Well, if I'm going to have to drag myself into this thread it'll have to involve wheels I guess.
There are two that immediately spring to mind:
Not getting Monza Shadows: the first stupid act was the silly idea that I'd get the cheapest GTI in the country. I like to set myself challenges when I want to buy stuff and that was my criteria for buying the mk6, as I don't keep my cars long (normally), to minimize depreciation whilst knowing most of the things I wanted can easily be retro fitted.
So after a few months of searching and fruitless negotiations I happened accross this silver basic spec GTI with 17'' alloys. Fine I thought, I've got my beloved BBS 18''ers on the mk5 with decent rubber, I'll chuck them on the car and all will be well.
Wrong! They looked a bit plain on the mk6 despite looking sublime on the mk5. If I'd have just got one with Shadows as I'd originally wanted I'd have saved myself a year and a half of swapping wheels about (probably) and just kept the Shadows with a set of 10mm spacers on the arse end.
Next up: As documented already on here, finally I managed to get hold of the elusive BBS CKs I'd been wanting for ages and ages and ages. I fitted them in January, against my better judgement, as I couldn't wait to get them on the car. I then went away on a road trip in February and managed to kerb two of the wheels after having had them on the car for possibly less than 200 miles. Aaaaagh! That set me back the cost of refurbishing two and a full set of new (second hand) wider tyres.
