RE: Volkswagen Golf GTI Pirelli | Spotted

[Firebobby]

It's a £4k car max.

[DaveyBoyWonder]

Firebobby said:

It's a £4k car max.

Its not. But neither is it a £8k car.

Edited by DaveyBoyWonder on Wednesday 15th March 14:46

[budgie smuggler]

article said:

Goodyears. It’s on flipping Goodyears. How could they do such a thing?

Just a guess but maybe it's because P Zeros are fking gash

[mersontheperson]

The wind deflectors and number of owners, plus the number plate, makes me think this is a rough JDM import, grade 3.5 that was probably purchased for 1-2 grand

[Jon_S_Rally]

I was going to have a pop at PH for yet another article slating modified cars, but some of the comments in this thread make John's comments look positively tame. The snootiness on this forum is staggering at times. While not the tidiest example, making silly comments about the previous owner based on number plates is a bit on the tragic side, and says just as much about you lot as it does about anyone who had their name on the logbook of this Golf in the past. I thought a love of cars was supposed to bring people together, but on PH it just seems to involve angry middle-aged men slating anything and everything.

As for the car, it does look like it needs some love, but not surprising, as a lot of these have started to show their age quite badly now. A shame about the rust issues, as the are a solid car otherwise, and probably the best hot hatch of their era in many ways. I'd certainly have one over a Focus ST, Civic Type-R or Astra VXR of similar vintage. Not sure I would stump up for a Pirelli edition personally, though the changes to the body for this and the Edition 30 do lift them a lot over the standard car in my view. Wheels on the Ed.30 are much nicer than these though.

I think I'd just buy a standard GTI and tweak it a bit personally, as I don't think these special editions are really worth the premium. I'm sure my lowered car with engine and visual modifications would get trashed by the PH mob, but I can live with that.

[Fiestapop11]

CG2020UK said:

phumy said:

My 08 MK5 GTi Pirelli, ive had it 2 years now, totally original, 70k miles full VW history and beautiful condition.







Edited to say it has 4 x Pirelli tyres on it too.

Edited by phumy on Wednesday 15th March 09:30

Love it mate! Looks fantastic!

I’m sure you smile every time you look at it.

Agreed, lovely car and the seat design is still epic. My favourite use of a tread pattern apart from that calendar with the ladies posteriors and sticky sand....

Great drivers car to boot. I think that and the original type R are two twin peaks for driver enjoyment Golf wise.

[VeeReihenmotor6]

This and the Edition 30 will make for a collectable GTI in years to come. Shame about the details on this particular car but put it back to standard and pay c£6.5k and it could be a nice runner.

Mk5 platform cars do like to the rust though so buyer beware. Worse than the early Mk3s.

[Fiestapop11]

Trying not to sidetrack to tyres but Goodyear F1 Asymetric 6 gets great reviews and costs slightly less than Michelin / Continental. No shame in having them on the car, they are top 4 with Bridgestone, Continental and Michelin currently for summer biased sporty tyres.

Tyrereviews.com have all the german magazine tests to hand for a wealth of data.

Going back a few years I have always been puzzled about the P6000 Pirellis as being "ditchfinders". The earlier P6s you got on your 1988 XR2 and onwards were seen to be a huge step up from the normal Dunlops etc you got on your Ford Orion.

Were they actually that bad, or has this become a myth perpetuated ?

I was on Yokohama A520s at the time, the first semi trackday tyre that had so much dry drip your eyeballs flew sideways out of their sockets on any corner, such were the cornering forces. Cool tread pattern as well that wore down to nothing. Never show them a drop of rain ... turn into Gremlins ...

Edited by Fiestapop11 on Wednesday 15th March 12:26

[asci.white]

Fiestapop11 said:

Trying not to sidetrack to tyres but Goodyear F1 Asymetric 6 gets great reviews and costs slightly less than Michelin / Continental. No shame in having them on the car, they are top 4 with Bridgestone, Continental and Michelin currently for summer biased sporty tyres.

Tyrereviews.com have all the german magazine tests to hand for a wealth of data.

Going back a few years I have always been puzzled about the P6000 Pirellis as being "ditchfinders". The earlier P6s you got on your 1988 XR2 and onwards were seen to be a huge step up from the normal Dunlops etc you got on your Ford Orion.

Were they actually that bad, or has this become a myth perpetuated ?

Edited by Fiestapop11 on Wednesday 15th March 12:26

On a light FWD car they were very good. Seem to remember having them on my mk2 XR2 and that drove like on rails. Throw them at a rear wheel drive car with more weight and I suspect they fell out of their comfort zone.

