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Offline LeightonJ

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New boy looking for first ever car!
« on: October 13, 2013, 11:59:30 am »
Hi all,
I'm turning 17 in a month and have been looking on this forum for quite some time now  :happy2:
I'm looking for a mk v around the £3k mark as insurance at my age is extortionate, and can only go to up to the 1.6 FSI model.
As I'm new to buying any kind of car, and as I've always wanted a mk v, I was looking for any advice you guys could give when buying my first.
I'm looking to mod quite a bit (professionally done, I don't want to be looking like a boy racer :wink: ), hopefully changing to gti front end and r32 back, skirts and any little mods you guys can think of to make my first car look mint!
Any advice greatly appreciated :happy2:
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2013, 12:06:23 pm »
My advice would be to seek out how much your insurance is going to increase when you add your planned modifications, then see whether you can afford it; before buying the car. :happy2:
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2013, 04:41:33 pm »
I had an '03 1.2 polo for my first car... Cost £3k to insure.. Cost £2.4k to buy... (3.5 years ago)
Good luck with it.. But I really think that kind of car+modifications will cost you a pretty penny to insure
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2013, 09:40:37 pm »
Been to look at a few already, so it seems in good hopes with my parents helping out pay. Insurance seems to mix inbetween the 2.6-2.8k mark, it's beyond me how they charge nearly as much as the car. Is ere any things I should be looking out for when buying a golf? How many miles it too many miles for a 1.6 fsi? They all seem to be over 100k.
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2013, 09:42:29 pm »
What would you all say are some good first mods when starting out?
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2013, 08:50:49 pm »
Dead chuffed... Got a 1.4 S in reflex silver!  :laugh:
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2013, 08:52:29 pm »
Quote from: LeightonJ on October 23, 2013, 08:50:49 pm
Dead chuffed... Got a 1.4 S in reflex silver!  :laugh:

Pictures!
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2013, 08:55:46 pm »
Great first car, very safe motor, I hope you have fun :happy2: Oh and as Ed says:

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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2013, 09:48:35 pm »
SO stoked!  :laugh:






Took me a while to learn how to upload pics! Can't wait to get started on making it individual and mine!
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2013, 09:54:28 pm »
Even as a 1.4 the golf looks damn good!
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2013, 09:57:46 pm »
I've always loved the look of this shape! I'm more than happy with the very basic one they made, i like to think of it as a 'blank canvas'  :grin:
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2013, 10:05:50 pm »
Wicked motor mate!

The way I would go with that, if insurance allows, is not to do the Mk5 GTI hexagon grills look, but go more modern with the slated grills of the Mk6, Golf R etc. can get some nice parts for the Mk5:



www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,73689.0.html
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2013, 10:08:35 pm »
If you hang around here young man I expect this to be rolling on 19's and bagged in no time!   :wink:

Great Looking first car, enjoy.   :drinking:

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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2013, 10:24:31 pm »
Great idea Scottymon, i love it! defo like those slated grills, i'm going to be stuck for choice on what to do  :grin:

hopefully when i've got past my curbing stage which my dad assures me will happen, i wanna stick it on some nice dark grey RS4 wheels! i love the twin spokes.
would anybody care to define the term 'bagged' for me, i see it around everywhere  :P
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Re: New boy looking for first ever car!
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2013, 10:40:08 pm »
^^^^ Bagged is a term for the car having Air Ride suspension.

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