VW Golf 4 1.9 TDI - The Best First Car!

[@MisterJovik]

certified balkan classic

[@MurâtMadrolle.RocknRoll]

its a german car..

[@PavelDonevski-dn1wg]

​@@MurâtMadrolle.RocknRollwell yeah but people drive it in the balkans the most

[@mgcharoudin]

This year you're driving mine

[@AnonymAnonim-h8l]

Hi, Nürburgring

[@thediffguy]

The legendary 1.9TDI ,the efficient and strong engine that will be in my heart and that sound in my ears won't ever disappear ,what a machine 💪💪

[@MP-wm9gb]

Aziz, you brought back so many memories! I did not have Golf, but I had Seat Leon Mk1, 1.9, 90HP (ALH). I spent 11 years with it, I loved it, it was amazing car and I drove it for more than 220,000 km. This was my first car, which my dad bought for me, when I got my driving license. Most of my life and most of the nice things I experienced were during the time I owned that car. I've remapped it after change of clutch to 132 hp and 320 Nm. Stage 1, no mechanical changes. After the remap, the fuel consumption dropped with almost half a liter and the consumption was about 5.2-5.5L/100 km. I've added cruise control to it (for as little as 35 EUR). I've spent a lot of money for its maintenance (for what the car actually was), but that was because I wanted the car to work and be reliable so if I get up in the morning and decide to travel 2000km for the next 5 days, it will handle it without any issues and get me back home. The amazing thing about was the acceleration - it was programmed on purpose to start kicking a lot more after 2000 RPM all the way to 4200 RPM. Top of the range power for this car was hell of a difference, in comparson to how it performed before the remap/chip tuning or whatever you wanna call it. And since I am on that topic, my dream car when I got my driving license was obtained was the Seat Leon Mk1 1.9 TDI with 150 hp (ARL), but I didn't have the money back then. I now have the money, but now I am familiy man so do yourself a favour and buy the car you want, when you want to and remember you will suffer and you will pay a lot of money, but you will never ever have that desire and time when you get older. Some things need to be done at the exact time of your life. Now, I am more of man who would love to have Mercedes E220/350 CDI W213 estate, rather a small hothatch. I promise you this time however, I will get the car I want. P.S. I gotta say that the Golf mk4 1.9, (ASZ) 131 facelifted was a little more quiter and the Golf seems to have better sound insulation, but I would still prefer my baby ALH :) Cheers guys, enjoy life!

[@leo_ncl7444]

I have a bora 1.9 tdi and it drive so smooth 150 horsepower 22 years old and everything works great, perfect first car

[@Ofiodegianni]

My dad's golf has 2 red letters and has 115 hp, it's all original and I love it

[@DanijelGreguric-yx5rk]

Balkan genes tuned in

[@chriscringle9263]

Had my 2003 pd130 since 2012 2nd owner from new done 175000 miles and the regardless of weather or time of day I know full well it will be ready for action regardless. Absolutely love it.

[@MotivationalHotel]

I can't say how much I love this channel, it's unbelievable.

[@dejanivic9131]

i want a mpg test

[@drtikol4647]

The mpg: yes

[@MotivationalHotel]

That would be cool

[@chriscringle9263]

You don't need to worry little nephew easy does 55+ mpg combined. It's the ultimate car and ultimate engine so much better than the pd150. The injectors were awful on the pd150

[@nickgrove6946]

My first car was a 2002 Golf TDI with a 5 speed manual so seeing this video is really cool. I’ve had it since I turned 16 five years ago and it’s still my daily driver to this day with 256k miles on it. Absolute gems these cars and engines are

[@FloowerDJ]

Watching this video on my 18 years old MK5 1.9 105HP, 454.000KM and everything works as new, what a beast of engine.

[@fi.ja.8657]

I have one of the last Golf IV from 08/2003 with the 1.6 16V engine and only 69056 km.

