Sold Sold - Thanks to all involved - Golf Estate sleeper

[pauldoubleyou]

Roffle Cancelled - Car Sold

Stupidly i bought this on a whim and ill be honest, I paid £800 for it. Thinking this was a bargain, i have ended up replacing the turbo and thermostat and then realised that considering i drive up to 200 miles on a weekend for a passtime i wont share (its quite trainspotter-esque) maybe a turbo estate is the worst type of car to have on the drive.

It doesnt look like it goes like the clappers but my god - it shifts. 17psi will spin the tyres up in second. Its the car that i wish i had about ten years ago.

Anyway. the difficult bit. I bought it off a 'good mate' on the cheap (he paid £1200 for it about three months before me) and as such i feel like a total bellend trying to make any profit on it off gumtree or facebook. And can you actually IMAGINE the dross this thing will dredge up.

So.

10 months MOT
85k ish
1.8t 20vt AUQ K03s from a mk1 Leon Cupra.
Small front mount
Registered as a 1.6.
Coilovers
GTI brakes
GTI bumper
GTI interior

The good bits:

It shifts, but it also just bimbles along really nicely off boost. No rattles or creaks or groans, and its generally in good condition. I just had to put the turbo on it off the Lupo so im now also turbo less on that and need to get it finished. Just had a thermostat yesterday. New air filter for teh boost y0. Scans clear on Vagcom.

The bad bits:

The front door locks are a bit 'loose' in the handles. It has a bodged side exit exhaust. Drivers wing is a slightly different shade of silver. Battery is a bit crap so turns over a bit slowly. Someone has installed uprated clocks on it and as such they show 160k. MOT history shows its more around the 85k mark.



Put a tartan blanket on the back seats, maybe a roof rack, and go and upset people round your way.

Will meet at train stations and airports etc. Car is located at G84 Helensburgh.



















Really unlikely, but swaps for almost anything diesel in the same ballpark.

1 puddlethumper
2 minimad
3
4 Billy Bunter
5
6 kiltox
7
8 flat4
9 shite knight
10
11 dave_q
12
13 bramz7
14 jimbob_mcgregor
15 supernaut
16 sofarsogood
17 bangernomics
18
19 Cort16
20
21 puddlethumper
22 Rave
23
24 cheezey
25
26 Spartacus
27 Spartacus
28 The Moog
29
30 mercedade
31
32 yes oui si
33 split_pin
34
35 dickleybridge
36
37 hpi_matrix
38
39 minimad
40
41 kiltox
42 rainagain
43
44 harmoniccheeeseburger
45
46 Jim Bell
47 gadgetgricey
48
49 sporty_shite
50 Aston Martin
51
52 yes oui si
53
54 Matts_rusty_bus
55
56 jazoli
57
58 Cobblers
59 Cobblers

£13 a ticket gives you £767 - if it sells at Roffle ill throw £50 to the forum / charity of choice.

Sell for £750.

[The Moog]

Ohhhh one please

[cobblers]

Oh no, I want absolutely nothing to do with this.

 

59 please

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Hah!  The bodywork is so much better than my 130HP MKIV diesel estate...

 

Gah.  Can't.  Couldn't deal with the MPGs but I like this a lot.

[pauldoubleyou]

Hah!  The bodywork is so much better than my 130HP MKIV diesel estate...

 

Gah.  Can't.  Couldn't deal with the MPGs but I like this a lot.

Its done 29 over five gallon without a thermostat. 

 

With the thermostat actually allowing it to get to temp, driven properly it should see 34-36.

 

Its the driven properly thing i have an issue with

[cobblers]

oh ffs give me 58 as well.

[Split_Pin]

Whom do you insure this through/how hard does that hit you in the wallet?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Me too.  Even the 130 is enough to surprise people.  220 would be addictive and I'd probably manage about 25 out of it on my way to work...

[pauldoubleyou]

Whom do you insure this through/how hard does that hit you in the wallet?

