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[JoviBlue]

Hey guys, so on Friday last week I made a radical move in like 4 hours

I went to buy a car out of the blue, with minimal funds

Travelled about 2 hours of motorway to get to it, and I even drove it back haha (no insurance and many issues with it but I will get to that later)

(IMG:http://i.imgur.com/1Oe705B.png)

It's a Volkswagen Polo Mk2F Genesis, apparently its a Coupe? But I'm pretty sure its a hatch haha Germans

So a little spec

1.3L N/A
5 Speed Gearbox (I believe its a GT/G40 gearbox)
Basic spec interior trim I guess (Has heater and did have a radio (did have))
BBS RA's 14/6j (these came from factory!)
Aftermarket exhaust system (Unsure what brand, but the backbox/tips are horrid)


Good points:
it cost me £450 haha
Wheels are good and solid
interior is literally like new other than the missing radio
no rust whatsover (tiny bits of surface rust in small areas but not unless you put your face to it)
almost mechanically sound
sounds as healthy as it did from factory with 150K miles!
Its a lot of fun to drive!

Bad Points:
really beat body/paint, has a decent dent in the boot lid
has no bonnet hinges (on the way home the bonnet kept lifting up haha)
seems like it has no front OS wheel bearing, this got worse when driving at 60+mph for 2 hours on a rough motorway
has no radio
has a really bold front NS tyre, which I hadn't realised till today and wondered why it understeered a little and wheelspun
has monster truck rideheight
isn't quite a G40 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
oh and the taillights are a little dodgey haha (bad earth)

but yeah unsure what I'm going to do with it, whether itll be put to OEM, OEM+ or whatever the f**k I want

But yeah, first thing first is to get it sorted to drive without s**tting myself when doing anything in it


I washed it today, and if i have time I'll take pics tomorrow

[JoviBlue]

WTF kinda name is guss for a polo..

Shhhh, he's called Guss okay deal with it

Nice find bro, i kinda dit This gen polo, also i believe This is called coupe because the hatch was way squarer lol

Also:

Hood pins, go full racecar

Yeah me and my dad have been discussing it, we can't find any parts to sort this so race car hood pins it is, gunna order some tonight and hopefully get it delivered in the next few days

Congratz dude.

Thanks man (IMG:style_emoticons/default/toothygrin.gif)

You chose this above the opel manta?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/toung.gif) ..

Haha nah congrats man. Have fun!

Aha dude I'd rather the Manta, but it was too much for a start, and also insurance would not be possible for me, a 2Ltr 2WD classic would be my arm and leg to insure (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) this is basically the next best thing I guess

Rich do you have any idea how much rust can be in one Opel? Particularly a manta (IMG:style_emoticons/default/toung.gif)

Lol the one he's talking about is mint

*takes photo so we have to break our necks to see it*
but nice car bro seems like something a LR member would drive ( when i picture LR i imagine drift or full race )
do this m8
(IMG:http://www.polog40.co.uk/images/top_background_3_round.png)

My girlfriend likes to break peoples necks, I don't just mean with her poor photography (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

But yeah I'd love to, but it would be a lot of money to do and also my shell and interior is too mint to rip it apart and rally it really, maybe if I find another shell or something


Anyways a little update, drove it to store it at my grandparents house this morning on my way to work experience with my Dad, and spoke to his boss and he said I can bring it in tomorrow and work on it! Even said I can use one of the car bays and lifts! Awesome! But yeah we have thought of ways to fix all the issues with the parts we have without spending much, I got a free tyre with the car, and the spare wheel has a new tyre on it, so the two bad tyres i have (one bald and one has a tear/bulge in the sidewall) will be replaced and we will rotate the tyres round so the two best sit at the front. The taillight issue is the ground wire has lost connection and melted the surrounding casing, so we're splicing the wire and connecting it up differently, rather than buying a new taillight bulb rack. Just gunna order some hood pins and a new front wheel bearing set and I should be all good to go! We've noticed the back of the sunroofs drain holes are a little sealed over and the seal around the sunroof is deteriorating a little so thats probably next on my list. But overall its looking good and I should be on the road by the end of the week! I'll try to get pics if i can