With the house move over and no need for a diesel anymore I decided to sell the Fabia and go for a petrol. I wanted to own a v6 before they basically become extinct due to emission rules etc! So I eventually decided on the golf r32.

Mine has a good spec from standard and sits on 62k with one previous owner. 3 door in black.

Leather heated seats, folding mirrors and puddle lights, cruise control, highline display, multi function steering wheel.

Plans

, upgrade the standard stereo unit to a rns510, fit reverse parking sensors, get the car detailed (black paint a nightmare) , maybe tint rear windows.

So far I have replaced driver side window switches as originals were worn. I had the alloys refurbished professionally as well. In process of getting a spare key.

Sorted the garage out and the golf fits in there just. Kept it garaged over the winter! I bought a garage parking kit from Maplins. Basically a traffic light with a sensor. Works well !

The car? Well I love it. The noise is just epic. Such a lovely tone even with standard exhaust. It's so comfy and easy to drive, very nice place to be the interior is very good quality and put together well. Nice little touches including the bottle opener by the arm rest!

Downsides? Tax and fuel isn't the best. Saying that though fuel is coming down in price so not a bad time to own one. I fill up using shell nitro which costs me £60 for a tank full and get 250 miles to a tank. Mainly town driving though. I had to tax it when I bought it which was £255 I think! Just for 6 months lol. Insurance was cheap, in fact this is the cheapest car I have ever insured in my life. £550 for the year with e sure. (I'm 24 with 3years no claims) .

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Lovely car, I may have to have a butchers when I'm in town next and you're about,

Lovely car, I may have to have a butchers when I'm in town next and you're about,

Thanks! Yeah no worries let me know

Been waiting for this thread

Looks very smart and much cheaper to insure than I thought. I guess very reasonable rates living where you do

Been waiting for this thread

Looks very smart and much cheaper to insure than I thought. I guess very reasonable rates living where you do

Cheers Jay, yeh very cheap where I live luckily lol post code lottery in my favour

Would cost me a pretty penny here in Bristol despite being 34, clean licence, no claims garage etc :(

As I mentioned before Dan, car looks lovely, my friend has the shape before yours in the lovely blue colour.

Have to have a nose sometime

As I mentioned before Dan, car looks lovely, my friend has the shape before yours in the lovely blue colour.

Have to have a nose sometime

  

Cheers Lee, I really wanted one in blue but couldn't find one in manual for the life of me lol

Would cost me a pretty penny here in Bristol despite being 34, clean licence, no claims garage etc :(

It's mad how much of a difference post codes can make to your insurance quote. I didn't think Bristol was bad! My girlfriend was from Bristol originally, cleavedon I think the place is called .

As I mentioned before Dan, car looks lovely, my friend has the shape before yours in the lovely blue colour.

Have to have a nose sometime

Midlands meet outside Dans garage?

Yup, Clevedon. If I lived there it would be more like yours, but even with keeping in the same BS7 postcode and moving 1/4 up the road, the insurance for my vRS went up by £300!!!

I will be moving out of the City once we're in a poisition to change our mortgage to buy-to-let and buy another house. Fed up with being raped in insurance and still only allowed to drive at 20 through a lot of the City :(

Get a milltek on it

Get a milltek on it

I have been looking at milltek exhaust system for it. The non res seems to have mixed reviews , people saying its too droney and you can't hear the v6 engine. People seem to prefer the resonated version but it isn't that far off standard noise apparently. I suppose I would need to hear it in real life for a true conclusion!

I really like these......there is a 2008 one with 17k from new on the clock in black at a garage near harrogate,it looks ace but they want £17k for it  They always sell every R32 they get in stock though. 

Get a milltek on it

What I said Jase as soon as I knew he had one get it done Dan

I really like these......there is a 2008 one with 17k from new on the clock in black at a garage near harrogate,it looks ace but they want £17k for it  They always sell every R32 they get in stock though.

Ooooooo 17k that's a lot! 17 thou miles is very low though never seen one that low around! Now is a good time to buy with fuel being cheap ha

What I said Jase as soon as I knew he had one get it done Dan

I am very tempted to Lee! My local tuning garage is a Milltek exhaust dealer I might have to get a quote lol

Very nice shame you're not nearer I'd detail it for you . Mines cheap to insure too £245 fully comp , did the precise owner have bleach on their fingers! Never seen window switches worn like that . I replaced all mine and folding mirrors one to latest model ones with the chrome edging . I could not get a Miltek or any other manufacturer for that matter as none does aftermarket for the R36 . So I had a custom one made and with a pair of miltek tips , sounds awesome . I originally took the suitcase off and soused nascar but was droney at 3k revs . Now is best of both worlds

Very nice shame you're not nearer I'd detail it for you . Mines cheap to insure too £245 fully comp , did the precise owner have bleach on their fingers! Never seen window switches worn like that . I replaced all mine and folding mirrors one to latest model ones with the chrome edging . I could not get a Miltek or any other manufacturer for that matter as none does aftermarket for the R36 . So I had a custom one made and with a pair of miltek tips , sounds awesome . I originally took the suitcase off and soused nascar but was droney at 3k revs . Now is best of both worlds

Thanks for the offer I wish you was nearer ! It needs a good going over with a DA polisher . I have no idea how they got that bad, I have read you can fit the mk6 golf ones but I had already fitted these standard ones :( I am really tempted by milltek resonated cat back , a lot of people are tempting me lol. I love the look of those r36 there is one going round my way

Very nice car there mate. I think Alan (blueR36) covered most of it above!

 

....Get a Milltek fitted.... job done! 

Resonated or non resonated hmmmm lol

Resonated

Only want the noise when your giving it some. Non resonated would drone too much

I had a bastuck cat back on my old lupo gti. Sounded pretty much stock when daily driving. But open up the taps and gave just enough roar so as it was just right. Thats what you want

Ooooooo 17k that's a lot! 17 thou miles is very low though never seen one that low around! Now is a good time to buy with fuel being cheap ha

If i hadnt decided to move house i would have been very tempted sadly no money left for a car change so the octy is going to have to last a good few years yet.  

Very nice. Always like the R32.

 

Is it a manual or DSG?

 

Nice spec too. I assume it some with xenon lights and auto lights/wipers?

 

Phil

Very nice. Always like the R32.

 

Is it a manual or DSG?

 

Nice spec too. I assume it some with xenon lights and auto lights/wipers?

 

Phil

It's manual which is what I wanted not a fan of dsg . Yeh xenon lights auto wipers and lights. I really do want a different stereo or wish it had the multimedia pack with iPod connection :(

Just get an RNS 510 and be done with it!

 

Really finishes off the interior especially with the highline display too so you will get integration with that.

 

Phil