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Offline Carpy25

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spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« on: February 15, 2017, 05:46:45 pm »
not sure if these are even for sale yet but think I spotted on today

lady driver spotted me and dropped back they shot past my mate was driving I I did my best to get a photo but it was raining heavy so their not good , run the registration and it came back as a 20L TDI   :thinking:







anyone else spotted these on road test ? didn't look fake, it had yellow brake calipers as well

Rob

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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2017, 05:49:51 pm »
I think the proper cars were only ever going to be silver. And the project was canned as far as I know.

You can get 'R400' bodykits though...

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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2017, 05:50:37 pm »
There are a couple of fakes going around. one is a 1.2tsi i think  :signLOL:

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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2017, 05:56:32 pm »
Looked real enough reg said TDI but didn't smoke when I was booted

That's a lot of cash to throw at a TDI

Even the badge looked real I got a better look than the pics show and driver acted odd dropping  backwards quickly then when we slowed down shooting past even quicker

Was in NEWPORT South Wales

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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2017, 06:03:08 pm »
Yeap......they are all fake. The 400 is officially dead. Shame.  :sad1:

Oettinger have released a puffed up R....extra £5k though!  :laugh:





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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2017, 07:16:56 pm »
That one looks pretty cool!...

....But it's plate comes back to a July 2013 bluemotion SE 2.0 TDI 150ps 5 door  :evilgrin:

Very likely to be a CatC or CatD repair, seems it's more cost effective to build a 'replica' of a superior model than repair back to standard specification these days. Nearly every replica/copy these days seems to have a shady insurance history  :sick: :sick: :sick:
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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2017, 09:36:26 pm »
I have an R400 plate on mine  :laugh: (wife bought it for christmas). Few mods & the horsepower will match the plate  :wink:
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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2017, 08:47:06 pm »
Its funny i saw this car a few days ago on eBay also it is still currently up for sale  :grin: 

Link to the car : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-R400-REP-2013-BIG-SPEC-FSH-ONE-OF-A-KIND-LOW-MILES-/232237098082?hash=item361268e462:g:NfIAAOSwfVpYn5QI

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Re: spotted R400 on the road !!!!
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2017, 08:49:41 pm »
Its funny i saw this car a few days ago on eBay also it is still currently up for sale  :grin: 

Link to the car : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-R400-REP-2013-BIG-SPEC-FSH-ONE-OF-A-KIND-LOW-MILES-/232237098082?hash=item361268e462:g:NfIAAOSwfVpYn5QI

Sorted  :happy2:better pics than I got as well looks a good job fooled me at 60-70 it's around the m4 corridor in South Wales now

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