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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Phil mcavity on 18 April 2008, 20:15
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Well cant believe i finally have got my hands on an Edition30 DSG at long last, with the spec i was after. Dvd Sat nav,highline computer, multifunction wheel with paddles,ipod and centre armrest, Rear parking sensors and unbelievably nearly a couple of grand back in my hand!. My local dealer is buying back my Grey GTi for £20000, and have bought the Edition 30 with exact same specification, for an amazing £18500 for a car thats 1 month older then the grey one. Just thrown a bucket at it and valeted the inside and its looks fabulous!.
Here are a few snaps taken this evening. Hope you like them.And a big Thankyou to Claire who sold me her. Hope your as happy with your new evo 9 as i am :wink:
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday003.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday004.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday012.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday007.jpg)
Had a good run back from Poole in Dorset with a Grey DSG GTi, doing its best to keep up with me, was quite amuzing playing with the other GTi, alot of people smiling etc, of course it was the wife following me in my old car!!! :laugh:
Both now sat outside my house, grey one will be here for a few days before my dealer delivers me a lovelly cheque!.
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Looks nice and shiny :D, is that red hubs i spy? :shocked:
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yes it is sweeney. well spotted :smiley:
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Looks lovely ! Good price too ..... :smiley:
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no zenons!!! :p
i hope you turn off the passanger airbag (as i see baby seat?)
looks good mate, i cant believe you got that car for your old one, plus 1k, its crazy!! well done tho!!
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stunning Phil , more pics please :smiley:
Thats one clean car , mines 57 and its dirtier than that !
remap? :evil:
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Looks great, and I regret not choosing tornado red and the ED30.....
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Loving the Red 5dr!! not seen one of those b4... setting a new trend there I think Phil :cool: :cool:
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Thats the only other colour I considered.RED. Looks damn smart that does.Sweet.
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I will do some better shoots nxt week as the weather improves, cant believe the ammount of onlookers when driving it compared with the Grey one. (noting against Steel grey but cant believe how well just a quick going over with Auto Glym wet wax, made the car look more shiny then it did when i recently life shined the Metalic Grey GTi.
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Looks great Phil, sounds like a great deal that just had to be done :D
Rob
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You missed the exhaust!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovely looking car though, always liked red cars.
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im not sure what to use to clean it, as it did have a milltec on it, but i asked for the standard one back on.Wire wool or some braso??
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im not sure what to use to clean it, as it did have a milltec on it, but i asked for the standard one back on.Wire wool or so braso??
wire wool, if that doesnt work some 2500/3000 sand paper. Then megs metal polish or autosol and sh!t loads of elbow grease :smiley:
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Looking very very smart! Nice one phil :cool:
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Does it feel much different to the GTI? :huh: Apart from the POWER :smug:
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Was about to ask the same..
come on Phil... is it different to drive? standard to standard etc.
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Well cant believe i finally have got my hands on an Edition30 DSG at long last, with the spec i was after. Dvd Sat nav,highline computer, multifunction wheel with paddles,ipod and centre armrest, Rear parking sensors and unbelievably nearly a couple of grand back in my hand!. My local dealer is buying back my Grey GTi for £20000, and have bought the Edition 30 with exact same specification, for an amazing £18500 for a car thats 1 month older then the grey one. Just thrown a bucket at it and valeted the inside and its looks fabulous!.
Here are a few snaps taken this evening. Hope you like them.And a big Thankyou to Claire who sold me her. Hope your as happy with your new evo 9 as i am :wink:
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday003.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday004.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday012.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday007.jpg)
Had a good run back from Poole in Dorset with a Grey DSG GTi, doing its best to keep up with me, was quite amuzing playing with the other GTi, alot of people smiling etc, of course it was the wife following me in my old car!!! :laugh:
Both now sat outside my house, grey one will be here for a few days before my dealer delivers me a lovelly cheque!.
Do you still think the std GTi is a 'nicer looking car'? :smiley:
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Well, i have to say, it seems to pull better from 60mph onwards, although havent tried much at slower speeds yet, the wife took it for a drive this evening for her 1st taste of what all the hype and me crying over one for ages and she even said it wants to pull more then the Standard GTi. i love the sound of the turbo in the ed30, its sounds twice as loud then before, more whistle and gush when you lift off the throttle.But the main that i love between the 2 is just the way it looks. Its stunning. It could have the same 200hp engine in it and i really wouldnt care. It just looks more impressive when you look at the pair of them side by side.
