Author Topic: New member with a black golf gti dsg (Read 8254 times)

B6NVW · « **Reply #15 on:** June 25, 2014, 05:34:20 pm »

Quote from: J400uk on June 23, 2014, 09:36:06 pm

Looks very tidy. Best colour and gearbox too

Cheers mate. Was originally looking for a tornado red one but cant beat black.. when its clean anyway, just gets dirty so fast!

B6NVW · « **Reply #16 on:** June 25, 2014, 05:36:57 pm »

Just back from a 200 mile round trip to leeds to see some family

Pretty happy with 36mpg too!! Does this sound about right obviously motorway driving, mixed speeds due to traffic and no cruise control as it doesnt seem to be working?

Hurdy · « **Reply #17 on:** June 25, 2014, 09:49:04 pm »

36 mpg on a steady cruise isn't too bad for a GTI. I have seen higher, but it is in the ballpark.

OCD cleaning tendencies are a must with a black VW.

J400uk · « **Reply #18 on:** June 25, 2014, 10:43:12 pm »

Yeah 36mpg sounds about right to me for a long run. You can touch 40mpg but mid 30s would be about average for motorway journeys. Cruise control helps and its not unknown for the original stalks to fail so that might be worth replacing.

B6NVW · « **Reply #19 on:** June 27, 2014, 03:04:30 pm »

Back to work on monday so today I went to my local vw and had some new number plates made up for my private reg.

Followed by a trip to the post office to spend 265 on a little bit of paper that goes in the corner of my windscreen

z00bz · « **Reply #20 on:** June 27, 2014, 04:18:06 pm »

Looks nice - iv given up on my exhaust tips but they still look alot better then when I bought her in Dec'13 - They looked as though they NEVER had been cleaned

B6NVW · « **Reply #21 on:** June 28, 2014, 10:16:33 am »

Quote from: z00bz on June 27, 2014, 04:18:06 pm

Looks nice - iv given up on my exhaust tips but they still look alot better then when I bought her in Dec'13 - They looked as though they NEVER had been cleaned

Yeah mine looked a mess, didn't think they would be recoverable but not actually too bad. Going to get a mix of grades of wire wool and some autolsol today and see if I can get them any better

B6NVW · « **Reply #22 on:** July 20, 2014, 01:20:15 am »

So I got my paperwork through from dvla so got my plates on

And I ordered a some poorboys black hole and a little test pot of dodo juice wax. The black hole is amazing and so easy to use

Didnt get chance to use the wax as it got too hot.

Still need to get some new brakes and still indecided what discs and pads to go for on the standard calipers.

B6NVW · « **Reply #23 on:** August 30, 2014, 01:00:14 pm »

Been busy working so haven't had chance to play with the car much, or even drive it!

Gave it a good machine polish and wax last weekend and came up a treat, getting more confident with the DA now.

Heres an arty pic, also sprayed the badge black.

B6NVW · « **Reply #24 on:** September 14, 2014, 05:18:27 pm »

First proper long journey in the golf, 380 miles to be precise and i even managed all of that on 1 tank of fuel which i was very pleased with! The fuel light literally came on as i turned onto my estate.

Absolutely filthy when i got back, covered in seagull sh*t and salty sea air so gave it a good clean and fitted my new smd led interior bulbs. Got a kit from ebay for 20quid and really pleased with the outcome.

Heres some pics