Goodbye Golf

[Speedman]

Put my sensible hat on a few weeks ago and decided it was time to part company with our Mk2 GTI.....



.....SWMBO had four years fairly trouble free fun in it as a daily racking up 40000 miles in the process, but with a few little niggles recently and a bit of cash burning a hole in the bank it was the right time, so out with the old, in with the newer.



I know its not Retro, but its toasty warm, quiet and we still have the aircooled pair to play in. I'm planning no mods to this, a slap with the stick and some rims crossed my mind, but for the time being we're staying stock.



To fill the Golf shaped hole in the carpark have some funky water pumpers ;D

[Seth]

Booo, hisss etc.!

Having said that, I wouldn't bother modifying the new one either

[hairnet]

chip it

done

[Speedman]

It would be a crime to mod it Seth, one owner 60k miles, mint interior and Kim loves it as it is

[montythemole]

At the risk of being a bit Max Power, the debadged grills on these really improve the looks, debadge it and maybe a slight lowering and they look great.

[Mystery Machine]

Stock as a rock daily is the way forward.

As discussed at length a few weeks back Steve, start modifying (even just a little) and it becomes a slippery slope all too easily.

Enjoy rolling in anonymity....and comfort ;D

[sutty2006]

I looked into getting a pissrat TDI when i was after a newer daily. They seem to keep down depreciation more than equivilant mondeos etc (which i bought an 05 plate deo for 51 plate passat money). The passat was an all round smoother/ perhaps more reliable but insurance was more expensive :S

[Rich606]

A good choice of daily. A mate at college last year has a 1.9TD, very comfortable interior: he and another mate worked for a Ginetta team and slept in it most weekends as they followed the Ginetta circuit around the country ;D
He thrashed the hell out of it for a year, paying it next to no attention mechanically and it didn't complain.

Great fun for scaring the curse word out of another mate while he sat in his car at lunch time smoking a joint, he thought it was an unmarked police car as we slowly rolled past him in the college car park ;D