What have you done to your MK 7 today ?

[I wanted a GTi]

I wasn't being critical about your driving but surely when it's wet you know that no tyre will perform like it does in the dry. While the Bridgestones are not the most ideal tyre I still don't see the need to just bin them after such a short time.

I didn't thing you were, even if they griped like Michelin PS4's I wouldn't keep them. The noise of them alone would put me off of them. I probably would have put the noise down to the car itself if it weren't for the fact that I have already done over a thousand miles in a GTD with 19" Pirelli tyres.

I don't think a performance type diesel with only 184bhp and a little over average torque should have a tyre that is not even capable of handling 3/4 of its power.

As for the cost, I have done a deal with a friend's neighbour who has a 1.4TSI Golf for £300 fitted for my tyres. He offered me £350 but I felt that £300 was more than enough for the tyres. In the end the PS4's will cost me at most £150 so a no brainier for me considering how noisy they are at or around 80mph

[SRGTD]

Today I was rooting around the wheelie bins at the back of a VW dealer looking for some dog ends for my lunch when I found this discarded in a skip



I asked a nearby staff member if I could take it away with me and he agreed readily "nobody buys Diesels anymore and analogue gauges are so last year, so we just binned it, help yourself if you want it"

he then proceeded to violate my debit card whilst having a sneaky cigarette by the bins and then I tucked the Diesel thing under my arm and headed off home.

It's been a funny old day.
And to top it off my washing machine door seal is leaking water everywhere. 

So, are you now the custodian of a discarded shiny white GTD then Exonian? if so, you've managed to do the mk7 trio; GTI, R and now GTD.

Now where's that tuning box.................

[Exonian]

That might well be the case SR!

The box is in my spare bedroom awaiting fitting 

[kalimon]

I can't help feeling slightly disappointed that you never bought the Up! you always dreamed of

[Exonian]

I can't help feeling slightly disappointed that you never bought the Up! you always dreamed of

That would've replaced my other car unless they made a decent up! GTI.
Alas they still don't make one and by the time they do I'll be bored of the tractor!! 

It's a long story but the GTD has been in gestation for a while following the big price cuts on them at Christmas time. I nabbed one of the very last off the line. I've fancied one as a project for a while now and with the price reductions at Xmas, the tax rises in April and incoming Diesel-phobia being whipped up by the governments who have brainwashed the masses into thinking 1.0 petrol turbos only emit fairy dust from their tailpipes I decided at Xmas it was now or never.

[I wanted a GTi]

I can't help feeling slightly disappointed that you never bought the Up! you always dreamed of

That would've replaced my other car unless they made a decent up! GTI.
Alas they still don't make one and by the time they do I'll be bored of the tractor!! 

It's a long story but the GTD has been in gestation for a while following the big price cuts on them at Christmas time. I nabbed one of the very last off the line. I've fancied one as a project for a while now and with the price reductions at Xmas, the tax rises in April and incoming Diesel-phobia being whipped up by the governments who have brainwashed the masses into thinking 1.0 petrol turbos only emit fairy dust from their tailpipes I decided at Xmas it was now or never.

Nice choose, obviously it is not as good a a night blue on but you can't have everything right

[Mr GTD]

Very Nice Mr Ex...Congratulations!!

Im sure your be more than happy with it once it's had the Pedal Box & Tuning Box fitted. 

[Watts]

Very smart Exonian! Hope you have some fun with it

[Booth11]

Today I was rooting around the wheelie bins at the back of a VW dealer looking for some dog ends for my lunch when I found this discarded in a skip



I asked a nearby staff member if I could take it away with me and he agreed readily "nobody buys Diesels anymore and analogue gauges are so last year, so we just binned it, help yourself if you want it"

he then proceeded to violate my debit card whilst having a sneaky cigarette by the bins and then I tucked the Diesel thing under my arm and headed off home.

It's been a funny old day.
And to top it off my washing machine door seal is leaking water everywhere. 

I know you wouldn't be able to stay out of a Golf for long.    You had a dalliance with a MINI, but now back in the warm embrace of a Golf, this time in dirty diesel guise.  Welcome back to sanity Mr Ex. 

[Exonian]

Nice choose, obviously it is not as good a a night blue on but you can't have everything right

Thanks 
There's a night blue one just down the road from me so I had to have something else.

I'd already had two PW cars so had to have another really as it seemed the White thing to do... 

Plus it saved me buying another touch up stick! 

Very Nice Mr Ex...Congratulations!!

Im sure your be more than happy with it once it's had the Pedal Box & Tuning Box fitted. 

Thanks! That's the bit I'm really looking forward to.

Very smart Exonian! Hope you have some fun with it

Thank you Watts. 

I know you wouldn't be able to stay out of a Golf for long.    You had a dalliance with a MINI, but now back in the warm embrace of a Golf, this time in dirty diesel guise.  Welcome back to sanity Mr Ex. 

Thanks Ms B
If the thing had been built quicker the dalliance might have been under two weeks!
Pretty bad even by my standards.
Still, it's good to be (officially) back