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Offline dan.payne

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DP's daily
« on: December 18, 2009, 11:36:07 am »
So Im not big on running a nice car through winter at all as I bought the Golf as a toy to enjoy and tbh I dont enjoy the car in winter weather; no traction, grit, muck, hassle etc. So I have been looking out for a cheap mk3 to run me through the winter  :xmassmiley:

Ever since school Ive always wanted a mk3 GTi, I can remember sitting in class drawing them with my mates :smiley:

Ok so their not the most desirable Golf compared against the mk1's and 2's but are relatively cheap to get a gudden unlike the m1's and 2's. I came across a real gem for not a lot at all.

I found a mk3 GTi 8v 20th Anniversary in satin silver, with no tax or test, went up and had a look with a guy I know in the trade and we had a good look around it and everything was spot on, I gave the guy £900 and that was that. I put it straight through a test without laying a finger on it to which all it failed on was a nearside track rod end.

Got that sorted and put it through a re-test which it passed  :happy2:

Anyway here it is after a very good clean:



And today it looks like this  :laugh:
« Last Edit: December 18, 2009, 11:38:04 am by dan.payne »
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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2009, 11:49:52 am »
As Mk3's go that does look a good un Dan!  :happy2:

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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2009, 11:51:23 am »
liking the wheels  :santa:
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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2009, 11:53:45 am »
looks like a good one mate. I got my brother in law one a few months back an ani version 2.0 16v and its a nice thing but i told him to get the belts changed after i did a quick service on it and he said he would do but he left it and they snapped and took the engine with it  :rolleye: i bloody told him 5 or 6 times to do it so now its been redone and should be ready for him to run soon  :smiley:

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2009, 12:31:26 pm »
That looks ace Dan, better than that Saxo you had  :grin:
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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2009, 12:52:43 pm »
for a minute there the thread title lead me waaaaaaaay off into the NSFW category!

as far as the mk3 is concerned and away from any "double" action, i think its great! ;)

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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2009, 01:16:39 pm »
That looks ace Dan, better than that Paxo you had  :grin:

Tom that was a secret :signLOL:  :ashamed:
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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2009, 01:46:54 pm »
Its totally standard apart from the head unit. The anni's benefit from VR6 breaks and front chin along with anniversary 16" BBS RX split rims :wink:

It also came with a private plate, so I will be moving that across to the ED30  :grin:

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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2009, 04:06:29 pm »
Loks nice Dan  :happy2:

The black plastic arches gives it a nice 4x4 stance on the pics.  :grin:

Are you taking the Eddie of the road full time for the winter, or going to be still running it on occasion's.  :happy2:

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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2009, 05:33:35 pm »
dont blame you at all mate , my S3 is tucked up in the garage while the sh*t weather is here , that looks a nice car mate  :santa:

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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2009, 05:38:20 pm »
looks tidy that, nice 'winter' run around   :santa:

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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2009, 06:03:23 pm »
Looks like a very tidy MK3 Anni, I love the interior in those!

I'm amazed the Anni's are as cheap as the normal ones these days, but MK3s are too cheap as it is.  I actually really like them.

I was offered a pretty nice black 3dr 16V Colour Concept the other day for £1k, after todays weather I'm tempted to get ABF #3!  Don't worry Mat Ed30 I know all about ABF cambelt issues, my last Ibiza GTI had a £2500 head rebuild from the local dealer 60 miles before I bought it for £900!

Edit - car sold yesterday, d'oh!
« Last Edit: December 18, 2009, 10:44:48 pm by TomB »
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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2009, 10:11:39 pm »
very nice dan  :happy2:
you know your gona have to mod it though :wink:
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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2010, 11:59:05 am »
Well after just over 3 months in the mk3 over winter its time for her to go. Its been good but im missing everything about the ED30 and the weather is getting better now... Isn't it??  :scared:



She made some friends along the way  :love:



Expect some new Mk5 piccys this weekend  :party:
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Re: DP's daily
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2010, 12:02:41 pm »
As Mk3's go that does look a good un Dan!  :happy2:

was just about to say the same thing. very nice :)

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