Jim's Polo GTI 1.8T

[jimlad09]

haha vaguely!

Nice! ed30 your favorite? or you got another personal favorite?

theres so much choice when you get to a certain price bracket in hot hatches!

[scotta]

haha vaguely!

Nice! ed30 your favorite? or you got another personal favorite?

theres so much choice when you get to a certain price bracket in hot hatches!

I do like the Ed30 its very very nice!

The wee ibiza was a good toy tho. Had that for over three years which is the longest ive ever kept any car had to sell it when me and my wife bought our first house. She had a brand new Saxo VTR that we couldnt sell (autotrader for weeks and not one single caller) so i ended up trading both in for the first Leon. The plan had been to keep the ibiza as i also had a company car at the time.

I looked at various options before i bought the Ed30 but the golf tickes all the boxes! Especially after its been remapped! Was at crail last sunday and it was getting a fair bit of attention!

[jimlad09]

brilliant stuff. i think, and it is think il look start to look around about this time next year. i really like the mk5 shape so ed30 is a likely contender or something like an s3 but as they are same engine give or take it will probly be a hard choice.

plenty of time to plan and to plot my own downfall! haha and change my mind. always been a vag fan. i mean i am a big car fan in general but cant commit myself to something like an evo or impreza....just think i might be a lil dissapointed in quality on the inside!

[scotta]

My shortlist was at the time

Focus ST3 with mountune kit
S3
Scirocco GT
Leon Cupra K1
R32
Ed30

looked at an S3 but ive got a 2 year old and it had the Recaro buckets - there was no way the car seat would have got in the back as it was only a 3 door. Was a very nice motor and in the end my mate bought it for his wife!

Sciroccos were still a bit pricey at the time as there wasnt many used ones about

The K1 was very tempting but i already had the mk2 FR Leon so wanted a change and a better interior.

Focus was nice but couldnt find one in the spec i wanted - White/Black ST3 5 door with Climate and bluetooth!

Toyed with the idea of an R32 loved the sound of that V6 (Mate had two) but the £400 road tax and piss poor economy put me off.

looked at three edition 30's. A black 3 door which was minted but too pricey and had no options, A silver DSG 3 door - Rough s a bag of nails so walked away. Then Mine - 5 door silver, MFSW, RCD500, Highline, Armrest 12k on it. Saw it drove it and thought "Im bloody having this!!" SOLD!

[jimlad09]

i think you made the right choice. focus st's are alright but its not vag quality is it. s3's are the business never been in a leon so i cant comment really but they look pretty sweet. Seeming as uv owned a few you'll know better than me. But as for the r32 if i had more money id do it. Id just have to, to get the kick out of the exhaust tone! Seen kits that take em to 300 odd bhp somewhere (maybe pvw)

but looks like you got yourself a mint deal! I also dont think the day of the deal is dead yet either. seen a couple of good looking cars on web recently, low milage - competitive prices kicking around...hope it stays like that til next year haha!

[jimlad09]

So finally got the car round the having a rolling road as i was CONVINCED it wasnt like it used to be. So after checking that the revo code is still on the ecu it went on the rollers. It only made 160bhp. which is better than standard but not the 225bhp i loved.

After a little fishing around they found that the actuator has spanner marks all over it which would indicate that the dealship having no way of turning the boost down resorted to this.

But the good news is once its re-adjusted everything should be back to full working order...hopefully!

[MitchGTI]

have you still got this mate? looks sweet ive been looking into these what do you reckon of it? love it?

[Sunglasses Ron]

Nice little motor there mate... You from Lincoln I take it? 

[NotNormal]

Not seen ya about much Jim, keep lookin
 

[jimlad09]

Well its been an age since iv been on here and with my thoughts on replacing my much loved Polo theres been little in the way of mods or news. Just the usual services, tyres and plenty of stone chips.

And with the recent bad weather and subsequent salt spreading iv decided that its time the cleaning of the little german go-kart was stepped up.

After some advice and research iv opted to add the following to the garden shed...









I decided to go with a wax that wasnt aimed at a specific colour vehicle due to any future car i might buy...

Not seen ya about much Jim, keep lookin
 

Im about but been keeping quiet!

Nice little motor there mate... You from Lincoln I take it? 

I am mate are you?

[NotNormal]

Giving your Polo abit of a spruce up ?? :D

Yeah, Ben (S G Ron) is from Lincoln too, but he's driving a 135i coupe in Alpine White with black wheels and mirror caps and always exceeding clean !!!

[jimlad09]

It needs it. Starting to show a bit of greying under rub strips and stuff (i bought a clay bar but didnt put an image up)

Ah nice i remember you saying a mate of yours had a 135i 

I knew some serious cleaning products demanded serious prices but saw some zymol stuff for like £2k!

[NotNormal]

Zymol products aren't cheap huh, take a gander at this :

http://www.vertar.com/zymol/zymol-royale-glaze/

OUCH !


Yeah, my car needs a good going over tbh, stripping back, buffing, polishing, waxing, sealing ..... As its kinda charcole grey not black at the moment ....


Yours will come up a treat once you've had a good session of cleaning !!

[jimlad09]

Well im abroad next week and theres some bodywork issues im having sorted whilst im away so when im back it will be a mint canvas to get spruced up!

[jimlad09]