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Offline 08micsta

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Spotted a very "nice" GTI yesterday
« on: 10 November 2007, 06:35 »
Went for my usual cycle yesterday. But since my dad has just paid a  :sick: amount of money for my bike to be fixed I decided to ride to his offices and thank him personally and not just over the phone (Im in a hostel).

For anyone who knows Cape Town somewhat well they will prob know where Observatory is. my fathers business is on Lower Main Road and while taking the turn off I got distracted by a metallic baby blue object that was parked further up the road.

Went closer and saw a stunning Mini Cooper. So naturally I whip out my camera and snap some pics and its at that stage when I see the United Grey GTI parked behind the Mini  :evil:

Wow. 5 door GTI with R32 tails lowered suspension, 17's (and they looked really good) and then a fat exhaust out the rear. From the outside you could see the red pipes etc through the grill.  So I couldnt resist the urge. I snapped some pics of the GTi and walked in the garage. Wow. Inside they had a new TT with huge pipes and carbon and everything. It looked stunning along with a M6 that was being modified. My first thought was of RedRobin  :rolleyes:. I asked one of the mechanics how much power the GTi was pushing and...........

His reply was.....







310 KW of power  :evil: :evil: :evil: (Standard GTI)

The company that did the modifications is called racetech and thay said they have done faster GTI's including a GTi with a R32 Engine and 4 wheel drive.  :laugh:
Made my day... I would post pics but being the fool I am I forget the memory card at home and was taking pics of nothing.  :grin:.

Mike


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Re: Spotted a very "nice" GTI yesterday
« Reply #1 on: 10 November 2007, 12:11 »
GTI with R32 engine and 4x4  :huh:

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Re: Spotted a very "nice" GTI yesterday
« Reply #2 on: 10 November 2007, 12:20 »
Sounds quite interesting but...whats the point?? Just buy yourself an R32 xD

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Re: Spotted a very "nice" GTI yesterday
« Reply #3 on: 10 November 2007, 18:57 »
the point? manu_gti. south africa only got the r32 about 4 months ago. and the waiting list is almost 2 years! so a r32 in a gti most certainly aint pointless. not to sure where they got the engine etc from. but anyway. point is..... i want that gti! (please excuse spelling etc. using my cellphone to connect)         mike


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