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lupogtiboy

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    VW's, retro games consoles, food, drink, r/c cars

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  • Currently Driving
    Kaiya the Lupo GTi, Uma the High Up! Roxi the Up! GTi, & Lindy the Cedar Green Lupo

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  1. Sorry my French is terrible these days, but he changed the Camshaft sensor (l'abre รก cames) Merci
  2. Myself and Ray are deleting BOTS daily at the moment, so until the guys at the top of the tree do something, all I can say is report it to us and we'll do what we can.
  3. I work as a parts advisor for a main dealer, so I know where they come from! Glad you fixed it though!
  4. Whilst I can't help get one as it is on back order, it is available in Germany, so should take around a week to come in. In case anybody on here wants to see if they have one, this is what it looks like
  5. I'm on my 2nd Up!, the first being a 2013 High Up! with all the toys on it. It now belongs to my son, which apart from a lack of power (75bhp and not a lot of torque!), he is quite happy with it. I had no major issues in the 5 years I owned it, and so far with my son, it's been good. It's now on 83k miles, I bought it in 2014 with 7500 miles on the clock. My GTI is 5 years old in April, and sits on 73k as of today, and I love it. The remap has helped tbf, but despite the lack of illuminated switches, I don't have any major gripes with the car or how it performs. Side by side, the dimensions of the cars are identical, underneath they are pretty much the same too, so I don't really get all the hate they seem to be getting on this thread. As I've said before though, the Up is a great car, just not as 'special' as the Lupo, certainly in GTI form. The other Lupo I have access to is a 1.4S, and the Up compared to that is streets ahead, both in terms of equipment and dynamically. I guess on a Lupo forum though, there will be more love for the Lupo!
  6. I'm work in Epsom at the VW dealership, so feel free to pop in anytime and say hello! I don't always have the Lupo though, my daily is an Up GTI. Happy to meet up somewhere for a drink or 2 though!
  7. I've been running 195/45 15s on mine for years, pretty much since the first time I needed to change tyres, and never had any issues. Of all the brands I've used, I've been most happy with Uniroyal's, they offer excellent grip in the dry and more importantly, the wet, and seem to last well too. I'm currently on a set of Falkens, and whilst not as good as the Uniroyal's, they are a good alternative. I found that 50 profile tyres always rub on full lock, whether at standard height or lowered, as they are just too big for the arch.
  8. My GTI did this a while ago, turned out to be an injector
  9. Are you confusing interesting with expensive? Or boring? They obviously don't want anyone to own a car anymore, they don't want us catching planes to other countries. Life is becoming more and more strict and boring, when will we all say enough is enough?
  10. Based on what experience? The Up! is by far one of the most reliable VW's with very little to actually go wrong. My 2019 GTI is on 71k and has been faultless so far, even with everything I've thrown at it (stage 1 remap, dump valve, intake, turbo elbow and a heavy right foot!)
  11. I totally disagree with this, the Up! is a great car, full of character and fun to drive. Lots of different models and specs to choose from, and it never needed a diesel version, as the economy was already there with the petrol engines. Even my mapped GTI gets mid to high 50 mpg on most journeys, so why would you need a diesel variant?
  12. ULEZ is a big con, trying to claw back the money TFL lost whilst Boris was in charge. Sadiq is no angel, but people forget it was Bojo who introduced ULEZ in the first place, as he was so incompetent as London mayor. Funny as he was left with plenty of money for TFL when Big Ken was in charge.....
  13. The Up GT concept was being driven around Wolfsburg for a while by a senior member of VW staff, the personal car of chief technical manager Ulrich Hackenberg, though I don't know what happened to it once he was finished with it. I' pretty sure the Dutch Up GT is a normal pre-facelift Up with a one-off UP GT concept body kit fitted to it. He has an Instagram page (@vw_up_gt), he was trying to sell it not too long ago.. 2014 - mild update to the pre-facelift cars. Added x2 electric window switches in the driver's door, cords to the parcel shelf (I know right!), and boot light! Luxuries! Honestly, the window switches was a welcome upgrade, it's so embarrassing leaning over to open the passenger window!
  14. I just looked up a 2000 Sport on Autotrader, that is fitted with a ETB coded 085 box. ETKA lists a few other gearboxes with the same part number that would fit: DXJ, FFL, FHX, FHZ All of these have the VW part number 085 300 053 RX and has the final drive ratio of 62/16.
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