The life of a 2001 Polo 16v Mk5 6N2 Facelift

vwbonner · 29-12-2006, 08:41 PM

G'day everyone.

I have just joined the forum and wanted to show of my polo.

I bought my Polo in 2001 from Regal Motors in Newcastle and now going on 5 years of ownership with a current total of 115,000km. In that time my polo has taken me halfway around Australia. From Newcastle to Cairns, Mt Isa, Darwin (spent 12months there), Alice Springs, Adelade through to Broken Hill and back to Newcastle. Since owning my polo, she has been through 2 car accidents, one with a 4WD and the other with a Kangaroo, a near miss with a cyclone in Darwin, monsoon rains, 2 hailstorms, a trip on the back of a Road Train after hitting the kangeroo in Alice, and a 13 hour nonstop journey (except for fuel) doing a continuous 150km/h down the Stuart Highway between Darwin and Alice Springs without missing a beat.

At the end of January my Polo and i are on another adventure to Broken Hill and then later on in the year of to Tasmania through Melbourn and over on the Spirit of Tasmania Boat. One big trip i want to do is to put my Polo on the Indian Pacific train to Perth and drive back to Sydney.

Anyway thanks for looking, below are some picks of my Polo's adventures.

Alice Springs

What a Kangaroo can do to a polo

Thanks for looking

**shaneth** · 29-12-2006, 10:29 PM

Hey mate, Welcome to our friendly forum.

Wow sounds like you have done a bit of driving in your beast, great to hear its stilll going strong. I have to say for hitting a roo your car doesnt seem to bad. How fast were you going.

**shaneth** · 29-12-2006, 10:30 PM

Whats on your bonnet at Kakadu NP?

**GoLfMan** · 30-12-2006, 07:26 AM

welcoem mate.
youll love it here as its a great community of veedubbers. Its great to see that you are driving the rings off your polo and loving it

what other mods do you have planned for it?
enjoy this forum as it is an absolute gold mine of info

vwbonner · 30-12-2006, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by shaneth

Whats on your bonnet at Kakadu NP?

G'day. I was doing around 100km/h about 10 minutes outside Alice Springs. The thing on the bonnet in the Kakadu pic is a plastic crocodile.

vwbonner · 30-12-2006, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by GoLfMan

welcoem mate.
youll love it here as its a great community of veedubbers. Its great to see that you are driving the rings off your polo and loving it

what other mods do you have planned for it?
enjoy this forum as it is an absolute gold mine of info

G'day. Sofar i have put Ebach lowering springs in, converted the rear drum brakes to disc off a Mk3 Golf, which all bolts stright on and bumper lip kit to make it look more sporty.

Click this link for more picks of my Polo.

http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h306/vwbonner/

I have been thinking of ordering the 2001 GTI headlights from Europe with the Zenon Globes in them.

Not much else planed until i can afford a real GTI.

brackie · 30-12-2006, 05:01 PM

You and my young bloke would get on well. He has exactly the same lifestyle. When you get to Tassie be sure to look me up. We may be able to offer you a place to sleep.

**Timbo** · 02-01-2007, 01:45 PM

Welcome vwbonner. Great to see a car being used well

**darthdougal** · 02-01-2007, 06:24 PM

Nice, what guages have you installed in the centre console?

vwbonner · 05-01-2007, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by nick1234

Hello mate,

just wanted to sat that I love the stunning car pics and the background - I actually plan on doing some similar travelling around Australia with my "new" Polo - it's got 126.000K's on the clock. Did you have problems getting parts in remote areas ;O) ?

Happy New Year 2007 and drive safely !

- Nick

G'day Nick

When i had the incident with the kangaroo it took the panal beater in Darwin over 2 months to fix it due to the availability of major parts. There is a Vw dealership in Darwin but they don't stock any parts other than service parts. Eg, oil filters.

Parts ordered from the dealership in Darwin took 2 weeks to arrive from Sydney by road, so everytime somthing was ordered wrong it was another 2 week wait for them. Smaller parts can be ordered air freight at an extra cost.
The dealership up there was ok to deal with in ordering the parts. Prices were slightly more than you would normaly pay due to the distance they have to travel.

If you are planning on traveling to the Territory take all the obvious parts that may fail with you. For example fuel, air, oil filters, sparkplugs, belts.

Windscreens where in stock in Darwin for my 2000 Polo. Your going to break one of those following the Road Trains.

Vwbonner