I saw this on Ebay and fancied another VR6, so i made the guy a cheeky offer which was -not suprisingly - declined, I forgot about it. Anyhoo, I recieved a message from the chap last weekend offering me the car at said price as he had been messed about something rotten, so I am now the owner of this, ahem, little gem.
The basics are:
1996
171,000 miles (yes really lol)
11 months MOT with 4 months tax
Full VW service history (!)
BBS style Lenso 16's with new tyres on the back (2 weeks ago i believe) and good on the front
Coilovers - unsure of make at the mo as I have not had chance to check
Remus exhaust
K&n filter.
Climate control
I was very lucky to pick this up for peanuts, bearing in mind in the past 3 years it has had over £4000 spent on various things such as new air con system, new ignition lock and switch, headlights - I have a folder packed full of receipts - it is very reasurring to find a car that seems to have been well looked after.
Plans? No idea yet, it does need a bit of tidying here and there so will get it up together first then decide which way to go - very tempted to strip it out and use it as a new track car and as luck would have it I also have a Dragon Green mk3 1.9 tdi estate which I can fit the interior to etc.
Things to do so far:
New stat (doesn't get very hot) and housing (Bound to leak if I re-use the old one!)
New top mounts
New axle bushes
Good wash and polish
New steering wheel
New header tank
Straighten the exhaust
Few other little odds and sods
Get rid of the sideskirts
take off all the old stickers
Oh and quad headlights! Need to find some for sale at a sensible price.
It drives brilliant, pulls like a train and sounds like God on a bad day.
I am assuming it's had engine work done as it seems to behave much better than it's mileage shows, that or it really has been looked after well. I have probably 5-6k in receipts so it's definately had the money spent when needed, kinda felt a bit guilty giving so little for it.
anyway, a few pictures
The basics are:
1996
171,000 miles (yes really lol)
11 months MOT with 4 months tax
Full VW service history (!)
BBS style Lenso 16's with new tyres on the back (2 weeks ago i believe) and good on the front
Coilovers - unsure of make at the mo as I have not had chance to check
Remus exhaust
K&n filter.
Climate control
I was very lucky to pick this up for peanuts, bearing in mind in the past 3 years it has had over £4000 spent on various things such as new air con system, new ignition lock and switch, headlights - I have a folder packed full of receipts - it is very reasurring to find a car that seems to have been well looked after.
Plans? No idea yet, it does need a bit of tidying here and there so will get it up together first then decide which way to go - very tempted to strip it out and use it as a new track car and as luck would have it I also have a Dragon Green mk3 1.9 tdi estate which I can fit the interior to etc.
Things to do so far:
New stat (doesn't get very hot) and housing (Bound to leak if I re-use the old one!)
New top mounts
New axle bushes
Good wash and polish
New steering wheel
New header tank
Straighten the exhaust
Few other little odds and sods
Get rid of the sideskirts
take off all the old stickers
Oh and quad headlights! Need to find some for sale at a sensible price.
It drives brilliant, pulls like a train and sounds like God on a bad day.
I am assuming it's had engine work done as it seems to behave much better than it's mileage shows, that or it really has been looked after well. I have probably 5-6k in receipts so it's definately had the money spent when needed, kinda felt a bit guilty giving so little for it.
anyway, a few pictures
