Newbie Polo GTI owner

[drnick]

Morning all!

A little background on me first, I have been around here for a few weeks now tho. :)

I have had a too many cars along the way, my last two have been my vice, Subaru's..

2002>2004 - 1999 MY00 WRX

Stuff I did - The money pit, 2 x clutches, 2 x motors... Hyperflow FMIC kit (tooo much for a FMIC, think near $2.7k fitted), Apex Power FC, VF23 turbo, HKS Hyper exhaust, etc. 190kws atw with a slipping clutch with this one.

Then in 2004 I brought a new 2004 MY05 Subaru Forester XT Lux. Again, the mod bug bit quickly, but after the last car I learnt how to do this one right! At first it was just a full 3" exhaust and a tune by STI Docklands, but in the end after 4 years I ended up doing - bigger turbo, bigger top mount intercooler, bigger fuel pump, changed springs and struts, biggers wheels, wideband, Apexi AVC-R, bigger scoop, cold air intake, etc, etc. 110,000kms later with this car (~25,000kms fully modded) I thought it was time to move on and try saving a little money!!

The old beast I miss!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/01/Foz3005082-1.jpg

And now I have seen the euro light! ;)

Waiting, waiting, waiting. Well, it did not take that long really.

(sorry my hosting is a little slow today)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/02/VW1-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/02/VW2-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/02/VW3-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/02/VW4-1.jpg

In the end I opted for the sunroof, Ipod cable, tint. APR flash an engine mount happening next Saturday.

So far I am very happy with it.

S

[poloplayer]

Welcome to the club Drnick! I'm sure you'll enjoy the GTI heaps, and the flash even more :biggrin:

[SilverBug]

Sean,

Congrats. How is the Polo?

Have you been down the APR path yet?

[drnick]

Hey Andrew!

Yeah, good, good finding it to be a very good car for what I need.

I have already been to Volkspower :D APR flash and engine mount done. Yeah, has a little more power now that is for sure. Have to hold on to the steering wheel a fair bit harder! Good fun, has transformed the performance. Well worth the money (I miss OpenECU stuff, free tho ;) ).

Cheers

S

[White Fang]

Welcome Dr Nick!

Always good to see a fellow convert from Jap to Euro! Great choice of colour by the way! ;-)

Enjoy!