MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: SL03 JOE on December 27, 2012, 09:33:30 pm
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Hi, seeing as the MKV is now sold, new owner picking up Sunday. I was thinking of getting something 4wd, but I saw an r56 jcw the other day and it looked and sounded fantastic! But I hear they have a few problems!? Anyone had one or experienced any them selves?
The other option I have is my brothers R53 mini, running a nice 260bhp and is highly tuned but to a reliable level. I looked at buying that and possibly twin screwing it?
Has anyone had one of these? Good cars? Reliable?
Cheers, Joe
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How long did you have the Golf?
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What interior does the R53 mini have? :popcornsoda:
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They are decent cars though i was disappointed when mine turned up.
I ordered a Mini Cooper in black with a red roof and ended up with this.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.staticflickr.com%2F6189%2F6075466321_952695d41e.jpg&hash=6a9bbaa3697dd5451ec023b23807db5ee6111d70) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/museummannequins/6075466321/)
Tommy Cooper (http://www.flickr.com/photos/museummannequins/6075466321/) by Museum Mannequins (http://www.flickr.com/people/museummannequins/), on Flickr
The moral of the story!. Make sure the car you buy is as described. :innocent: :pomppomp:
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Out of interest, did you ever find out how you came to own half an Edition 30 Golf?
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I've heard this is what it looks like inside.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbringatrailer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F04%2F1967_Austin_Mini_Cooper_S_Mk2_For_Sale_Interior_1.jpg&hash=ef50afd2187611a44163cc34c4e2bdeaf09756e6)
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Tea all over laptop!! :signLOL:
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3parblog.typepad.com%2F.a%2F6a00e553e34fa4883301348024504b970c-450wi&hash=78c35474182a097e03618d70c2e789c208200282)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fup-ship.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2Fskeptic-cat1.jpg&hash=205363e45e9dca5766e08279beb4500df98078af)
Not me, just sceptic cat. I'd go and ask on a Mini forum. :)
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Is the bootlid badged something like this..?
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carandclassic.co.uk%2Fuploads%2Fcars%2Faustin%2F1175317.jpg&hash=10f78afc7fd30fbdb381c2145028c64ec90fbb41)
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I thought you wanted 4wd cause 2wd doesn't put the powers down??
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I thought you wanted 4wd cause 2wd doesn't put the powers down??
Yeah I did, but the minis seem to put it down very well according to all the reviews!
Think I'm going for the R53 :D
Rich the r35 has a GP Motorsport top mount ic.
Joe
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Surely if you want advise on buying a mini you'd go to a Mini forum. What is the point of asking on a Golf forum?
While I'm here i'm looking at a F40 and wondered what i should be looking out for on a second hand one?
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While I'm here i'm looking at a F40 and wondered what i should be looking out for on a second hand one?
One of these perhaps?
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.pelicanparts.com%2Fuploads14%2FF40%2B21241827028.jpg&hash=65ebdfc0d1c55f38b7202c7256802fab83efb24e)
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That look like just what i'm after. Have you got a contact number?
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My mates dad has one. will spin away once the roads are gresy or wet like your gti did
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Dunno why I bother. Lol
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Ohh come on... you've got to admit, the interior pic that Hedge posted was piss funny!!!
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Ohh come on... you've got to admit, the interior pic that Hedge posted was piss funny!!!
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Are you all pissed? Lol
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My mates 09 jcw puts the power down much worse than a mk5 GTI imo after driving both. His previous 04 jcw was worse still. He's had little trouble with his current one, just the recall for fire risk a couple of electrical gremlins and squeeks and rattles.They do seem to like to ware Tyres off though which he's been told is normal.
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How long did you have the Golf?
:popcornsoda:
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Out of interest, did you ever find out how you came to own half an Edition 30 Golf?
:wink:
:popcornsoda:
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I had a Cooper S on long term courtesy (when a driver of a Harley Davidson decided to park it into the back of my Clio 200 at crossroads). In 8 weeks, i decided that i didnt really like it all that much. Skittish, crap in wet. Fun on perfect roads in the dry, but that was it.
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The Mrs had an r56 cooper s for 18 months and we were both unhappy with the car. It was problematic with the dreaded chain rattle and a noisy sunroof. This was a 2 year old car with 13k on the clock purchased from a main dealer
As for putting the power down the car was scittish and a handful, the golf drives 10 times better and is an older car.
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
That exactly
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We have a 58 plate Cooper and are not impressed with the build quality or the paint , but it does 60mpg so it keeps my ED30 under 20k still , only 78 to go though :rolleye:
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I worked for mini/bmw for 5 months this summer
The quality of them is like a crisp packet, rattle, cheap, and not great.
I worked in the service department so did only deal with broke one's but they were always breaking down, temp sensors and dsc units are common as hell....along with the exhaust's rotting like there in salt water.
The engines pull well but as does every other 1.6 supercharged hot hatch.
