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Offline colb666

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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #10 on: 21 August 2008, 14:11 »
^^what did it do to the insurance making it a GTi lookalike ?

They were fine as its all OEM VW parts,they charged an extra £20 on the premium though..
i personally think the polo looks great!  :cool:  only issue i have is badging it a GTI  :angry:

mod'ing the car to make it look nicer is acceptable but mod'ing it to look like something it isn't seems wrong

The badge was removed that day as I'm not a fan of fake badging either.
I think that polo does look great, except the dodgy number plate!
In what way is the number plate dodgy? apart from DE font?

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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #11 on: 21 August 2008, 14:34 »
Personally I think your a bit silly making a car look like something its not, but thats just me. There is nothin wrong with putting your own wheels etc but when you try and make it look like something else i think its just wrong.

....I think the same.

Do whatever you want - it's your car, but don't be fake.

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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #12 on: 21 August 2008, 15:58 »
I think that polo does look great, except the dodgy number plate!
In what way is the number plate dodgy? apart from DE font?
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Apart from the font?  Thats the problem, its totally illegal and you could get 3 penalty points and a fine.
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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #13 on: 21 August 2008, 15:59 »
Personally I think your a bit silly making a car look like something its not, but thats just me. There is nothin wrong with putting your own wheels etc but when you try and make it look like something else i think its just wrong.

Yep, like i cant stand the number of old sh!tty bmws around these days with M badges on - who believes that people are gona walk past and go 'wow he's got an M3!' when you've clearly got a 10 year old giant turd


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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #14 on: 21 August 2008, 16:13 »
....I love that expession: "You can't polish a turd!" :laugh:
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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #15 on: 21 August 2008, 18:40 »
you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter :grin:

the polo looks realy good

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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #16 on: 21 August 2008, 19:02 »
I like that Polo, its done in very good taste.  :wink:

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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #17 on: 21 August 2008, 19:06 »
you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter :grin:


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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #18 on: 21 August 2008, 20:15 »
I think that polo does look great, except the dodgy number plate!
In what way is the number plate dodgy? apart from DE font?

Apart from the font?  Thats the problem, its totally illegal and you could get 3 penalty points and a fine.
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It may get me a £30 fine for the font if the Police officer was having a bad day but,no points I'm afraid.

I believe some guys forget what it was like to be 17 and having your first car? Most of us did things to our first car which we'd like to forget no doubt  :grin:
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Re: All show no go?
« Reply #19 on: 21 August 2008, 20:37 »
I think that polo does look great, except the dodgy number plate!
In what way is the number plate dodgy? apart from DE font?

Apart from the font?  Thats the problem, its totally illegal and you could get 3 penalty points and a fine.

It may get me a £30 fine for the font if the Police officer was having a bad day but,no points I'm afraid.

I believe some guys forget what it was like to be 17 and having your first car? Most of us did things to our first car which we'd like to forget no doubt  :grin:
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your so right there i had a mk2 escort put big arche's on couldn't afford to spray it, well i could but spent the money on a peco exhaust. thinking back i must have been getting laughed at on every corner its part of growing up.  :lipsrsealed: :wink: