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I've looked at 5 over a few weeks. 4 had rust spots on the rear 3/4 panel. Read something about it being a design fault, so more a question of when not if? Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

It's a bloody brilliant all rounder. I'd take a mk5 gti over a standard 225, and by a distance. The megane has the better brakes. And that's about it. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

A standard ep3? See for me, that's pretty much the most disappointing chassis in a modernish hatch. It's too stiff, a mess in the wet (seriously, how can a car with less torque than a hairdryer struggle so much with traction??) and has ps3 levels of steering feel. The engine /box combo is great...

Horses for courses. Everyone has different priorities. I'd take the way the r26 drives over noise all day, every day. For 6k, I'm not sure there's any hatch that gets near the r26 as a driving tool. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

I got better mpg after remap! Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

R26 I got mid 33mpg average. Interiors are really poor compared to the German based stuff. But drive brilliantly. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

There's a bloody lovely mk5 gti up at 5k. Low miles, good spec. But it's in ruddy Edinburgh! Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

Mk5 era. I don't want the mk6, prefer the tfsi lump. 5dr dsg, so looking at the golf, Leon, A3. The era you're looking at is before they revised the chain tensioner. Not sure what prices are now, but when I looked a couple of years ago it was £900ish to have the chain/tensioner done, and it was...

109k. 60k of that with a map. It's been faultless. But I maintain it well. Serviced at a specialist, all the mods done correctly, and all the right precautions (cam follower changed every service, run on v power). Most of the cars I've looked at (especially the Leon's) seem to have been...

Prices, bizarrely, seem to be on the up. I paid 5k iirc, the equivalent today is at least 1k more. Fl even more. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

I hate buying cars now. I've been to look at a few golf gti's, Leon's etc. Way less miles than the octavia, but nowhere near as cared for. Jump back into mine, and it feels far fresher. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6003 using Tapatalk

Nice. I'd be quite happy with a manual one.

Possible to copy conversations over? It's easy if switching from one android device to another, but can't figure out how when going apple to android. Seems the backups are in icloud and can't get to them.

Saw Jay kays green La Ferrari on the m40. Ridiculously bright in the sun!

Comparing new f1's (which were on prev), to new ps4, I've got roughly half the mileage out of them. And the f1's were subjected to a car control day, on a very abrasive airfield. Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

I like the ps4, but they don't wear well. Changed the fronts from f1's in Nov, to ps4. They've already got less tread than the f1's which are 20k older on the rear (and have done an airfield day). They're good, but not enough to justify changing twice a year. Sent from my typewriter using...

I don't even know why. It was an enjoyable thing, good on track etc. Just not memorable. I've owned worse cars, that I miss more. Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

It the torque, it's a big jump in all fairness. It's debatable wether the extra makes it more fun, but I couldn't go back to a standard one. Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

Of course it f**king was lol. But comparing modified cars to standard is pointless. Standard vs standard there isn't much in it. Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

Tbh, flat-out an r26 isn't that much quicker than a 200. But the extra midrange means that getting past dawdlers is much easier, and the diff adds a dimension that the 200 can't touch. Owned both, I remember the r26 fondly. I barely remember the 200. I've been keeping an eye out for a late 5dr...

It's nice being able to use both cars in all honesty. I have more fun in the octavia than I did in the 200 tbh. Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

I may have missed it, but why wouldn't you go for a 5 door with a new born? Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

Until the chain rattle appears, and it's more economical to set the car on fire. Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

Lovely. Centre gravity setup my M3, outstanding job. Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

Every mapper I spoke to advised that the standard clutch in the mk5 gti cars wasn't recommended above 300lbft. Whereas the dsg they were happy to go beyond. No idea if it's the same part in the s3 etc, but seems pretty par for the course with vag. S4 the same, dsg takes power far better. Sent...

The dsg is better for maps, the manual is the one with the sensitive clutch Sent from my typewriter using Tapatalk

Hate the color, but cracking spec and car Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

Weird engine. Throttle response is odd, nothing nothing bang. Then all the power seems to arrive in one go, completely overwhelming the chassis. New ones meant to be much better (revised mapping etc). It's not a patch on the c63 (imo) Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

Have you driven one?

Love it. Father in law was a rover man, I went with him to drop the company car off when it all went tits up. The factory gates had an atmosphere like a funeral. The zt was a cracking car to drive. Imagine the V8 is great fun.