New GTi owner

[damien010685]

Bugs the fcuk out of me when people come on here saying theyve just spent there hard earned money on a car and the replies they get are "should of brought a turbo" i know its just banter but if the op spent 1.5/2k on it the last thing they want is someone saying they apparently wasted there money !

Welcome to the forum bud my mate has a 1.8 a3 on 220k so plenty of life left if you look after her

It's a forum at the end of the day you will get helpful, sarcastic , nice and sh!t comments there's not wrong with any golf at the end of the day as its what you make of it but sorry 99% of people on here but a golf and go how can I get more power!!! So the natural response when someone buys a 2.0 or 1.8 n/a is usually sell it!! As he's said he's planning to put to standard so as long as ure not bothered about power and just want a car then there's Bugger all wrong with that especially if its a project apologies mate if I jumped on the 1.8t band wagon but sadly it's what most threads are like.   Look forward to seeing your progress mate

[hardmonkeys]

might be a slow one mate..but i'll make sure i get pics...and post my findings and share the knowledge

[damien010685]

It still does 70 I'm sure 

[hardmonkeys]

Haha!! Well isn't that the legal
Limit :-) no point in having potential for more when you can't use it 

[hardmonkeys]

I've email VW about some kinda of history....and they got back with this...

Hi Warren

Thank you for your contact into our Twitter page regarding the Golf GTI.
We can confirm the following services have been carried out by our Volkswagen network:

S*** XPP - WVW*********** - Supplying retailer - Veritas Volkswagen (now trading as Inchcape Volkswagen, Southend-on-Sea, Essex)

14/04/99 @ 9,049 MILES   - Veritas Volkswagen ( now trading as Inchcape Volkswagen, Southend-on-Sea, Essex)
17/03/00 @ 16,670 MILES - Gilder Volkswagen, Chesterfield
15/12/00 @ 29,264 MILES - Parkway Volkswagen, Derby
17/06/02 @ 48,400 MILES - Parkway Volkswagen, Derby

There are no other services recorded against this vehicle on our systems and we haven't seen it since 2002.
We hope this information is useful in your restoration.

Many Thanks

Social Media Customer Relations Team
Volkswagen UK Customer Services

Only 4 stamps :-/....

Oh dear lol

Warren

[Mr GTD]

Hey Warren, saw your post in the new members section about your pics lol...

Looks like a very good base to start with mate...good luck with the project!

[hardmonkeys]

Many thanks mate, just need to sort the airbag light and ill be happy, as the rest I can do myself

Warren

[hardmonkeys]

Recap....
Hey all, ive bought some cheap alloys and tyres from ebay £80, standard VW Golf GTi 15" alloys not sure on the name of them, I know they aren't the best looking ones, but they are 100 times better than the shocking ones that were on there!



from this




To this





Ignore the puddle of coolant underneath, that's the next job 

 

[navmk4gti]

Looks ayt price bud. Personally i would not spend any money modding it as engine is not so tunable being a non turbom still a great car mate and not lot 1.8 non turbos about. Great a to b cars

[hardmonkeys]

I'm not modding...I'm dechavving lol