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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 gallery => Topic started by: Mew on 20 February 2011, 15:26

Title: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 20 February 2011, 15:26: Well, I never thought I'd do it, but yesterday I bought a mk4 :shocked:

Late 2000 1.8T (AUM)
12 months MOT
2 owners (an Architect, and before that a good friend)
Pretty much FSH with a load of receipts
2 new Yokahama tyres (with decent matching rears), new front discs and pads
1 month old battery
recent (enough) cambelt and waterpump done at VW
Recaro interior, CD changer, AC
EVERYTHING works!

I'm chuffed to bits with it tbh, the only downsides are that it has done 173k and needs a coilpack (already on order), but this was more than reflected in the price I paid :lipsrsealed: The guy even delivered it to me!

And now the pics (I haven't washed it or hoovered it out yet). And before someone says it, yes it is only a standard mk4, but hopefully the pics show how tidy it is:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1145.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1144.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1142.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1141.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1139.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1138.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1136.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1134.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1148.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1128.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1129.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1133.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/DSCF1152.jpg)
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Dec on 20 February 2011, 15:34: Looks incredibly tidy for 173k :shocked:

How much did you hand over then? :wink:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 20 February 2011, 15:39: Quote from: Dec on 20 February 2011, 15:34
How much did you hand over then? :wink:

I'm really not going to say. People with either disbelieve me or they'll hate me :grin:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Rhyso on 20 February 2011, 15:39: Quote from: Mew on 20 February 2011, 15:39
Quote from: Dec on 20 February 2011, 15:34
How much did you hand over then? :wink:

I'm really not going to say. People with either disbelieve me or they'll hate me :grin:

I reckon 1K
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Dec on 20 February 2011, 15:45: Quote from: Mew on 20 February 2011, 15:39
Quote from: Dec on 20 February 2011, 15:34
How much did you hand over then? :wink:

I'm really not going to say. People with either disbelieve me or they'll hate me :grin:

I would probably be on the hate side :laugh:

Looks tidy though dude :smiley:
Quote from: Rhyso on 20 February 2011, 15:39
Quote from: Mew on 20 February 2011, 15:39
Quote from: Dec on 20 February 2011, 15:34
How much did you hand over then? :wink:

I'm really not going to say. People with either disbelieve me or they'll hate me :grin:

I reckon 1K

Seen one or two high milers not much more than that, so yeah could be lol
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: dan_apps on 20 February 2011, 15:49: tidy that Mew fair play! :afro:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Wayne on 20 February 2011, 16:05: Looks very clean for the miles covered, :cool:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Chris-White on 20 February 2011, 16:50: Quote from: Mew on 20 February 2011, 15:39
Quote from: Dec on 20 February 2011, 15:34
How much did you hand over then? :wink:

I'm really not going to say. People with either disbelieve me or they'll hate me :grin:

Im hatin'
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Toby on 20 February 2011, 17:24: Looks good mate, moredoors ftw
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: jeynesey on 20 February 2011, 17:33: Looks good, wrong colour though :wink:

If you need some black trim pieces lemme know :afro:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: JC on 20 February 2011, 18:04: whats happening to Red ? :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 20 February 2011, 18:07: Soon to be for sale, I think
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Jay on 20 February 2011, 18:24: Very tidy for 173K, good purchase :cool:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 20 February 2011, 21:19: Quote from: jeynesey on 20 February 2011, 17:33
Looks good, wrong colour though :wink:

If you need some black trim pieces lemme know :afro:

Thanks for the offer, but I quite like the wood. I feel it adds a touch of sophistication.

Not really, although I don't mind it! :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: snifferdog on 20 February 2011, 21:22: Looks nice mate! Although, Im sure the rear badges are on the wrong way round?!
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Wayne on 20 February 2011, 21:28: Quote from: snifferdog on 20 February 2011, 21:22
Although, Im sure the rear badges are on the wrong way round?!

Yes they are, guess it has had some paint in the past or debadged maybe
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 20 February 2011, 21:51: Quote from: Wayne on 20 February 2011, 21:28
Quote from: snifferdog on 20 February 2011, 21:22
Although, Im sure the rear badges are on the wrong way round?!

