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Long story short: lease Leon ending, no option to extend, no decent deals about. So thought Id get something as a fairly low use daily to complement the 911. The 911 could be a daily but it would ruin the experience and its actually crap in traffic etc so wasnt going to fly.
So set about trying to find something that was:
- relatively cheap (< £5k)
- looked good
- drove good
- could fit my mother in without her gurning the whole time (we did the 911 ONCE, and once only)
- Id be happy leaving parked on the street in town
- and MOST importantly had heated seats. I cannot stress enough how important this is
Was open to golfs, sciroccos, meganes, clios, 1series BMWs, all sorts but having had a couple of Golf GTis before I knew they actually deserve the hype.
Saw this one fairly early on, kinda discounted it because it was fairly pricey but after chatting to the lad thats selling it it seemed it might actually be the one to tick all the boxes. Last thing I wanted was something needing work and looking a bit scruffy. Went to view and fair play to the fella its immaculate, drives super tight and honestly youd have NO clue it had 100k on it.
Few nice bits done:
- lowered a little
- milltek catback
- mild remap
- pcv delete
- timing chain etc all done
- ED30 wheels
Will pick it up during the week sometime but few pics from the ad. Few things planned already:
- some sort of carplay unit
- better headlights
- might change the steering wheel for a MFSW GT one. I dont really like the GTI wheel, it feels a bit fussy in your hands
Think thats it, needs nothing else
So set about trying to find something that was:
- relatively cheap (< £5k)
- looked good
- drove good
- could fit my mother in without her gurning the whole time (we did the 911 ONCE, and once only)
- Id be happy leaving parked on the street in town
- and MOST importantly had heated seats. I cannot stress enough how important this is
Was open to golfs, sciroccos, meganes, clios, 1series BMWs, all sorts but having had a couple of Golf GTis before I knew they actually deserve the hype.
Saw this one fairly early on, kinda discounted it because it was fairly pricey but after chatting to the lad thats selling it it seemed it might actually be the one to tick all the boxes. Last thing I wanted was something needing work and looking a bit scruffy. Went to view and fair play to the fella its immaculate, drives super tight and honestly youd have NO clue it had 100k on it.
Few nice bits done:
- lowered a little
- milltek catback
- mild remap
- pcv delete
- timing chain etc all done
- ED30 wheels
Will pick it up during the week sometime but few pics from the ad. Few things planned already:
- some sort of carplay unit
- better headlights
- might change the steering wheel for a MFSW GT one. I dont really like the GTI wheel, it feels a bit fussy in your hands
Think thats it, needs nothing else
great going thing and a great all rounder. Get the cam follower changed if it hasn't already been done recently 
just make sure you get an OEM one from VW
