MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: sharvey44 on December 02, 2022, 09:20:37 am
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Morning. Just joined the forum as I picked up my mk5 yesterday.
Drove it back from Notts to Essex last night and other than the weather was a delightful drive.
A couple of minor things to sort on it but seems a great car.
(https://i.postimg.cc/k4X06LK1/golf.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4KqLjL8V)
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Welcome mate, car looks really nice!
Manual or DSG? What is the spec like, anything interesting?
Lots of good advice given on this forum btw (just not from me :smiley:)
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Looking at maybe getting one of these myself. Might make a thread asking about prices as things may have changed in the last few years. Been doing lots of reading through the forum via google search results with site:mk5golfgti.co.uk, but finally made an account :D
Read a lot of the threads on manual vs DSG and there doesn't seem to be many people perhaps who own the manual ones? Also I wonder if I've seen this one over the last few days on classifieds before it sold. Hi Jons too :)
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Couple of jobs for the weekend :happy2:
remove the mud flaps to check for rust
remove the foam from th inside of the front wings
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Looking at maybe getting one of these myself. Might make a thread asking about prices as things may have changed in the last few years. Been doing lots of reading through the forum via google search results with site:mk5golfgti.co.uk, but finally made an account :D
Read a lot of the threads on manual vs DSG and there doesn't seem to be many people perhaps who own the manual ones? Also I wonder if I've seen this one over the last few days on classifieds before it sold. Hi Jons too :)
If you're planning on engine mods, do yourself a favour and get the DSG flavour. I ran a manual Edition 30 for 8 years and always regretted not getting a DSG one.
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I seey, yeah. I guess it depends how far you go. Seems anything up to Stage 1 is okay with a manual, but past that then the DSG is preferable. Stage 1 also certainly requires an upgraded clutch, where the DSG box is capable up to silly power, right? I don't have any experience with an automatic or a DSG of any kind so may look to try and test drive one next week, however one of the places I'm likely going to seems to have a policy of one test drive per day per customer, or two at a push, and I have a few warm/hot hatch options to pick between.
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Welcome mate, car looks really nice!
Manual or DSG? What is the spec like, anything interesting?
Lots of good advice given on this forum btw (just not from me :smiley:)
Evening. It's a DSG as I'm too lazy for a manual these days. My old Pug 306 Gti6 broke me years ago.
Spec wise it's got a few extras but not too much, MFSW, Cruise, Pipercross intake.
Have already had a search around the forum for useful info as I need to replace the drivers wing mirror indicator. I'm well trained in the "search first, ask later" forum etiquette. :happy2: