VAG Variant Vehicle....ehhhhh....V-Arrives!

So, there I was, on the lookout for a cheap VAG estate for Melanie to lug her work gear and our dogs around in....

This ungodly abomination was uncovered....

No tax, no NCT, no taste.....but cheaper than a Lidl Sunday Special that's been reduced-to-clear on Wednesday, so we brought her home.

BHP in theory is 65, but in reality is probably somewhere in single figures or at best the low-teens, but she came from her previous home in Clonakilty in De Peeeeeepel's Reeeeepublick to Blaaland on less than a tenner, so smiles all round.

1.9 straight black-stuff-burner, in reasonable mechanical order.

First job is to de-scene it, respray the rattle canned matt-black bonnet and fit a 2nd hand rear bumper to replace the damaged item, and fit a set of Vento headlamps and grille....The bonnet is a Vento item, hence the ugly gaping wound above the front grille. Cos vento estates are coooooool, man.......I am indeed, down with the kids, but not in a Jimmy Savile kinda way.

If anyone would like a cheap set of quad lamps for a mk3 golf, let me know.





Scene stickers removed, stupid vertical disc holder binned, dog drool cleaned off all windows interior and exterior, 2nd hand front fog blank fills the previous gaping hole in the front bumper.

To-do list to make her NCT-ready:

Full service kit, replace all fluids and all filters
New glow plugs
T-belt, water pump and new stat for peace of mind.
Fit a set of 15’’ wheels and remove these ridiculously big 17s.
Rewire rear number plate lights....god only knows whats wrong with that.
Replace gear linkage bushings kit - gearchanges feel like you're up to your elbow trying to clear a particularly stubborn turd from a U-bend with a toothpick.
Some NCT-friendly German plates....haters feel free to flame, but be warned...the VAG-ninjas will be outside YOUR window at 11pm tonight......have your affairs in order.
Do something about the ridiculous ride quality....it feels as if the shocks have all been replaced with lengths of steel bar......it has coilies up front and lowering springs in the back, cos that's how they roll on Cork's pool table-like roads.....like.....I thought I was gonna lose a kidney on the way home!

Cheap and cheerful, and maybe slightly practical too, dare I say it.

Stay tuned for more Wolfsburg hilarity (ever think you'd see those two words in one sentence??!!), as I delve deeper into the mechanics of this beauty.....

Later,
RV.

PS -  shitload of tasty mk2 Golf GTi parts collected this past weekend...stay tuned for an update on that project soon!