1986 Volkswagen Golf Reviews, Pricing & Specs
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User reviews for 1986 Volkswagen Golf
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by Anonymous
Sep 16, 2014
I love its reliablility and 65 id plenty fast enough for me!, It always starts,, never overheats, oil gets black as the ACE of spades with in 3 days,, but, can't beat its reliability!, this one replaces my old 86 that I never changed the fuel filter on. ( hard lesson learned)Sep 16, 2014
by Josh T
Nov 26, 2010
has a 5 speed new clutch, 8v soon to be a 1.8, runs good gets up an goes real
smoothly, bought this car for 1000 with new parts for it, its fun to drive needs alot
of work, def a project car, which will be nice with the euro style in about a yearNov 26, 2010
by Frankie W
Aug 03, 2010
Performance is great. The build quality of Volkswagens are good, but my head gasket or valve seals just went bad. Love the car though. Gas mileage is amazing, probably about 21-26 mpg. Very fun to drive, very snappy transmission.Aug 03, 2010
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by Anonymous
Sep 16, 2014
I love its reliablility and 65 id plenty fast enough for me!, It always starts,, never overheats, oil gets black as the ACE of spades with in 3 days,, but, can't beat its reliability!, this one replaces my old 86 that I never changed the fuel filter on. ( hard lesson learned)Sep 16, 2014
by Josh T
Nov 26, 2010
has a 5 speed new clutch, 8v soon to be a 1.8, runs good gets up an goes real
smoothly, bought this car for 1000 with new parts for it, its fun to drive needs alot
of work, def a project car, which will be nice with the euro style in about a yearNov 26, 2010
by Frankie W
Aug 03, 2010
Performance is great. The build quality of Volkswagens are good, but my head gasket or valve seals just went bad. Love the car though. Gas mileage is amazing, probably about 21-26 mpg. Very fun to drive, very snappy transmission.Aug 03, 2010
by Andrew O
Jul 25, 2009
I really got this car for the fuel economy. This car was getting over 50 mpg even with over 250,000 miles on it. I also like the car because of how long the engines last, after all it is a diesel.Jul 25, 2009
by Roog S
Jul 17, 2009
dopest vintage cheap car out there, looks the part, masses of parts readily and cheaply available. I'm talking about thin bumpers though, halfordication is a bit of a problem with these cars. As a lot of lutsers and prutsers have a tendency to buy them too. Jul 17, 2009
by Alex D
Sep 14, 2008
I love getting 45 mpg on average! Though this car has
little to no get up and go, it gets me where I need to
go. It has been a great first car. Its also not the best
looking car, but again the gas mileage makes it all
worth it. Sep 14, 2008
by Jarmo A
Aug 12, 2008
Awesome Classic. Great for youngster's 1st car. Easy to handle, good views all around, cheap parts. Lots of aftermarket-parts to tune and style your own looks. Old, so rust is nearly always found. Carburetor-problems appear in older models, as the newer ones are supplied with injection. I'm sad having to sell this one.Aug 12, 2008
by Niki L
Jul 15, 2008
I absolutely loved this car. It was my second car and my college car. Unfortunately, she was injured in an accident and put out to pasture. She had a sunroof, 5 speed--just loved it.Jul 15, 2008
by Chris L
Apr 09, 2008
Small, light car with plenty of room for performance mods and styling upgrades.Apr 09, 2008
by Richard B
Feb 27, 2008
This car has taken me around Germany, and I love it for that.
It may only have a 4 cylinder, 86hp engine, but it will go 110 mph - all day, everyday. And it even get decent gas millage.
Its bigger than today's Golf!Feb 27, 2008
by Gus F
Jan 10, 2008
This was my first car purchased for $200. The motor was rebuilt, The body was smoothed and painted, it was a fun fast agile go-kart essentially. Sat 3.5" off the ground.Jan 10, 2008
by Txus F
Dec 19, 2007
Awesome accerleration and super well handlingDec 19, 2007
by Anonymous
Feb 26, 2007
We are most pleased with our 21 year old Golf. Few repairs and still uses no oil and is very peppy.
BobFeb 26, 2007
by Michael D
Feb 12, 2007
Although I loved this little German car, I must say that the '86 has an overheating problem. This isn't limited to just me, had a friend with an '86 Jetta and the same thing. I rebuilt the head, had the radiator flow checked and replaced the thermostat. Oh well. Aside from that coming up at the end of the car's life, it was awesome. Everything was at hand where you needed it in the drivers seat, the front room was accomodating for me at 6'1 with very long legs, and there was plenty of room in the hatch for carrying whatever you needed. The back seat was tight, but I did manage to get six people including myself home in it one night.
Repairs on this car were dead simple. Leave it to the Germans to make everything accessible as it can be on a tiny car. There was no extranious stuff going on.
I loved this car and woudl get another in a second. Feb 12, 2007
1986 Volkswagen Golf Pricing
Original MSRP
$7,510 to $7,720Price range
N/AAverage price on CG
N/AYoY price change
N/ATrims & specs
Audio System
AM/FM radio
Seats
Front seat type: bucket · Upholstery: cloth
Windows
Front wipers: intermittent
Audio System
AM/FM radio
Seats
Front seat type: bucket · Upholstery: cloth
Windows
Front wipers: intermittent