One thing i have found though is the dam pescara's are harder to clean!, too many awkward bits!, monza's are easy peasy to clean.
I was offered the car with Black monza's instead of the standard ones, but just prefer the look of the pescara's.
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Looks great Phil. Nice n' shiney :afro:
So how does it feel as a direct comparison to the GTI then? Your in the best position to tell us now.
Good deal by the way. :cool:
Mod: Ok you just told us.
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to duzza..........
i take it ALL back, Ed30 side by side with the right colour, and no question :embarassed:
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to duzza..........
i take it ALL back, Ed30 side by side with the right colour, and no question :embarassed:
I was just going to ask you that. All the stuff that you said to us ED30 owners. Shame on you. :cry: :wink:
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Looks fab mate - I'm excited just reading about someone else getting their new car. Mine arrives in one week!
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In performance terms, their isnt much in it , yes the ed30 has more gutsy feel to it, being my old GTi was dsg aswell, is quick and no slouch in anycase.It really is the looks in my book. Its such a pretty looking car.Having seen all the colours in a few days for edition 30's at Santa pod etc, the two colours that really set the ED30 off are imo, Candy white and Tornado Red.
But...............................i did have to put in :embarassed: :embarassed: 95 octane :embarassed: :sick: :sick: on the way home cus i couldnt find a petrol station that sold 99 octane.
shame on me i know, it will have its proper medicine soon at thats stuffs burnt out, and they maybe with Tesco 99 or shell's super juice, i can judge the edition 30's performance and launch control standing starts abit more clearer.
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to duzza..........
i take it ALL back, Ed30 side by side with the right colour, and no question :embarassed:
I was just going to ask you that. All the stuff that you said to us ED30 owners. Shame on you. :cry: :wink:
LOL, i was just thinking this
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Do you plan to get Revo, bluefin etc?
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I filled mine up on tuesday with V Power, washed tonight ,took for a spin to dry off and I think the old juice must be out the system now, thought I was gonna take off when I put the foot down, amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
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Do you plan to get Revo, bluefin etc?
No im not into modding the engine to be honest, i rather spend it on some, dare i say it....
Carbon Fibre!!
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Haha, lol
Lovely looking motor Phil, you won't think twice now when coming against one of those heavy R32's :wink:
Well Phil, have you seen the OSIR RED carbon fibre bonnet?, now that would make me jealous :drool:
http://homepage.mac.com/risowu/OSIR/CFHGT108.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/risowu/OSIR/CFHGT109.htm
Just don't let Manu see it first :wink:
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Haha, lol
Lovely looking motor Phil, you won't think twice now when coming against one of those heavy R32's :wink:
Well Phil, have you seen the OSIR RED carbon fibre bonnet?, now that would make me jealous :drool:
http://homepage.mac.com/risowu/OSIR/CFHGT108.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/risowu/OSIR/CFHGT109.htm
Just don't let Manu see it first :wink:
bahh...speachless and honestly dont know what to say or think :shocked:
actually...im not sure if i like it or not, think i would prefare just a normal Carbon Fibre one and just get it painted :smiley:
Would need to have a serious think about it though!
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you are very naughty hurdy, your trying to plant seeds in my head!!!. Your hanging the swinging pendulum in front of my eyes!!!!. i must not give in to temptation!!! :laugh:
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Congrats Phil, stunning car :wink: I bet your neighbours think your a Volkswagen dealer with all the different dubs on your drive in the past couple of months
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lol, since i moved in since November 2 last year. Ive had 4 different cars sat on the Drive!!, oh and a new Works van aswell! :smiley:
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you are very naughty hurdy, your trying to plant seeds in my head!!!. Your hanging the swinging pendulum in front of my eyes!!!!. i must not give in to temptation!!! :laugh:
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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....Congrats, Phil!! Your enthusiasm is jumping out of the page! Tornado is probably the best red on a car and doesn't show the dirt too badly either. But it does attract more onlookers.
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....Congrats, Phil!! Your enthusiasm is jumping out of the page! Tornado is probably the best red on a car and doesn't show the dirt too badly either. But it does attract more onlookers.
