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*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********
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Supergurrier wrote: »They sit in the door rubbers and are removable unless some lunatic glues/screwed them on.
Ah, right, it's just dad got a Citroen berlingo with wind deflectors there a few weeks back and one is sat under the rubber, but the other seems to be superglued on...
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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
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 0 -
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/107938690 -
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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
Any new potential owners would probably get shafted if they were caught or potentially if they went to tax it.0 -
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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
True I suppose, people that know about cars will know
I just prefer cars to be left pretty much factory standard. Rs4s etc arent too over badged either.
Just personal taste , Id never put a badge or tack onto my car to make it be something it is not and likewise if car came with chrome wing mirrors , chrome mirrors would stay0 -
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.
Damn I was hoping you guys would tell me they are crap
I'll need to take a look at the car so and see what they are like. Hard to swallow 1k extra just for Xenons though.0 -
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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...
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.0 -
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I though the mk5 GTI was a year later then the normal versions launched? And the 32 later again? Maybe not. Certainly not something Id buy anyway...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.0 -
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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:
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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.
I had them ring performance bulbs (can't remember the exact name) they are basically more or less as good as night breakers not sure if they last as long as I didn't have them in long enough to blow. The Megane has night breakers in it for the guts of 6 months and they are good I've had several sets of them in this stage. They normally last a year for me others seem to get less which is surprising as I spend most of my time driving in the dark either early morning or late night.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:
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.0 -
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