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Offline MAW73

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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #20 on: 21 September 2011, 09:18 »
I've no ACC and have 18" wheels and have never experienced any problems with the ride of the car in fact its near enough perfect  :wink:



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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #21 on: 21 September 2011, 20:27 »
Golfs with 18" diameter wheels or greater and without this option are undrivable IMO. No ACC: then you've bought yourself a shaking rattling mess.
I'm sure that even the majority of drivers that qualify for Saga insurance would disagree with that statement.

Dummer36: You crack me up. Now go forth and multiply in your suitably unnatural habitat.

I've no ACC and have 18" wheels and have never experienced any problems with the ride of the car in fact its near enough perfect  :wink:

Dear Martin: I seem to remember your dissatisfaction with the hard ride from your GTI and you posted to that effect. You also wondered if ACC was retro-fittable. Can you deny this? I can do a search to fish this out, but will let you answer me honestly. Hope all is well.
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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #22 on: 21 September 2011, 20:31 »
Yes you did say it Martin ha ha ha  :grin:

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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #23 on: 21 September 2011, 20:45 »
I don't think the ride on 18s is harsh either. Bt then again, I'm used to it and my mates moan about it being very firm when I take them around in it. Admittedly, they're used to Mondeos and stuff but there you go.

Mine was ordered in May 2009 and I got the price of my extras effectively for free. So, convenience pack, Monzas and paint. £1000 or so. Yet Leeds VW said I would have to pay list so it clearly varies from dealer to dealer.

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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #24 on: 21 September 2011, 22:34 »
Yes you did say it Martin ha ha ha  :grin:

^ Sorry to disapoint guys but you must be mixing me up with someone else regarding this. I've never had a problem with non ACC or questioned retroffiting it. I've refered to the BM 1M sports being back breaking in the past but never the golf chaps.


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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #25 on: 22 September 2011, 07:52 »
IMHO if your ordering a factory order at the current GTI prices you have to be mad to not spec ACC on such an expensive car. As there will be times i wish i had it.
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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #26 on: 22 September 2011, 08:17 »

Dummer36: You crack me up. Now go forth and multiply in your suitably unnatural habitat.


I would have expected a more eloquent retort than that from you. That reply was positively rural.
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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #27 on: 22 September 2011, 08:34 »
dummer36: I had to drop my standards for you.
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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #28 on: 22 September 2011, 10:46 »
Even a GTI running on 19" is not a bad ride... some people just talk alot of crap.

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Re: Need advice on buying a GTI Ed35 From dealer new
« Reply #29 on: 22 September 2011, 11:12 »
dummer36: I had to drop my standards for you.

Asker: (I presume your virtual friends call you that because you are as thick as sh1t) Kind of you. For once I understood what you were on about.
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