I can totally understand where you mean here, and have considered a variety of alternative cars for the very reason mentioned. However, I keep returning to the same conclusion. The car has been looked after extremely well, and that during Jeff's ownership and onwards, it was maintained regardless of cost. Not only is the spec of the car (full leather, winter pack, low miles etc) great, but in the knowledge that at some point, a GTi is going to have had a bit of a lead right foot at some point in it's life. Black 3 door GTi's with all of the options I want don't come around that often, i've been looking for some time.chris meardon wrote:That's it, and an aftermarket recic valve, I had the forge one.
I must say as the comment above that it's a huge shame for the car to be taken back to standard, the car was setup almost perfectly and looked amazing, to bring it back to standard is a sacrilege and a terrible shame.
May I ask why you are looking at buying a car that has been returned to standard from being modified?
In my eyes you buy a standard car for the knowledge that you know everything hasn't been tinkered with or driven to hard in its life. You buy a modified car like this because it's quicker than the rest but you accept that it's probably been driven harder than average in its lifetime, but buying a car that's been modified and then returned to standard to me is illogical. I'd much rather buy a single owner standard car that's been driven like a granny all it's life and then do what you will with it.
Good news about the map.
I agree that it is a shame to see a car once at the top of its game returned to basically stock, but in a way, I also see it as a bit of a blessing in disguise, we all know that being slammed and running 240bhp probably isn't what the car was designed to do and that by doing so, a new owner can make the car their own. Saying that, I've got nothing against modding, my last and only two cars have been low on BBS
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