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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: mjp on 15 April 2009, 13:25
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guys here are some updated pics of my car...what do you think? I have it up to ed30 spec...got the k04 and a few other mods...car makes around 330whp...
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/mjp_photo_album/new195Medium.jpg)
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/mjp_photo_album/new200Medium.jpg)
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Very very tastefully modded. Its beautiful
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Luuuurrrrrvly :drool: :drool: :drool:
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ive got a candy white ed 30 and was going to sell it but glad i havnt, this is one of the best looking modded golfs ive seen in fact awesome mate.
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Im affraid I will have to agree with what all the other said above!! One of the nicest CW's I have seen if not the best.... and a 5dr too :grin:
I take it from those pics your not in the UK???
Super nice anyway!!! :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Agreed - FANTASTIC looking car. Very tastefully done.
Loving that <makes notes of some of the mods for use on his own car>
Dan
ps any chance of a full mod list and pics???!!! :grin:
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I personally hate modified cars, just one of those personal things - I am a standard "freak" :)
But that is lovely, no denying it at all.
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Sex.
Apart from the headlight brows and the 5 doors I'd go as far as to say perfect, love it.
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Very nice, theres something about it that I dont quite like but cant put my finger on it...
Whats mods have you got?
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Very nice, theres something about it that I dont quite like but cant put my finger on it...
Its not sat on your driveway??? :grin: :grin: :tongue:
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Nice car, but lose the Edition 30 badge. If it's a not a genuine Ed30, don't badge it as one. Sorry, but badging cars as something they are not is a real pet peeve of mine.
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very very nice matey and a 5dr aswell :smiley: but as said just lose the badge and the brows and its :cool:
full mod list when you get a spare minute please mate :wink:
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Nice pics and Nice Car :cool:
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Does look very sweeeeeeet!
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Crazy South Africans... :cool:
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Nice car, but lose the Edition 30 badge. If it's a not a genuine Ed30, don't badge it as one. Sorry, but badging cars as something they are not is a real pet peeve of mine.
It looks like one, has the same turbo and 330bhp! I know what you are saying but its not like a 1.4 dressed and badged as a gti/R32. That really peeves me off (sadly lol)
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Besides...Its not as if VW didnt cheat you out of the special edition thing anyway... They over produced... By a couple of hundred...
Besides that the car is in South Africa. We didnt even get a sniff of an edition 30 or a pirelli. We only got a couple of .:R's and to be quite frank its not as if everyone in SA has a badged Edition 30. Let the guy have his fun.
His car looks great and has everything an Edition 30 has. Except the interior... Big dealio... :kiss:
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Has he got one of those christmas cracker plaques though? :D
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Nice car, but lose the Edition 30 badge. If it's a not a genuine Ed30, don't badge it as one. Sorry, but badging cars as something they are not is a real pet peeve of mine.
It looks like one, has the same turbo and 330bhp! I know what you are saying but its not like a 1.4 dressed and badged as a gti/R32. That really peeves me off (sadly lol)
Agreed. However, the Ed30 is (or at least was supposed to be) a limited edition car and the OP's car is not an Edition 30 so I think badging it as such is a bit silly.
Anyone who knows about GTI's will be able to tell on close inspection that it's not an Ed30, i.e no red stitching in the cabin, different seats etc..
Granted, he's done some serious mods to the car and 330bhp is very impressive, but the fact remains he is trying to pass the car off as something it's not. That's my only issue with it.
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with you on that one maxQ thats the sort of thing i used to do 8 years ago when i was 17 and driving nova sr's badged up as gte's/gsi's hahaha apart from that everything else is sweet especialy 330 bhp :shocked:
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Nice car, but lose the Edition 30 badge. If it's a not a genuine Ed30, don't badge it as one. Sorry, but badging cars as something they are not is a real pet peeve of mine.
