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Title: Wow I have a GTI!
Post by: steviem on 25 November 2005, 15:10: I bought myself a mk2 GTI 8valve for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£200 off some guy in Chelmsford, and although it has its problems, which I'll come to in a bit, it is AMAZING!
It's a Black E reg 3 door and it doesn't seem to want to stick to 30mph at all, going from a 106 1.4 Diesel that needed to be floored to get to 30!
I embarrased a mate who just spent Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£11000 on a brand new C2 VTR as well...

The bad bits:
Has rust bubbles on the boot
The window rubbers on the passenger door are perishing
Sometimes have trouble getting 2nd (thats me, not the car, i think)
ISO connector has been cut out, so i have to do loads of soldering to get my headunit in
Speaker grills in doors not in car anymore.
On teardrop alloys at the front and BBS alloys at the back.
The handbrake is buggered

So i need to find out a couple of things,
1) Where is the best place to go through to get a connection straight to the battery (for my Alpine CDA-9812RB and Amp)?
2) What is the easiest speaker size to fit in the doors, and the easiest size to fit in the Dashboard space?
3) How do I reset the clock on the lcd display near the rev meter, and what temperature is shown by *oC?

Thanks loads, with your help I should have this car for a long while.
Title: Re: Wow I have a GTI!
Post by: Len on 25 November 2005, 15:14: Welcome to the forum mate!

These cars become addicted.

You should post your questions in the Mk 2 Section. They will help ya!
Title: Re: Wow I have a GTI!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 25 November 2005, 15:15: arrow. :cool:
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Post by: Daz... on 25 November 2005, 15:19: Welcome to the Forum :cool:
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Post by: golfpro on 25 November 2005, 15:59: eyup mate, good decision to get the golf. im sure youl get hours of fun from it.

Enjoy the site, use the search facility for your queries, it may provide an answer or two, and asap get us some pics!
Title: Re: Wow I have a GTI!
Post by: gibby on 25 November 2005, 16:07: Welcome to the forum. :smiley:

For question 3 above, try either taking out the relevant fuse and popping it back in or just disconnect the battery connections for a minute or so and then pop then back on and see how that goes.
Title: Re: Wow I have a GTI!
Post by: Rhyso on 25 November 2005, 16:45: howdy!! :cool:

welcome to the forum :smiley:
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Post by: lesley on 25 November 2005, 17:01: Hiya! :wink:
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Post by: RandomJord on 25 November 2005, 17:16: Nice one mate, welcome, welcome i say
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Post by: [han] on 25 November 2005, 22:19: hiya! i used to have a 1.4 106 diesel.. someone wrote it off so i bought my golf! mine was m-reg! lol
:smiley: hiya!
Title: Re: Wow I have a GTI!
Post by: steviem on 25 November 2005, 23:08: That is soo weird! :shocked:
Title: Re: Wow I have a GTI!
Post by: Cra1g on 27 November 2005, 23:14: Welcome to the forum

Cra1g