockdown, didn't realise going for a nice drive was allowed?

Audi A3 2005-2008 2.0 TFSI is an excellent bargain at this price. Same engine but slightly nicer looking and better interior.

Luke cars under 5k -there is the 2.5 focus st ;the New polo gti ;but it's not 5k but a good match; Renault Clio sport . You can get them for the hot hatch battles

Audi TT MK2 tend to be even cheaper than the MK5 GTI if you don't need the rear seats

I think the only really comparable cars would be focus st, civic ep3, clio 182, in my eyes hot hatches then really only came down to those😂

I love this mk5 gti

Bmw 3 series 325i 90-100k miles costs around 4k-5k beast of a car if you want something rwd and quick for the price

How about focus st ?

Personally think the 130i is the best car for £5,000, but the Mk5 GTI is definitely up there with the best

I've still got my 2008 Mk5 GTI with 79,000 kms. Last year it had four very expensive repairs. Last was the ABS/ESC module. $2500 at VW. I spent nearly how much it's worth in 2020. Can't let it go though!

How did you get this spec for 4.5K? Atm they're all very expensive... they've gone up quite a bit..

I'd rather have an 130i E87 or my own 123d E87

an octavia vrs mk2 is basically the same car with a different body and I paid 6k for mine about 3 years ago so also alot of car for the money... Especially boot space!

The Golf GTi has always been the car you can't really go wrong with tbh lol - good buy!

I got a 2007 mercedes c280. 3 litre v6 petrol. 80k on the clock. Paid 5k for it.

Mk2 leon cupra was my sub 5k choice

Slightly off topic question... but what watch is that mate? Looks lovely!😍

Luke is such a don !!! Keep up the content my guy

Its the mpg in these that puts it above the st and type R for me.

Brought a 3door manual 2 weeks ago and I love it, full stainless exhaust fitted today and remap tomorrow, can't wait

137 k when I brought it, drives beautifully, dsg gti, £2450

Want to ditch my 120d for one of these what’s an easily achievable power on these with a few little mods?

Nice Mk5 I have the 6 Gti here in El Paso Texas Subbed!

Golf or a focus is a good bet for that money

No doubt the Golf GTI is a great all-rounder and the Mk5 was on my shortlist of cars to buy last year, but I went with a Mk2 SEAT Leon Cupra as it was more interesting, rarer, and also more powerful 😈

You could easily get a e90/92 with a six cylinder for under 5k🤤🤤

Same as me mate a few years back. Love mine :)

Honda Civic type r fn2 great car for under 5k

Here in the balkans, these things are in my opinion, little too expensive around 7k euros like bruhh its golf calm down, still my dream car along side lancer evo but ill never get my hand on one of those

Great video as always buddy! GTi’s are so fun to drive but also very sensible too. Good balance between a sports car and a practical hatchback and are very highly tunable. Lad who I know has a Stage 2 Remap and a sports catback exhaust is running 300bhp. Any more and you’ll need to forge but nonetheless you can safley increase the power x1.5!!!! Love the video man, hope you’re okay and staying safe man

No, the ep3 is 😂

Where did you get the golf

Perfect way to start a video beginning literally killed me because I really want this car !!! Keep up the brilliant content mate

What head unit is that?

my mk5 ed30 stage 2 +, gapped a 911 s on the motorway earlier today the guy was mortified , such a beast .KO4 conversion yours at least , if I was you I would be getting that sump off for a balance shaft delete , also you can inspect your cam chain and tensioner.

Nice car by the way

Loved the vlog dude . Looking forward to seeing the future mods on it .👍 . I bought a MK5 R32 in January 2020 and I’ve spent over 6k getting it perfect. Paid 7.5k for the car . APR stage 1 tuned by Devil Developments. Best car I’ve ever owned but it does cost a small fortune to run it .

Yes. Next question 😉

Most reliable gti model i guess & cheap to maintain

Replace the diverter valve, as it’s bound to be split, upgrade the High pressure fuel pump/cam bucket, panel air filter, stick a miltek cat back non res system on it, Amd map it, cost about 1200 It will be between 250 and 270 bhp and it’s perfect power for this car Mine was awesome with the above mods

Plenty of handy Mk5 GTI vids on my channel 👍🏻

imo u can maybe get a mk5 under 5k, but u know that it needs alot of money on repairs. bought my mk5 gti for 5700eu. 120k miles on it and it needed a new engine, turbo and exhaust cost: 7450. add that to the 5700.. either way its a amazing car and it was worth that money

Great motors, I love mine and was never a VAG Fan, black 3 door with BBS pescaras, great looking cars with the edition 30 kit on it and the potential for More BHP if you want it, recommend them to anyone on a budget

Mk5 is not for me it's just boring

e46 330ci/ 2k car

I like the golf but for the money I'd rather have an EP3 or Clio 182

Enjoy your videos 👍 I too have mk5gti. Look forward to rest of your videos! Does the sag have any jerkeyness??

Renault Mégane R26

Its a TR Hamza thing Ehh..?? 👍

Can’t say I’ve ever driven one but had a r32 which looks so much better These r too plain

No chance, 172/182

Megane r26 all day long

Great vid as per, I’d be really keen to see a guide for buying a gti, most of the ones under 5k up here have 100k + miles, and that makes me a bit concerned - should I be though?

I’ve had mine now for 3 years. Would take a lot to get me to sell it. Not really sure where I go after this for the money, it doesn’t really get better

Are you going to get the extended paddle shifters. I am looking at buying a Mk5 GTi DSG as my next car when lockdown eases a little bit I might see you on the road as I live near Portsmouth.

-Note: Most examples of the MK5 Golf gti will most likely have issues as these cars are just about at the ripe age of 15. I have had the car since new so I should know. -Common things to look out for that probably need replacing if they have not already been replaced are in order of likelihood: Battery, Timing Belt, Spark Plugs, Worn out cloth seats, broken vent clips, worn out or scratched gear stick / VW steering wheel emblem, clutch. -Also other things can go include the pcv, alternator, lpfp / fuel pump related items, various lines. -When test driving a used MK5 Golf gti, things to look out for that indicate problems are: a rev counter that does not stay still at idle, lack of boost when flooring the car to get onto a motorway, rough start especially while cold, difficulty changing gears, speakers that don't work etc.

My uncle bought himself also a mk5 gti like a few year back I think he has his gti for 3 or more years nò I thought he's gonna sell it because as a side business he buys and sells cars at a profit .But he bought himself the Gti but wen h bought his it already had an aftermarket exhaust system fitted with an after market bumper for the exhaust for it to look like the mk6 and mk7 gti from the rear with two single set of exhaust pipes

Can’t wait to see the mods 👌🏻

Audi tt mk2 same engine

Good cars... but Focus ST225 definitely the best car under 5k!

likeable guy likaable car

Are u going to do some bits to it or will u get a garage to do it? It makes it much more interesting if u do it yourself

Z4 3.0i is way better for £5k

I would really think about going stage 2 as I bought my GTI MK5 for daily use as I have a stage 2 140i that drinks an now I’ve gone stage 2 on my golf ko4 converted aswell it guzzles worse then my 140 I can’t daily it at all cause of the noise from decat also so think about it deeply