Newbie alert !

[tonyh]

welcome 

[Soundlab]

hey, welcome to the forum, i see youre making the swap from jap to euro 

what skyline do you have? gtr? i wanted a gtr but gone off them now, sticking with the golf for  while longer 

Yep - it's a 32 GTR, running just shy of 450hp (and 330-ish ftlb torque).

Haven't really used it properly for the past couple of years (380 miles between the last 2 M.O.T's) so I've decided it's time to move it on and get something that's much newer, I can use on a daily basis and still have a lot of fun in.

I'm also trying to move away from modifications - and the only thing the Golf will be seeing in terms of performance add-ons is a REVO stage 1 setup (because I know I'm going to miss the raw power of the GTR and the REVO might just help me get over it    ).

Thanks again for the kind welcomes.

[indublin]

hey, welcome to the forum, i see youre making the swap from jap to euro 

what skyline do you have? gtr? i wanted a gtr but gone off them now, sticking with the golf for  while longer 

Yep - it's a 32 GTR, running just shy of 450hp (and 330-ish ftlb torque).

Haven't really used it properly for the past couple of years (380 miles between the last 2 M.O.T's) so I've decided it's time to move it on and get something that's much newer, I can use on a daily basis and still have a lot of fun in.

I'm also trying to move away from modifications - and the only thing the Golf will be seeing in terms of performance add-ons is a REVO stage 1 setup (because I know I'm going to miss the raw power of the GTR and the REVO might just help me get over it    ).

Thanks again for the kind welcomes.

How much for the GTR? Also what year is it? I may know someone who is interested!

[Soundlab]

hey, welcome to the forum, i see youre making the swap from jap to euro 

what skyline do you have? gtr? i wanted a gtr but gone off them now, sticking with the golf for  while longer 

Yep - it's a 32 GTR, running just shy of 450hp (and 330-ish ftlb torque).

Haven't really used it properly for the past couple of years (380 miles between the last 2 M.O.T's) so I've decided it's time to move it on and get something that's much newer, I can use on a daily basis and still have a lot of fun in.

I'm also trying to move away from modifications - and the only thing the Golf will be seeing in terms of performance add-ons is a REVO stage 1 setup (because I know I'm going to miss the raw power of the GTR and the REVO might just help me get over it    ).

Thanks again for the kind welcomes.

How much for the GTR? Also what year is it? I may know someone who is interested!

Take a look at this thread: http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/101637-immaculate-32-gtr-sale.html

It contains the full details - plus some "endorsements" from people that know the car (including the guy who mapped it who until a couple of months ago, was the mapper at Abbey Motorsport).

Once you've had a read of the thread, if you need more info, feel free to contact me.

Cheers,
Daz

[RedRobin]

I'm also trying to move away from modifications - and the only thing the Golf will be seeing in terms of performance add-ons is a REVO stage 1 setup (because I know I'm going to miss the raw power of the GTR and the REVO might just help me get over it

....Then you better immediately put myself, Hurdy, and a few others on your "Ignore" list!!

The Mk5 GTI is a great allrounder. Welcome to the forum!

[Top Cat]

Great car Daz
 But i bet you all the athlete's in china that you will do more mods than you stated if you spend any amount of time on here. 

[Soundlab]

Well, the PLAN is not to modify beyond a stage 1 REVO.  I'm never going to get near the performance of my Skyline - so I'm just after something I can have some fun in but also something that is a bit more "sensible".

The Skyline is an absolute rocket - and with just short of 440hp I'm never going to get near it.  So, what I've decided is to get something pretty new and something I can still enjoy, without throwing money at it like I've done the Skyline (and my previous GTI-R - which was running just over 300hp).

I've put off selling the Skyline for a year - as I truely love the car.  But it's sell it now or keep it forever, and I've decided to sell it.

I just hope that I'm making the right decision and that I'll be happy in the GTI.  I've driven one...and was impressed, so hopefully I'll be happy.

[RedRobin]

....You just have to enjoy the GTI for what it is and not make too many direct comparisons.

Revo Stage1 will make a big difference...........................But so would a Milltek, AP Racing Big Brake Kit, Suspension mods, Quaife diff....Oh sorry!! I forgot! You don't like mods

[Soundlab]

Heheh !! It's not that I don't like mods, it's just that having modified extensively my previous 2 cars (the GTI-R I owned for 4 years and the Skyline for 5 so far - and both were modified from the off, so 9 years of tuning) I'm trying to move away from that.

Once I've got the GTI and have driven it for a while, then I may find that I want to improve a couple of things (i'm not going to rule it out 100%), but I'm not going to be looking for replacement turbo's and the like.  I'd prefer to enjoy the car as standard or with the stage one REVO (if possible......)