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Post a picture of your car here Part 4 (quote a picture, get a 24h ban!!)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,525 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    bazz26 wrote: »
    The nerd in you now can try and spot the small differences between the UK built liftback and the Japanese built estate.

    It will take them awhile :p both of the op's cars came from the same factory in jap land. ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Irishcrx


    YbFocus wrote: »
    I don't know paddy, i loved that car.
    I can't warm to modern golfs.

    It's the seats in them that turn me off , look like them old hats <racist term removed> would wear.

    Also don't understand why people buy high performance cars in auto instead of manual , each to their own of course but that would take the fun out of it for me completely...I like the shift =)

    But that is a very well kept and clean GTI.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,600 ✭✭✭tossy


    Irishcrx wrote: »
    It's the seats in them that turn me off , look like them old hats <racist term removed> would wear.

    Also don't understand why people buy high performance cars in auto instead of manual , each to their own of course but that would take the fun out of it for me completely...I like the shift =)

    But that is a very well kept and clean GTI.

    The seats are class and a throw back to the original GTI, have you ever driven a DSG GTI ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    DSG gearbox is the absolute business in those cars...


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Irishcrx wrote: »
    It's the seats in them that turn me off , look like them old hats pikeys would wear.

    Also don't understand why people buy high performance cars in auto instead of manual , each to their own of course but that would take the fun out of it for me completely...I like the shift =)

    But that is a very well kept and clean GTI.


    DSG is miles ahead of your average auto box, they are quicker than the manual and all, I'm not a massive fan of autos myself but I'd have a DSG GTI anyday.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,674 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Had one of those primeras.
    They are one comfy car to go on a trip.
    You could drive them all day.

    The woman I sold it to in October 2005 is still driving it. Though she told me last week it wont pass the next nct as the chassis is starting to rust.

    This is it.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭millington


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    And with the daily
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    E30 must have been imported the same time as my E34 the reg is close!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Wow, the E30 looks amazing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭MTBD


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    The 159 after a wax using Tesco car wax. I bet you are all thinking "Tesco, car wax!? That must be ****". And you'd be right. Dreadful stuff. It looks fine here, but the first rain shower after and the car was covered in more water marks than it was before I waxed it. Brought it back for a lovely refund of €4.20. Lesson learned.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Get some collinite wax and you won't need to apply it as often as the cheap tesco stuff. It lasts ages too, detailing shed have it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    The tesco cucumber car shampoo looks like good fun though. Havn't tried it yet though.

    I'm pretty sure the tesco bits are made by simoniz. A lot of the tesco stuff isn't great but you won't get many detailing enthusiasts buying their gear in tescos.

    I bought a load of tesco branded large genuine leather chamois' last week for €2 each, delighted. I know, i know chamois, scratches etc. I use it with common sense and one or two swirls wont have me losing sleep.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭BMJD



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    I think yer car got robbed :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭MTBD


    Fixed my link there.

    Yeah, I went into Halfords afterwards and got 3 for 2 on Autoglym products. I actually didnt get a wax but got a car shampoo and some interior leather products. I think I will go for the starter pack with clay, wax, compound, and applicator next time. They are good value. I have another car that I need to compound so looking forward to that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,697 ✭✭✭Hachiko


    These mysterious wash jets..

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Foam Friday
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Went for a blast down to Kerry, nice day for it.

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    And in its Natural Habitat with the brothers car, bonnet up mating ritual :pac:

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭hi_im_fil


    Sprayed the bumper vents black, gave it a wash and tidied up the bumper alignment a small bit

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Just gave it a wash and dry :) it was worth the pain.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    It's so hard to photograph this car and make it look good. In person, I personally think it looks phenomenal.
    Whatever the camera lens does I don't know, but the proportions just seem odd and bloated in photographs, it's much sleeker in person.

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    Wheels scrubbed this evening.

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    The perfect light for hiding any imperfections. :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    You were down by Caherdaniel today FN? Amazing spot!

    Nice to see so many pictures on the thread today..!

    My own effort here

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    All three red cars after being cleaned and sealed this evening, with the car that started it all off in 2002 sitting proudly in the middle...!! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,092 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Great photo there 166man


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭nd


    @ Voodoomelon, try taking photos from further away, and then cropping them later to "zoom" in (don't ever use digital zoom on the camera).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    166man wrote: »
    You were down by Caherdaniel today FN? Amazing spot!

    I was indeed. I used to stay down there every Summer in Wave Crest so decided to take a spin down yesterday as I remember those roads being great, it didn't disappoint :cool:

    The road off the Dual Carriageway to Kenmare and the one from Sneem to Caherdaniel are just class.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭Taylor365


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    Wash/waxed for the summer :cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,450 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    I was indeed. I used to stay down there every Summer in Wave Crest so decided to take a spin down yesterday as I remember those roads being great, it didn't disappoint :cool:

    The road off the Dual Carriageway to Kenmare and the one from Sneem to Caherdaniel are just class.

    I used to spend a lot of summers in O Carroll's cove (where you took the photo) and one of the best drives I've ever had was from there to Waterville so I could get money to go drinking. Sun shining, quiet road and a rwd 6 cylinder BMW. Fantastic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    I used to spend a lot of summers in O Carroll's cove (where you took the photo) and one of the best drives I've ever had was from there to Waterville so I could get money to go drinking. Sun shining, quiet road and a rwd 6 cylinder BMW. Fantastic.

    Yep, that's what I did all the way down, threw it into Manual Sport mode and kept it in 2nd/3rd on the bends, can't beat revving to 6500!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,043 ✭✭✭Truckermal


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    I replaced my Avensis with this I purchased it of Padraig Mor from Boards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    So another Toyota then? :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,013 ✭✭✭davycc


    Yep, that's what I did all the way down, threw it into Manual Sport mode and kept it in 2nd/3rd on the bends, can't beat revving to 6500!

    meh you lazy auto boys need some vtec in your lives;):D


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