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dxg said:
I don't need to tell you that you've picked up something special. It's even got the right floor mats in it.
Strangely, I'm now seeing *more* of these about. There's three local to me, now, when I'd been the only one for years.
I've had mine ten years and will keep it for another ten if I possibly can!
Those aren't actually the right floor mats - those were the only things that were missing! My brother works as a parts advisor for Ford and Kia and he noticed how similar the ones for a Kia ProCee'd were, so ordered me some and I've put those in instead.Strangely, I'm now seeing *more* of these about. There's three local to me, now, when I'd been the only one for years.
I've had mine ten years and will keep it for another ten if I possibly can!
Max M4X WW said:
So the grey one didn't have aircon? A 2003 GTi, weird!
New one looks good though!
Air con was never offered as standard as far as I'm aware.New one looks good though!
Thought I'd give this thread a quick update.
The car is now on 54k, so has seen plenty of use in the past year. After having a classic Mini and my first Lupo which didn't have many toys and bemoaning people obsessed with gadgets, I now can't imagine life without heated leather and aircon
Had a few little bits seen to on the car last month - it shared the same auxiliary belt squeak on cold starts as my old one, which made it sound like a bag of spanners for the first few miles and annoyed me no end. Had the belt changed along with the pulley which cured the problem. It flew through the MOT which was pleasing and the owner of the garage who look after it has had Lupos in the past, so when he said 'where do you find these GTIs from?! It's mint' I was pretty chuffed
A few photos:
With my brother's Swift Sport, which has its own thread on here somewhere. Having driven them back-to-back, the Swift is the modern equivalent of the Lupo but it has the edge as far as raw handling goes - the chassis on that thing is brilliant and it's more fun to drive quickly. But for general day-to-day driving, it's more of an event to be in the GTI because of its rarity.
Making friends (and avoiding door dings
) at Sainsbury's.
At the Doncaster Racecourse VW show - as with most shows I go to, mine was the only unmodified GTI there!
There are a few marks and scrapes on the bodywork which are bothering me, most of which were on the car when I bought it, so I may well have those sorted out over the summer. That aside, it's simply a case of keeping it the same and enjoying it
The car is now on 54k, so has seen plenty of use in the past year. After having a classic Mini and my first Lupo which didn't have many toys and bemoaning people obsessed with gadgets, I now can't imagine life without heated leather and aircon
Had a few little bits seen to on the car last month - it shared the same auxiliary belt squeak on cold starts as my old one, which made it sound like a bag of spanners for the first few miles and annoyed me no end. Had the belt changed along with the pulley which cured the problem. It flew through the MOT which was pleasing and the owner of the garage who look after it has had Lupos in the past, so when he said 'where do you find these GTIs from?! It's mint' I was pretty chuffed
A few photos:
With my brother's Swift Sport, which has its own thread on here somewhere. Having driven them back-to-back, the Swift is the modern equivalent of the Lupo but it has the edge as far as raw handling goes - the chassis on that thing is brilliant and it's more fun to drive quickly. But for general day-to-day driving, it's more of an event to be in the GTI because of its rarity.
Making friends (and avoiding door dings
) at Sainsbury's.At the Doncaster Racecourse VW show - as with most shows I go to, mine was the only unmodified GTI there!
There are a few marks and scrapes on the bodywork which are bothering me, most of which were on the car when I bought it, so I may well have those sorted out over the summer. That aside, it's simply a case of keeping it the same and enjoying it
I randomly found your forum when I noticed my car on Google images and thought, that number plate looks familiar! I was the lady who brought your anthracite lupo. She's nearly on 80k now wishing my new job wasn't so far away..
Past her mot with flying colours though! Can't believe it's been nearly a year now.
Past her mot with flying colours though! Can't believe it's been nearly a year now.
laurenanx said:
I randomly found your forum when I noticed my car on Google images and thought, that number plate looks familiar! I was the lady who brought your anthracite lupo. She's nearly on 80k now wishing my new job wasn't so far away..
Past her mot with flying colours though! Can't believe it's been nearly a year now.
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Glad to hear the car's treating you well. As you can see I wasn't without one for long! Seeing yours with the coilovers on reminds me how good it looked - sometimes wish mine sat a bit lower. Past her mot with flying colours though! Can't believe it's been nearly a year now.
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