Well this was the 3rd and now final Lupo GTi we went to see, it was simply too good to risk loosing, I am 110% confident I won't find a better condition one of these again! The 438 mile round trip was worth every minute. Some of you might have seen my thread about viewing this and putting down a reposit, and also loosing some on other "stunning examples" which ended up being complete dogs.

62,000 miles

3 previous owners (although the 1st owner kept it for 3 months part exchanged it due to it being "too fast" lol)

Air con (recently re-gassed)

Nice and firm feeling 6 speed box and clutch

Cam belt, tensioners, aux belt, coolant changed recently along with a metal water pump fitted and a service

Spotless condition bodywork and paint (and also no corrision on spoiler, roof rails, boot handle chips etc)

Bathhurst wheels wrapped in new T1R rubber with no markings or damage

White side lights, number plate lights, and interior lighting

2 remote GTi keys

Clifford concept 650 alarm (Anti hijack, total closure, shock and proximity sensors, with two remotes)

Along with all the usual GTi factory extras!

I honestly cannot emphasize how well this car has been kept, the guy had recently replaced the GTi badges, and rear brake light too and the heated mirror glasses because he wasn't happy with them.

Heres the pictures from the ebay advert:

21/05/2010

So 215-220 miles or so later....

We arrived!

:-D

First thing to be removed were these

Then the long journey home began! Thank god it was a nice day and temperture on the way home!

A little video at 70mph

Edited 13 July, 201016 yr by LouCB

23/05/2010

Today decided to give it a clean up after the miles on the motorway along with a new stubby aerial and ditching the rear wiper, along with some random shots

And some soaking up the sun :-D

De-wipered

And another vid showing the Clifford sensitivity, don't think anyone will be near it and certainly won't be able to steal it due to the anti hijack - Excuse the camera angle!

Since joining this forum my 1st main change has to be lowering it as they look a lot better hugging the floor. When the log book arrives back I'll be registering my private plate. But before I can think of any other plans I will be going on holiday in 4 weeks time so thats being funded for first! :-)

Let me know your thoughts

looks great!

Is this yours now? or your girlfriends?

This is "Lou's" and the Polo is "CB's" lol hence the account name, going to get the Polo back later so will have to see how they look together. Will update my thread soon but haven't driven it for 2 weeks :(

Lupo seems a lot more vivid on the road than the Polo though!

fail weather and photo, will get proper ones when the weather improves no doubt

Changed the stereo/cd player round, which I think looks better, and I'm pretty sure it should of been this way around in the first place?!

And some quick snaps from the other day still loving the little beast!

Ok so got a bit carried away today with a "quick wash" which turned in to a 5 - 6 hour cleaning session!

Consisting of:

Meguiars Gold Class Shampooed

Meguiars Wheel Cleaner and brake dust removed from the calipers

Dried with Meguiars Water Magnet - Including door shuts, boot, under bonnet etc

Meguiars Clay Barred with Speed Detailer - All paint work and front and rear lights

Auto Glym Super Resin Polished

Meguiars Gold Class Waxed

Meguiars Trim Cleaner for the aerial, mirror bases etc

Meguiars Metal Polish - For the centre exit pipes

Meguiars Tyre Gel

All Glass Rain ex'd

And lots of microfibre cloths!

I also remembered I had some 6000k temperature bulbs for the Xenon's. What a nightmare just to change a set of bulbs, remove 31 torx screws, 4 push clips, the upper grill, headlight washer caps, and lower grill caps, all just to get to the last 2 torx screws to remove the headlights, so you can take off the 3 torx screws holding the cap on to gain access to the bulb! Guess thats where VW dealer garages make their money from

Excuse the amount of pictures!

On with the polish

The amount of effort this involved deserved a picture lol

Before picture of the old bulbs

After polish

Metal polish - This stuff is highly recommended

All finished with the waxing and tyre shine etc :-D

A few showing the new bulbs on, ideally need to get some night shots to show these off

They are a lot brighter though

And the magic bag of tricks

So...

One clean Lupo GTi...

=

One happy puppy!

very nice car, I'm thinking about getting one next year

never had experience of driving a polo GTi or lupo,

in your opinion, what's the better of the both?

i was in a lupo yesterday compairing the two

They both have there good points and bad points.

I'd have one, but there just too small! They dont feel bad inside, loads of head room with a high roof. Aluminum front panels are abit flexible like!

6 speed box is a plus point and the hydraulic clutch is easier on the left leg.

Feel nimble. But the polo feels more planted in my opinion.

i like driving them both to be honest. love the tight 6 speed box really wish my polo had one! the only bad thing about it is the lack of boot but then again she never puts anything in there so its fine.

next thing she wants to do is the cambridge rear lights and then get some "lupo gti" sills made up like the ones on the golf gti. also on the look out for some coilovers

Well after being on holiday for a while I came back to a bit of extra cash

Cambridge lights

Removed the lights and found lots of muck!

Bit of polish later

The lights came with bulb holders and all new bulbs

Fitted!

Before

After

Also got hold of some grill tape which gives it a bit more "GTI" look

And lastly.... came out from doing some shopping to find this beast next to me lol!

Still on the look for coilovers but can't seem to find any within the budget :(

Hope you all approve!

As long as you approve pal, don't give two hoots what any of us say/think - just keep enjoying what you're doing. Nice car

As long as you approve pal, don't give two hoots what any of us say/think - just keep enjoying what you're doing. Nice car

Lol that last comment did sound a bit desperate! Figure of speech!

I do indeed approve, hence buying and changed it lol.