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Offline beechymonza

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Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« on: 13 December 2011, 09:13 »
Well after 11 years of driving her,  :cool:
I have purchased a newer car and took the GTI off the road,  :cry:
I have put in 4 a council garage now as dont want her rottin on the drive  :angry:
Just gotta decide what i want 2 do with her now,

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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #1 on: 13 December 2011, 09:34 »
Can you put a car port on the house, that would be good?

Shame its off the road though, why the change?

Im in a similar predicament, garaged the GTi for the winter, allowing for some other jobs to be done, but bought an old classic impreza turbo for a play in the mean time. Now I really like it too, are three cars too many?

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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #2 on: 13 December 2011, 10:05 »
Can you put a car port on the house, that would be good?

Shame its off the road though, why the change?

Im in a similar predicament, garaged the GTi for the winter, allowing for some other jobs to be done, but bought an old classic impreza turbo for a play in the mean time. Now I really like it too, are three cars too many?

I have three, I feel its just the right amount. A car for every occasion


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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #3 on: 13 December 2011, 12:38 »
I like that idea, a car for every occasion. it is the magic number after all!  :grin:


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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #4 on: 13 December 2011, 13:11 »
11 years is a long time  :cool:

S'all about the weekend cars though. Got a Beetle and bought the Golf as the 'reliable daily' - it's now about to get it's third engine and is a project  :lipsrsealed:


Misses's Lupo for the daily duties  :laugh:

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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #5 on: 13 December 2011, 13:51 »
11 years is a long time  :cool:

S'all about the weekend cars though. Got a Beetle and bought the Golf as the 'reliable daily' - it's now about to get it's third engine and is a project  :lipsrsealed:


Misses's Lupo for the daily duties  :laugh:

Aka going down to gsf to pick up parts for the other two  :grin:


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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #6 on: 13 December 2011, 16:35 »
Im thinkin of strippin it all down an havin all the rust took out an repainted ,
But not sure what sort of task i am facing  :sad:
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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #7 on: 13 December 2011, 17:09 »
11 years is a long time  :cool:

S'all about the weekend cars though. Got a Beetle and bought the Golf as the 'reliable daily' - it's now about to get it's third engine and is a project  :lipsrsealed:


Misses's Lupo for the daily duties  :laugh:

Aka going down to gsf to pick up parts for the other two  :grin:


 :grin:

It's had an engine and gearbox in the 'boot' a few months back but ssshhh :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #8 on: 13 December 2011, 17:19 »
11 years is a long time  :cool:

S'all about the weekend cars though. Got a Beetle and bought the Golf as the 'reliable daily' - it's now about to get it's third engine and is a project  :lipsrsealed:


Misses's Lupo for the daily duties  :laugh:

Aka going down to gsf to pick up parts for the other two  :grin:


 :grin:

It's had an engine and gearbox in the 'boot' a few months back but ssshhh :lipsrsealed:

Haha, as long as the little lupo respects her elders  :grin:


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Re: Thats it, The GTI is officially of the road,
« Reply #9 on: 14 December 2011, 09:03 »
Im thinkin of strippin it all down an havin all the rust took out an repainted ,
But not sure what sort of task i am facing  :sad:

Thats a good priority, once done it assures any further work is on a solid car. But it's difficult to see the full extent till the plastic trims are stripped down a bit