MK5 Golf GTI
All Things MK6 R and GTI => MK6 Members Rides => Topic started by: rich83 on February 28, 2012, 11:47:19 am
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Laura picked up 'George' on Monday, 60 plate with about 15k on the clock.
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Ill possibly get some 16" alloys for it over summer to smarten it up a bit.
END OF BUILD THREAD. :signLOL:
Rich
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Doncaster dealership? Like the car :happy2:
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Yeah Doncaster. Her polo broke down on Thursday night, so instead of plough a thousand pounds into fixing up a rusting car with 100000miles on the clock we thought it better for her to buy this, as it wont need anything doing to it for a few years apart from servicing (which shes got 2 for free)
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Cool, it seems to be a good dealership the Doncaster one cant say i've ever had a problem with them, parts i've ordered always turn up on time and are correct. You local to Doncaster or just spotted the right car there?
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Nice! :happy2:
What did you do with the olop in the end?
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Nice! :happy2:
What did you do with the olop in the end?
They gave her 2k for it mate. Which is amazing, because it had so many problems....
Alternator gone
Way over due on service
Needed brakes all around
bodywork in a terrible state, rusty arches.
pulled to the left hideously.
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Nice! :happy2:
What did you do with the olop in the end?
They gave her 2k for it mate. Which is amazing, because it had so many problems....
Alternator gone
Way over due on service
Needed brakes all around
bodywork in a terrible state, rusty arches.
pulled to the left hideously.
Result then! :happy2:
They probably had a few quid tucked away on the MK6 too but sounds like you got out of the Polo at just the right time! :wink:
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Yeah its all balancing act. BUT the salesman was in a fault and objectionable mood yesterday, so we wonder if he has given a grilling for offering over the odd for a car that need probably 1000 pounds spending on it to get it in a sellable state :signLOL:
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Cracking cars these 1.6TDI Golfs, we had one as a loaner and I expected to hate it....I loved it so much the Pirelli stayed in the garage. :laugh:
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I drove an polo with the 1.6 Tdi and I must say that its a lot better than the 1.9 Tdi!!!!
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Had a little drive in it today, very smooth ride and the engine is so much quieter and more refined than the old Pump Duse engines, common rail is definitely the future :happy2:
The gearbox is nice and smooth (nice light clutch too), and the ratios seem much better than the audi a3 1.6TDI "eco-tree-hugging" version I drove in austria last year.
... I still managed to stall it though. :signLOL:
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Nice colour
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What a beauty.
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Ta chaps.
After have a nosey underneath it appears that there is no back box, it's a straight pipe from the middle box, odd!!
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After have a nosey underneath it appears that there is no back box, it's a straight pipe from the middle box, odd!!
I do hope you are talking about the car Rich and not Mrs RichWig to be. :evilgrin: :wink:
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After have a nosey underneath it appears that there is no back box, it's a straight pipe from the middle box, odd!!
I do hope you are talking about the car Rich and not Mrs RichWig to be. :evilgrin: :wink:
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I had the chance today to give this a proper run out.
Journey, Doncaster-Hemel
First thing I noticed is that its amazingly quiet. Even if you spin it around to 5000RPM the engine sounds dull and muted unlike the old PD engines which sound like the dentures of a hundred shivering pensioners. The car managed to get 40MPG by the time I got on the M18, which in my edition 30 would have read about 15-18MPG.
By no means is it an exiting car to drive but I had a bit of fun getting it around the roundabout and onto the motorway, had the tyres squeeeeling :driver:
As you can expect, the 90bhp 1.6tdi isn't exactly fast, but it pulls smoothly and easily up to 8-9 leptons. It feels solid on the motorway, which is where it will spend 90% of its life
Gear change is smooth, the ride is smooth and steering has good weight (fractionally light). The brakes don't feel that powerful but then again, they don't really need to be.
The car did 60.2MPG and that was hovering between 70-80 on the motorway, so basically double what you'll get from a 2.0T
It also made a change to make a journey and not as some point drive like a complete buffoon :signLOL:
So far i like it, but it could so with a few more ponies under the bonnet and a few more toys inside.
Rich