It looks like one, has the same turbo and 330bhp! I know what you are saying but its not like a 1.4 dressed and badged as a gti/R32. That really peeves me off (sadly lol)
thanks for the nice compliments...i put on the ed30 badge as the motor is ed30 spec...same like i have the 20th AE gti badges on the rear...should i remove that cause its not a 20th AE gti?...we did not get ed30 in sa and people will not know what an ed30 gti is...the car is OEM+...
list of mods as requested
R32 rear section with custom made tailpipes
Experience DP
K04
S3 DV relocation
Eurojet PCV
WOTBOX
Forge CAI
Forge DV
S3 Injectors
Autotech HPFP
Aquamist programmable W/I
Powerflex bushes and mounts
H&R coils
19inch BBS CK
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lol! :laugh:
South African Dealerships look at you funny when you say edition 30... Nevermind the Pirelli.. When I asked if they had Pirelli GTi's the guy took me to the workshop and showed me a tyre :lipsrsealed:
Besides... Funny how everyone complains that he badged it as an ED30 but nobody has issues with those that take an edition 30 and change the styling, seats and engine parts... Its a bit hypocritical as far as Im concerned.
Mike
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Very nice car - but I also think the badge should go. Not for the same reasons as the others though. I just think it takes away from the look of the rear of the car. I prefer the cleaner look of the rear with just the GTI badge. Even if I had a ED30, I would remove the ED30 badge. I don't care what people think it is - just as long as the car looks as cool and slick as it can. But ETTO as always.
Somebody said on here before that the ED30 badge looks too like the Ford TDCI badge, and I think that's really true!
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Very nice car - but I also think the badge should go. Not for the same reasons as the others though. I just think it takes away from the look of the rear of the car. I prefer the cleaner look of the rear with just the GTI badge. Even if I had a ED30, I would remove the ED30 badge. I don't care what people think it is - just as long as the car looks as cool and slick as it can. But ETTO as always.
Somebody said on here before that the ED30 badge looks too like the Ford TDCI badge, and I think that's really true!
+1
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Besides... Funny how everyone complains that he badged it as an ED30 but nobody has issues with those that take an edition 30 and change the styling, seats and engine parts... Its a bit hypocritical as far as Im concerned.
Well that's something completely different and not at all hypocritical. Those people are not trying to make their car look like something else and then badge it as if it's the real deal.
If I had the old V8 S4 and got the engine tuned up to 400bhp+, and put an RS4 exhaust on it with the RS4 body kit, would it be ok for me to re-badge it as an RS4? I don't think so.
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Is there a moral code in car modification? :D
Modification is all about making something look better than it really is, I think putting a badge on a car describing it as something else is a bit silly - agreed, but not something to get upset about.
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Id replace the ED30 badge for a Wolfsburg edition one myself really get under peoples skin then :tongue:
Realistically though good looking car but id be happy it was a GTI mate, each to there own and its yours to do as you please.
Wish i had my car after seeing these pics... its STUNNING!!!!!!
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Besides... Funny how everyone complains that he badged it as an ED30 but nobody has issues with those that take an edition 30 and change the styling, seats and engine parts... Its a bit hypocritical as far as Im concerned.
Well that's something completely different and not at all hypocritical. Those people are not trying to make their car look like something else and then badge it as if it's the real deal.
If I had the old V8 S4 and got the engine tuned up to 400bhp+, and put an RS4 exhaust on it with the RS4 body kit, would it be ok for me to re-badge it as an RS4? I don't think so.
I unfortunately dont understand how that is different?
You have bought was is "classified" as a limited edition car and surely if its a special edition you shouldnt be changing things on it? Some people have sold the pescaras. Some have changed the rear ends to .:R32. Some have ripped out the seats and replaced them. When they sell these cars they will not be original limited edition. Therefore they shouldnt count as limited edition vehicles. Would you rip apart an original MK1 and change it completely? No you wouldnt (Unless restoring it). So then why is it acceptable to change things on an edition 30?
And yet nobody fusses when people change bonnets, exhausts and the like... But when someone puts a badge (You can even buy the placque from a known supplier now) that is readily available online onto a GTi that is more edition 30 like than most of the modded edition 30's on here everyone throws their toys out of their cots?
In essence you guys are complaing that he is branding his car as something that its not. Well when the ED30 was launched they said it will have colour coded bumpers, pescaras etc etc. When you change the pescaras on an edition 30. You rebrand the car. Its all the same thing.
If anything this guys car is more limited than the edition 30 is as its the ONLY GTi of its kind in South Africa. And then of course you dont know why he has the badge. Perhaps edition 30 relates to the fact that his GTi has over 300hp? There are not a lot of GTi's in SA that have this.... Why do certain members of this forum judge so quickly?
