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Shall I spend money on my mk 5 gti
probedb:
--- Quote from: Pudding on October 06, 2022, 10:20:43 am ---Choose your money pit wisely :grin:
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Perfect quote :grin:
@Oldie05 I've decided I'm keeping mine for the foreseeable future. Just had cam chain, tensioner and vvt done, injectors cleaned and intake walnut blasted and that made a hell of a difference to how smooth the engine was after 100k. Chassis on 200k now, replaced most of the suspension. Think the starter is going to need replacing soon and then it's a case of rust really. Still like driving it and keep looking at new GTIs (well mk7/7.5, hate the way the 8s look for some reason) and then thinking, yeah but why do you want one and it just comes down to it being shinier and newer so it's still going to be cheaper to keep the MK5 going that buy a newer car.
Jons1001:
Mine is just coming up to around 120k and it needs the following;
Chain and tensioner? (Never been done)
Front suspension refresh
Injector clean?
DSG service
What am i looking at for that? best part of 2 grand i imagine, which i haven't got :sad1:
titchy:
before i got my tcr i looked a r8 and cayman after looking at running costs i abandoned the latter two unrealistic in the long term
pudding:
--- Quote from: probedb on October 11, 2022, 03:06:12 pm ---Still like driving it and keep looking at new GTIs (well mk7/7.5, hate the way the 8s look for some reason)
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Because they look awful :grin: German cars are so homogenised now, VAG, BMW & Merc may as well just join forces and make standard issue cars for the masses.....and the irony of Hitler's Beetle wasn't lost on me with that comment :grin: Life, as they say, goes round in circles.
Anyway, the MK5 still has a nod to the past in the way it looks and drives, which is probably why it's gaining in popularity. Everyone with MK8s seem to report so many software bugs and build quality issues, they're just not worth the money. They are the Barratt homes of the car world. Shoddily made shat at premium prices.
SANDEGTI:
--- Quote from: Jons1001 on October 11, 2022, 04:53:39 pm ---Mine is just coming up to around 120k and it needs the following;
Chain and tensioner? (Never been done)
Front suspension refresh
Injector clean?
DSG service
What am i looking at for that? best part of 2 grand i imagine, which i haven't got :sad1:
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Yeah, probably in the ballpark of that. If I were you, I'd get the important stuff done first then save up for the other stuff. Definitely do the chain and tensioner and DSG service (every 40k miles I think?) should set you back about £800 but at least that's the major stuff out of the way. Unfortunately my tensioner failed at 128k so I would definitely recommend getting it done as it can kill your engine!
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