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  1. 11 hours ago, Scrimshanker said:

    I've got a Golf R had it since 2020. Just look out for leaking water pump issue! I had mine fixed under warranty but it can be expensive to fix. Other than that fingers crossed no issues. 

    The one I am thinking of buying has just had the water pump done, its a Golf GTI clubsport, I believe these were made In limited numbers , having a test drive soon, I want to compare it to my 997 that I recently sold, from what I’ve been told the gear changes are very quick on the auto

  2. 26 minutes ago, jall25 said:

     

    Had quite a few golf R s and they are nippy fun little things 

    Can be very highly tuned if thats your thing 

    Are there any known faults to look for in these cars, I am looking on line but can’t really see anything major.

    Thanks

  3. Our Country gets more like a dictatorship every day. The stupidity of the laws they are bringing in with these electric cars beggars belief, remember a few years ago when were told Diesel fuel was the way to go and all the manufacturers made Diesel cars. We should have the choice , Petrol, Diesel or Electric.

  4. I don’t know to much about these but apparently some are supposed to be quick, I have just parted with my 997 , the tax is getting beyond a joke with them and it looks like more hikes on the way for cars like that plus I felt like I was always dodging a bullet with bore scoring  , anyway I am going to look at a GTI club sport, any views on this one, or should I be looking at another GTI model.

    Thanks

     

  5. I have had a few Defenders, my experience is, engine 300TDI, best engine landrover ever had, chassis and bulkhead can be very poor and needs properly looking at, if you can find one that’s been fitted with a galvanised one happy days. Parts are relatively cheap and easy to get hold of and not rocket science to maintain. Every defender I’ve had was going to be my last but here I am again starting to look at 90s. Very addictive once you have had one.

  6. 35 minutes ago, Rim Fire said:

    I was talking to a farmer yesterday he was telling me about another farmer who was at the Welsh farmers rally with there tractors 

    where the farmer was talking to some others and got onto the subject of the Welsh minister Drakeford and said in conversation that he needs shooting when he got home he had an armed response team waiting for him and lifted his guns and took his license you really need to careful what you say even in jest 

    Sums up what this country has become, when I got robbed, tractor , topper , thousands of pounds worth , I got a crime number for my insurance, hurty words said and you get the full force of the law.

  7. 2 hours ago, Scully said:

    Yeah, compulsive viewing back in the day…..’Nevermind, let’s ‘ave a look at what you could ‘ave won’ ! 😄

    And the star prize behind the curtain is, half a kitchen each 😂

  8. More heavy flooding rain coming in tomorrow, my access track to my property is flooded on a weekly basis at the moment and cutting the grass is just a dream at the moment.

  9. It makes me laugh when you see these politicians and protesters thinking that this country can have a say and other countries listen and act upon it, our governments have only been concerned about green and woke issues, for years, we have gone from a serious player in the world to a country that nobody takes seriously anymore.

  10. 8 hours ago, Vince Green said:

    There is nothing more expensive than cheap oil. There is a garage near me offering to service my car for less than the cost of the fully synthetic oil that the manufacturer specified.  How can they do it? Only by using below spec oil.

    When I had a turbo Merc the turbo expert on the owners forum said he believed 90% of turbo failures were down to wrong oil being used. Tracking back on the history of hundreds of turbo failures he could identify back street or cut price servicing. Meaning cheap oil. Turbos run nearly red hot on a motorway and are cooled by the oil being pumped round them. Only top quality synthetic oil can with stand the heat without turning to carbon and blocking the oil ways 

    This, I have to use Mobile one in my car, it’s not cheap but better than the cost of Engine damage.

     

     

     

     

  11. We are only a small island and a pretty clean country compared to most, our biggest pollution problem is immigration and there large families, but let’s just blame the good old motorist, a nice easy tax target.

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