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Offline mclovin

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Hi Everyone
« on: September 08, 2009, 12:41:41 am »
Hi everyone,

Thanks to v2brett for spotting my post over on UK-mkIVs and pointing me in the direction of this website - Some nice motors here, looks right up my street! I was loitering over at UK-mkIVs as I've had a 2003 Golf TDI for a while as a second car but it's just a runabout that is mostly used by my girlfriend and I've not really done much to it apart from chip it.

Meanwhile, I tend to change my main car quite often and since I moved back to the UK in 2003 I've had an Alfa GTV V6 (240bhp), a Volvo 850 T5-R (320bhp), an Alfa 156 V6, a BMW 330ci and most recently a Lotus Elise 111S (which I loved) but a couple of weeks ago I replaced the Elise with a MkV Golf GTI DSG as I needed something a little more sensible. It took me a while to find the right car and I'm pretty happy with the one I ended up buying, as it's in the right colour (black), already has 240bhp Bluefin upgrade and pretty much the right spec. However, I won't be happy until it's absolutely perfect and there are a few bits that I want to do so expect to see quite a few more posts from me!

For now here are a few of pictures of my new car:










And one of my old Elise, which is sadly missed *sniff*






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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2009, 11:52:19 am »
good choice on the gti, welcome to the gang  :drinking:
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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2009, 11:53:52 am »
Hi and welcome along... :happy2:
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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 06:41:05 pm »
welcome again  :signLOL:   
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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 08:09:47 pm »
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction mate, this is a much more focused site - Cheers!  :happy2:

Looks like you now have a referral next to your name too!

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 08:14:13 pm »
Welcome Luke.  :happy2:

Lovely looking GTI.  :happy2:  Black has to be the best colour when freshly cleaned and polished.  :happy2:

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 08:21:02 pm »
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction mate, this is a much more focused site - Cheers!  :happy2:

Looks like you now have a referral next to your name too!
no worrys mate i knew you`d like it here, theres some great info and advice.  :happy2: have you got any mods planned yet after scouring the site?

and thanks for the referral  :drinking:
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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2009, 08:28:15 pm »
Welcome  :drinking:

Looks like a nice example you have there! I hope your pockets are deep!  :laugh: :wink:

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 01:10:07 pm »
Welcome   best colour :wink:

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2009, 03:41:55 pm »
Welcome my friend  :happy2:

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2009, 03:59:19 pm »
very clean looking car. welcome to the mad house :wink:

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2009, 07:02:01 pm »
Cheers for the welcome guys  :happy2:

Yep, of course black is the best colour for the GTI, and from what I've read here it's the fastest colour too! My car is very clean but not perfect, there are a couple of stonechips and a small parking scuff that my local Chipsaway guy will be seeing too and one of the wheels is kerbed badly enough to warrant a refurb at Lepsons, but other than that it's a very tidy car, 34k on the clock and one owner from new who I know personally as he works for me!

It already has a Stage 1 Bluefin map on it, but it really could do with a Stage 2 upgrade and it does feel pretty wobbly after the Elise so I might just have to stiffen things up a bit with a few suspension mods but my priority now is to get all the toys sorted out inside the car. As you can see in the photos, it doesn't have a MFSW which is annoying, I believe that's just a matter of adding the buttons instead of the blanking panels on the GTI wheel and recoding via VAG-Com but still not 100% sure, anyone else done this?.

Also, it has an Alpine IVA-W200Ri fitted at the moment which is just a bit, well, pikey for my liking. Whist it has the sat-nav and iPod options it doesn't look anything close to standard and has a faint whiff of Halfords about it. So, that'll be removed so I can fit an RNS-510 with iPod and bluetooth. Whilst I'm at it I think I'll retrofit cruise control too and ultimately it'll need some upgraded speakers, amp and sub but I want it all integrated and hidden away, basically looking as standard as possible. Right now it has an amp and a massive sub in a box in the boot and I hate it, it makes the boot unusable and I'm embarrassed to open it just in case anyone spots my "wicked sub innit" fighting for space with my shopping - It has to go!

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2009, 09:32:05 am »


welcome  :P :happy2:

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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2009, 02:01:42 pm »
Welcome along matey  :pomppomp: :happy2:
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Re: Hi Everyone
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2009, 08:49:15 pm »
Welcome to the forum! Nice GTI, even nicer Elise, brilliant forum name! hahaha!  :smiley: :smiley:
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