TTS in Red...mmmmmm
No....err..stop it.........where's the delete button....ooooh....tooo..late...
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car looks good but i have to ask....
Why did you have the Milltek exhaust removed?? :huh:
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Reason was the other party wanted £300 :shocked: for a 2nd well used exhaust that had been on 2 cars, price was abit too high for a 2nd hander tbh.I was sticking to a budget aswell.
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Congrats on the new Car phil. Will have a sig worked out for you by tomorrow.
That red looks lovely :lipsrsealed: :evil:
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cheers 08micsta , if you need any more red ones, then i have a few!!!
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Do you have some new ones of the fron maybe?
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08micsta, is there any chance you could help with a signature for my Black GTI, 5 door DSG, or give some advise. Appreciate your help if poss, no worries if you are busy :smiley:
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No worries. Will try my best. Could you PM me a few pics of your car? Front Back etc
And if they could be high resolution too.
My addy is: 08micsta@wbhs.org.za
Mike
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You are a star, I'll get the camera out. It might not be for a couple of days as its raining here if thats ok. Let me know if you need anything, or any info on the Channel Islands !
Appreciate your help. :smiley:
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ok just about to send them to you :wink:
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Thanks Phil
Newgolf. Take your time. Get some pretty pics and email them. I apparently have to much time (My friends say) cos Im always on the internet. So dont worry about me.
**Silly friends, I make money off the internet. lol**
Mike
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Reason was the other party wanted £300 :shocked: for a 2nd well used exhaust that had been on 2 cars, price was abit too high for a 2nd hander tbh.I was sticking to a budget aswell.
fooking hell!! :shocked: couple of quid more would have given you a brand new system lol
oh well - something to save towards :grin: :grin: :wink:
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Well cant believe i finally have got my hands on an Edition30 DSG at long last, with the spec i was after. Dvd Sat nav,highline computer, multifunction wheel with paddles,ipod and centre armrest, Rear parking sensors and unbelievably nearly a couple of grand back in my hand!. My local dealer is buying back my Grey GTi for £20000, and have bought the Edition 30 with exact same specification, for an amazing £18500 for a car thats 1 month older then the grey one. Just thrown a bucket at it and valeted the inside and its looks fabulous!.
Here are a few snaps taken this evening. Hope you like them.And a big Thankyou to Claire who sold me her. Hope your as happy with your new evo 9 as i am :wink:
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday003.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday004.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday012.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/Ed30arrivalday007.jpg)
Had a good run back from Poole in Dorset with a Grey DSG GTi, doing its best to keep up with me, was quite amuzing playing with the other GTi, alot of people smiling etc, of course it was the wife following me in my old car!!! :laugh:
Both now sat outside my house, grey one will be here for a few days before my dealer delivers me a lovelly cheque!.
Welcome to the club Phil :tongue: Car looks fantastic
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to duzza..........
i take it ALL back, Ed30 side by side with the right colour, and no question :embarassed:
I was just going to ask you that. All the stuff that you said to us ED30 owners. Shame on you. :cry: :wink:
Yeah, we took a lot of abuse from you :grin: :grin: :grin: and maybe some of us liked the abuse :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: (not me - I'm not into bondage) :evil:
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to duzza..........
i take it ALL back, Ed30 side by side with the right colour, and no question :embarassed:
I was just going to ask you that. All the stuff that you said to us ED30 owners. Shame on you. :cry: :wink:
Yeah, we took a lot of abuse from you :grin: :grin: :grin: and maybe some of us liked the abuse :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: (not me - I'm not into bondage) :evil:
hehe glad im now converted, waved fairwell to the Grey GTi today and a lovelly cheque given to me in exchange.
Illyan, make sure you can make the nxt GTi festival at santa pod, i would be good to get one of every colour at the Clubstand mk5 bit.I think now we have the full set now of regular ed30 colours on show, would be quite a nice site.
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Looks crackin that phil, congrats on the new 'edition'. I can second the use of autosol on the zorsts, used it at the weekend on mine (completely black with a few rust spots :embarassed:) and brings them up like new! Enjoy it! :smiley:
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yes i used some wet n dry this weekend, and they came up really shiny.
