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Offline RobboGTI

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New member, couple of questions!
« on: March 02, 2012, 03:03:12 pm »
Hi guys and girls, I'm rob and I'm from Essex.
Looking into getting a MKV golf gti to replace my current BMW 120d M Sport.
I only went diesel to save up for my own place and now that is done I am looking to get a petrol car again.
My previous car before the BMW was a 310bhp focus st and that was brutal, totally miss the power of it.
I have got my eye open for a mk5 gti with lots of nice goodies hopefully.

Is there anything common or in particular I should look out for when buying a mk5 gti?

Also what are the actual differences with an edition 30, is it as easy to get 300bhp in a normal gti as it is in the edition 30?

Hope you lot can help! :-)

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Re: New member, couple of questions!
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 03:09:58 pm »
welcome and have a look at the below like mate.

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Re: New member, couple of questions!
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2012, 04:43:04 pm »
If you want 300BHP easy get the Ed30, stage 1 re-map on ED30 is 300bhp thereabouts whears getting Std GTI to 300bhp will cost a LOT more.

You can pick up an ED30 starting at around 8-9K now (10-12K for a good one)
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Re: New member, couple of questions!
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2012, 11:41:28 pm »
Thanks for your prompt replies!

Is there anything I should check in particular when looking to buy? Any common faults?

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Re: New member, couple of questions!
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2012, 06:01:49 am »
If you want 300BHP easy get the Ed30, stage 1 re-map on ED30 is 300bhp thereabouts whears getting Std GTI to 300bhp will cost a LOT more.

You can pick up an ED30 starting at around 8-9K now (10-12K for a good one)

Totally, I looked at converting my standard GTi to K04 turbo (what the Ed30 has, standard has K03 turbo) which you need to get up to 300-400 bhp. It was cheaper to sell my car and buy an Ed30 after all the mods needed.

Anyway, I'm settling for Stage 1, as I reckon around 240-250 bhp is more than enough power for a front wheel drive car. Saving the big money for a 4wd 2.0 TFSI, so I can get the power down more easily in English conditions.

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Re: New member, couple of questions!
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2012, 03:47:35 pm »
Welcome along  :happy2:
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Re: New member, couple of questions!
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2012, 02:49:46 pm »
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