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The narrower one did bug me at for a couple of days and I considered switching back, but got used to it quite quickly

haha yeah maybe. I had one of those in my MK7. The one thing that put me off is that the eBay one is made for a manual car, i.e. it's narrower than the DSG footrest. At least that was the case then.

So an update.
The car was at the garage all day yesterday and to our surprise, they did absolutely everything free of charge.
New front tyres, new shocks front and rear and new discs and pads at the rear.
My faith in VW is restored.

Welcome.
My favourite car ever was my 3 door Mk2 16v 1991. I bought it when it was 1 year old with 8k miles. I sold it way too soon. Cry.

I never got on with the 16v, much preferred the 8v.
The 1991 specs were fab though. My 1991 GTI is the only car I had massive regret selling.

Quite right to keep the ED35 Nino, it’s from a simpler time but still has most of the mod cons and anything missing from spec can generally be retrofitted. Easy to maintain and easy to lightly upgrade parts when they wear out without detracting from its originality.
The depreciation on mk8’s is vicious at the moment and they’ve gotten too expensive.
There’s plenty of time to upgrade in the future should you wish, but for now you’ve still got a pretty special car to enjoy.


@Hertsman, heed your wife’s words or you’ll end up actually living in the car 😁
Besides cars are far less trouble than pretty faces (elderly Alfas aside and to be honest I never really understood the Alfa love of car enthusiasts, they do nothing for me) and less expensive in the long run!