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General => New forum members => Topic started by: starkeyandnat on 22 August 2008, 19:02
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Hey everyone,
New to the site and to VW's
Me and the missus have bought our first Golf GTI MKIII which we pick up tomorrow afternoon and can't wait!
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Congrat's on the new car and welcome to the site. :smiley:
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Welcome :cool:
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welcome to the forum hun :smiley:
Dinx :kiss:
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We picked up the car today after travelling 8 hours train hopping....delay upon delays!
Anywho, finally got there and having only ever seen pics of the car was crapping myself as to what state it was going to be in, but at the same time as you can imagine excited.....
Finally we were face to face with the Car and it looks and runs beautifully, needs a little bit of TLC to get it up to scratch but looking forward to getting to work on it! :grin:
The car as said is a Golf GTI MK3, 1994, has high mileage with 153K on the clock but has a full service history (absolute mountain of paperwork!)
The car runs and sounds fine, having just done a good 250+ miles back home.
The biggest shock to me was when i looked under the bonnet and wondered where the engine was??? My other car is an EVO6 which has no room in the engine bay to put anything, and the engine is so small there is loads of room in the golf.... i looked on the bright side of this and am now thinking of what i can put in to fill in the extra space.... all in all i am already thinking about getting another because it was so fun to drive and now know why people love them so much!
Will try get some pics up when i work out how to!
Thanks for the welcome! :smiley:
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Hello and welcome to the forum... :smiley:
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Welcome and good choice!
Guess its only an 8v though if loads of room under bonnet! LOL!
But dont worry about the mileage just run in by Golf standards!
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Cheers Len,
It's a 16V actually which is why i was surprised at all the space! But we both definately love the car.
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Welcome to the site
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Hi peeps welcome have fun and enjoy.
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Cheers Len,
It's a 16V actually which is why i was surprised at all the space! But we both definately love the car.
Sorry mate! I dont think there's that much room under a 16v bonnet thats all.
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Welcome and good choice!
Guess its only an 8v though if loads of room under bonnet! LOL!
But dont worry about the mileage just run in by Golf standards!
The logbook says that it's a 16V which is why i think it is but like i said it looks small for a 16V so you might be right Len. Sorry if my previous message sounded harsh, did it using my phone which was a pain and didn't read it back before sending it.....
Still trying to learn how to use this site and find some pics of a 16V and an 8V because i really am thinking it's an 8V.... i won't be dissapointed if it is because it's still an excellent car.... did i mention that i picked it up for only £510!!! Will get some pics up tonight
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Here's a few pics of the car.... looked a bit of a state when we first picked her up but after a nice polish it came up brilliant!!! Well worth the money...
Len you were right mate it is an 8V!
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc281/starkey2005/24082008124.jpg)
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc281/starkey2005/24082008123.jpg)
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc281/starkey2005/24082008122.jpg)
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hello and welcome!!! :) any plans for the golf?? look very mean whith that bonnet!! paintwork looks mint!! good bargin me thinks
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Not looking at doing anything major to make it stand out (Apart from the bonnet which was on the car when i got it) I do like the bonnet with the mean look to it :evil:
Hoping to try keep it as standard looking as possible but refit the interior out probably with leather as its slightly worn. The car has already been lowered so might just give the engine an overhaul and i'll be a happy chappy!