- Joined
- Jul 29, 2010
- Messages
- 1,825
- Reaction score
- 495
- Points
- 83
- Location
- Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom
After 4.5 years of owning a MK4 Golf GT TDI 130 it was time for a change. The turbo went on the car and after having it replaced it never felt the same again
It went from this
To this:
Full project thread here
rhyso - dirty diesel power!
So the hunt began for a Sportback TDI 170 S Line.......
After a few weeks of searching I found one for sale on the Derby Audi website. Rang them up and placed a holding deposit as I had been too slow on previous occasions and missed out.
What followed was almost a complete disaster as I was given the story that the car was coming from a BMW dealer in Leamington Spa, it was apparently delayed as the chap who owned the car turned up to collect his new BMW and found the engine management light firmly stuck on. The story was that the BMW dealer couldn't fix it and obviously the customer had driven away in the Audi.
After about a week of this, I was chatting to my mate who was questioning why I wanted to buy from an Audi dealer (mainly free servicing and a couple of other perks at the time) but I was so cheesed off that I said 'not any more' He sends me a link to a potential car. I open the link and my jaw hits the floor as the link he has sent me is for the car that was allegedly sat in a BMW dealership, except it was sat in the forecourt of a garage in Birmingham!
To cut the story short, I had been told a pack of lies by Derby Audi, went to view the car where it was, stuck a deposit down and drove away the next day with the upside that I had it for £1000 less than what Derby Audi had it up for sale!
So the car itself:
S Line TDI 170 Sportback on a 57 plate
Lava Grey
24.5 miles on the clock
Full leather
Factory bluetooth
MFSW
Rear parking sensors
Cheesy photo on the day of collection
Few pics of it sat in the rain
And in the 3 months I've owned the car I've fitted the following:
MY09 Rear lights (ignore the lack of number plate light - I fixed that a few days later)
Footwell and door puddle lights (looms courtesy of RobinA3 )
Pressed plates
Grant & Colin at PRD worked their magic the other week
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/detailing/108307-rhysos-a3-part1.html
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/detailing/108365-rhyso-a3-part-2-a.html
And some yellow laminx on the front fogs
Unseen mods included uprated headlight and fog light bulbs, and Dension Gateway 300 for my music.
Sat on under my desk today is the overhead light console with ambient lighting and map lights which I'll fit tonight
Think that's about it. I'll try and keep this updated as I go along
Hope you enjoy reading
It went from this
To this:
Full project thread here
rhyso - dirty diesel power!
So the hunt began for a Sportback TDI 170 S Line.......
After a few weeks of searching I found one for sale on the Derby Audi website. Rang them up and placed a holding deposit as I had been too slow on previous occasions and missed out.
What followed was almost a complete disaster as I was given the story that the car was coming from a BMW dealer in Leamington Spa, it was apparently delayed as the chap who owned the car turned up to collect his new BMW and found the engine management light firmly stuck on. The story was that the BMW dealer couldn't fix it and obviously the customer had driven away in the Audi.
After about a week of this, I was chatting to my mate who was questioning why I wanted to buy from an Audi dealer (mainly free servicing and a couple of other perks at the time) but I was so cheesed off that I said 'not any more' He sends me a link to a potential car. I open the link and my jaw hits the floor as the link he has sent me is for the car that was allegedly sat in a BMW dealership, except it was sat in the forecourt of a garage in Birmingham!
To cut the story short, I had been told a pack of lies by Derby Audi, went to view the car where it was, stuck a deposit down and drove away the next day with the upside that I had it for £1000 less than what Derby Audi had it up for sale!
So the car itself:
S Line TDI 170 Sportback on a 57 plate
Lava Grey
24.5 miles on the clock
Full leather
Factory bluetooth
MFSW
Rear parking sensors
Cheesy photo on the day of collection
Few pics of it sat in the rain
And in the 3 months I've owned the car I've fitted the following:
MY09 Rear lights (ignore the lack of number plate light - I fixed that a few days later)
Footwell and door puddle lights (looms courtesy of RobinA3 )
Pressed plates
Grant & Colin at PRD worked their magic the other week
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/detailing/108307-rhysos-a3-part1.html
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/detailing/108365-rhyso-a3-part-2-a.html
And some yellow laminx on the front fogs
Unseen mods included uprated headlight and fog light bulbs, and Dension Gateway 300 for my music.
Sat on under my desk today is the overhead light console with ambient lighting and map lights which I'll fit tonight
Think that's about it. I'll try and keep this updated as I go along
Hope you enjoy reading