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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #70 on: 27 September 2011, 18:38 »
I was offered a really good deal on a run out FR+ mk1 Leon TDI and have always regretted not buying it. I reckon I'd still have it today if I did, which is saying something for me as I rarely keep a car 2 years let alone any longer. For some silly reason I bought a mk5 Golf 140 TDI that I picked up quite cheap (as it had a few miles on it) mistakenly thinking the 2.0 PD would be much better than the 1.9. WRONG! Still, I had a bit of fun modifying it and it made a good family cruiser that was pretty rapid.
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‘25 8.5R, ‘23 8R, ‘20 8CS, ‘19 135iX, ‘19 TCR, ‘17 Ed40, ‘17 GTD, ‘15 7R, ‘13 GTI PP, ‘11 GTI, ‘09 GTI, ‘98 Ibiza Cupra, ‘05 GTI, ‘06 Polo GTI, ‘04 GT TDI, ‘05 Fabia vRS, ‘02 GTI T, ‘03 Ibiza TDI 130, ‘01 Leon 180, ‘89 mk2 16v, ‘99 Ibiza TDI, ‘96 VR6, ‘98 Ibiza TDI, ‘92 VR6, ‘88 mk2 8v, ‘92 Polo G40, ‘91 mk2 8v, ‘89 mk2 8v, 205 GTI 1.9, ‘83 mk1 GTI, ‘80 Scirocco GTI, plus some others I’ve forgotten 

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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #71 on: 27 September 2011, 18:48 »
If VW products are so shockingly bad, why do you (Exonian and Snoops) keep buying them?
This is my first VW product, but you two have a long and vibrant history with them. Interesting.  :tongue:






































Be happy.  :kiss:
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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #72 on: 27 September 2011, 18:58 »
I don't personally.
I bought the mk6 and the way it went from start to today i wish i hadn't, But im stubborn and don't like to give up.
I do regular keep wishing i had bought a last of the line SEAT leon cupra R back in 2005 when we bought the other leon as one was even in the showroom talking to me!  We had had an early 210 one and loved every minute of it.
But we bought into the mk5 and i should have learned and not got the mk6 but i have a thing for GTI's. If it had not been for my mk1 GTI's i would not have had the mk6. I will have another GTI but it will be a mk1,mk2 or mk3, it won't be a newer one.
« Last Edit: 27 September 2011, 19:01 by Snoopy »
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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #73 on: 27 September 2011, 18:59 »
Oh dear, Snoops. You MUST lean from your mistakes.  :grin: :evil: :kiss:
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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #74 on: 27 September 2011, 19:03 »
Andy. What's this?

80GTI>83GTI>88GTI>91GTI>92G40>92VR6>88GTI>96VR6>01Cupra>89GTI16V>02GTI>06PoloGTI>05GTI>09GTI>11GTI (plus 3x IbizaTDI>05FabiaVRS>04GolfTDI and a load I've forgotten)

Sooooooo many VWs.
Tantamount to self-flagellation.  :laugh:
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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #75 on: 27 September 2011, 19:05 »
Oh dear, Snoops. You MUST lean from your mistakes.  :grin: :evil: :kiss:
If i get this mk2 im after that may just happen  :smug:
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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #76 on: 27 September 2011, 19:07 »
Oh dear, Snoops. You MUST lean from your mistakes.  :grin: :evil: :kiss:
If i get this mk2 im after that may just happen  :smug:

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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #77 on: 27 September 2011, 19:09 »
If VW products are so shockingly bad, why do you (Exonian and Snoops) keep buying them?
This is my first VW product, but you two have a long and vibrant history with them. Interesting.  :tongue:
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Geoff's last paragraph was edited in after I was already typing my post. But I'm not off to the best of starts with this one so I didn't edit my post accordingly.
My mk6 was perfectly reliable and I haven't had much other than the odd niggle with any of my VWs, SEATs or even the Skoda I ran for a little while.
But I treat my VWs like white goods. Here today gone tomorrow. The last car I felt anything for was my 1991 GTI.
‘25 8.5R, ‘23 8R, ‘20 8CS, ‘19 135iX, ‘19 TCR, ‘17 Ed40, ‘17 GTD, ‘15 7R, ‘13 GTI PP, ‘11 GTI, ‘09 GTI, ‘98 Ibiza Cupra, ‘05 GTI, ‘06 Polo GTI, ‘04 GT TDI, ‘05 Fabia vRS, ‘02 GTI T, ‘03 Ibiza TDI 130, ‘01 Leon 180, ‘89 mk2 16v, ‘99 Ibiza TDI, ‘96 VR6, ‘98 Ibiza TDI, ‘92 VR6, ‘88 mk2 8v, ‘92 Polo G40, ‘91 mk2 8v, ‘89 mk2 8v, 205 GTI 1.9, ‘83 mk1 GTI, ‘80 Scirocco GTI, plus some others I’ve forgotten 

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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #78 on: 27 September 2011, 19:11 »
If VW products are so shockingly bad, why do you (Exonian and Snoops) keep buying them?
This is my first VW product, but you two have a long and vibrant history with them. Interesting.  :tongue:
  :kiss:

Geoff's last paragraph was edited in after I was already typing my post. But I'm not off to the best of starts with this one so I didn't edit my post accordingly.
My mk6 was perfectly reliable and I haven't had much other than the odd niggle with any of my VWs, SEATs or even the Skoda I ran for a little while.
But I treat my VWs like white goods. Here today gone tomorrow. The last car I felt anything for was my 1991 GTI.

You treat everything that is not human like white goods. And so it should be.  :cool:
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Re: After everything I've said ...
« Reply #79 on: 27 September 2011, 19:12 »
If VW products are so shockingly bad, why do you (Exonian and Snoops) keep buying them?
This is my first VW product, but you two have a long and vibrant history with them. Interesting.  :tongue:
You are correct I have a long history with VW/SEAT/Audi yes, but there older cars. There older cars i rate. Its why i own some. Its why most my family started running there products because of how good cars like the mk2 golf, Audi 100 were in the 80s. Its why we have had many happpy experiences with since but it seems the current modern stuff cannot live upto the older stuffs reputation. (Im not just going by my mk6 here. I fix and look after cars out of warrenty for family members mostly VW/SEAT/Skoda/Audi).

You say i should learn, your correct and I would like to get to the point my collection looks something like.
Audi Ur-quattro 20V,
VW Golf GTI 1.8 16V mk2
VW Golf GTI 1.6 Mk1 Series 1
VW Golf GTI 1.8 Campiagn mk1
Riley Elf MkII
 
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