Im not getting upset because he stuck a badge on his car. Personally I couldnt care. Its how trigger happy people are on this forum to judge and how you guys get so twitchy in your ultra limited, ultra cool and for those that want bigger heads I mention again the word "limited" golfs.
Im done ranting now :smiley:
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He could badge is as a Ferrari if he likes.
Given he basically has an ed30 under the skin as well as looking like one - whats the problem? He doesn't have a plaque of course but I'm sure and sign writer could manage that :grin:
As Micsta says, given that the ed30 doesn't exist in SA it really is a non issue.
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Besides... Funny how everyone complains that he badged it as an ED30 but nobody has issues with those that take an edition 30 and change the styling, seats and engine parts... Its a bit hypocritical as far as Im concerned.
Well that's something completely different and not at all hypocritical. Those people are not trying to make their car look like something else and then badge it as if it's the real deal.
If I had the old V8 S4 and got the engine tuned up to 400bhp+, and put an RS4 exhaust on it with the RS4 body kit, would it be ok for me to re-badge it as an RS4? I don't think so.
I unfortunately dont understand how that is different?
You have bought was is "classified" as a limited edition car and surely if its a special edition you shouldnt be changing things on it? Some people have sold the pescaras. Some have changed the rear ends to .:R32. Some have ripped out the seats and replaced them. When they sell these cars they will not be original limited edition. Therefore they shouldnt count as limited edition vehicles. Would you rip apart an original MK1 and change it completely? No you wouldnt (Unless restoring it). So then why is it acceptable to change things on an edition 30?
And yet nobody fusses when people change bonnets, exhausts and the like... But when someone puts a badge (You can even buy the placque from a known supplier now) that is readily available online onto a GTi that is more edition 30 like than most of the modded edition 30's on here everyone throws their toys out of their cots?
In essence you guys are complaing that he is branding his car as something that its not. Well when the ED30 was launched they said it will have colour coded bumpers, pescaras etc etc. When you change the pescaras on an edition 30. You rebrand the car. Its all the same thing.
If anything this guys car is more limited than the edition 30 is as its the ONLY GTi of its kind in South Africa. And then of course you dont know why he has the badge. Perhaps edition 30 relates to the fact that his GTi has over 300hp? There are not a lot of GTi's in SA that have this.... Why do certain members of this forum judge so quickly?
Im not getting upset because he stuck a badge on his car. Personally I couldnt care. Its how trigger happy people are on this forum to judge and how you guys get so twitchy in your ultra limited, ultra cool and for those that want bigger heads I mention again the word "limited" golfs.
Im done ranting now :smiley:
Very nicely put :)
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I unfortunately dont understand how that is different?
Ok....I'll explain it once more...
I have no problem with anyone modifying any car, in what ever way they want. What I do think is juvenile and tasteless however, is someone trying to pass their car off as something it is not. That is the issue I have with it.
You have bought was is "classified" as a limited edition car
Nope, I don't have an Edition 30 - just a regular run of the mill GTI. :embarassed:
surely if its a special edition you shouldnt be changing things on it? Some people have sold the pescaras. Some have changed the rear ends to .:R32. Some have ripped out the seats and replaced them. When they sell these cars they will not be original limited edition. Therefore they shouldnt count as limited edition vehicles. Would you rip apart an original MK1 and change it completely? No you wouldnt (Unless restoring it). So then why is it acceptable to change things on an edition 30?
You appear to have missed the point. I don't think I ever mentioned anything about those who modify a limited edition car. I've been talking about people who try to make their car look like a limited edition car and then badge it as one. You're the one who has brought up this thing about people modifying limited edition cars. I never mentioned it. Again, for the record, I don't care what anyone does to their car, limited edition or not. The distinct difference here Mike, is that those who modify their ED30's are not trying to pass their car off as something it's not. Do you see the distinction?
And yet nobody fusses when people change bonnets, exhausts and the like...
No, and why would they? I certainly don't.
In essence you guys are complaining that he is branding his car as something that its not.
