And another has popped up in my suggested videos, new owner.
They look good value compared to the recent ‘offer’ my wife received from VW -worked out at just over £11k to borrow a Polo for 4 years:eek:
I think the whole car market is crazy right now and I was surprised to see some of the prices recently. DC5's also seem to be all over YouTube, however that is likely to be the searching algorithm responding to my history :rolleyes:
I'm keeping mine, I like owning and driving it even though...
Congratulations, looks good and an awesome prize!!
(I've always been suspicious of these competitions after seeing the same person (Murray Storm) pop up on multiple winners across different companies :eek: )
Congratulations on the house!
I have a 2013 Honda CR-V EX (bought used in 2018 @ 21k miles) for the family and wife has a mk7 Golf Match 1.4tsi which we bought new in Feb 2016. Golf has done 56k miles without issue and generally gets treated like dirt. Probably averaged £2k depreciation per...
I’m on the Autoglym Polar snow foam at the moment Through a 12 year old Autobrite (local company here) foam lance. Dwells too long for my liking so I’ll head back to BH which was my go to previously.
Normally use Dodo Juice Born to Be Mild shampoo for general washing. LSP either a sealant...
Cheers guys - I think I'm going to leave the detent springs and keep hold of them in case I end up having the engine mounts replaced. Don't particularly want to mash up any bolts by accident (all looks original from 2001, no wonder its hard going...!) and I've heard about the bolts breaking...
Thinking on I could just remove the mount bracket rather than the mount as well, saw a guide on youtube doing that but it looked like access will be difficult.
Great write up, thanks. Halfway through this job at the moment but can't get the top right bolt on the gearbox loose (I think I just need a breaker extension and the arms of a man) or the bolt that mounts the mount to the body closest to the bulkhead (basically the two top right bolts in step...
Good guide, used it myself. There‘s a fuel strainer within the pump housing too, need to open the housing up to replace.
Edit - should be pics here;
http://www.itr-dc5.club/forum/index.php?/topic/48427-mike9000‘s-2001-cw-dc5/?p=488309