MY07 3dr Mk5 GTI [Archive] - VWWatercooled Australia

Lima

19-11-2006, 08:20 PM

As premiered in my "cultural intruder" thread ... the ol' girl got a new car yesterday.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/11/111106457M-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/11/111107798M-1.jpg

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http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/11/111107355M-1.jpg

More pics here: http://27772.smugmug.com/gallery/1896325/1

Cheers Liam

GoLfMan

19-11-2006, 08:26 PM

mate that is soo sweet i love it!!!
whats the plans?

tassie_euro_mk1

19-11-2006, 08:37 PM

ooo yea. very sweet

Lima

19-11-2006, 08:46 PM

mate that is soo sweet i love it!!!
whats the plans?

Paying for it. j:

In theory, this will be a long termer, so while I'd like to do the usual chip, zorst, wheels and suspension mods, that will probably take time. It is my wife's car after all.

:cool:

joshyd-mk2gti

19-11-2006, 09:48 PM

thats sweet as. it'd be one of the first few on the roads here yeh? did you get to keep the car cover??!

Lima

19-11-2006, 10:18 PM

There must be a few on the road now (in theory). We could have collected ours last week if not for colour coding the bumpers. But I'm glad we got that done pre-delivery and waited the extra week.

AFAIK we are the 2nd or 3rd one to be delivered in Canberra. :cool:

mikinoz

20-11-2006, 07:52 AM

I hate trying to keep up with other forum members, let alone family members.

Hope 'the old girl' is happy!

When are you coming to visit me?

ausgolfer

20-11-2006, 08:42 AM

I love it, especially the Color, and the fact it's a 2 door. :)

Then again I could be biased towards 2 door white VW's.....

Lima

20-11-2006, 09:03 AM

I hate trying to keep up with other forum members, let alone family members.

Hope 'the old girl' is happy!

When are you coming to visit me?

j:

Not sure. And yes, I have been wh0ring these pics around. :o

@ausgolfer

When the smugmug servers come back to life I'll throw in some other pics that you will no doubt like.

Lima

20-11-2006, 10:48 AM

Here you go...

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/11/111108088M-1.jpg

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http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/11/111107408M-1.jpg

ausgolfer

20-11-2006, 11:43 AM

Drool........ ;) My new best friend. Fantastic to see.
So many overwhelming thoughts, so little left over brain power to translate them into words. j:

PoloGTi

20-11-2006, 12:41 PM

Gee the 3 door look sweet as and with the bumpers all painted it looks hot why dont they sell them like that ill never know?

Lima

20-11-2006, 01:21 PM

...with the bumpers all painted it looks hot why dont they sell them like that ill never know?

x2 would have saved us some money if nothing else. j:

PoloGTi

20-11-2006, 01:26 PM

But the main thing would be it sets it off from the other Golf range and would be a more individual thing for all gti owners.

brackie

20-11-2006, 04:42 PM

That's a lovely car. Your mrs must love it (Do you get to drive it at any time ;) ?) Colour coding is definitely the way to go.

Lima

20-11-2006, 05:09 PM

I will get to drive it, but seeing as we've only had it for 3 days neither of us have had too much time behind the wheel as yet. :D

gtimk5

20-11-2006, 05:14 PM

I reckon you should run it in by coming down to Melbourne for the weekend! Be good to meet you. :)
So, how does the German built GTI feel compared to the South African ones that you no doubt drove earlier??
It looks sweet as minigolf! You must be proud! :)

Lima

20-11-2006, 05:32 PM

To be honest our test drive of Mk5s consisted of one pretty tame effort from the local dealer that lasted about 10 minutes. And I had one other drive similarly lame due to unfamiliar roads in Sydney.

But I guess in ownng a Mk4 previously and seeing all the positive press we knew we were always going to be on a good thing. I have to say, while this car is a definite improvement over our old Mk4 GTI, there is still quite a familiar feel about it which is kind of good. We always say we should never have sold our Mk4, but I'm glad we did, because we may never have bought the Mk5.

So, in saying all that I can't really comment on the differences between SAf and German built GTIs. Although ours does have some minor rear alignment issues on the rear hatch that seems pretty common on almost all Mk5s.

We've driven up to Sydney and back already and have about 870kms on the car. I reckon we might do a another 300km or so drive over this coming weekend too. There might be a bit of a road trip to visit my mum in Adelaide around March next year. I'm thinking of visiting her in between the GP and kickoff for the 2007 AFL season.

:)

Cheers Liam

Lima

27-01-2007, 11:04 PM

Some new pics from today (http://27772.smugmug.com/gallery/1896325#125697682).

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/01/125698261M-1.jpg

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Lima

27-01-2007, 11:06 PM

4 more to celebrate post #100!

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rayray086

28-01-2007, 01:14 AM

Wow! The night shots look awesome! Looks very mean indeed. What have you done to it so far, or is it still factory?

