Post a picture of your vehicle here Part 5 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

jay28 wrote: »

https://flic.kr/p/YanS5LMy mk2 gti 16v

Edit.. haven't figured Flickr out yet!!

Looks great very clean I had a couple of valvers years ago and addictive revvvy fun..

Right, it feels like forever since I posted in here, and truth be told it has been about 3 months. Why the break? Well, I now own a car that requires fuel once a week, and just always works. Its unheard of in my world, especially coming off the back of an Alfa that took 5 attempts to get from Cork City to Macroom!! The mighty 207, or Blue Lightning as its known as Pugsel was a bit naff sounding, has been immense. Get in, turn on, drive, enjoy. Simples. In the 3.5 months now with the car, I've clocked up over 4000 miles, been through fields, did a gravel stage of a Forest Rally, been on all kinds of back lane and bye way and not a beat has been missed. I did manage to pull the splitter off one day with the help of a steep grass mound, but even that was a clip back on job. I did treat her to a proper compound polish a few weeks ago, but bar running costs (hard to beat the 48mpg figures) not a penny more has been spent on the car. Perhaps its sensibility setting in slowly, but I drive to work every morning with the JBL sound system doing its thing, the cover pulled back on the glass roof and enjoying the leather buckets. Thats not to say I've had moments of weakness. I was very close to pressing the button to buy carbon fiber S2000 wing mirrors at one point, and GTi bucket seats another day, but both times I just copped myself on....for now anyway.








As for the other voiture, the Puglet has led a quiet life of late. Its spent the last 5 months tucked up in the shed, probley getting out twice in that time. I pulled the finger out and sourced a second hand wing from Eastern Europe to replace a damaged one, and get it fitted using a head torch the night before the local vintage festival. Turns out that burnouts on grass and popping the exhaust (a full ex-rally straight through) doesn't go down well, and we may have been encouraged to leave :-O I feel bad having the car lying idle, so current plan is that its new keeper is coming to collect my baby next Friday, but fear not, another rickity old Peugeot is already lined up and waiting ;-)

jay28 wrote: »

To be honest I haven't owned the car that long, it's a credit to its 3 previous owners. Only has 94k documented miles and a folder full of history.

Now off to figure out Flickr!!!

That really is a beautiful car, so rare to see a Mk2 GTI these days and the few that are around tend to be slammed and have horrible boy racer wheels and as a result, look dreadful. I utterly love how original yours is - please keep it that way:).

Very nice, i've never seen a single F10 with LEDs, must be a late production model?

Vicxas wrote: »

Why do those bull nose Scania's always look weird.

The nose is just that bit too short, bit longer and it'd look right!

Jesus that's mental. Very lucky the damage wasn't worse! I was only thinking this morning that maybe I should get a fire extinguisher for the car... I think this is a sign.

Googlnig the fuse card layout and looking at where your fusebox is worst affect i.e it got the hottest seems to point to fuses for heated seats, sunroof or lumbar support - maybe double check your own manual.

Must have given you some fright

Cleaned the headlights yesterday with some cleaner i got on amazon. Amazing stuff. No cloudiness left and it only took 5 Mins.

Over in Chicago visiting family and decided to hire a car. Got given a Camaro RS convertible. Must say, even though it's only the v6, it has a lovely bark when you put the foot down.
It's in the 30s over here and it's just lovely putting the roof down in it.

Decided to take a spin up to Woodstock in her
Fans of groundhog day might recognise the place