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Members' Cars / Re: 1988 8v GTI
She now sports a rather splendid Alpine cassette player with a CD multi changer courtesy of @Eddypeck and it suits the car a million times better than the modern Sony X-Plod that I put in there originally.

Sometimes the simple things make a massive difference  ;D  ;D

Biggest decision is green or orange as I have front panels for both colour?
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Members' Cars / Re: Monkeys R32
Great video, watched it as my lunchtime treat :D

Tim is getting some decent content on his channel.
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General Chat / Re: Beloved...
It's the 2020 version of "one careful lady owner".  Trying to make potential buyers feel like it would break the owners heart if they thought about haggling over the price!!
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Members' Cars / Re: LUCY ‘91 Mk2 Golf GTI Alpine White
Quote from: Eddypeck on
Oh and in other news, I bought. New Alpine stereo. The same series as what I had just better condition but what I failed to spot as the ad didn't show it working was the illumination was orange. I didn't give it a thought as most Alpine are green, but they did do orange versions. I should have realised when the seller said they had it in their Audi.

Anyway, being compatible I swapped over the illumination panel in the face plate.



I so hope I have sorted this water leak as I can't wait to get the dash back in and get the new one fitted properly.

Here's my old one, but now orange:


looks quite cool actually.

It does actually look very cool with the orange illumination so will send a pic when it is installed and show how it looks against the rest of the green dash illumination.  I might still grab a green front from eBay just in case I grow tired of the orange :D  One thing I seem to have found out is that the designation at the end determines the colour R is green illumination and RM is orange illumination
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Members' Cars / Re: 1988 8v GTI
Quote from: L90E on
Was looking at your tax disc for inspiration (dealer name etc.) and noticed the way F422 has been hand written makes it look like 'FUZZ' at first glance?

That's a really good spot and I hadn't even noticed that!!  If my wife gets her way it will be called "what have you bought for it now???"
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Members' Cars / Re: 1988 8v GTI
Quote from: Damien.wrl on
I usually name a car after it’s type, “Adolph” Audi, Patrick Porcshe , Vincent Van Golf.. from your number plate I can see Fazz and (c) Kojak ... having watched an episode of “allo allo” the other day you could consider some of those names? ie General Von Klinkerhoffen , Herr Flick or Grueber?
That's a good shout.  Car is definitely a she so it would probably be Helga as it has a very naughty side  :))

On a side note and showing my age, I went to see the Allo Allo stage show in 1987.....................
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Members' Cars / Re: 1988 8v GTI
Just realised that it is nearly 7 years since I rescued her from a 10 year sleep in a garage and just over 4 years since she was put back on the road so thought I would do a then and now shot.................


She's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but I was never out for perfection as I wanted something I could really enjoy without being unduly worried about the odd mark here and there!

Now here's my dilemma.  This is a car that I will never get rid of so she should really have a name and I am kind of stuck on one that would be suitable.

It is kind of strange as I never intended to buy her and it was just luck that a random conversation with a work colleague made me finally sell the Mk3 Triumph Spitfire that was slowly disintegrating in my garage (still got nearly a grand for it) and replace it with the Golf.

There she sat for 3 long years while I kind of faffed about adding some of the nice stuff like a new interior without thinking about whether she would actually ever be roadworthy.  All of a sudden, life went on hold when I got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and the car was the furthest thing from my mind but it came back into sharp focus in a really strange way.  I was in the 4th week of radiotherapy and was feeling pretty rubbish so went down to the garage just to try and take my mind off things and for some reason decided then that I would ask my mechanic brother-in-law if he would give the car a once over and let me know what it would cost to make road legal.  He agreed so I gave him the garage keys and some cash and then left him to it with the expectation that he would tell me that I needed a second mortgage to even get close to an MoT but a week later I got a call and was told "you have change and the MoT is done".

I was so surprised that I put the car back in the garage but was immediately collared by the wife who said "what's the point of getting the MoT done if you aren't going to use it?  Get the bloody thing taxed and insured".  That is exactly what I did and within 2 hours I had a car that was 100% road legal so I took it for a quick spin as it seemed rude not to do so and I can honestly say that despite how physically and mentally drained I was feeling, it put the the biggest smile on my face that I had had in a long time 8) .

So, back to the dilemma of what I could call her so I will take "advice" from the wife and kids and then update my thread with whatever we agree.
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Members' Cars / Re: Gordon the Golf (8v GTi 1989)
Quote from: Damien.wrl on
Quote from: paulnewman on
Quote from: Damien.wrl on
Little beauty........must have a name by now?

isn’t the name in the thread title??? 🤣🤣


It’s an age thing, I even remember reading it earlier .....reading what?

I know how you feel. I’d forget my head if it wasn’t screwed on but I know where every spare part I have stashed away is 🤣🤣
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Members' Cars / Re: Gordon the Golf (8v GTi 1989)
What a cracking car you have.  Mine should look exactly like this but sadly some of it's previous owners have been less than kind to it  :(  :( 
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New Members Say Hi! / Re: New here, again I think.
Quote from: PWardy on
Quote from: paulnewman on
Welcome.  You have a cracking original car there and it is exactly what mine should look like.........................

If you can, start a thread in the Members Rides section so we can see how you are getting on with the work and it might be beneficial to join the club if you haven't already done so as you will be able to get discounts in places like VW Heritage
I'm here because I enquired about being a paid member and was sent a link by Michelle T

Sorry, I meant become a paid member (think it's £7 per year).  If you are a paid member you will get access to member discounts at places such as VW Heritage.
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New Members Say Hi! / Re: New here, again I think.
Welcome.  You have a cracking original car there and it is exactly what mine should look like.........................

If you can, start a thread in the Members Rides section so we can see how you are getting on with the work and it might be beneficial to join the club if you haven't already done so as you will be able to get discounts in places like VW Heritage