Yes they are, guess it has had some paint in the past or debadged maybe

I did notice that when I went to view it, so I had a good look around the rear. I can't see any masking lines and I'm pretty sure all the paint matches. I checked the boot floor inside and outside and all seems fine, including all trim and the build sticker, and all of the panel gaps seem to be good.
I guess it may have had a new bootlid early on in life, as the last owner definitely wouldn't have debadged it, and by the sounds of it the owner before him wouldn't have done.

I may debadge it anyway, although I had intended to leave it standard :embarassed:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 23 June 2011, 23:40: After some seriously hard work to get the guys at VW to just look on the system rather than keep telling me i'm being rediculous in suggesting they might replace them for free, I'm now booked in for some new coils next week.

Total expenditure so far: approx £610 :cool:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Wayne on 23 June 2011, 23:43: Quote from: Mew on 23 June 2011, 23:40
After some seriously hard work to get the guys at VW to just look on the system rather than keep telling me i'm being rediculous in suggesting they might replace them for free, I'm now booked in for some new coils next week.

Total expenditure so far: approx £610 :cool:

If the coils end in 115Q or 115R they will not replace them, I had 4 new ones last week, my old ones were H and L, the new coils are a different design with a grey top.
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 23 June 2011, 23:52: Mine are old, end in G from memory. I've already replaced 2 with new genuine items, but I'll put the dodgy 2 back in before I go into VW and then keep the replacements as spares. Very nearly bought these not so long ago:

http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=27520&xSec=9919

.....glad I didn't now.

Any ideas what part number the new ones are?
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Wayne on 23 June 2011, 23:54: Quote from: Mew on 23 June 2011, 23:52
Mine are old, end in G from memory. I've already replaced 2 with new genuine items, but I'll put the dodgy 2 back in before I go into VW and then keep the replacements as spares. Very nearly bought these not so long ago:

http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=27520&xSec=9919

.....glad I didn't now.

Any ideas what part number the new ones are?

Not sure, I think they are the same part number but end in U.

I find mine much smoother now.
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: SoundillusioN on 24 June 2011, 08:13: Quote from: Mew on 23 June 2011, 23:40
After some seriously hard work to get the guys at VW to just look on the system rather than keep telling me i'm being rediculous in suggesting they might replace them for free, I'm now booked in for some new coils next week.

Total expenditure so far: approx £610 :cool:

Feck me... how much was the car then! :shocked:

Nice motor for the money/miles!
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 24 June 2011, 15:53: Quote from: SoundillusioN on 24 June 2011, 08:13

Feck me... how much was the car then! :shocked:

Nice motor for the money/miles!

£590
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: CheshireSport on 24 June 2011, 16:12: You paid £590 :shocked:

Im hating :grin: absolute bargain mate well done
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 07 August 2012, 21:57: still going...

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/CJB/20120807_214841.jpg)
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: SoundillusioN on 08 August 2012, 19:12: 'ardcore! :cool:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 23 September 2012, 10:09: I've been having idle issues lately, hunting quite badly between 400-1200 rpm at times and at other times it would just cut out when approaching a junction.

I knew one of the breather hoses had a slight split so that was replaced, and I also gave the throttle body a thorough clean. Car now idles perfectly, doesn't cut out and pulls harder.

Throttle body alignment to be done at work and then its job done :smiley:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: MS1COYS on 23 September 2012, 18:39: Loving the faux walnut gear shifter. Proper grandad mod, looks like something off my old Jag. :shocked:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Dave_IOW on 23 September 2012, 18:48: Quote from: MS1COYS on 23 September 2012, 18:39
Loving the faux walnut gear shifter. Proper grandad mod, looks like something off my old Jag. :shocked:

Mod? It's standard.
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: MS1COYS on 23 September 2012, 19:06: Quote from: Dave_IOW on 23 September 2012, 18:48
Quote from: MS1COYS on 23 September 2012, 18:39
Loving the faux walnut gear shifter. Proper grandad mod, looks like something off my old Jag. :shocked:

Mod? It's standard.

Standard/Mod....I still love it. Doubles up as a great sex toy :shocked:
Title: Re: Mk4 time!
Post by: Mew on 20 October 2012, 15:05: Buy me:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=242281.0