Now we're getting somewhere. :smiley:
Well when the ED30 was launched they said it will have colour coded bumpers, pescaras etc etc. When you change the pescaras on an edition 30. You rebrand the car. Its all the same thing.
No you don't rebrand the car when you do any of those things. You have modified the car. That's all.
If anything this guys car is more limited than the edition 30 is as its the ONLY GTi of its kind in South Africa. And then of course you dont know why he has the badge. Perhaps edition 30 relates to the fact that his GTi has over 300hp? There are not a lot of GTi's in SA that have this.... Why do certain members of this forum judge so quickly?
Ah Mike, come on now. That's clutching at straws to try to justify it. The car is not an Edition 30. End of.
Im not getting upset because he stuck a badge on his car. Personally I couldnt care. Its how trigger happy people are on this forum to judge and how you guys get so twitchy in your ultra limited, ultra cool and for those that want bigger heads I mention again the word "limited" golfs.
And I really couldn't care less either, but the guy posted up pictures of his car to get some feedback on it. I gave mine, and indeed I complimented him on the car. I think it looks well, but made the point that I thought the ED30 badge was a bit naff and that the car would be better without it. It was only when yourself and others engaged in debate on the issue of badging that I responded with my 'tuppence worth. I really didn't want to post on this thread again, but your last post was so wide of the mark and seemed to miss the point that I and others had made, that I had to jump back in.
Anyway, I'm done now as well. :smiley:
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Thanks for your feedback Max Q :cool:
You have still missed the point I was making. But I often dont express my thoughts correctly in typing on forums so I will just leave it at that. PM me if you want to continue with our discussion :wink:
Once again. Lovely car mate!
Mike
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Perfect but for the headlight ''brows'' :sick:.
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Lovely car - just lose the brows :grin: Don't suppose you can get rid of the two back doors while you're at it? :laugh:
As for the Ed30 badge, I can't see the problem. Some people on here seem to take offence - I say, get a life and do something else with your time rather than slagging someone else's car. :rolleyes:
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if anything that golf should have 1.4 or tdi badges. agree with max q in that badging up cars is ghey - looks like all the usual w*nkers in bmw 316s with M badges on the back.
nice illegal looking tinted headlights too.
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Back on topic...
I love this car! It is almost enough for me to want some CK instead of CH rims for mine!
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if anything that golf should have 1.4 or tdi badges. agree with max q in that badging up cars is ghey - looks like all the usual w*nkers in bmw 316s with M badges on the back.
nice illegal looking tinted headlights too.
lol!!!!
In SA you can buy the 318i in M form from the dealerships :lipsrsealed:
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if anything that golf should have 1.4 or tdi badges. agree with max q in that badging up cars is ghey - looks like all the usual w*nkers in bmw 316s with M badges on the back.
nice illegal looking tinted headlights too.
I think you're forgetting that this car is in South Africa - the tints may not be illegal there... Plus while the comment re BMW drivers is certainly valid here in the UK ( :grin:) it again, may not be the case in SA.
Anyway, shouldn't you be getting back to fixing whatever's wrong with your MG today? :lipsrsealed: :rolleyes:
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I think you're forgetting that this car is in South Africa - the tints may not be illegal there... Plus while the comment re BMW drivers is certainly valid here in the UK ( :grin:) it again, may not be the case in SA.
Anyway, shouldn't you be getting back to fixing whatever's wrong with your MG today? :lipsrsealed: :rolleyes:
i am aware the car is in south africa; legal or not, tinted lights are never a sensible idea are they? anyone with a semblance of common sense will agree.
mg's not broke for a wee while touch wood. only has to last me 3 more weeks without chucking its headgasket and i'll be very happy with it as it has served its purpose.
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I think you're forgetting that this car is in South Africa - the tints may not be illegal there... Plus while the comment re BMW drivers is certainly valid here in the UK ( :grin:) it again, may not be the case in SA.
Anyway, shouldn't you be getting back to fixing whatever's wrong with your MG today? :lipsrsealed: :rolleyes:
i am aware the car is in south africa; legal or not, tinted lights are never a sensible idea are they? anyone with a semblance of common sense will agree.
mg's not broke for a wee while touch wood. only has to last me 3 more weeks without chucking its headgasket and i'll be very happy with it as it has served its purpose.
