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Title: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 05 August 2006, 15:28: Just bought my first GTI.

It's a Tornado Red Big Bumpered 8v.

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

It's on a G plate with 138,000 miles, centre back exhaust and lowered on adjustable suspension.

It's been pikyed up...shopping list,sun strip but that's all coming off when she comes home with me tomorow.

Then i'm putting my Revolution 5 spokes (black with silver lip) on her and the job's a good'un.

Now to sort out insurnance on it... :angry: I'm only 18 haha!

:smiley:

What a day.
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Uruk Hai on 05 August 2006, 17:41: Fair play mate, sounds like you'll be spending a morning phoning all the free numbers in the yellow pages trying to get a qoute !
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 06 August 2006, 07:27: Insured her for 1000.

Picking her up at 10!

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Uruk Hai on 06 August 2006, 08:40: Holly mother f*cker dude a grand, you must really like GTI's to pay that sort of money :laugh:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: samjac68 on 06 August 2006, 14:44: can i ask what company thats with? :grin:

id have a gti if i could insure it for less than... wait for it... Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£4000 :shocked:

the 1.6 driver will be Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£1600 :sad:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Uruk Hai on 06 August 2006, 15:18: I had no idea that insurance companys were still such robbing b*stards when it comes to young drivers, unreall !
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: ghost8 on 06 August 2006, 18:47: 4 grand ?,
are you like , 15, live in Hackney, got 11 points for dangerous drivin' ?
blimey, thats like rent on a council gaff
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 06 August 2006, 22:48: What a day...cleaned her up real good and remove some of the mess the previous owner left.

It's lowered on Bilstein shocks and here she is:

(my wheels need to go on soon,with some spacers..)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/T_J_G/100_0614.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/T_J_G/100_0613.jpg)
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 06 August 2006, 22:55: Quote from: samjac68 on 06 August 2006, 14:44
can i ask what company thats with? :grin:

id have a gti if i could insure it for less than... wait for it... Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£4000 :shocked:

the 1.6 driver will be Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£1600 :sad:

Admiral.

My 1.8 Driver (now redunant) cost me 600 quid to insure and i may have just turned 18. I have a years NCB now though.
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: wobbit on 10 August 2006, 20:54: is this an 8v? im also 18 and have been getting quotes from admiral around 980quid for a mk2 gti 8v with 1 year ncb
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Golf GIT on 11 August 2006, 01:54: She looks sweet mate - not feeling that square front plate tho... :huh:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Uruk Hai on 11 August 2006, 08:56: As Mark says, looks nice but loose that front plate its just not Golf :smiley:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Neaty on 11 August 2006, 18:18: she looks alright doesnt she, good work.

i pay close to 2 grand on my 5 door 8 valve, its obserd
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 12 August 2006, 11:07: the plate is definitely going as soon as i get the logbook to take over and get some new'uns made up..

:smiley:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Uruk Hai on 12 August 2006, 12:26: Good boy, a nice set of plates just finishes a car off nice :wink:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: VR6_ROB on 12 August 2006, 12:56: very nice looks clean
i aint keen on the front plate either

i pay 700 on my 8v gti and im 21
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 12 August 2006, 13:10: Quote from: Uruk Hai on 12 August 2006, 12:26
Good boy, a nice set of plates just finishes a car off niceÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â :wink:

yup, and the new wheels and a new driver seat and son...haha!
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: PassRatGT on 14 August 2006, 21:33: Love being old Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£330 fully comp on a Mk3 Gti! Poor poor youngsters
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: maximk2 on 05 September 2006, 15:20: insurance? dont talk to me about insurance paid 1250 for my 8v and then 4680 for insurance! might be the 7 accidents that have all gone against me..... BUGGER!!! :angry:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: monkeyalan on 05 September 2006, 16:05: Quote from: maximk2 on 05 September 2006, 15:20
insurance? dont talk to me about insurance paid 1250 for my 8v and then 4680 for insurance! might be the 7 accidents that have all gone against me..... BUGGER!!! :angry:

you shouldn't be on the roads! 7 accidents and paying out over Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£4600 for insurance on a Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£1250 car. you're mental! :laugh:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 05 September 2006, 17:15: who dug the dead thread up then!?

Anyway pics of my car are available at:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=46133.0
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: Stu.750 on 05 September 2006, 20:29: No idea , been quoted 550 fully comp on a mk1 gti , im 23 (8 points) and its on a classic policy not bad really
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: ChrisO GolfO on 06 September 2006, 12:30: I got quoted 1000 for my mk2 8v im 21 with 3 accidents on my name and 1 years ncb... Im pretty happy with that since I pay 1000 now for my Mk4 and thats only a 1.4!!

Your pics are cool man did you use a full Digital SLR or just a standard Digi Camera?

Im thinking gonna wait for a nice white winters day to take some pics of my Golf Mk2 got some wicked forests round near me...
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 06 September 2006, 12:48: 1700, on a mk2 ryder, 1.3, that was the cheapest i could find anywhere :undecided:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: T_J_G on 06 September 2006, 13:04: Quote from: ChrisO GolfO on 06 September 2006, 12:30
I got quoted 1000 for my mk2 8v im 21 with 3 accidents on my name and 1 years ncb... Im pretty happy with that since I pay 1000 now for my Mk4 and thats only a 1.4!!

Your pics are cool man did you use a full Digital SLR or just a standard Digi Camera?

Im thinking gonna wait for a nice white winters day to take some pics of my Golf Mk2 got some wicked forests round near me...

'Twas a 2 year old Kodak camera that was about 149 when i bought it. 2M pixels.

I got a field next to my house hence the pics on the field :cool:

I love taking pics. :smiley:
Title: Re: Just bought a GTI
Post by: ChrisO GolfO on 06 September 2006, 13:36: Yeah I like taking pics too... I used live with my parents surrounded by Hills, Peaks, and great fields.

I was after a Digital SLR to replace my Minolta Digital Camera but the price of them are crazy and I would rather plant that money into better things.

I remember when we were both of the For Sale section asking about all the golfs and that for sale at the time. Enjoyed the competition but looks like we both turned up with decent motors eh!

Reminds me I need to update my project page! lol