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arigti6

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Post #26
mick1989 wrote:
i paid 400 for china blue other day as a project. mint condition. 1 owner from new full service history 60thousand miles full mot, and full tank of petrol. not a mark on her apart from the cambelt had slipped. just replaced 16 new valves full head kit water pump and cambelt kit. gunna have the head bk on in the mornin lol Wink


Not the one in Shepton Mallet? Shock

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Posted 29th Oct 2011 at 01:06
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mick1989

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Post #27
o yes its a minter !!
Posted 29th Oct 2011 at 02:56
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darren9

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Post #28
Too f*cking cheap! mine sold this week for ... £500. Bought in May for a grand, spend £700 in August on new wheels/tyres £200 in June on an exhaust and £100 in August on a beam.

... So in 6 months I've lost £1500.

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Posted 5th Nov 2011 at 08:47
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iplay

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Post #29
darren9 wrote:
Too f*cking cheap! mine sold this week for ... £500. Bought in May for a grand, spend £700 in August on new wheels/tyres £200 in June on an exhaust and £100 in August on a beam.

... So in 6 months I've lost £1500.


half the price of driving a new car off the forecourt Whistle
Posted 5th Nov 2011 at 09:05
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grumpychef

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Post #30
darren9 wrote:
Too f*cking cheap! mine sold this week for ... £500. Bought in May for a grand, spend £700 in August on new wheels/tyres £200 in June on an exhaust and £100 in August on a beam.

... So in 6 months I've lost £1500.


you need to change your sig then! £1500 over 6 months? why spend all that when you have no intention of hanging on to it? i bought mine for £1500 a few years ago and no way have i spent much on it! you clearly have too much money if your happy to let it go so soon! mine now owes me nothing!

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items replaced so far, clutch, cambelt etc, radiator, exhaust, most of front running gear, wish bones, drop links, ball joints, track rod ends, bearings, brakes, calipers, discs, and pads, brake lines, front springs, brake balance compensator thingy, hand brake cable, throttle cable (twice), coil pack, door handle, windscreen, wipers, head lamps several sensors and bulbs Dry .rear beam new throttle cable, new battery. .......... yeah man, team money pit! but shes still rollin!

Posted 5th Nov 2011 at 09:57
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darren9

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Post #31
I did want to keep it, but it turns out the thought of having a GTi6 was better than the reality of having one. I bought it (and spent money on it) with the intention of using it as a "fun" car. Doing trackdays and using it on days off.

But, it became painfully obvious that I was nebver going to use it for that. So, it became purely a car for getting too and from work. And since it cost quite a lot to run, the clutch was stiff and I'd made it too noisy. I began to hate it.

Its now gone and I'm buying a push bike to do the 2 miles to work and we've changed the family car for a diesel Skoda Octavia VRS MKII, a car much more suited to my needs.

I don't have a lot of cash and running an old, crappy, noisy, uncomfortable "hot hatch" was just annoying me I cut my losses and ran. I should never have bought my second GTi6 but I always had a feeling I'd sold my 1st one too soon. Buying the second one confirmed I did the right thing.

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Posted 5th Nov 2011 at 10:15
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grumpychef

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Post #32
fair shout do the old bill run the "bike to work" scheme? i hear you can get hefty discounts! i know the feeling about it seeming like a good idea at the time.

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Formally team BLAZE now Team bianca recuperating from multiple organ failure nicely!
items replaced so far, clutch, cambelt etc, radiator, exhaust, most of front running gear, wish bones, drop links, ball joints, track rod ends, bearings, brakes, calipers, discs, and pads, brake lines, front springs, brake balance compensator thingy, hand brake cable, throttle cable (twice), coil pack, door handle, windscreen, wipers, head lamps several sensors and bulbs Dry .rear beam new throttle cable, new battery. .......... yeah man, team money pit! but shes still rollin!

Posted 5th Nov 2011 at 10:29
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darren9

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Post #33
They do ... but I missed it :-(

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Posted 5th Nov 2011 at 10:33
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