SOHC

28-01-2007, 04:11 AM

sweeeetttttt!! i love those pics at night!! i'm trying to learn something like that...:(

Lima

28-01-2007, 09:22 AM

Apart from the painted skirts etc the car is standard. Our plan is to keep it pretty much stock, with maybe some 18s and an APR/Oettinger/whoever ECU reflash. Maybe a zorst and CAI.

:)

GoLfMan

28-01-2007, 11:34 AM

Apart from the painted skirts etc the car is standard. Our plan is to keep it pretty much stock, with maybe some 18s and an APR/Oettinger/whoever ECU reflash. Maybe a zorst and CAI.

:)
that'd be horn with the above mods :D what about coilovers?

Lima

28-01-2007, 01:54 PM

Yeah, some KW V3s would be nice, but the ride in the MINI, is, shall we say, "purposeful", so we're keen to keep the GTI as comfortable as possible. I know it would look sweet lowered with 18s or 19s, but we'll just have to see.

Cheers Liam

Lima

29-04-2007, 11:43 AM

Bump... :cool:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/147559853L-2.jpg

Babee J

04-05-2007, 10:08 PM

That looks gorgeous! Congrats!

How much did it cost to get the bumpers sprayed? I may do the same before getting mine...

Lima

07-05-2007, 07:03 PM

Best to read the blurb here (http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12623). :)

Cheers Liam

Lima

01-07-2007, 10:36 AM

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/07/168004530M-1.jpg

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http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/07/YCM811_dyno_300607-1.jpg

Stock as a rock! EEK!

Lima

08-11-2007, 03:07 PM

Bump for one year since this photo was taken...

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/11/111106383M-1.jpg

:cool:

Lima

18-11-2007, 08:41 PM

Happy birthday GTI. 18,037kms in the last 365 days. :cool:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/11/9-1.jpg
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http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/11/8-1.jpg

Seems to make the previous 149kW result seem not so far fetched after all.

Tim

18-11-2007, 08:48 PM

are u reflashed? how did that compare to other mk5s if there were any on the day?
seems like a pretty healthy number!

Lima

18-11-2007, 08:50 PM

The car is still stock.

Other results here (http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3494725&postid=43455001#43455001) ... another stock Mk5 GTI ran 136.8kW.

PoloGTi

18-11-2007, 10:00 PM

Nice work pulling some good numbers :)

Lima

14-02-2008, 08:35 AM

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/02/254199988_zN2cQL-1.jpg

454 days @ 44km per day :cool:

Lima

28-06-2008, 06:39 PM

Bump. :driver:

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99gti

28-06-2008, 06:45 PM

Liking those wheels!!! Looking good.

VW VR6

29-06-2008, 03:57 AM

one word ... NICE ...

Lima

01-07-2008, 11:15 AM

Thanks guys. :)

DubSteve

01-07-2008, 11:17 AM

Nice work Liam you now know you have to lower it ;)

Also how wide are they?

Lima

01-07-2008, 06:20 PM

Yes, I know about the lowering. It won't happen overnight, but...

Wheels are 18x8 with 225/40/18s.

:)

gtimk5

02-07-2008, 07:43 AM

Looks the goods now Liam, well done mate. Excellent choice there on the wheels. Have to have a double shoot sometime mate.
Cheers, Andrew :)

Lima

02-07-2008, 04:04 PM

That would be pretty cool. :toast:

Lima

06-07-2009, 09:20 AM

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Lima

06-07-2009, 09:23 AM

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DubSteve

06-07-2009, 09:30 AM

Well done Lima, have you lowered it yet?

Lima

06-07-2009, 09:32 AM

No. I doubt there'll be any more mods to our GTI, all funding shall now be directed to the S3. :driver:

DubSteve

06-07-2009, 09:33 AM

No. I doubt there'll be any more mods to our GTI, all funding shall now be directed to the S3. :driver:

Whens ETA on that coming still a month away?

Stan

06-07-2009, 09:44 AM

some very nice shots, mate. Those wheels are just the thing

Lima

06-07-2009, 09:46 AM

Whens ETA on that coming still a month away?

Yeah, mid August I reckon. The ship is due at Port Kembla on 24 July, so 2-3 weeks after that is usually the norm.

KI11Z

06-07-2009, 09:46 AM

wow, nice choice! love the charcoal colour against the white, very tasty!

Bboy_Sparx

06-07-2009, 05:14 PM

Liam I saw you drive past tongue and groove last night. Car looks hot

mikinoz

06-07-2009, 06:01 PM

New username. Nice.

Lima

06-07-2009, 10:47 PM

Liam I saw you drive past tongue and groove last night. Car looks hot

Yeah, I had just washed it at the new place in Braddon and was off to take some piccies.

Lima

06-07-2009, 10:48 PM

New username. Nice.

Hopefully the username Nazis at the Tex will come to the party soon, too. I've only been asking for about 3 months. :duh:

Lima

24-10-2009, 11:49 PM

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