Due to work beginning on our new build house after Easter, I had to make some sacrifices and a reduction in car was the obvious place to free up some £. I'd originally been considering an A4 Quattro as a replacement, but kept coming back to the GTi. I absolutely loved my last one, so knew it would be a wise choice.
I picked this up a couple of days after the A8 went. 07 with 64k. Half the price of the A8 but twice the car! There are a few dents and needs a bit of paint here and there, but the history and how it drove sold it for me. The rest can be sorted in time.
Sadly it had an absolutely woeful spec, so I've been busy over the last couple of weeks gathering up parts for it. So far I've fitted a DAB RNS unit, can gateway, VW bluetooth, MDI and DAB aerial from a Polo. I also have cruise to go in, and a multi function wheel is due tomorrow. Thanks to those who have helped and advised so far too.
Future plans include R32 highline cluster, armrest, Mk6 optical rear parking sensors, Ed30 rear lights and tidy the bodywork. I was going to go for Monza IIs but toying with the idea of keeping the 17's and painting them.
Heres my first GTi from back in 2010, and what I've been in since;
I was then moved back out onto site doing 200 miles a day so got this for a year;
Then before baby number 1 came I thought I needed to get something silly out of my system;
Then baby arrived and I had to be "sensible";
And heres the new one where we are today;
And the RNS fitted;
I'll update as I go over the next few weeks. Nothing ground breaking or different from every other GTi on here, but I'm too old for anything too extreme these days!