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General => General discussion => Topic started by: dds on 05 May 2008, 10:47
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Hi All,
Bought my car a couple of months back and have been giving it some TLC since then. I took it to the local classic car show yesterday and took some pics. There was a lot of interest in the car....anyhow here are the pics of my car and the other cars in the show can be seen in my gallery link.
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(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02617.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02569.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02561.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02566.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02559.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02578.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02579.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02583.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02586.jpg)(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/DSC02588.jpg)
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looks very original and clean. take it you don't drive it much?
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Very nice :cool:
Don't see many A platers around still!
Whats the mileage on it?
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wow i love that orignal and clean. :smiley:
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The car has only done 38k miles from new and has the history and obviously the condition to back the mileage up. I bought it from the original family owner a couple of months ago. She was an elderly lady who had inherited the car from her brother when he died about 14 years ago. He had bought the car when it was new. Her husband is involved with the ferrari owners club so the car had been kept alongside some nice cars in a large private garage.
Regarding not doing many miles in the car...since buying it I've done about 600 miles or so.
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An amazing example then :cool:
Love it!
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great find!!! my bet is you didn't pay over 1k for it too!!!!
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i want that golf!
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That is awesome!
Nick
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great find!!! my bet is you didn't pay over 1k for it too!!!!
I wish! Paid pretty much the going rate. Had been looking for a while and seen exceptionally low mileage cars going for about £4.5k on ebay. Also places like Volkswizard are charging that kind of figure for decent low'ish mileage examples. I paid less than that but have had a few things done by my local VW specialist.
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Very nice indeed. :cool:
Is it a GTi or Driver?
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is a gti!!! can't believe you had to ask lol
you not been doing your VW anorak homework have you??
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Just noticed-
Do cars over a certain age not need side repeaters?
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Just noticed-
Do cars over a certain age not need side repeaters?
:smiley:
no cars need side repeaters iirc, but they're obviously a useful safety feature.
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nice to see, not many untouched like that these days. :smiley:
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That looks so sweet.
You must have a second car right? Cos I certainly wouldn't want to drive that around everyday.
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That looks so sweet.
You must have a second car right? Cos I certainly wouldn't want to drive that around everyday.
I do have a second car (the wifes) but sometimes need to use the car for commuting....but am much happier if the car's tucked up safe and sound in the garage :smiley:
This is one of the reasons that I'm considering selling the car. I originally was looking for a Mk2 GTI in good original condition with a lowish mileage but didn't think for a minute I'd up with something as rare and precious as this. Am terrified when I've got to leave it parked at the train station that some moron has decided to either dent it or help himself to the radio or nick the car for a 'joyride'. Although can't see them getting much in the local boozer for a 24 year old Blaupunkt AM/MW radio :wink:
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Yes indeed that's a lovely clean early car.
The very first Mk2s didn't have side repeaters. Incidentally this is the first A-plater I've seen with the four-lamp grille, as the very early batches had two.
As it's a quietly understated car I wouldn't be too scared to leave it parked. Hopefully the casual thief or vandal wouldn't know what he was looking at. Drive & enjoy :smiley:
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Yes indeed that's a lovely clean early car.
The very first Mk2s didn't have side repeaters. Incidentally this is the first A-plater I've seen with the four-lamp grille, as the very early batches had two.
As it's a quietly understated car I wouldn't be too scared to leave it parked. Hopefully the casual thief or vandal wouldn't know what he was looking at. Drive & enjoy :smiley:
Thanks for the info about the grill...I didn't know they ever came without the spots. It was registered in May '84 and I believe the Mk2 was launched in March of that year so can't be many cars without them.
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Also interesting to see it on steels (which look great, btw) as I have read that the early cars all had standard alloys, which became a cost option on the three-door when the five-door was launched. The five-door always had alloys as standard.
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Also interesting to see it on steels (which look great, btw) as I have read that the early cars all had standard alloys, which became a cost option on the three-door when the five-door was launched. The five-door always had alloys as standard.
(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd214/dsprott/GTI_02.jpg)
Steels are not the original wheels. The above pic was taken when I took delivery of the car from the previous owner with the original P- Slots still fitted. The steels are on for the moment as one of the P-Slots tyres was bordering on Illegal. The wheels themselves are in very good condition but I was going to get them refurbished and fitted with Pirelli P6's. So until I decide what I'm doing with the car the steels have a full set of decent tyres on them and I actually prefer the car sitting on them.