So what you got planned for your next mode of transport??? a pair of ugg boots??
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So what you got planned for your next mode of transport??? a pair of ugg boots??
no, but in the meantime try this (http://www.howtobefunny.net/).
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lol!
First off the cops in SA have Gti's as chase cars... And yes I have seen two that have been modded we even have a modified R20 or whateva they are called Renault Meganes with tirts that are darker than the black of the cars paintwork. Secondly they dont give a darn about tints at all. As their own cars have them... its called smash and grab tints.... Its what saves a lot of peoples lives here. Thirdly his car has xenons... Even with tints he is emmiting more energy than you brain does than the standard halogens :wink:
Sigh Mr Sharpie... You never learn. (But still remain somewhat funny)
Mike
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Back on topic..
Lovely looking car mjp! All your mods are very tasteful, esp the BBS CK's :drool:
Enjoy driving her!
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So what you got planned for your next mode of transport??? a pair of ugg boots??
no, but in the meantime try this (http://www.howtobefunny.net/).
why?? i dont get it??
oh i see, was it meant to be a joke??
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08micsta i can see you are intent on defending this car to the ends of the earth, which was why i said originally only people with the tiniest bit sense would realise that putting tints on top of headlights is a not a good idea; regardless if they are xenons or not.
why?? i dont get it??
oh i see, was it meant to be a joke??
possibly the single least funny reply ever.
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And if you had the tiniest bit of sense you would not have bought a MG Convetible and paraded it on a Golf forum in the same way Paris Hilton Parades her undergarments.
:smiley:
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And if you had the tiniest bit of sense you would not have bought a MG Convetible and paraded it on a Golf forum in the same way Paris Hilton Parades her undergarments.
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:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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08micsta i can see you are intent on defending this car to the ends of the earth, which was why i said originally only people with the tiniest bit sense would realise that putting tints on top of headlights is a not a good idea; regardless if they are xenons or not.
why?? i dont get it??
oh i see, was it meant to be a joke??
possibly the single least funny reply ever.
I think you may have just knocked me into second place with that last response.
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lol at ugg boots. I would rather push my R32 than drive an MG :laugh:
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I think you're forgetting that this car is in South Africa - the tints may not be illegal there... Plus while the comment re BMW drivers is certainly valid here in the UK ( :grin:) it again, may not be the case in SA.
Anyway, shouldn't you be getting back to fixing whatever's wrong with your MG today? :lipsrsealed: :rolleyes:
i am aware the car is in south africa; legal or not, tinted lights are never a sensible idea are they? anyone with a semblance of common sense will agree.
mg's not broke for a wee while touch wood. only has to last me 3 more weeks without chucking its headgasket and i'll be very happy with it as it has served its purpose.
So what you got planned for your next mode of transport??? a pair of ugg boots??.... :grin: :grin: :smug:
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(http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp300/neo66_bucket/992670-1.jpg)
My friend said a car nearly exactly like this but with dark tints allround and big grey alloys was passing it off as an Edition30!
I said hes taking the fooking mick!, he said it as if he was trying to get one over my 3dr Candywhite Gti.
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(http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp300/neo66_bucket/992670-1.jpg)
My friend said a car nearly exactly like this but with dark tints allround and big grey alloys was passing it off as an Edition30!
I said hes taking the fooking mick!, he said it as if he was trying to get one over my 3dr Candywhite Gti.
lol...i dont get why you guys are upset over something that is so small...
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btw...here are some new pics of the car...
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/mjp_photo_album/pics025Medium.jpg)
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/mjp_photo_album/pics039Medium.jpg)
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/mjp_photo_album/pics068Medium.jpg)
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I dont care what its badged as - its a very nice looking motor
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I dont care what its badged as - its a very nice looking motor
+1 :grin:
Thats one seriously :cool: looking motor!!
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+2 i like it aswell the ultimate good looking golf in my imo would be the gti front with r32 rear bumber and pipes etc + 18" monza's :cool: in 3door though obviously lol :laugh:
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Beautiful car.
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Quote ''lol...i dont get why you guys are upset over something that is so small...''
I wasnt refering to this thread in general, just mentioning about this car as its nothing like a Gti!.
(http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp300/neo66_bucket/992670-1.jpg)