TTRS & V50
So, when I went and put my last new car thread up (here - https://www.cliosport.net/threads/my-r32.805997/), I mentioned about looking for a TTRS at the time. I've wanted one for a while, well, I ended going travelling for a while and returned 2 weeks ago, got onto the hunt (was looking while away too). I had a specific spec in mind which didn't help finding an already rare car. I went to view around 5 in my first weekend back in the country, all were not to be, I scoured every possible lead on the internet and basically ruled all out, so it was a case of settings up alerts and waiting every day for new ones listed.
Luckily one just 15 miles away came up, phoned him up and viewed it the same night. Came away, priced up a few things and made and offer. It wasn't the perfect spec I was looking for, but the condition and history was very good, which beats all the previous 5 that I viewed, and they had as close to the spec I wanted. Anyway, he declined my offer which was fair enough as it was 24 hours after he put it up for sale. A week later I followed up to see if he's had much interest and he basically agreed to my price because of time wasters, so I went for a second viewing and drove it home that night, this was Wednesday.
Had a good drive in it this weekend and I'm really happy, super straight, super quick and yeah, it's cool.
What was the issue? Basically, I comprised on colour, mileage, alloys and seats. Everything else is fully specced with S-Tronic GB which is good. Luckily all my comprises can be retrofitted bar mileage (50k) and the colour ain't that bad, I just had my heart set on Suzuka grey, but wasn't willing to wait months to find it considering the weather we are having, and my second car, MK1 TT 225 isn't up to scratch for my summer planned road trips. The mileage also is still low, but I wanted around 30k. The cars I did view with that mileage were in worse condition than this, so allowed the mileage stipulation to slip too.
Here's a couple of photos from today at Early Edition and down a local industrial estate after:
Plans:
Find some titanium rota's, which are the same as what I have, but a slightly darker colour. Find some Recaro Wingbacks, as I had them in my S3 and R32 and love them. Possibly put it on springs or coilovers. Sadly I missed out on the Bilstein deals a few weeks ago, so might just put it on springs, not sure. I was going to get a remap too, but I really don't know how people have that much power on our roads, they're kind of too fast to enjoy.
I’ve already removed the TTOC stickers from rear windows and ordered a cargo boot net.
Luckily one just 15 miles away came up, phoned him up and viewed it the same night. Came away, priced up a few things and made and offer. It wasn't the perfect spec I was looking for, but the condition and history was very good, which beats all the previous 5 that I viewed, and they had as close to the spec I wanted. Anyway, he declined my offer which was fair enough as it was 24 hours after he put it up for sale. A week later I followed up to see if he's had much interest and he basically agreed to my price because of time wasters, so I went for a second viewing and drove it home that night, this was Wednesday.
Had a good drive in it this weekend and I'm really happy, super straight, super quick and yeah, it's cool.
What was the issue? Basically, I comprised on colour, mileage, alloys and seats. Everything else is fully specced with S-Tronic GB which is good. Luckily all my comprises can be retrofitted bar mileage (50k) and the colour ain't that bad, I just had my heart set on Suzuka grey, but wasn't willing to wait months to find it considering the weather we are having, and my second car, MK1 TT 225 isn't up to scratch for my summer planned road trips. The mileage also is still low, but I wanted around 30k. The cars I did view with that mileage were in worse condition than this, so allowed the mileage stipulation to slip too.
Here's a couple of photos from today at Early Edition and down a local industrial estate after:
Plans:
Find some titanium rota's, which are the same as what I have, but a slightly darker colour. Find some Recaro Wingbacks, as I had them in my S3 and R32 and love them. Possibly put it on springs or coilovers. Sadly I missed out on the Bilstein deals a few weeks ago, so might just put it on springs, not sure. I was going to get a remap too, but I really don't know how people have that much power on our roads, they're kind of too fast to enjoy.
I’ve already removed the TTOC stickers from rear windows and ordered a cargo boot net.