[phumy]

CG2020UK said:

phumy said:

My 08 MK5 GTi Pirelli, ive had it 2 years now, totally original, 70k miles full VW history and beautiful condition.







Edited to say it has 4 x Pirelli tyres on it too.

Edited by phumy on Wednesday 15th March 09:30

Love it mate! Looks fantastic!

I’m sure you smile every time you look at it.

I do love it, its a great little car to jump in and drive all over the country if needed. Looking after it is great and its not too expensive to run either. Loads of typical haters and nay sayers on here too, as always.

[dukebox9reg]

Fiestapop11 said:

Trying not to sidetrack to tyres but Goodyear F1 Asymetric 6 gets great reviews and costs slightly less than Michelin / Continental. No shame in having them on the car, they are top 4 with Bridgestone, Continental and Michelin currently for summer biased sporty tyres.

Tyrereviews.com have all the german magazine tests to hand for a wealth of data.

Going back a few years I have always been puzzled about the P6000 Pirellis as being "ditchfinders". The earlier P6s you got on your 1988 XR2 and onwards were seen to be a huge step up from the normal Dunlops etc you got on your Ford Orion.

Were they actually that bad, or has this become a myth perpetuated ?

I was on Yokohama A520s at the time, the first semi trackday tyre that had so much dry drip your eyeballs flew sideways out of their sockets on any corner, such were the cornering forces. Cool tread pattern as well that wore down to nothing. Never show them a drop of rain ... turn into Gremlins ...

Edited by Fiestapop11 on Wednesday 15th March 12:26

The Pirelli P6000's have left such a bad taste in my mouth id never buy Pirelli now. They were OEM on a lot of cars in the early 2000's, Focus's etc. I had them on a used mk2 Leon I bought (obviously many moons ago). The Kumho FK452's I bought were so much better and so much cheaper.

[helix402]

Looks more like Shed of the Week to me. Seen around town centres with a vape cloud leaving the driver’s window (the deflectors stop rain coming in when you vape innit).

[HardtopManual]

Has to be one of the sttest cars in the classifieds, no? Lowered, painted callipers that don't go with the rest of the car, wrong grille, Barry badges, cheap aftermarket head unit and just about to tick over 100k. Who is going to spend eight grand on it?

Nothing wrong with Goodyears btw, had them on my Golf mk6 before it got PX'd and preferred them to the Contis they replaced. Much quieter and felt more supple and grippy.

Edited by HardtopManual on Wednesday 15th March 13:09

[Trebor1970]

helix402 said:

Looks more like Shed of the Week to me. Seen around town centres with a vape cloud leaving the driver’s window (the deflectors stop rain coming in when you vape innit).

Could well be an energy drink connoisseur too

[1974foggy]

For me one of the prettiest Golfs, always preferred the standard GTI optional wheels to the P edition ones, but those seats are great!

[Triumph Man]

Seats in Rooood boi driving position.

[Matt_T]

I'm not much of a Golf fan but that is lovely!

sixor8 said:

I've seen several of these at classic car auctions the last few years, most of them JDM cars imported. But here's a UK model (in yellow) with 49k miles that sold for under £10k at CCA 12 months ago:

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/2008-volkswag...

[MDMA .]

PSB1967 said:

Where's the engine cover?

Tricky to fit when when an aftermarket intake is installed. Audi TT one is a straight swap and fits an intake.

[Slowlygettingit]

soxboy said:

Slowlygettingit said:

Those wheels are awful.
Wasn’t there a mk2 edition? Certainly remember seeing lots with the ‘p’ alloys.

The mk2 came with Pirelli alloys as standard in the UK for a couple of years from launch. The Scirocco mk2 GTX had them too.

Anorak fact is the P alloys on the mk2 have a different spacing between the Ps. They also didn’t have Pirelli on the centre caps.

There was a mk2 Campaign edition, but it had nothing to do with Pirelli.

Thank you.

Edited by Slowlygettingit on Wednesday 15th March 16:46

Edited by Slowlygettingit on Wednesday 15th March 16:48

[Slowlygettingit]

As a kid Pirelli always seemed exotic high performance tyres. Probably just their advertising.

Now I can’t recall seeing them doing well in any in depth tyre tests. We swapped onto Goodyears on Mrs sgi’s m4 following them coming 2nd in an evo tyre test and they were night and day better than the admittedly worn previous tyres - can’t recall what was on when we got it.