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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: Phil303 on 13 February 2006, 20:48

Title: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Phil303 on 13 February 2006, 20:48
...I've just got my car back from the garage after having the timing adjusted and a new distibutor head put on. They ran a compression test to make sure everything was okay and it turns out that I've got (or rather, the car's got) full compression on all four cylinders... :huh:

I must admit this meant nothing to me at first but they summed it up by saying that for a 17 year-old car with quarter of a million miles on the clock it's unheard of. They even ran the test again as they thought the machine was faulty.

I then got a lecture about looking after the car properly and spending money on it more regularly to keep it in good shape as they are becoming more scarce and more collectable.

And that's the end of my underwhelmingly dull story! Made me happy anyway.
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Neaty on 13 February 2006, 21:16
nice one mate! just shows how well built old dubs are!

was that an exageration with the mileage?
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Phil303 on 13 February 2006, 21:48
No exaggeration I promise, it really has done quarter of a million.

I bought it 9 years ago with 91K on the clock and added the rest myself.
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: [han] on 13 February 2006, 22:03
gorgeous car!
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Phil303 on 14 February 2006, 09:16
Thank you!   :smiley:
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Neaty on 14 February 2006, 10:51
Quote from: Phil303 on 13 February 2006, 21:48
No exaggeration I promise, it really has done quarter of a million.

I bought it 9 years ago with 91K on the clock and added the rest myself.
well then that is commendale, looks tidy aswell considering the mileage!  :cool:
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Madone_si on 14 February 2006, 14:57
VW's engines if looked after properly will keep going on and on for 200k easy... - good to see a cab running so well... :)

I'm only at 63k on my cab - I've got loads left on mine then!!!!  :grin:
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 14 February 2006, 16:47
That's great Phil!

Mines coming up to the 150K mark now. I did garage it up at the start of the winter, but split up with the girlfriend, so it had to come back out on the road as I could no longer use her Rover as my winter car  :sick:
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: eyeletboy on 14 February 2006, 16:53
150k!!! bloody good nick for that number of miles :shocked:
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 15 February 2006, 13:56
Cheers mate  :smiley: Does not a few bits doing now, like a few rust bubbles  :sick:
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Neaty on 15 February 2006, 23:01
^^ were u at dubfreeze last year?
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: jv on 15 February 2006, 23:05
Yeah, I remember seeing that brown, er I mean bronze, cab :)
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Neaty on 15 February 2006, 23:07
was high up, as in not on the ground, near where that stall thing was selling steering wheels! if that makes sense
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: jv on 15 February 2006, 23:09
Yeah on the balcony reprezentin' Newport CGTI
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Neaty on 15 February 2006, 23:25
yea i thought it was!!
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 16 February 2006, 08:37
That was me in the brown, I mean Bronze cab at Dubfreeze  :smiley: Club GTI Newport booked a stand to put all our cars on and we could barely fit mine on it  :shocked:
Title: Re: I don't want to boast but...
Post by: de3660 on 17 February 2006, 19:14
mines on 203k at the least now, bought it at 198k it better not stop on me.