[@qc4738]

I had this engine in passat from 2002 and I drove it for 450.000+ km. It had all black soft leather, automatic and sunroof. It was 130 hp engine. Super strong engine, bulletproof. After all those km, I still sold it for a great price, and that's what I regret today. So good memories.

[@ivansantic2716]

Bro is saying facts🔥

[@Birmingham_racing]

I had a pd130 seat Ibiza as my first car. Remapped it 2 months later fun little car. I had 2 of them and a bora pd130

[@lilazi420]

Had it as a first car. Goated

[@sissach1]

Great review Aziz. Another classic from that era is the 200x BMW 120d 6-sp manual. Bullet proof, amazing economy, RWD and looks sporty in the 2 door. I loved mine compared to the plastic shit I drive today.

[@djt4640]

Piechs masterpiece. No other valued quality as high as him.

[@realzenov]

Golf4 ❤️

[@markgoudsblom]

I had one with the black Recaro’s and a r32 steering wheel, lowered nice wheels and around 200hp. I loved that car. Never broke and so cheap in every way. Makes me miss it.

[@AleLarosa]

I would love to own one it’s such a beautiful car with an immortal engine

[@grp5ltdot2024]

two legends, a golf 4, and MR. Aziz 🤩

[@coolmkdmacedonia]

Bought a 2000 mk4 TDI two red 116hp AJM engine, on st nikolas day 19th december, 2013, as a 19 year old, Today, 12.01.2025 as a 30 year old, i still own it, what a BEAST of a car. I have turbine of a ASZ 131hp. The PD engines are amazing to tune, and with stage 1 or 2 you can get massive torque and hp. Tho there are common faults. Most irritating i will say the sponge comming out from the airvents, if your car does this, you most probably have bad heating. Driver door mechanism latch, they fail and your interrior welcome lights will work only when they want to. Door cylinder lock, the spring usually fails if you unlock by key. Stuck cup holder in the back, cupholders in the front tend to fail, if you have the machagony/wooden look, this tends to crack and pieces are falling apart. If you have the asz/arl 131/150hp engine the red turbo hose is from a bad material and usually gets a cut/crack and the car will start to smoke when accelerating. The driver door inside handle gets scratches, and gets a nasty look. Whipers mechanism tend to seize up. Glove box is very gentle and prone to braking. 5th door lock/unlock problems most common fault a cable in the between area. I can go on and on with what faults they have, but i always say even for my golf, It has tons of electrical/manifacturing problems, but engine is NOT one of them. I enjoy driving it every single day with 341.000km on the clock.

[@edoardobarneschi2212]

Just bought a 400€ tdi project can't wait to get my hands on it

[@yoanandreev9375]

Best car journalist!!!

[@achrafnaciri9838]

now THAT'S some quality content

[@klaspeppar5619]

This reminds me of my friend’s first car, a Skoda Octavia VRS (basically a mk4 Golf GTI, in an old man’s suit), really interesting car actually.

[@jakob9913]

Also the 1.8T was a very reliable robust engine with tuning potential. I daily drive my ibiza cupra with the 1.8T

[@MartinK26]

This engine 131hp with stage 1 remap is very fun and can keep with some 2.0/3.0 cars

[@sergio_81]

I can agree! Very popular car here in Portugal

[@Floxiiik]

imagine a 1.9 TDI in a modern car. That would be sick. Then I would happily even pay 60k€ for it since those old TDI's can do easily 600k km Back in the days when it was a VOLKS wagen not a WTF Wagon like now.

[@leobroz]

I got my self mk4 1.8t gti as first car,certainly great car.😀

[@filipprojcheski]

All of my 1.9 TDI comments finally paid off...And is with red DI, the pinnacle of diesel engines.

[@prza4783]

Mercedes Diesel>>>

[@filipprojcheski]

@ haven’t driven one yet. But i quite like the w204 c220d.

[@rafa_vsky]

bought my first car, a mk4 1.9tdi pd100 6 months ago. i'm in absolute love so far. yes i paid my kidney for it, but i don't give a f. i love it.

