MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Jme on October 25, 2012, 08:15:06 am
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Well the day started early with a 160 mile round trip to collect the car bloody cold but stunning day. Got to the garage before most of the staff and had 1 of the quickest handover ever (3 mins max) and off I went.
I have found the car to be very jekal and Hyde total docile when your pootiling around at low speeds but drop it a cog or two and engage the led foot and you can make the most well seamed passenger go funny colours lol.
I completed 360 miles yesterday which wasn't bad as I also changed all bulbs I could to led/smd really crisp look with the aluminium inside.
I had done a fare bit of reading before picking this car (many thanks to the forum and the contributers) and went for a manual with a good spec (leather, winter pack, hids, full climate, auto lights wipers and mirror, cruze, monza2) in metallic grey.
Over all delighted tho missed two probs with the car. 1 seems to be pretty common, centre brake light. The other not seen mentioned led indicators in wing mirror dead? But yet again thanks to you guys i have found how to fix both so it's off the the stealers this morning.
Jamie
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Welcome (again) Jamie, GTI sounds awesome. You will have to get some pics up. :wink:
Sounds like u have done your research too which is good. :congrats:
Steel Grey is a gorgeous colour matey . :drool:
Carlo. :smiley:
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Hi monte yeah I'm a bit of a forum addict when it come to buying a new car lol and with the info on here I knew what to look for.
In fact (fingers crossed) I struck it lucky as the prev owner seems to have been quite a carful one and a bit of a VW lover. Two sets of mats rubber and carpet loads of service info and stamps 8 in total only got 50k on the clock and stamped up recalls sheet.
Will try and get photos up soon but only got a iPad so not to sure how to go about it but hay il have a look on the forum lol.
Cheers
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Hi monte yeah I'm a bit of a forum addict when it come to buying a new car lol and with the info on here I knew what to look for.
In fact (fingers crossed) I struck it lucky as the prev owner seems to have been quite a carful one and a bit of a VW lover. Two sets of mats rubber and carpet loads of service info and stamps 8 in total only got 50k on the clock and stamped up recalls sheet.
Will try and get photos up soon but only got a iPad so not to sure how to go about it but hay il have a look on the forum lol.
Cheers
Nicely done! Looking for a similar sory of car! Amazing colour! :drool: Cannot wait to get my hands on one over my TDi :driver: Most iPhone/Ipad pictures are perfectly fine :D
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Welcome along Jamie! :happy2:
Sounds like you have yourself a winner there. Any plans for your new purchase?
Use my iPad at work and works a treat for posting Pics. Use Photobucket (they have a free app), take a photo, download it (or transfer it if taking the photo with the iPad) to Photobucket and copy and paste into your post. No excuse now, get them pics up!!
Cheers, Martin
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I think the wing mirror repeaters is quite common my last car they were both shot. £20 a side I think.
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Sounds good, my first day will be tomorrow :) can't wait :D
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Sounds good, my first day will be tomorrow :) can't wait :D
What are you getting? :D
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Also Jamie,
Don't forget to write your mod wish list :wink:
We might be able to advise you :happy2:
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Sounds good, my first day will be tomorrow :) can't wait :D
What are you getting? :D
3 door, White, 2005 :)
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Sounds good, my first day will be tomorrow :) can't wait :D
What are you getting? :D
3 door, White, 2005 :)
Oh nice! White is a very nice colour! Rare too :party:
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welcome aboard,you do know that joining this forum is bad news to yr wallet :happy2:
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Welcome to the forum
I still remember picking mine up, almost 2 years ago now, I was so excited. Like a kid waiting to get a birthday present they really really wanted.
The 140 mile drive back was absolutely brilliant. I still get excited when taking it for a drive now.
You will really enjoy it :happy2:, especially once you have some mods under your belt :wink:
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^^^ +1. I've had mine 6 months and it's always an absolute delight to drive. I've never owned such a brilliant car.
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Welcome!!!
Great choice of car, had mine now 18mths and its fair to say that if I dont actually keep the car I've got for a very, very long time I'll only be replacing it with another Golf Gti, never owned a VW before this let alone a Golf and I'm hooked.
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Cheers every one. Got the brake and indicator light fitted today then got distracted by the nice weather. £70 of tesco 99 later and the cars filthy but I'm chuffed. She never put a foot wrong. Still shocked how comfortable but so chuckable :driver: .
Pics to follow once I get the app.
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sounds a nice example you have got Jamie--look forward to the pics :happy2:
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Here go's my attempt with pics. If it works il do more if not I do some swearing lol
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Congrats I got my car six months ago and still remember the day I picked it! I love my car. Just be careful. I thought it'll stay standard now I'm playing with all kinds of possibilities thanks to this forum!
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Looks like my plans are the same as yours driver R. But prob next month before anything gets properly changed. Famous last words lol
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Looks nice! Great location for the shots :happy2:
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1273.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy401%2Fjme1981%2FE4693DBA-17FE-498F-B525-306CF3BC496B-5694-00000220C65B31A3_zps3832e7de.jpg&hash=8c98d724e718b0f089c74aede5486fcc467cdf9e)
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1273.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy401%2Fjme1981%2FE5D8CFE7-8436-4EE3-AA31-5E90FFCA925E-5694-00000220C0B9FA3F_zps1b3dca00.jpg&hash=1dc88b67729d8e91049827d43b198ae3120a8e81)
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Couple more pics showing my wee tweaks.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1273.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy401%2Fjme1981%2F59B15B44-A8D7-47A4-8F19-8CEACC3FB8B6-6623-00000287A52011F6_zps3c94f9d1.jpg&hash=f972c571884175217fd8e6ad44a1e3f4fa75a8ff)
The crisp led light seems to work well with the aluminium trim
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The side lights look different colours but must be a trick of light.