Hi all,
I've been a member of the forum for a few months now and have been meaning to make a post to show off my Golf for a while. So after giving it a good wash and getting some decent pics several weekends ago I am finally getting round to it. Here goes... (but first some background)
After falling in love with the MkV GTi at a young age, and after realising how attainable and achievable it would be as a car that I could one day own (in comparison to the multitude of Italian Sports Cars that I grew up idolising), I had my heart set on buying one after graduating from university. When I began my search I had what you might describe as a rather specific set of criteria in mind to accompany the usual “good condition, low mileage, MOT, HPI clear” etc. The list was as follows:
1. Cost approximately £5,000 (as this is how much I had in savings at the time);
2. No more than 60,000 miles on the clock;
3. Minimal amount of modifications;
4. Must be a manual (for a more engaging driving experience);
5. 5 doors is also necessary (I’d put up with the inconvenience of having to fold the driver’s seat down in my previous car, as this was the only one that still worked, every time I had to ferry around friends and family for
LONG ENOUGH)
6. I wanted it to be, preferably, in Steel Grey or Standard Black (until I saw how good Blue Graphite looked too!) although this is something I was prepared to compromise on.
What I ended up with however could not have been anticipated…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2om6hgsty79ei4/IMG_0212_LI.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/3x0o7yuq3m6it05/IMG_0213_LI.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/16t1nkd7u3s0jan/IMG_0214_LI.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/g63byohz7dopmi2/IMG_0216.JPG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/svmpb9oux9oxpqw/IMG_0211.JPG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/dttz2iv0tp7jazb/IMG_0215.JPG?dl=0The car is a 2007 Reflex Silver GTi which I’ve had since August 2017. It ticked most of the boxes above - it is a bone stock (although I have plans to change this in the near future), manual transmission car with 5 doors. Obviously it isn’t the colour that I wanted (though I must admit, it is growing on me) and unfortunately it was very much over my original budget.
But… this leads me to my favourite thing about the car - the mileage!
Somehow this 2007 car had only done around 5,000 miles when I bought it! If you don’t believe me then take a look below
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fxom0fp9srwyhmp/IMG_0210.JPG?dl=0I’m looking forward to getting started with some modifications and will definitely be sharing my progress as and when things start to take shape. I’d like to start attending (and maybe entering into) some more events too in the future and I look forward to making some great friends in the VW community. I hope you like the car!
Let me know if you have any questions about it and I will be happy to answer.
Cheers guys,
Ryan
