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Offline gfmr89

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Re: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #20 on: 13 August 2026, 11:52 »
Congrats, looks fantastic.

One of my neighbours has one in red and I’m itching to catch him when he’s out washing it for a closer look!

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Re: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #21 on: 13 August 2026, 13:57 »
Thanks gfmr  :smiley:

You’ll have to camp outside your neighbour’s on wash day!
‘26 Ed50, ‘23 Leccy Mini, ‘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: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #22 on: 14 August 2026, 08:57 »
Congratulations Exonian and welcome the ED50 club!

Love the car and look forward to your future posts. I really like my ED50, but I've not fallen for it, and I'm tempted back into RS3 ownership. I miss that 5 cylinder burble
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Re: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #23 on: 15 August 2026, 20:56 »
Thanks Paul  :smiley:

Maybe soon there’ll be a Golf with that 5 cylinder if reports are true.
‘26 Ed50, ‘23 Leccy Mini, ‘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 

Offline ar899

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Re: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #24 on: 16 August 2026, 17:56 »
Congrats Exo. You said not your daily driver so what is?

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Re: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #25 on: 16 August 2026, 21:18 »
Thanks Al  :smiley:



‘26 Ed50, ‘23 Leccy Mini, ‘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: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #26 on: 16 August 2026, 21:34 »
Surely there's an explanation due?? Scratching of two itches?
2025 Oryx Black Edition Clubsport with Performance Pack.
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2019 Oryx 5dr TCR with Reifnitz.
2015 Tornado Red 3dr GTI PP, manual, Santiagos, Audi short shifter.

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Re: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #27 on: 16 August 2026, 22:05 »
I’m going for colour coordinated just like curtains.

Was itching to get one of those since launch, ended up buying one second hand but not really using it despite a free to use charger about five minutes walk away from my front door.
Then Donald woke up in a bad mood with Iran one day and it got harder to get super unleaded locally, so I started commuting in that and now I use it all the time. My R got parked up in March/April and aside from a few longer trips it didn’t move for a few months. I was planning on getting another EV to share the miles more evenly possibly next year or the year after, then the black thing appeared and I thought “now there’s a car more suited to doing zero miles”
‘26 Ed50, ‘23 Leccy Mini, ‘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: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #28 on: 16 August 2026, 22:50 »
I take it then the Mini is satisfactory? Presumably range is an issue hence the need for an ice car occasionally?
2025 Oryx Black Edition Clubsport with Performance Pack.
Previously:
2019 Oryx 5dr TCR with Reifnitz.
2015 Tornado Red 3dr GTI PP, manual, Santiagos, Audi short shifter.

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Re: In the words of Britney Spears…
« Reply #29 on: 17 August 2026, 09:22 »
Thanks Al  :smiley:




I like! :cool:. Red and black is a good combination and I prefer your model of Mini to the current Chinese built one. IMHO the interior of yours is definitely nicer.

I had an inkling that you might have got an electric Mini as it’s one of the cars in the ‘hidden’ (difficult to read, white typeface) list at the foot of your posts.

I’ll probably be going electric with my next car………… :smiley:



2020 Polo GTI Plus; Pure White, DSG (because they all are)
Gone but not forgotten;
2016 Polo GTI; Blue Silk
2011 mk6 Golf GTD; Carbon Grey
2007 mk5 Golf GT (2.0 170bhp TDI version); Deep Black Pearl
2002  mk4 Golf GTI (the 150 bhp diesel version); Deep Black Pearl