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    Quote Originally Posted by Njay View Post
    nice I'm looking at buying a 964 and restoring it but then part of me wants to have a decent amount of money saved...... Ah the dilemmas I face Haha
    well you only live once

    If you are going to do it, do it while the $A is strong and get all the parts from the US. The $ was only 70 odd cents when I i did mone

    There is a black 964 RS in my area which gives me wood every time i see it.
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    yeah i really want to do it, but im gonna struggle financially so I might put it on hold

    I wanna lower it with some decent coilovers and put some bbs rs wheels on it
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    aiming for 200kw atw
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuwey View Post
    ^^^ Froth!

    I suppose i've spent just over $10k on my Polo?

    Suspension
    Recaros
    Tune
    Intake
    Tint
    Wheels
    Wheels again

    etc etc....
    Yeah I am in Love with your seats lol
    MODS- TOO MANY

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    god, wouldn't know where to start, lots of things done in the last 5+ years
    must be over $10k in wheels and rubber at my house right now though.
    plus all the mk3 gear/cars that iv been collecting the past 6months.

    bit sad for a super slow, stock looking car that now is worth like $5k

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigfoot View Post


    Nice !!! Please excuse my ignorance but what year is she?

    ---------- Post added at 06:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:38 PM ----------

    Not much on my Golf. Been there done that.

    In the late 90s I had spent 30K on a lancer.
    Sure I loved it and it munched everthing, whilst being a sleeper but when you can't insure it for what it's worth, then I just can't make sense of it.

    Actually, come to think of it, I spent huge on everything up until then but things have changed dramatically since.

    Our daily "to the station car", cost a massive $400.

    My Charger owes me very little for what she's worth.
    RX7, have spent in total what she's insured for.. maybe a little more.
    Mini, will be also close to what she's insured for.. when finished.

    With the Golf, am happy to spend on little things like; N75, TIP and CAI etc but just can't justify a K04 & retune etc.
    The reason is simple, that's not what I bought the car for. Is supposed to be a daily after all and I'm an old fart.
    The other reason is MY WIFE WOULD LITERALLY KILL ME!!!
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    $3000
    and that just got me wheels, suspension and about 75% of the interior

    I don't plan on going over 10 grand...on a mk1
    I wish i knew what i got my self into before i started and bought somebodies project car that they spent alot of money on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MadWorm View Post
    That sounds like quite a Polo how does it go getting power down - and what sort of 0-100 does it do?
    Power down isn't too bad but at the end of the day it's still front wheel drive so standing starts aren't it's forte. Last time I checked a 0-100 it was around 6 sec so not much difference compared to a stock car - it's in the higher gears that you notice (and can use) the power. With a mate driving it ran 1:10.1 around Wakefield last year - it's a circuit that suits smaller cars but for comparison Warren Luff testing for Motor Magazine ran a 2008 WRX STI around the track in 1:10.2.

    Quote Originally Posted by bigfoot View Post
    any photos mate?
    Nothing of the Polo in it's current stage (I just remembered I hadn't included the vinyl wrap in my mods list) but a few months ago before I ripped off the vinyl it looked like this:





    It's now back to black waiting for me to figure out what colour to wrap it next.

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    I think I'm past/up to 100% of the purchase price on mine.
    Have been told NUMEROUS times that I should have bought a common car (white good on wheels).

    But I don't think I could ever go away from VAG cars now, addicted from less 2 years ownership

    That 911 is gorgeous bigfoot, I take it you've owned it for a while going off the photo?
    MK2 - *Insert list of dealer purchased extra's/standard features here*
    80 series - The MK2's BIG, Sooty, polar opposite...
    HAHAHA

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    definitely past the 200% mark, and still not where i want it yet.

    true ryan... i'm always getting told the amount of time and money i spend on my car, i could have bought a brand new one for the same price. i too am a VAG addict, wouldn't have it any other way

    beauty 911 bigfoot
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    I spent peanuts compared to some guys here

    CAI was $300 incl a k&n filter
    short shifter was a b'day present
    springs $200
    dvd payer, amp, sub and the sub box $1300
    10% tint $180

    and thats it
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