Used 2003 Volkswagen Golf for Sale near Baltimore, MD

It's been a good little hatch so far. Build quality is easily the best of its class, particularly for the year I looked. Extremely stable on the highway as you'd expect from a German car. Engine is weak about 5000rpm and sounds like a blender but has good midrange torque in any gear. Interior is surprisingly practical given the small size. Manual transmission much better than the automatic but shifter is a bit sloppy. Steering is pretty good, suspension could be firmed up, brakes are good.

the car is great and has a lot of potential, but the parts for this german built car are astronomically more expensive than honda parts. overall the acceleration is ok, it only has 115 hp. the breaking is good and its a very light break petal. and it handles like a go cart, even more so if you lover it with stiffer shocks.

The vw is a 2.0 which is somewhat sluggish, but it makes up for it in handling and comfort.

LB - Labybug, my Red Golf is amazing, she knows how to drive by herself! I always feel secure driving in any weather she is very soild on the road and gets good fuel mileage, city or highway driving there is not a lot of difference.

Drives nice and smooth. The engine isn't noisy for a 2.0. On a full tank of gas (approx. 55 liters) I'm able to approximatly 500 kilometers or more with both highway and city driving. I've only had to change the Oxigen sensor and the engine coolant resevoir (because of a faulty switch that was built into it). Other than that I do my regular maintenance at VW when needed and try to use original parts when able to and use symthetic oil when I do my oil and filter changes.