bear1 wrote: » I'm also reading that when the bulbs expire then they are an expensive thing to replace.
166man wrote: » They should be removable I'd have thought. Can't imagine you'd need a new set once they're put on.
UnknownSpecies wrote: » Shleeper hai
Supergurrier wrote: » They sit in the door rubbers and are removable unless some lunatic glues/screwed them on.
power pants wrote: » yeah, I understand as to why, just dont understand the logic or the reasoning. just buy a tdi then, no need to do any improvements then
Donnelly117 wrote: » This seems like so much effort to go to just to replicate a car that can be bough for half nothing anyway... https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vw-golf-r32-4motion-engine-250bhp-cheap-tax/10793869
vintagevrs wrote: » It's a bit tongue in cheek, it is still a monster 4wd petrol wagon that doesn't need a badge. I like the idea. Especially with the amount of people that try and do the opposite in this country sticking M and RS badges on diesel saloons. Each to their own I guess. People who know cars will still know what it is, and those who don't, will not know what an S badge is anyway. This is why I never got the sticking the M or RS badges on cars that clearly are not. Not one person ever looks and thinks look at that rs4
MuppetCheck wrote: » They go very rarely though. In my experience nightbreakers every 3 months were more expensive than the one time a xenon bulb went.
OSI wrote: » If the tax they've listed is true, they've fiddled the reg cert as well. Tax on an 05 GTI should be €700. Very odd selection of extras on that as well. EDIT: Oh, it didn't even start as a GTI. Was what, a 1.4 Comfortline?
Donnelly117 wrote: » Good question, hard to figure the reg on it. But he says there was a GTI interior and exterior put into it so Im guessing it left the factory as a 1.4.. There wasn't even an R32 back on 05 was there? Or a GTI for that matter? Was it 06 the GTI came out? Just seems weird cause an r32 isnt exactly expensive to buy...
UnknownSpecies wrote: » The GTI has been around since the '70s The mk5 GTI was for sale in 2004 I believe. The R32 engine would have been around since 2005 too. This lad possibly took a 1.4 Golf and lobbed in an R32 engine without declaring it. Then he styled it like a GTI. An absolute Frankengolf if I've ever seen one and I'd run a hundred miles. R32s are really holding their value though and high spec examples are getting harder to find. You'd be looking to spend around 13k for a 2006/07 R32 with good spec. For a Golf with less tuning options than a GTI and a higher running cost, that's pretty expensive if you ask me... I'd look at an R32 the same way as I'd look at the likes of an M3. You need to be committed to servicing and looking after it. They're a class motor but not at all cheap.
mhackett102 wrote: » Can anyone recommend decent bulbs? I want the clear white kinda ones with a long distance view.. My local motorfactors is closed for renovations and the other place I go to doesnt stock Nightbreakers **The other motorfactors recommended "Ring" bulbs.
Supergurrier wrote: » What is this mpg you speak of ?
GvidoR wrote: » I've bought only 2 tyres this year, and both of them part worn. :pac:
YbFocus wrote: » I am not doing the maths
GvidoR wrote: » Despite having driven tens of thousands of miles, I have never brimmed a car. I have come very close (usually stopping at €40 or €50) but never to the point where the nozzle stops itself... ...until today! Brimmed the Punto. Finally I'll get an accurate MPG number. Feels good. :pac:
CIP4 wrote: » You'll never go back now. It's mad you did 10k miles and never filled the tank I've done about the same in the Megane and never not filled the tank. I suppose if you near petrol stations most of the time it's grand to not fill up I just find it inconvenient to go to them too often. My mpg on last tank were down to 47mpg might as well of bought a petrol pure joke when most of the time I get in the car it's to drive 150 km plus non stop I don't do much short trips at the moment.
