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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: romelpotter on 14 March 2008, 17:43
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I have searched and saved for 6 months and now I am going down to a dealer to check out a GTI. Its a bit of a trek but all paperwork's been sorted and ready to go, all I gotta do is test drive and give a yay or nay (unlikely unless it rattles) haha :grin:
I am well chuffed!! :evil:
Time for some beer me thinks!
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Hey nice one :wink:
What you getting ??
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:grin: yea I forgot to say.
07 Ed 30 3dr, reflex silver, manual, xennons, 6cd multi, lux pk, 2k on the clock
price will be 19,800 but hopefully I will be able to haggle him down a wee bit because of Darling's green tax's in the budget, and it doesnt have cruise cont (i am gonna get it retro fitted at awsome gti).
I have calmed down a bit now haha.
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Nice :cool:
Another Ed30 in the fastest colour :wink:
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Nice one :wink:
Will be expecting a thorough review of your test drive afterwards :cool:
Good luck .
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Nice one pal.. it's a great feeling when you've saved up for so long :smiley: Even better when you get in the driving seat :wink:
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hahah deffo. Best thing is that if I get it, then the drive home will be sheffield to liverpool via snake pass (maybe a couple of times over hahaha :evil:)
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................................. and it doesnt have cruise cont (i am gonna get it retro fitted at awsome gti).
Check out your dealer for the cruise, it may be cheaper. The dealer fitted price inc VAT is £150
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i think the local dealers use awsome to retro fit the cruise but the price I was quoted was a 150 also, maybe it's seems standard. Also gonna get it remapped with a few other bits n bobs after a couple of thousand miles.
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That's good, just wanted to make sure you weren't paying more than necessary :grin:
Awesome are great guys
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hahah deffo. Best thing is that if I get it, then the drive home will be sheffield to liverpool via snake pass (maybe a couple of times over hahaha :evil:)
Gilders in Hillsborough? Banner Cross?
Snake pass is a top road. It's even better now that they have resurfaced most of it :evil:
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hahah deffo. Best thing is that if I get it, then the drive home will be sheffield to liverpool via snake pass (maybe a couple of times over hahaha :evil:)
Gilders in Hillsborough? Banner Cross?
Snake pass is a top road. It's even better now that they have resurfaced most of it :evil:
music to my ears :cool:
Its just south of sheffield Hurdy, Dronfield Motor Company.
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Get your cruise fitted by main dealer, its £150-155 and that way its covered by a 12 month VW guarantee.
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Get your cruise fitted by main dealer, its £150-155 and that way its covered by a 12 month VW guarantee.
:grin: good point!!
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Well I have driven over 200 mile round trip for a 20 min test drive of the ed 30 and wow!! it was worth it. The moment he kicked in the ignition, the low meaty bubble tone from the engine sounded awsome. As soon as I sat in the car, stapped my self in, i imediatly felt part of the car.
It gave me so much confidance. The gear stick and wheel both thick and chunky in all the right places. revomitor easilly sighted and when needed, a quick check over to the speedo was all easally done. took it down some b twisties and a duel carrageway (which was mostly covered in roadworks :( but not all hehe).
I loved aproaching corners changing down from 4th into second, give the revs a quick flick so that when i released the clutch, it came in just right and boom off into thrid and then relax hehe. This car was quick, but I never took it past 4K revs. my current car is a 91 BMW 320i, I didn't suffer any understear problems at all changing from a rwd car to fwd. When i test drove the gti last week, there were some issues with understear but I guess these could be put down to tyre pressures.
9/10 (gotta leave room for a remap :evil:) overall I love this car and hopefully should be picking it up next weekend :grin: :cool:
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Nice :cool:
Another Ed30 in the fastest colour :wink:
I'm sure I read that the steel grey colour flew along the tarmac the fastest, perhaps it was because it was attached to the new Nissan GTR!