mickster
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Hi, yes I've had a few. My mum had a green SE for 7 years, and I used to have an anthracite GTI at the same time:
Sorry to make a really random comment on an old(ish) thread but this photo is awesome
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There is one round the corner from me the same so I would assume so. Imo Arosas on the whole got much better paint colour options than the Lupo!
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Thankyou, good job you can't see it close up though....
You know I'm glad you said that as I was just thinking wow that looks much better condition than mine lol.
I see you have the SE/Cambridge lights, I'm coming more and more round to the idea that they look rather good on the black GTIs, might have to change mine...
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Such a bargain, no idea how much it'll cost you to fix it up but will probably end up being worth more than your total spend! Funny I have a black one and really was looking for a raven blue...
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Glad you got it sorted, changing that bulb is on my "to do" list too so was watching this with interest!
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Wow £1200 is only £100 more than I pay, and I'm almost 24. Yeah I went to Leeds to get mine, they are rare as anything in the south yet there were 4-5 for sale within 20 minutes of each other in Yorkshire...
I've only had mine a week and a half so not got round to doing anything yet but Mattz341 on here lives near Brighton and has an orange GTI I really want to see, so maybe we could arrange to all meet up at some point along with any other south coasters lurking
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Welcome! I'm from Brighton so not too far along the coast. Forget the cost and everything else and just buy a GTI, it's what I did
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No way! That's pretty cool, I wonder if they were just passing through or actually from here. Yeah tbh I thought it couldn't be mine when you said it looked very tidy lol, my paintwork is pretty scratched up...
One thing I've noticed since buying a Lupo is other Lupos and Arosas everywhere, despite the fact I almost never saw them before. Mostly standard cars although there was a debadged blue one on some random alloys at Asda earlier today, might have been lowered too I can't remember now...
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Ahh man, when/where was that?? I took my Mum to PC World about 7:30pm (lol) so I'm guessing then some time? How the heck did I not see you
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It's a few hundred miles short of 80,000 miles, tbh the (relatively) low mileage was one of the main reasons I bought this one, all the rest advertised pretty much had 100k on the clocks.
Sorry lupogtiboy, I was playing family taxi driver yesterday!! Was surprised how roomy the car is for 3 adults and a child actually, the boot even managed a week's worth of food from Asda
Yeah the long drive back was epic, particularly since most of the journey was in the evening/night when the roads were fairly empty! I'm itching to do more long journeys actually, just got to come up with some excuses to drive places
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Nice to see another south coaster!
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Well I got it! Drove back from Leeds via an overnight stay in the midlands to see an old uni mate. Including my trip to Burgess Hill and back today I've already done 340 miles according to the mile counter since collecting on Friday evening
The previous owner made me promise to keep the cars name, so let me introduce Luigi (and please ignore the crap parking, seems I've forgotten how to park
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I meant to take some decent photos today but forgot, it's a standard black GTI tbh so not much to show. I bloody love it though
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Ahh cool, which of the unis are you at? I wanted a change from Brighton so went elsewhere for uni and have only really just moved back! Lol I'll keep an ear out
Yeah I've no doubt that raven GTI would be amazing, Isle of Wight is easier to get to too but I've pretty much committed to this black one now!
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Dunno why I said Bristol, I meant Bath!
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Yeah it's also on here buddy, call me cautious but I didn't like the lack of solid info I could find online about how mods to the chassis could invalidate insurance/get you into trouble with VOSA. It's probably fine and I'll be jealous of whoever buys it, but I'd rather not risk it
Lol I did some very minor research into resprays for the same reason, saw the prices and though sod that!!
I'm in Patcham, closest bit of it towards town, used to live near Preston Park though.
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Yeah she needs loads of tlc, been getting quotes to get the exterior all fixed so that ball is rolling!! I'm really excited about having a shiny car again lol!!
Mechanically she's alright though, needs an air con regas and I need to pull my finger out and service her but she's alright for now!! There's a laaaavely red gti in Lewes that I occasionally see parked near my work, it's got arosa rear lights tho (don't like them personally) btw are you on the lupo/arosa parts page on Fb? Have a look, might help your search. And when you do go for a gti drop me a message! I'd be quite happy to help out lol!
It'll look awesome once it's done but looks like resprays are so expensive
I've kept my eye on that fb page but tbh it mostly seems to be people scouting for interest rather than actively trying to sell their vehicles.
Yeah I'm not into the Arosa rear lights either. I really like Lupos in red but looks like I'm off to Leeds on Friday to buy a black GTI if all goes to plan! Could be an interesting journey back as it's now been a month since I've driven and I learnt via a semi-intensive course over 3 weeks. If I crash I'll be telling them to save the car and not worry about me
Then maybe a decent raven one will turn up in the next few years and I'll switch, might be best I'm not in charge of such a rare car at this stage lol...
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Lol tell me about it - barely any Lupos for sale down here either which has been annoying. I did see a silver GTI parked up at the Withdean sports centre a month or two back, first I've seen down here, and there's a tasty Arosa sport on the way to Burgess Hill I often pass
I'll update the thread when I get one, at the moment it's looking likely to be a black GTI. I'd love to see your orange GTI in the flesh, even if by the looks of your thread it's still in need of some TLC!
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Finally passed my driving test and stumbled across this forum in my quest to find a Lupo as a first car. Naturally I had to join!
I fell in love with the Lupo back in the early 2000s when I saw a Raven Blue GTI at the Haywards Heath VW dealers (my Mum was having her 6n2 Polo serviced). I've always been a VW fan - my uncle's first car was a red mk 2 golf which he drove like a nutter, something that had a profound effect on the 7/8 year old me at the time!
So yeah, hi I guess and if anyone knows where I can get a seemingly ultra rare Raven Blue GTI let me know
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Wasn't the one in Bristol was it? Had a go at knocking him down but the bloke wasn't having it
Scott's White Lupo
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I usually agree but the contrast on a white car works well here!