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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2009, 05:19:33 pm »
^^ Also given away by his signature......
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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2009, 07:15:43 pm »
yes yes yes yes

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2009, 09:02:25 pm »
Tomorrow never comes  :sad:

We want more as we are VW whores  :party: :party:

Love seeing those old pics and remembering what was 'cool' back in the day!  :laugh:  17'' alloys, oooooooooooooh  :grin:
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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2009, 09:33:04 am »
Great thread matey, keep the pics coming  :drool: :drool:
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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2009, 11:17:06 am »
After a few years with the Scoob and spending a fortune on Brembo Brakes, Prodrive Alloys and a stainless ex with a 3" Afterburner back Box, I decided it was time to return to  the fold.
The first image is of a “Fill in” car I bought to tide me over whilst the R32 was being built. The “R” was my first brand new car and the 3 month wait was excruciating. Having had so much fun in the Scoobies I wanted to stick with 4WD and also get back to German build quality. Driving this 1.6 was purgatory after having the Scoob.  :sad:



I received a call from the salesman one morning to say my car had arrived and was in PD and did I want to see it?
I remember saying something like “Do bears sh…”! etc.?  I shot over there as quick as the white shed would carry me.  :grin:







This was a bit of a mistake really as it turned out to be a bit like I’d imagine being shown Kylie Minogue naked in
front of me and not being aloud to touch her for a week. I had to wait 8 whole days before I could take delivery because of the new reg. The Number has my initials on it and would be used on the following cars too.


Within a week of taking deliver I had the cars front end covered with “Armourfend” It certainly helped keep the chips off.  :happy2:













As much as I loved the R, there was allways a feeling that you could never quite trust it to be thrown into a corner with the same kind of comitment as the Scooby. It allways seemd a bit too front heavy. Next we turn to burning oil…. Why, I’ll never know  :rolleye:
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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2009, 11:29:32 am »
thats y i sold my r32 it just felt so Fat in the corners  :driver:

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

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2009, 11:56:54 am »
meh..... tish and fible.....  :P they handle just fine...not from factory though  :grin: toys need to be thrown at them

i would have loved my MK4 .:R32 from new....how shiny does that look!!  :drool:

my mates got a black mk4 and its never clean

don't starve us of the scooby pix either......

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2009, 11:58:14 am »
meh..... tish and fible.....  :P they handle just fine...not from factory though  :grin: toys need to be thrown at them

i would have loved my MK4 .:R32 from new....how shiny does that look!!  :drool:

my mates got a black mk4 and its never clean

don't starve us of the scooby pix either......

been waiting for you to see that  :P

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

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2009, 12:05:44 pm »
meh..... tish and fible.....  :P they handle just fine...not from factory though  :grin: toys need to be thrown at them

i would have loved my MK4 .:R32 from new....how shiny does that look!!  :drool:

my mates got a black mk4 and its never clean

don't starve us of the scooby pix either......

been waiting for you to see that  :P

you'd be disappointed in me if i didn't  :grin:

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2009, 12:10:13 pm »
meh..... tish and fible.....  :P they handle just fine...not from factory though  :grin: toys need to be thrown at them

i would have loved my MK4 .:R32 from new....how shiny does that look!!  :drool:

my mates got a black mk4 and its never clean

don't starve us of the scooby pix either......

Oooow... I'm not sure any Jap tin box pictures are allowed on here. This is hallowed VW ground isn't it?   :P

Ok.... Maybe at the end then :smiley:

And Yeah, the R was a friggin nightmare to keep clean  :rolleye:

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2009, 12:11:29 pm »
one of the nicest sounds in the automotive world is a scooby flat 4 at full growl mate  :drool:

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2009, 01:27:35 pm »
Hope you all don't mind me being a picture post whore. I don't want to take up too much bandwidth  :confused:

I must have had a complete brain fade after a year with the R32 as I got it into my head that at an average of 19MPG
( there’s a lot of B roads where I live ), it was time to go economical and besides it meant I got into a MK5 too. A GT TDi followed.

The first pic is change over day. I travelled all the way to Slough for the best deal.
I had the kit put on as a dealer option. I wish I’d have gone for some 17’s too as it would have looked even better.
I liked the TDi but wish I’d waited for another 5 months for the GTi. My foray into oil burning territory was short lived
once I’d sampled the GTi and in particular DSG.










Next up... Sensible shoes chucked away and trainers back on.  Now where's those Scooby pictures?  :grin:

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #27 on: March 31, 2009, 05:53:56 pm »
Great thread MR Mixit.  :happy2:

I understand now where you got your user name from.  :smiley:

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2009, 07:47:18 pm »
Great thread MR Mixit.  :happy2:

I understand now where you got your user name from.  :smiley:

Its actually a throwback to a long standing joke about being told to sit down.... My names Mick u see...  Mick sit ...

Or was it the day I played tag with some girlies and they said ...... Micks it..................

Or maybe its because I used to work in a cement works and was responsible for the Cement / Sand ratio.......

Its actually from a time when I wasn't allowed to use "Mix" as a username for something as it had to be more than 3 letters, so I just stuck "it" on the end, as I'm in I.T.


You choose ....... I'll get me co..................... :ashamed:

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Re: My Gti History. WARNING contains gratuitous images of a Mk1 & Mk2
« Reply #29 on: March 31, 2009, 08:03:38 pm »
(gently nods off)












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more pix!!!  :party: