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Hi,
I'm guessing posts time out when writing?....10+ photos uploaded, 200+ words.
click preview....................."error".
I did spend a while putting post together, too long i guess. lesson learnt.
hi I'm new, I'm going to try again tomorrow. Will write the next topic in word and copy to post.
TTFN
Rossimac:
If it errors, hit F5 and it'll try to resend your post!
Sorry you had such a nice post lost!
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Thanks Rossimac, i'm a bit rusty at this. Ill have another go. Everyone seems very helpful on here. When I was last on VW forums I did find everyone was a bit intense and there were some pretty militant moderators but nice to see that doesn’t seem to be the case here.
I purchased the car at the end of Jan this year and will be my first MK5 gti having owned Mk1’s, 2’s, 3’s & 4’s. I still have a 170 V5 mk4 and a mk1 gti.
It’s a March 2005 AXX 5 door 2.0 TFSI in Tornado Red LY3D. The car was cheap at £3k, mileage was 94k IIRC and had a good amount of service history with receipts and 5 previous owners which was a little high for me but this was operation budget so beggars cant be choosers.
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There wasn’t a lot outwardly wrong with it but wanted to bring it back to its former glory. As the price was low I set aside about £1k to spend on the car initially. It had heated leather/winter pack, wheels and tyres (matching Dunlop’s all round – a treat for me, they normally have 4 different unpronounceable brands on them when I buy a car) were ok so I knew I had a good base to start with. As I say on a budget but will only use VAG parts where available, ideally new or NOS to get the price down, which I did on a lot of the bits below which have been replaced so far.
New indicator units to wing mirrors
Remove old boot latch and replace with new
New rear gas struts
Engine oil & filter change
Air & pollen filter replaced
Genuine V1k0201051K fuel filter from VW checked for correct bar against VIN
OEM Red 'R8' Ignition Coil Pack
ECS OEM PCV Breather Update Kit 2.0T FSI
OEM 1.8T/2.0T/2.5T Piston Diverter Valve 06H 145 710D
2.0TFSI Cam Follower Replacement Kit
NGK Iridium X Spark Plug Set – then NGK double platinum
New Battery
MOT history/annual mileage was fairly consistent which was a plus – it hadn’t sat up for years or anything like that. Suggests a lot of town driving so will be keeping an eye on clutch. Gear gaiter is a bit worn so has seen a few gear changes in its life.
Year Date tested result mileage annual
13 01-Apr-17 PASS 84,743 10,035
12 14-Apr-16 PASS 77,048 7,695
11 14-Apr-15 PASS 71,788 5,260
10 08-Apr-14 PASS 65,910 5,878
9 11-Apr-13 PASS 59,598 6,312
8 05-Apr-12 PASS 54,593 5,005
7 14-Apr-11 PASS 46,833 7,760
6 09-Apr-10 PASS 38,684 8,149
5 12-Mar-09 PASS 28,848 9,836
4 04-Mar-08 PASS 23,239 5,609
3 01-Mar-07 n/a 13708 9,531
2 02-Mar-06 n/a 9531 4,177
1 03-Mar-05 n/a 0 9,531
average 7,291
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