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The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

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    #8372
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    Hardly the one in Barry's in Limerick?

    Yes indeed


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    #8373
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Frederick Yellow Headhunter wrote: »
    Yes indeed

    Beautiful car, well wear!


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    #8374
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    Thats gorgeous Hooch - well done. Those two tone seats with the body colour is a really sweet combo. Pix please... and welcome to the R club


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    #8375
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Are the seats some upgrade from the standard seats? They had a suede/alcantara feel to them on the outside, or are they all that?


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    #8376
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    Beautiful car, well wear!

    Likewise!


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    #8377
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    Are the seats some upgrade from the standard seats? They had a suede/alcantara feel to them on the outside, or are they all that?

    The are all like that.


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    #8378
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    tossy wrote: »
    The are all like that.

    Thought so.


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    #8379
    everlast75
    Registered Users Posts: 19,143 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    I think so. I'll have to like it now as I've a deal done:D
    ILikeBoats wrote: »
    Similar to you, I'm getting rid of the ST diesel, picking up a GTI PP tomorrow! Very excited
    Frederick Yellow Headhunter wrote: »
    And I've just bought a Leon Cupra 290. Tis the season!

    *Goes outside of work - looks at car and sighs*


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    #8380
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,213 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    And I just got...a low key battery warning :D


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    #8381
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    And I just got...a low key battery warning :D

    Put the key up on a high shelf.... ;)


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    #8382
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    My god. The R is an phenomenal car. Peak car for me anyway I can't realistically get any better without going for an M car or into the supercar league. The way it grips is just mind blowing and the damping unbelievably good. I live in the sticks and the road surfaces near my house aren't great, but even with the 19s it soaks up the bumps as if they aren't there.


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    #8383
    vintagevrs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,381 ✭✭✭vintagevrs


    Great to see youre loving it, having come from another Mk7. The one you got looks like a cracker. Throw up some pictures.


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    #8384
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    Hardly the one in Barry's in Limerick?

    The black one? Damn, it looks like any Cupras that come up for sale in dealerships are sold just in days!
    Was thinking about it for myself, unfortunately it's a bit out of my budget.
    Gratz on it m8. Happy driving and good luck keeping black car clean. :D


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    #8385
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    vintagevrs wrote: »
    Great to see youre loving it, having come from another Mk7. The one you got looks like a cracker. Throw up some pictures.

    One from last night. I'll get better ones tomorrow. Nct in the morning, hope i get a more competent tester than Tossy did last week
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    #8386
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,410 ✭✭✭Wailin


    In it's natural environment I see :pac::pac:

    Beautiful car Hooch.


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    #8387
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Wailin wrote: »
    In it's natural environment I see :pac::pac:

    Beautiful car Hooch.

    I'm actually surprised by how good it is. I'm on course for 600kms from the first tank, around 34mpg. There was plenty of rips in that too but a lot was motorway or secondary roads cruising. If that's a sign of things to come I'll be well happy. For context I used get around 750 per tank in the GTD. Sometimes less too.


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    #8388
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,410 ✭✭✭Wailin


    That is impressive. I was thinking mid to late 20's at best.


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    #8389
    ILikeBoats
    Registered Users Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭ILikeBoats


    Picked up GTI today. 600km round trip. I love it


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    #8390
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    That's very tidy, enjoy


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    #8391
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    My old GTD if anyone is in the market. Well priced imo, it's a tidy car.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-gtd-2-0-tdi-184-bhp-2015-151/23800452


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    #8392
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Wailin wrote: »
    That is impressive. I was thinking mid to late 20's at best.

    Mid 20s is my reality.


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    #8393
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    tossy wrote: »
    Mid 20s is my reality.

    Bejaysus.


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    #8394
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,410 ✭✭✭Wailin


    tossy wrote: »
    Mid 20s is my reality.

    What hp is she putting out now tossy? 350 plus?


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    #8395
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    I do mainly motorway driving 33 mpg average.
    Wife took the car for a week, she was in and out of town daily car came back averaging 15 mpg. (And she definitely isn't the type to trash it) mk7.5 R


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    #8396
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Wailin wrote: »
    What hp is she putting out now tossy? 350 plus?

    Yeah closer to 400


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    #8397
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Have you much mileage on it now Shane? Mine has 98kms but it really doesn't feel it. It drives like new.


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    #8398
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    Have you much mileage on it now Shane? Mine has 98kms but it really doesn't feel it. It drives like new.

    35k Miles, I've put around 12k on it since buying it.


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    #8399
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,120 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Seen as the induction kit is gone out the window as an Xmas present is there any way I can upgrade the brakes to stop them grinding before you get a few km up.....would upgraded pads and discs do the trick...any recommendations?


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    #8400
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Upgraded stuff usually take longer to get to temp.


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    #8401
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,120 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Augeo wrote: »
    Upgraded stuff usually take longer to get to temp.

    I've seen that it can make it worse, can't see a solution to cure it there has to be one though.


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