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Well. have to say about the performance, shes been put back on proper 99 octane fuel now, and i have to admit, but this edition 30 really does shift.I cant get over the oomph from 4000 rpm onwards it has!. it feels like theres twice the torque then the Standard GTi's has.
Ive not really pushed it hard till tonight, when i dropped it into sport, and got the biggest shock of my life of how well it goes!.Well there was only one thing for it, lifeshine and wax was given and a couple of photo's taken outside my new house and my boat ! :laugh: hope you like them.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/QueenmaryVictoriaNEd30008.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/QueenmaryVictoriaNEd30011.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/QueenmaryVictoriaNEd30013.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/QueenmaryVictoriaNEd30020.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/lifeshineed30wax007.jpg)
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Looks great Phil :cool:
I know what you mean about the power, coming out of a GTI myself. It's still surprising me nearly 5 weeks on :laugh: It's quite addictive, especially with the Milltek :shocked:
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looking good, as for speed imagine what a remap does :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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looking good, as for speed imagine what a remap does :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
yeah, licence looser!!!!, too much of a temptation, i expect i'll get a Miltech exhaust at most.
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i expect i'll get a Miltech exhaust at most.
famous last words :grin: :grin:
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Its bad enough of fuel even before having it remapped. If the cost of fuel drops 30p a litre, then ill book it in!!. Driving it hard will get me 200 mile range to £50 of fuel!. twice a week i couldnt handle that. she's fast enough, blitz most things on the road except the odd M3 OR S3 but not much else will keep up with it.
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looking good, as for speed imagine what a remap does :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Never say never! How have you found your fuel cons Shaun since the re-map?
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Does anyone know how much it would cost just to put it on the rolling road as it is without remapping??
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Does anyone know how much it would cost just to put it on the rolling road as it is without remapping??
can vary anywhere from £20 up to about £50 :undecided:
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looking good, as for speed imagine what a remap does :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Never say never! How have you found your fuel cons Shaun since the re-map?
seems same as before remap imo, not seen a difference at all
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looking good, as for speed imagine what a remap does :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Never say never! How have you found your fuel cons Shaun since the re-map?
seems same as before remap imo, not seen a difference at all
That's good to know. I suppose it's similar to getting a new exhaust, you just wanna hear it which means :evil: :evil: which then means fuel usage goes :shocked:
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Does anyone know how much it would cost just to put it on the rolling road as it is without remapping??
can vary anywhere from £20 up to about £50 :undecided:
Can anyone recommend in the south B'ham area?
Cheers :smiley:
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Does anyone know how much it would cost just to put it on the rolling road as it is without remapping??
can vary anywhere from £20 up to about £50 :undecided:
Can anyone recommend in the south B'ham area?
Cheers :smiley:
Stealth Racing at Southam are meant to be pretty good they regularly hold RR days, if you can get enough people involved it brings down the price.
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Theres Aldon Automotive nr Merry Hill, im keen to go.
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Does anyone know how much it would cost just to put it on the rolling road as it is without remapping??
can vary anywhere from £20 up to about £50 :undecided:
Can anyone recommend in the south B'ham area?
Cheers :smiley:
Stealth Racing at Southam are meant to be pretty good they regularly hold RR days, if you can get enough people involved it brings down the price.
I'll ditto that, been to several RR days at Stealth.
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Best to get a day sorted and RR at that mate. Then you've got others to compare it against.. I'll be well up for sorting one soon though, as mine gets Milltek and map done this weekend hopefully and will be wanting to know what she does.. :evil:
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Best to get a day sorted and RR at that mate. Then you've got others to compare it against.. I'll be well up for sorting one soon though, as mine gets Milltek and map done this weekend hopefully and will be wanting to know what she does.. :evil:
I'll deffo attend then if your offering to sort one VTEC :wink: Being the curious sort I am.........
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i expect i'll get a Milltek exhaust at most.
famous last words :grin: :grin:
.... :grin: That's EXACTLY how I started and look what happened to me!!
I had absolutely no plans or intentions to mod. Coming from a standard BMW straight-six with a great exhaust note, I immediately found the GTI's cabin over sound-proofed and that's purely why I changed exhaust. Then I learnt that the Milltek is a performance exhaust.
My story :- http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=76814.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=76814.0)
Which reminds me I need to get some decent pics of my new R32+Carbonfibre rear and update that thread.