MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: OL55DUB on July 05, 2016, 09:44:35 pm

Title: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: OL55DUB on July 05, 2016, 09:44:35 pm: Hello All

New to Mk5 ownership. After owning a mk3 gti for over a year i decided it was time to buy something a little more refined with a bit more poke! Introducing my 2005 Graphite Blue Golf Gti. It's done a shade under 80k miles, full VW service history and from the service history present, appears to have lived it's entire life in Leicester. My intentions are to keep it relatively standard (For now!) as it's a daily. Personal Reg is on it's way OL55DUB (My names Oliver, If you hadn't Guessed) Hence the Username.

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Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: Rippers on July 05, 2016, 10:03:08 pm: Welcome. I do like that colour.

Lots of good advise to be found in this forum if you do decide to start adding bits, however subtle.
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: LondonGT on July 05, 2016, 10:18:03 pm: Very appropriate shirt choice!
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: Octoparrot on July 05, 2016, 10:57:51 pm: Looks very nice, good luck with it and welcome to the forum. :happy2:
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: Daled0111 on July 05, 2016, 11:27:22 pm: looks clean and welcome
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: Adam0604 on July 06, 2016, 01:32:48 am: Yay! Another fellow Graphite Blue owner on here! Feel like I'm the only one with this colour sometimes haha.

Let the mods commence
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: prp74 on July 06, 2016, 08:28:21 am: Welcome from another graphite blue owner :happy2:
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: OL55DUB on July 06, 2016, 07:03:26 pm: Thanks for the welcoming comments. I haven't seen that many Graphite Blue Gti's around myself, is it considered fairly 'rare' amongst Mk5 Gti's?

My pressed plates arrived today, just got to wait for the V5 to arrive to stick them on!

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Next on the list will be checking/ Replacing the Diverter valve as it's bound to have perished if not replaced previously? and a decent polish and wax
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: Rholtby on July 07, 2016, 11:30:03 am: Looks nice, lovely colour.
Just be careful with those number plates - I learnt the hard way and am a £100 lighter because of them
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: OL55DUB on July 07, 2016, 03:37:45 pm: Cheers Rholtby, I was under the impression they were road legal? Is this not the case?
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: sean.smithy94 on July 07, 2016, 06:35:24 pm: Welcome to the forum, another fellow graphite blue owner here too :smiley:

Cant wait to see your plans for the car :smiley:
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: Adam0604 on July 07, 2016, 07:49:25 pm: Quote from: Rholtby on July 07, 2016, 11:30:03 am
Looks nice, lovely colour.
Just be careful with those number plates - I learnt the hard way and am a £100 lighter because of them

Pressed plates are legal, just have to make sure you get plates with BS code on them.
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: LondonGT on July 07, 2016, 09:02:43 pm: Nice plates - when you can PM please let me know where they came from!
Title: Re: 2005 Graphite Blue GTI
Post by: OL55DUB on July 08, 2016, 11:08:59 pm: Quote from: LondonGT on July 07, 2016, 09:02:43 pm
Nice plates - when you can PM please let me know where they came from!

The ebay seller is 'numberplatesl' £18.50 delivered including adhesive pads for fitting