AidanMcG
RMS Regular
Finally getting around to getting a thread of this up, my new (to me) Golf Mk6 R.
I had been on the lookout for a different car for a while which began by searching quite a few different cars including: Mk3 Focus ST, Astra GTC VXR, Mk6 R, Mk6 GTI ED35, Mk3 Leon Cupra, GT86 & 370z. After test driving some and ruling others out for various reasons, the final shortlist became the Mk6 R, Mk6 GTI ED35 and Mk3 Leon Cupra. With the availability of these cars over here few and far between, I was all poised to make the right spec came up (3rd, manual and some car specific things) and almost had one at the tail end of last summer from southwest England but didn’t work out. A few more came up but timing didn’t work then as I was in the middle of closing on a house so was being patient and waiting for something right to come up in spring or summer and potentially get Mk5 GTI or Mk2 Focus ST to fill in for now, however this came up for sale locally at a keen price, full dealer / specialist history, lowish miles for the age and a rare unmodified (except for H&R lowering springs) so became too good of an opportunity to pass and it was purchased. It was for sale through a dealer on behalf of someone else, so price was firm but I was in contact with who they were selling it for who included the OEM 19” talladega’s amongst other things in the deal.
The plan for now is unknown with the exception of getting a CarPlay head unit installed, cruise control retrofitted and the talladega’s refurbed and fitted at some stage later in the year but also playing with the idea of BBS CH-R’s, Rotiforms or OZ’s as well.
Anyway, I’ve rambled on enough, so have some snaps
I had been on the lookout for a different car for a while which began by searching quite a few different cars including: Mk3 Focus ST, Astra GTC VXR, Mk6 R, Mk6 GTI ED35, Mk3 Leon Cupra, GT86 & 370z. After test driving some and ruling others out for various reasons, the final shortlist became the Mk6 R, Mk6 GTI ED35 and Mk3 Leon Cupra. With the availability of these cars over here few and far between, I was all poised to make the right spec came up (3rd, manual and some car specific things) and almost had one at the tail end of last summer from southwest England but didn’t work out. A few more came up but timing didn’t work then as I was in the middle of closing on a house so was being patient and waiting for something right to come up in spring or summer and potentially get Mk5 GTI or Mk2 Focus ST to fill in for now, however this came up for sale locally at a keen price, full dealer / specialist history, lowish miles for the age and a rare unmodified (except for H&R lowering springs) so became too good of an opportunity to pass and it was purchased. It was for sale through a dealer on behalf of someone else, so price was firm but I was in contact with who they were selling it for who included the OEM 19” talladega’s amongst other things in the deal.
The plan for now is unknown with the exception of getting a CarPlay head unit installed, cruise control retrofitted and the talladega’s refurbed and fitted at some stage later in the year but also playing with the idea of BBS CH-R’s, Rotiforms or OZ’s as well.
Anyway, I’ve rambled on enough, so have some snaps
