My Edition 30

[SlammedGTi]

Well after another long search for the right car I have nailed it on the head again, so pleased.

Set out looking for a MK5 Golf Gti in black/grey pref, 3 door manual and 17' alloys, not the chav 18', for the right price with Cambelt, Flywheel and Clutch, you wouldn't think that was hard, but it was.

I managed to get myself all of the above with the bonus of it being the ED30 and then a triple bonus of R32 brakes, Eibach springs and new shocks and a Miltek exhaust, very happy. Spotted it while I was away in Thailand so I hoped that when I got back to England it wasn't sold. On my arrival back to the UK it turned out to be from my colleagues friend, who's a dealer. Went to view straight away and left a deposit there and then with a cracking' deal of friend discount.

I was so happy with the purchase my eyes glazed over on viewing and I ended up checking nothing electrical wise, however all is good.

Another bonus was the Spec, nearly every factory option bar the bucket seats (if they we're an option?) IIRC.

Plans: Being a KO4 and living 3 miles from Revo, it'll be rude not to get it mapped. This'll take place in Spring I would have thought.

Enough of the bore, I could go on forever, never really been PLEASED with a car purchase as much as this.

Hello Edition 30.. Excuse Dirty.





















Took a few GoPro shots too so will upload a couple later.

[prp74]

Nice 

Car looks mean dirty... Haven't washed my car in months 

[N8KOW]

Fantastic, I'm recently in the same boat with a newly purchased ED30 with S3 brakes also! Mine is looking pretty similar, going to wash it tomorrow! Enjoy, much else planned with it?  

[Dave J]

Great car you have there - looks like it has factory Sat Nav too, with the sharkfin aerial set-up.
Looks like the previous owner was a bit of an enthusiast too, from the choice mods - does it have a ED30 plaque / build number already?

[SlammedGTi]

Great car you have there - looks like it has factory Sat Nav too, with the sharkfin aerial set-up.
Looks like the previous owner was a bit of an enthusiast too, from the choice mods - does it have a ED30 plaque / build number already?

Correct. Yes the previous owner did these choice modiciations. I would have done the exact same so saved me a lot of money. It doesn't have a plaque I don't believe, I thought these were aftermarket ?

Fantastic, I'm recently in the same boat with a newly purchased ED30 with S3 brakes also! Mine is looking pretty similar, going to wash it tomorrow! Enjoy, much else planned with it?  

Such great brakes, I hear the standard ones are pretty crap ! Nothing planned, just a map and that's it. Will probably move onto an S3 in a year.

[Kevin37]

Looks like an awesome car, black is the best colour for mk5s I think 


How do you find the noise the milltek makes?

[GrayMK5GTI]

With all those mods it's more than likely had a remap before, and highly likely it was Revo so you could ask them to "reinstall" the map - worth trying it on!! Especially if someone has already paid Revo to map THAT car 

[Dave J]

Great car you have there - looks like it has factory Sat Nav too, with the sharkfin aerial set-up.
Looks like the previous owner was a bit of an enthusiast too, from the choice mods - does it have a ED30 plaque / build number already?

Correct. Yes the previous owner did these choice modiciations. I would have done the exact same so saved me a lot of money. It doesn't have a plaque I don't believe, I thought these were aftermarket ?

The plaques are issued by VW - just give VW Customer Services a call with your VIN number and if a plaque hasn't been sent to a previous owner, then they will be able to issue it to you   

[SlammedGTi]

The plaques are issued by VW - just give VW Customer Services a call with your VIN number and if a plaque hasn't been sent to a previous owner, then they will be able to issue it to you   

Ah, cool thanks.

With all those mods it's more than likely had a remap before, and highly likely it was Revo so you could ask them to "reinstall" the map - worth trying it on!! Especially if someone has already paid Revo to map THAT car 

The previous owner did the mods and he didn't map it. The first owner was a company car. I'm doubting it's ever had one.

Looks like an awesome car, black is the best colour for mk5s I think 


How do you find the noise the milltek makes?

I think so too :) I'm usually an induction fan over exhaust, but this is very subtle, not loud at all. Literally stock noise. Then a nice tone when gunning it, will upload a crap windy video once I've got it off the goPro.

[Kevin37]

That's good to know man, I've always been an induction over exhaust noise it's good to know it's not too loud. Is it a res or non res one?

[Andy]

excellent purchase Kevin

[SlammedGTi]

Who's Kevin ?

Not sure if it's res or non res, how can you tell ? Assuming by the sound it's resonated.

[Kevin37]

Who's Kevin ?

Not sure if it's res or non res, how can you tell ? Assuming by the sound it's resonated.

Im assuming he means me but no idea why?

I think the non res ones are pretty much just a straight pipe from the turbo back, though im not sure on the mk5's

[SlammedGTi]

t's been a while since I've said anything about the car. But there isn't a lot to say, it's a Golf and it's reliable as anything. Not a beat missed, although it goes through oil like my old Civic did.

Some stats for you:

Driven exactly 6k in it today.
Average 29.97 MPG
Best is 34 MPG
Worst 27.9 MPG

All the above are full tank to full tank.

It definitely needs a remap, but don't have a spare £500 to throw at an already working car when trying to buy a house.

I don't think i've ever taken pictures of it when it's clean, so went a bit mad today in-between working.





























Also, if anyone can answer this, i'd be grateful - http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,81762.msg846011.html#msg846011

[TommyR]

Looks well all cleaned up