Hi.

Picked up a 2007 GTi today. Traded in a 2005 Mini Cooper S against it. The mini is a better drive when "on it" and is quicker (I think) but the polo is nicely screwed together, is much more comfortable and has room for the 2 kids.

This one is practically immaculate and has very good service history. Looks like it's been cared for.

Anyway ... Pics.

Completely standard example. Not sure if I want it to stay that way or not. Lowering and some nice wheels should make it look good. Better brakes would be nice and breathing mods with a map would be fun. But I'd have to weigh up how much it would cost and how it would affect the practicality of the car with kids.

So. In short. Hi everyone.

Just seen the template:

Real name:

Darren Newman. Follow me on twitter: @darrenleenewman

Age:

32 (getting old)

Location:

Scunthorpe. Lincolnshire.

Polo owner, if so which? Or looking to get?:

See above post.

Previous car history:

205 1.1,

309 1.3,

205xs with 1.9 gti seats, 1.6 gti wheels, and lowered.

205 1.6 gti (project. Never saw the road)

106 xsi 1.6 8v, custom exhaust, various sets if wheels, bilstein suspension, bucket seats, stereo upgrade etc etc etc

VW polo 9n 1.2

VW golf MK2 driver.

306 gti6 blaze yellow, black wheels, lowered, custom exhaust.

Renault clio 1.2

B5 passat saloon 1.8t

B5 passat estate 1.8t

Diablo red 306 gti6

Skoda octavia vrs PD170 mapped to 200bhp

Mini Cooper S checkmate R53 (supercharged one)

Ford Kuga TDCI

Polo.

Hobbies/interests:

Football, well, specifically Grimsby Town.

Cars.

Motorsport

Occupation:

Civil service

How did you hear about us?:

Google search.

Edited 12 September, 201511 yr by darren9

Welcome along looks like a nice clean one!

Car looks very nice, quite a French car history as well lol

my first car was a s1 106 despite being into vws growing up and it almost made me go for a rallye or a fast 205. There's definitely unfinished business there.

Welcome to the forum [emoji106]

Thanks for the welcomes. Yeah. I had a fast peugeot thing when I was younger. Went to a lot of meets and shows but that was years ago. Things were a bit different back then. Max Power was still on top. Luckily I was never into the whole bodykit scene though.

Debating whether to modify this polo now.

Good choice, I'd say they're the better car than the 6R until you get to the later models where they've gone back to a manual 1.8T.

It was my intention to leave the car standard over winter to get used to it and look for any points where improvements can be made.

So far I think I'll be looking at the cupra bushes some form of upgrade for both suspension and brakes. For my modest budget and requirements I think a set of matched springs and dampers will be better than coils. I fancy some 17s but haven't even considered what, budget will probably dictate that to a degree. And yes, probably a map.

That lot should unlock a lot of the cars potential without making too many sacrifices by way of its daily driver/kiddie ferrying capabilities.

Running it over the weekend there's a knock from the front offside so I'll give the dealer a ring tomorrow when I wake up off nights, see what he says about it.