MK5 Golf GTI

General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: jbc on September 10, 2010, 05:24:00 pm

Title: Another new member!
Post by: jbc on September 10, 2010, 05:24:00 pm

Hello,

I've been reading this forum for months now but never got around to posting my hello. I was waiting to take a nice picture for you all to see but the car is never clean enough!! So instead I've taken a couple of shots of it tucked up in the garage.


(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fcopnalljb%2FCar%2FGTIfrontedit.jpg&hash=9ea74b94a9de7a52f9b3d855efba0597a4fb8ddf)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fcopnalljb%2FCar%2FGTIrearedit.jpg&hash=229e22eed69c46bcc0189adb302845ee0320dcfc)


As you can see it is a standard 200bhp 5 door GTI with 18 inch Monza II's and 6 CD changer/armrest. I've owned it for 3 years now (but only recently discovered this forum).

Thanks to the helpful how to guide on this forum I have already upgraded the radio with an RNS510 Rev C (plus associated CAN gateway) and I am currently in the process of purchasing markymark's reversing camera. LED tail's next!?!

I bought the car second-hand from a car supermarket, they told me it was an ex-lease car hired to the Ministry of Defence! I'm inclined to believe them because their is a German dealer stamp in the service book for some recall work and I know the UK still have army bases in Germany. The car supermarket had another GTi and an R32 bought from the same lease company for sale when I bought mine and the salesman told me they regularly buy and sell these ex-MoD cars - I'm sure the MoD would be better off spending our taxes on body armour for the troops in Afghanistan.

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Post by: Poppa Dom on September 10, 2010, 05:24:58 pm

Welcome along matey and enjoy your stay here  :happy2:

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Post by: vRStu on September 10, 2010, 05:26:26 pm

Welcome to the mad house.

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Post by: Andy on September 10, 2010, 07:23:02 pm

welcome to the site :smiley:

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Post by: JPW on September 10, 2010, 09:23:22 pm

Hello & welcome  :driver:

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Post by: Weston on September 10, 2010, 09:42:21 pm

Car looks good. Welcome!

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Post by: Moschops on September 10, 2010, 10:04:45 pm

Hi and Welcome... :driver:

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Post by: swf7y on September 10, 2010, 10:48:46 pm

Welcome to the forum mate. Any mods planned?

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Post by: stealthwolf on September 11, 2010, 09:12:47 am

Hi and welcome.

Don't be afraid to take the car out of the garage for some pics. Not everyone cleans their car and if you drive it properly, it won't stay clean either! :grin:

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Post by: JPC on September 11, 2010, 10:52:34 am

Welcome along mate  :driver:

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Post by: ILoveTuna on September 11, 2010, 10:54:37 am

Welcome mate.. How did you find the CAN gateway upgrade?

Title: Re: Another new member!
Post by: jbc on September 11, 2010, 04:28:26 pm

Quote from: ILoveTuna on September 11, 2010, 10:54:37 am

Welcome mate.. How did you find the CAN gateway upgrade?

The CAN gateway upgrade was not easy but I managed!! Unfortunately my CAN is in the most difficult of the 3 places on a RHD - above the brake pedal. It was fairly easy to get the gateway off it's little shelf by taking out the trim cover above the pedals but there was no way I could get the plug to disconnect without taking off the rest of the trim underneath the steering wheel. Once I had taken this off it was a 5 minute job to disconnect the cable and plug in the new gateway.
Coding with VCDS was dead easy, but I was glad of other posts warning about errors when you reconnect the battery - my dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree until I'd driven the car 100 yards to reset the ABS, steering angle sensor, etc.

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Post by: Saint Steve on September 11, 2010, 04:30:55 pm

Welcome jbc

Fastest colour  :wink:

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Post by: markymark on September 11, 2010, 10:40:50 pm

Welcome Jonathan, nice to see you here, camera was posted out this afternoon! :happy2:

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Post by: smithyc1987 on September 12, 2010, 10:00:34 pm

+2 for fastest colour  :signLOL: looks nice mate welcome.  :driver:

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Post by: big al on September 13, 2010, 10:57:12 pm

Nice little motor you got there mate,
Sure the LED rears will look ace on it. I love them on mine!

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Post by: crunchy on September 13, 2010, 11:03:43 pm

Welcome along buddy,

Cheers

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Post by: Greeners on September 21, 2010, 01:53:18 pm

Welcome chap!  :drinking:

Nice car you have there!  :happy2: