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Offline chrisr

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Leon TDi Sport, New Wheels Fitted
« on: August 23, 2014, 07:23:12 am »
Not exactly a MK5 but it is its close cousin  :grin:

Most of my Motoring life has been with the VAG Group ranging from a Corrado to MK4 1.4 Golf, Red MK4 Golf Anni, MK4 R32, MK5 GT TDi, Then my last one was a 54 plate Blck Cupra R.

I then went into Subaru Ownership for a couple of years but with the rising cost of fuel im pleased to say im now back in the VAG group ownership again :funk:

Last night I did a 5 hour round trip to go to see a MK2 Leon TDi sport. I did the worst thing ever & went to see it in the dark :rolleyes:

Left our house at 9:30 pm & arrived at the car at just gone 11:30 pm.

After a good look round it with an LED torch to show any new paint & performing the usual HPI & MOT Mileage history checks I took it for a drive.

I had forgot how comfy VAG cars actually were compared to my Impreza.

The Leon drove faultless & pulled really well in all gears, No funny noises or clunks.

Anyway a deal was struck & I then made the 2 1/2 hour drive home. It never missed a beat & drove perfectly.

On the way back I did find 2 little issues, 1 was that there was a headlight out & the other was the wipers were a load of cr@p (Not good when driving down unlit country roads & heavy rain :D)

Got home at 3 am this morning & had to be up again at 6:30 to go to work, The car looks very streight in the day light :funk:

Today I bought Valeo Aero blades & Hella uprated bulbs so now there are no little niggly issues.

Just put it on VCDS & only a couple of small errors showing (Alarm sensors & Headlight bulb not working) so quite happy.

Some pics taken this morning before work.











Not a bad spec including cruise control, Sports seats & dual zone climate.

Plans for Tomorrow are to go to work in it & give it a good clean, Will upload pics once done.
« Last Edit: October 09, 2014, 06:20:42 pm by chrisr »

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 07:31:28 am »
Looks well dude.

So what are the proper plans?   :wink:


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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2014, 12:07:57 pm »
Very nice. Nearly got a Leon myself :happy2:
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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2014, 02:34:30 pm »
Looks well dude.

So what are the proper plans?   :wink:

They are my "Proper" plans for today (Didnt say plans overall though  :laugh:)

Long term the plans are a set of BBS CH Style Alloys, OEM Nav or Android Double din in OEM style, Re-map at Awesome GTi & then undecided if I should go down the BTCC Route or just the FR styling.

Very nice. Nearly got a Leon myself :happy2:

I think I can honestly say that its probably the best car I have owned so far.

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2014, 08:07:18 pm »
Looks tidy and similar to what I had before, they are a bargain for what they are.

That alarm sensor error in VCDS you mention is very common. I had it and so did quite a few guys on the SEAT forum. Its safe to ignore  :happy2:
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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2014, 09:59:50 pm »
welcome back Chris--looks a good example :happy2:

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 05:35:52 pm »
Gave the Leon a good clean yesterday, Also changed the wipers to Valeo ones.













Couple of Reflection shots






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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 05:57:44 pm »
Looking good.

Needs a facelift tailgate  :fighting:

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2014, 06:25:29 pm »
May have one eventually, Still deciding on what route im going to go with it regarding styling

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2014, 12:28:02 pm »
I re set the mpg reading the other day just to try & get a better Idea of how its doing, This was from a little ride out last night.



When I was out I picked up a set of Heko wind deflectors

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2014, 10:05:19 pm »
Got hold of a stubby aerial today



Used the same ones on my MK4 Golfs with perfect results

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2014, 08:20:47 pm »
Been working 7 days a week since 1st of September so not really had any time for doing anything to the car so today I had a day off & popped in to see Jake.

Finally got round to having the wind deflectors fitted that I have had sat in my boot since the 2nd day of owning the car!!









Also managed to fit the stubby aerial


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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2014, 09:41:37 am »
Looking good pal.

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2014, 04:33:56 pm »
I am mate as well as most VW sites  :happy2:

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Re: Sort of a MK5, Leon TDi Sport
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2014, 10:15:33 am »
Lovely :smiley:
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