[@v12-s65]

VW Diesels have basically always been really great. I personally drive the EA189, the successor of this 188 and it has 340'000km. In my backyard stands an Octavia with the current EA288 and that one also has 290'000km 😂 The ultimate 5 Liter cars to drive for over 300'000km. Buy one with a new timing belt and you got no worries for 150'000km

[@viljami4363]

I have one as my first car. A dark blue estate with 460k and still going strong

[@xhelobro]

do a fuel test with this 1.9tdi 👍🏻

[@qendrim5314]

Love that fuel filler cap

[@AC.29]

whats stronger? this or the w211-w210 e220 cdi

[@Bonk996]

i have a Mk5 with a 105 its slow but it works every time how you would expect it would

[@voidxd940]

1:35 ofc there are balkan stickers on the fuel cap cover 😂

[@SP050]

Litterly my first car . After this one had the mk5 1.9TDI

[@mateigaman121]

Fuel economy test pleaseeeee!!!

[@Fahrdoch]

I just bought a 1.9TDI Passat with 300klicks on the clock - so the engine just ran in :DDDD

[@nikolaossakellis4058]

Sadly we didn't get these where I live. I settled for an imported 1.4 tdi polo.

[@gergelykote618]

You should make more test like this. For cars we can actually buy 😂😂

[@tubejorrit]

Golf 5 with 1.9 TDI is peak VW.

[@JDNSAUDIS]

I the uk you’d be lucky to insure that as a first car

[@T_Alexandrov_47]

I have Audi A3 8L from 2003… which is basically the same car! And here I am, watching this video and wanting to sell my car and buy a Golf IV 😂

[@snffz3492]

Fiat Stilo 1.9 JTD clears the MK4 TDI for half the price ... Drives better, handles better and looks better IMO

[@moretsiseleke7781]

May God bless you too with his grace

[@marcodilgi]

my childhood car 🥹

[@drtikol4647]

Buy octavia, if you need more space

[@jan-borpeternelj-kosmac2734]

This so called best first car, now have a best second car value. A few years ago they went for a 200-500€, now you are lucky if u get one for under 1500€🤣👍 Anyway, It's a great car, Indestructible like u said and expect for rust problems, it will probably outlive owners entire bloodline 🤣👍

[@scania_vabis_164]

bora 1.9 tdi is also good

[@exampLeBA]

This car is still driven a lot in Bosnia...with 400.000km is labeled as brand new. 😂

[@ardianardi]

Ajmo zemo 🙂

[@ryankov]

Impossible to find clean examples with less than 1 million km on the clock these days

[@sebialdea]

This car is God’s chariot.

[@JACK-gs7nj]

look at that logo in the back of the car that car belongs to an albanian 🇦🇱

[@greg0r6969]

to brateee

[@ylli9028]

You got this from an Albanian owner 99.99% 😂

[@SvenTheBurningMan]

True

[@tomascaknakis4676]

It's a death trap. The passive safety of a soggy paper box.

[@Swiss4.2]

Passive safety on the MK IV platform is very good what are you on about? Got 4 stars when tested which was better than most of the competition at the time. Was much safer than the W202 C-Class which only got 2 stars in comparison.

[@JettRebibeme]

1.9 sdi

[@luli219]

kuje o marakli :))

[@lupmindscape]

not in germany 😂

[@prza4783]

most overrated diesel engine, even if I’m a Balkan man, it lasts long at all, don’t get me wrong, but overrated asf.

[@asmay5]

The 1.9 is gutless. Far better getting the 2.0.

[@Swiss4.2]

If its an SDI yes but the TDI engines have good pull and are very tuneable. Arguably a better platform than the 2.0 TDI engines that came later

[@serz1885]

0:30 engine will live but rest 99% of the car will fall apart 1:22 no its not 1:47 150hp not a lot 2:54 very unusual

[@abdichow]

can’t even get insured on it in the uk 🥲