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Title: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: uta_flyinghigh on 07 May 2008, 08:49: Hello all,

I am a member of 1gn (http://forum.1gn.org/garage.php?mode=view_vehicle&CID=185) and Coupe Club (http://www.coupe-club.co.uk/showthread.php?t=39941) and I just picked up a Mk2 Golf for the equivalent of Ã‚£100. Here she is :

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/UTA_flyinghigh/Voitureuhs/Willoumobiles/Golf%20GTI%2016V/willoumobile_gti16v_1.jpg)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/UTA_flyinghigh/Voitureuhs/Willoumobiles/Golf%20GTI%2016V/willoumobile_gti16v_2.jpg)

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/UTA_flyinghigh/Voitureuhs/Willoumobiles/Golf%20GTI%2016V/willoumobile_gti16v_3.jpg)

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Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: VR6Lee on 07 May 2008, 09:53: Bonjour et bienvenue sur le forum

Nice rack :cool:
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: uta_flyinghigh on 07 May 2008, 10:02: Bouhahaha ! That's my wife in the pic and the steering rack on the MkII is a manual one :angry:

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Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: Hurdy on 07 May 2008, 11:17: Welcome :cool:
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: Dinky on 07 May 2008, 11:33: welcome to the forum hun :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: Jay on 07 May 2008, 13:46: Welcome
Quote from: uta_flyinghigh on 07 May 2008, 10:02
Bouhahaha ! That's my wife in the pic and the steering rack on the MkII is a manual one :angry:

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:laugh:

Nothing wrong with manual steering, takes a little while to get used to it, but once you are you won't notice the difference as it just comes naturally.
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: Neaty on 07 May 2008, 14:27: hello and welcome

looks like you got a bargain there :cool:
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: 182_blue on 07 May 2008, 16:52: welcome to the forum
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: pink witch on 07 May 2008, 17:37: Hi and welcome

Nice car - great bargain too - how did you find one at that price? !!
I've always found 2nd hand cars expensive in France
Obviously I haven't been looking in the right places :wink:

Whereabouts in France are you?
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: uta_flyinghigh on 07 May 2008, 18:53: I'm in sunny Nice, southeast France :cool:
That GTI was dirt cheap as it has some work to be done on it (exhaust blows, rear discs are warped and it failed emissions testing) and it has 210,000 km on the clock :rolleyes:
I want to make it a stealth sleeper, i.e remove all visible GTI telltale signs and put in a CAI, a header, upgrade piping and do some major weight redux. I aim for 160/165hp and sub-900 kg weight then things could get interesting :grin:

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Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: pink witch on 07 May 2008, 19:06: Nice - very nice too :smiley:

Sounds like you have some great plans for her - you'll have to start a project thread so we can watch progress.
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: Blazing Storm on 07 May 2008, 23:54: Welcome to the forum.

Ever been down to Perpignan? I love it in that area; was there last year. :smiley:
Title: Re: French newbie here with a Mk2 GTI 16V
Post by: uta_flyinghigh on 08 May 2008, 07:15: I haven't been to Perpignan but have lived a not far from there; in Orthez in the Southwest of France.

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