 

I insured it though Adrian Flux (most of my stuff is) and just said it had a larger engine capacity at 1.8. With 13 years no claims / 34 year old and super handsome i think it was about £240. The only other mods i delcared was the coils. They werent that fussed. 

 

Course you could just insure it as a 1.6 and plead ignorance, but thats not my problem.

[Split_Pin]

That's the company I insure my Corsa through.

 

I have 18 years ncb and I'm 39 so the above is a decent reference point.

 

It also appears cheaper than all of my other cars to insure, weirdly enough.

[Dayno]

Would love this but I'm about 400 miles away, now looking at trains.

[pauldoubleyou]

Would love this but I'm about 400 miles away, now looking at trains.

Closest is Helensburgh Central. If it’s easier I could be at Glasgow Central / Queen street. It’s only a 45 min ride back home for me.

 

 

 

 

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[yes oui si]

All about this, unfortunately I'm cash-poor... BUT I do have a mk3 GTI with bumpy cam and stainless exhaust which got a new clutch and NSF bearing along with crank oil seal earlier this month. I'm averaging about 35mpg due to a heavy right foot and lots of good roads around here, but it easily does 45mpg when sat at 60 (got it up to 48 doing the 160 mile round trip from home to Edinburgh and back). Would do a straight swap, and even drive it up to you.

If that doesn't tickle your pickle, two randoms please.

[pauldoubleyou]

All about this, unfortunately I'm cash-poor... BUT I do have a mk3 GTI with bumpy cam and stainless exhaust which got a new clutch and NSF bearing along with crank oil seal earlier this month. I'm averaging about 35mpg due to a heavy right foot and lots of good roads around here, but it easily does 45mpg when sat at 60 (got it up to 48 doing the 160 mile round trip from home to Edinburgh and back). Would do a straight swap, and even drive it up to you.

 

If that doesn't tickle your pickle, two randoms please.

Its a maybe, sent you PM for details

[gadgetgricey]

#47 please.

 

Looks really nice by the way. God knows how I would insure it if I did win.

Cross that bridge though........

 

I would have to get a 1.6 badge for the boot though.

[spartacus]

Fuck me, if that swaps for my old Golf I'll be sick, it's right up my street!

I'm going to break my roffle ban as I love a sleeper.

26 and 27 please.

[Cheezey]

I'll take number 24 please.

[Kringle]

That centre console looks like two googly eyes and an erect penis.

 

GLWTR btw.

[HMC]

#47 please.

 

Looks really nice by the way. God knows how I would insure it if I did win.

Cross that bridge though........

 

I would have to get a 1.6 badge for the boot though.

Plus those placca wheel trims the lower spec ones came with.

[Aston Martin]

This is stupid and pointless.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of your finest randoms please.

[loserone]

Everything you could ever want from a modern car. Gr9 engines if you like silly turbo boost.

 

None for me today though, perhaps tomorrow

[Jazoli]

I'll be in for a random, if I win the first thing I'll order is an sdi badge.

[billy_bunter]

 

x1 random please

[Talbot]

Absolutely love a sleeper like this, especially with essentially zero external visual references to any changes.

 

That said, is that running lower than standard?

 

Very tempted to take a ticket. Maybe when I'm feeling less sensible. (give it an hour or two)

[bangernomics]

This is about an hour away right? 1 Random please

[Dave_Q]

I'll be in for a random, if I win the first thing I'll order is an sdi badge.

 

WHS on both the ticket and the badge please, fuck knows how I will collect, store, drive or insure it should I win tho.

[Talbot]

fuck knows how I will collect, store, drive or insure it.

Details Shmeetails.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

One random pleases.

[Minimad5]

Having found out my bathroom needs tearing apart, means a complete buy is off the cards.

But throw me in for two ROFFLE random, please.

[Supernaut]

I insured it though Adrian Flux (most of my stuff is) and just said it had a larger engine capacity at 1.8. With 13 years no claims / 34 year old and super handsome i think it was about £240. The only other mods i delcared was the coils. They werent that fussed. 

 

Course you could just insure it as a 1.6 and plead ignorance, but thats not my problem.

In that case... a random please!