I couldn't believe how crap they were, I was driving brand new loan car coopers and the window regs were squealing lights coming on the dash and even missfires on the one witch had done 72 miles when I drove it!
I wouldn't want my name on any log book with a bmw mini in sight, I'd rather own half the ed30..
That's truth! They were terrible!
Go have a good look around one that's been used, they are cheap and tacky and lets still not forget it is still a women's car..that was the best bit about working there! Young girls drive them!
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
really!!! Christ what was missing,it's engine??
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
really!!! Christ what was missing,it's engine??
Seats
gearstick
badges
wheels
decals
etc
etc
etc
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Oh a right lemon.... Sorry to read this Joe :sad1:
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Also managed to sell it within a week , people must really like them cloth seats . Also the attractivness of a car that has only been owned by its owner for 2 weeks aswell as the fact its more expensive than all the others for sale :evilgrin:
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you would think someone that's owned one before would know what he's buying :signLOL:...
Don't know who's the biggest clutz , you joe or the new owner... Lets hope he doesn't appear on here :scared:
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
That exactly
And you still thought it was acceptable to try and palm it off onto someone on here! :confused: :fighting:
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
That exactly
And you still thought it was acceptable to try and palm it off onto someone on here! :confused: :fighting:
It had everything listed in the add, I wasn't hiding anything I said it had cloth seats and different wheels? So I wasn't set out to rip anyone off!
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
That exactly
And you still thought it was acceptable to try and palm it off onto someone on here! :confused: :fighting:
It had everything listed in the add, I wasn't hiding anything I said it had cloth seats and different wheels? So I wasn't set out to rip anyone off!
But you didnt have listed, what was missing did you. :signLOL:
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Why did you sell your golf so quickly??? :confused:
Cos 35% of it was missing steve... :happy2:
That exactly
And you still thought it was acceptable to try and palm it off onto someone on here! :confused: :fighting:
It had everything listed in the add, I wasn't hiding anything I said it had cloth seats and different wheels? So I wasn't set out to rip anyone off!
I didn't say anything about ripping people off. What gets me is you can play dumb to the issues with the spec until the car is sold, then as above you are happy to admit to it! Stinks if you ask me!
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Why is Joe's ed 30 jumping acros 3 topics now :laugh:
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Why is Joe's ed 30 jumping acros 3 topics now :laugh:
You tell me lol
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Why not ? :innocent:
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While I'm here i'm looking at a F40 and wondered what i should be looking out for on a second hand one?
One of these perhaps?
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.pelicanparts.com%2Fuploads14%2FF40%2B21241827028.jpg&hash=65ebdfc0d1c55f38b7202c7256802fab83efb24e)
Wow I'd love an F40...
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I'm actually going to reply to the thread and atleast give joe what he wants! Its not a technical review but my experience.
The gf had a mcs jcw before my old car was passed to her. Last summer I drove to newquay in it and I also did a bit of A-B driving in it. First the one we has was high spec, touch screen nab/radio, aux in, cruise control, xenons, retrofitted leather. There wasn't much plastic but what there was wasn't too much of an issue. The layout was the hardest thing to get use to. The newquay journey was fun. The JCW being the Ed30 of the golf world, it had more power than the s. It was rapid. It would beat a stock gti and dare i say a mapped stage 1 gti aswell. The cars soooo light which obviously helps. The handling was good and whatever I did to it, she stuck to the road. We did have aftermarket tyres but no other mods. Acceleration was good and good throughout the range. To give an example, you could be at 70 and push the accelerator a bit and your at 100 before you know it.
Inside the front two seats are fine and on my trip I had no issues. The boot is small but can fit a large black military deployment bag easily (I've tried it!). Taking passengers in the rear maybe the only downer.
People say they are all girls cars. Well yes and no. A nice jcw looks awesome. We had a black one with tints and it looked stunning regardess of who drove. You can get jcws mapped and increase performance - some are pushing just over 300bhp! The only problem I've heard about is the engine overheating and melting the front air intake but a cooler should resolve that.
There is definately more to it but I dont know what else to say! Any questions I guess?
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The lad at work has one and is obsessed about them (i should not have told him I have an original mini) so I hear about nothing else at break times.
I do remeber him saying about when buying one there's two types the ones that were converted by the dealers using BMW kit rather than an original factory order one. Think he said you can tell by the bumper or exhaust it something I was not listening that much :grin: I maybe wrong on that as was not really listening.
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I've heard this is what it looks like inside.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbringatrailer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F04%2F1967_Austin_Mini_Cooper_S_Mk2_For_Sale_Interior_1.jpg&hash=ef50afd2187611a44163cc34c4e2bdeaf09756e6)
My first car looked identical to that , apart from the steering wheel wasnt wood. I still have a massive soft spot for the original Mini , they only look good inside with this dash though , I dont like the later Clubman style one.