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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2012, 09:54:25 pm »
We sold the caddy back last year. We miss it tho and everyone loved the seats in it.

Yeah you must bring doggie treats for them tho lol.
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #31 on: April 13, 2012, 10:00:59 pm »
^^^^
Yep, my front wheel arches have rusted:



Getting the arches properly machine rolled on Monday and then restored and painted another day.
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #32 on: April 13, 2012, 10:20:46 pm »
Nice one Robin, congratulations on both fronts, I'm hoping I'm still enjoying my cars as much as you when I get to your more mature years :happy2:
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #33 on: April 13, 2012, 10:26:23 pm »
Quote from: gazbutS3 on April 13, 2012, 10:20:46 pm

Nice one Robin, congratulations on both fronts, I'm hoping I'm still enjoying my cars as much as you when I get to your more mature years :happy2:


....I'm sure you will enjoy your cars just as much when you are more mature  :laugh: - I was around the car racing scene in the 1960's - My interest hasn't waned. It gets in your blood!  :happy2:
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #34 on: April 13, 2012, 10:54:34 pm »
Wow, fantastic milestone Robin, there is a certain Volvo which is local to me which has the reg B19 RED and I always think of you when I see it. I hope you stick with the o'l girl as she has served you very well! :happy2:
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #35 on: April 13, 2012, 11:10:03 pm »
Have you spoken to tommo in body shop about warranty on your arches. They repaired mine under warranty/goodwill they paid 70% but at least you know they will do a gd job
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #36 on: April 13, 2012, 11:36:04 pm »
Quote from: Shabba168 on April 13, 2012, 11:10:03 pm

Have you spoken to tommo in body shop about warranty on your arches. They repaired mine under warranty/goodwill they paid 70% but at least you know they will do a gd job


....Yes I went to see Tommo this morning but because my arches have already been modified they unfortunately wouldn't succeed in a warranty claim. He painted and fitted my carbon bonnet. Now that Heritage have taken over Loders they lost staff but Tommo got promoted. I've always got on well with Tommo and trust his work.

We had been thinking of painted carbon wings but just leaving 'GTI' exposed in carbon. It would look very cool but cost me more and I have to watch my spending more carefully than in the past.

I'm seeing Tommo on Monday morning so I'll give him your best regards, Dan :happy2:
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #37 on: April 13, 2012, 11:57:54 pm »
Brilliant milestone that is Robin, 100K miles, fully expect I'll own my little white Ed30 for that long too, as I too bought it from new.
It feels like part of the family. I'll have it when Candy White is well out of fashion again..

One of your posts here mentioned cars reflecting their owners, can we deduce that means 'dirty' but running well with no fuel issues..

Here's to the next 400K miles.




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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #38 on: April 13, 2012, 11:58:20 pm »
that's great achievement Robin!  :congrats:

I've never had a car longer then 30k km but never had such a great car as gti, so I might stick with it! Have 80k km at the moment

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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #39 on: April 14, 2012, 06:19:37 am »

Congratulations Robin! :happy2:

My car is on 93K at the moment, and I've no fear of 100k, as my previous Golfs have all gone well in excess of this milestone. (I think my Mk2 16V was on around 210k when I sold it!) It's so important not to scrimp on servicing, and I'm going to follow your lead on oil and plug changes, especially as mine is now modified.

Also great advice for us new 'uns on the performance envelope, and being able to stop as well as go! I'm looking into my brake options since we spoke on Thursday.

 

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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #40 on: April 14, 2012, 10:18:31 pm »
Nice to see she just keeps getting better with age  :smiley:
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #41 on: April 14, 2012, 10:39:27 pm »
Quote from: Snoopy on April 14, 2012, 10:18:31 pm

Nice to see she just keeps getting better with age  :smiley:


....Just like me, Geoff!  :grin:
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #42 on: April 14, 2012, 10:51:25 pm »
good to see it's just run in Robin, congrats on both milestones, growing old disgracefully FTW  :drinking:
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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #43 on: April 15, 2012, 08:29:22 am »
Congrats on the milestone Robin and good to hear she's running well again.

I remember when I first got my GTI and I was searching for GTI's that had been colour coded to get an idea of what mine would look like, when I stumbled across the 1st pic below of your car with the ABT rear and Quad Milltek. I thought looked good but I thought a different rear bumper would make it look alot better. This got me researching and found this build thread of your car and the 2nd pic below with the R32 rear and I've wanted to do it to mine ever since. Hopefully if I'm happy with mine when she returns I will actually get round to doing it rather than talking about it  :signLOL:

Your car and the passion you have for her has been an inspiration to me and no doubt alot of other people on here and various other forums and I hope you have just as much fun over the next 100k  :drinking: Unless VW does release the MK7 RS  :evilgrin:


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Re: RedRobin's Mk5 GTI @ 100,000 miles….
« Reply #44 on: April 16, 2012, 03:58:28 pm »
mines just about to hit 50k! pretty good and about right for an 07. I barely do any miles in mine, think I've only done around 3000 miles in the last year.

I'm abit skint at the moment and i'm not sure if my car needs a service, it had it's major service this time last year (Cambelt etc), about a week ago my dash started to say 5600 miles to service and then today it's saying Service Now!... :((. I can't afford it and it's not due in the book.
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