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Offline Exonian

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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #20 on: 25 June 2011, 20:44 »
I'm guessing that it's the mk2 Golf that has appeared in your little list then Geoff? Any links to it?

I blame Asker for the xenons. The standard lights never bothered me that much until Asker's threads started last year! Apart from the fact the standard bulbs are poo. But I changed them ages ago (and never use them!).
I really must spend far far far less time on forums, then I won't get annoyed by bits of my car that didn't annoy me previously!  :sad:

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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #21 on: 25 June 2011, 20:55 »
Andy, the forums are a good form of contraception. Think of all the money you save by not producing another sprog.  :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDY2p2twqhA&feature=related
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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #22 on: 25 June 2011, 20:57 »
Mk2 never really wanted one as i was allways a diehard mk1 owner. I use to poke fun at them  :evil: but the reputation i thought i should give it a try (only took me 20 years to come round  :grin: ) since there is so many trying to sell them at the moment and there is some good cheap 8Vs about. I thought why not. I really wanted a small bumper 89 car but could not find one at the price/condition i wanted. This is a 91 non runout model, needs work but then it is 20 years old. :undecided: I kept comparing them to my mk1 i restored in 91 but i realised that was way unfare.. :undecided:  Its a project once i sort the garage out. No photos at the moment due to it raining since i got it.
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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #23 on: 25 June 2011, 21:02 »
Quote from: am1w on 25 June 2011, 20:55
Andy, the forums are a good form of contraception. Think of all the money you save by not producing another sprog.  :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDY2p2twqhA&feature=related
I just clicked that while i was also watching another Youtube video from work (that has no sound). Odd how they went together.  :grin:
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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #24 on: 25 June 2011, 21:11 »
Quote from: Snoopy on 25 June 2011, 21:02
Quote from: am1w on 25 June 2011, 20:55
Andy, the forums are a good form of contraception. Think of all the money you save by not producing another sprog.  :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDY2p2twqhA&feature=related
I just clicked that while i was also watching another Youtube video (that has no sound). Odd how they went together.  :grin:
Wasn't a porn vid was it Geoff?

I've had four mk2s ranging from two that were a couple of years old when I bought them and a couple that were quite old and used as runabouts when I was messing about with Diesel SEATs some years ago. I much prefer the 8v's as I'm a lazy driver. Every so often I get the urge to buy a nice one when I see one advertised at realistic money. It is surprising how over engineered they are and I still reckon that cars haven't improved on them since. Modern cars may be more full of toys but the engineering just isn't as pure. At least yours has PAS Geoff. I've had two that didn't and boy are they a chore to drive in traffic!

@ Asker: Working nights and being old, fat and lazy is also a great contraception. Looking like me is another bonus as the mere sight of my face puts the good lady into flight mode (in the opposite direction)!
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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #25 on: 25 June 2011, 21:15 »
Quote from: Exonian on 25 June 2011, 21:11
Wasn't a porn vid was it Geoff?
Sadly not, a video of a product from work.

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I've had four mk2s ranging from two that were a couple of years old when I bought them and a couple that were quite old and used as runabouts when I was messing about with Diesel SEATs some years ago. I much prefer the 8v's as I'm a lazy driver. Every so often I get the urge to buy a nice one when I see one advertised at realistic money. It is surprising how over engineered they are and I still reckon that cars haven't improved on them since. They may be more full of toys but the engineering just isn't as pure. At least yours has PAS Geoff. I've had two that didn't and boy are they a chore to drive in traffic!
Ive driven many and i always liked the 8V better. Speed is not everything imo. Its why i like the 1.8 mk1 over the 1.6 mk1 and probably why as much as i loved my Ibiza GTI16V the 2.0 8V engine of our toledo sport at the time i felt was more for me.
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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #26 on: 25 June 2011, 21:19 »
I wonder how many Toledo 2.0 Sports there are left now?  :shocked: Not many I bet.
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« Reply #27 on: 25 June 2011, 21:25 »
Probably not. They loved to rot the jacking points out as it collected mud there. Also eat rear shockers which ment the rear end would step out for no reason and put you in a ditch. Many i bet died like that.  It was just a rebodied jetta with mk3 mechanicals really but because of the hatch layout and huge boot was great for what we needed at the time.
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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #28 on: 25 June 2011, 21:34 »
A work colleague of mine was going to buy one new back in the day because he'd had a child late in life due to a little accident  :laugh:
But he ended up buying a Cordoba GT 2.0 8V which was just being launched at the time. I convinced him to get a BR Motorsport conversion on it (official SEAT tuner at the time).
He had a fair bit of trouble with it due to oil leaks though and eventually traded it for a Passat estate.
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Re: Dectane Headlights
« Reply #29 on: 25 June 2011, 21:41 »
Quote from: AGB on 25 June 2011, 16:20

 I put together my xenons for under £1k,

Is it just me that finds spending a grand on a pair of headlights obscene?

Wheels and tyres I can go along with, but headlights?
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