Haakon Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) Hello!New member fron Norway here, just bought this car from a friend this Sunday, and have spent the last two days not using much diesel The car is a 2000 3L basic-spec with no added frills, so no power-steering, no AC, manual windows etc. This car was sold new in Germany, then imported to Sweden in 01, and finally imported to Norway last year. Got a call from my friend on last thursday (I had already made it clear that he needed to call me first if he ever wanted to sell it), and he was keen to sell it quickly, so I just went for it. There is just a handful of these imported privately here in Norway, and I have never seen one for sale, so it was kinda now or never A few pics taken Sunday when I got it home:I guess it wont be long until I start making a custom ICE setup, just placed a couple of components in the back to get a picture of the space available:Soundstream DaVinci amp and Soundstream SPL160 15" subwoofer Edited November 30, 2009 by Haakon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naif Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 could do with a "quick" clean inside, but apart from that it looks ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesU Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Those wheels would look mint banded!Clean your floor haha!Really love 3L's - adore that gearstick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haakon Posted November 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Don't worry, its cleaned now Just snapped these pics just as I got home with my new car Oh, btw the car has done 242.000 miles (389.300km) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Those wheels would look mint banded!Clean your floor haha!Really love 3L's - adore that gearstick!3L wheels on a breadban polished up to a beautiful shine would have large quantities of the win factor.However ChocolateJames I regret to inform you that they are some kind of alu/mag alloy so cannot be banded.pretty sure they are silly light though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesU Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 ChocolateJames hahahahahaha, you tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emz Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Love these 3L Lupo's, they look so good! Nice example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demons Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Nice car Ser ikke mange av de på veiene her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99hjhm Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Oh, btw the car has done 242.000 miles (389.300km) Wow.3L's are ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro3mark Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 They are awesome, took most companies a while to release something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiea7x Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 im lovin how you take the lightweight lupo and go and stick some seriosly heavy ice in it!that should give some seriously heavy kick once up and runningany other plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Oh, btw the car has done 242.000 miles (389.300km) on one tank of fuel ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro3mark Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Probably works out at less than 450 tanks, TBF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haakon Posted November 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 im lovin how you take the lightweight lupo and go and stick some seriosly heavy ice in it!that should give some seriously heavy kick once up and runningany other plans?Not any modification plans until spring, then its getting coilovers and some nice rims, maybe some Schmidt THs or something from Image wheels, probably some 8x15". The whole interior could do with a good rinse, so I'm gonna strip the interior to cleanse it, and run power, signal and speaker wires while the interior is out.I'm a graphic designer, and I work with car graphics and vinyl car wrapping, so don't be surprised if suddenly the Lupo is another colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiea7x Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Not any modification plans until spring, then its getting coilovers and some nice rims, maybe some Schmidt THs or something from Image wheels, probably some 8x15". The whole interior could do with a good rinse, so I'm gonna strip the interior to cleanse it, and run power, signal and speaker wires while the interior is out.I'm a graphic designer, and I work with car graphics and vinyl car wrapping, so don't be surprised if suddenly the Lupo is another colour. well that is just far too handy!could have it a dif colour every other week!what about a harlequin lupo?ive yet to see one! would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAIRBear Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) very nice! the sides are differant on 3l's aswell? look almost like they have side skirts on. does anyone know if you can fit the 3l gear stick? ...to a none 3l model Edited November 25, 2009 by HAIRBear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unheard Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 What is the service history like? Do you know what it has had done to it to get to that mileage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiea7x Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 very nice! the sides are differant on 3l's aswell? look almost like they have side skirts on. does anyone know if you can fit the 3l gear stick? ...to a none 3l modelid imagine it would fit the same as any other vag shifter,,try some on her who has etka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatttty Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 very nice! the sides are differant on 3l's aswell? look almost like they have side skirts on. does anyone know if you can fit the 3l gear stick? ...to a none 3l modelam i right in thinking the 3L shares the same shell as the GTI.. hence the side skirts and wider arches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haakon Posted November 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 What is the service history like? Do you know what it has had done to it to get to that mileage?The service history is so full that I haven't even looked through all of it, but it has a full service-book, a great stack of recites, and 7 full log-books with date/start and end milage/locations for every trip taken I can look through it all and give a full report soon But I know it is on its original turbo AND gearbox, and that is usually problem areas on high milage 3L cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unheard Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 id imagine it would fit the same as any other vag shifter,,try some on her who has etkaYou underestimate the lengths they went to in reducing weight haha. I just tested it out and no it will not fit, the 3L has a smaller hole and would require drilling out to fit the standard stick.The service history is so full that I haven't even looked through all of it, but it has a full service-book, a great stack of recites, and 7 full log-books with date/start and end milage/locations for every trip taken I can look through it all and give a full report soon But I know it is on its original turbo AND gearbox, and that is usually problem areas on high milage 3L cars.That is rather amazing if it has never needed anything doing to the hydraulic gear shift system. I am waiting for some o-rings to arrive from Germany. Hopefully that will be all that is needed to stop it from pissing hydraulic fluid everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 am i right in thinking the 3L shares the same shell as the GTI.. hence the side skirts and wider arches?Nope.Front wings are aluminium, but a different shape to the GTI ones. Front of the sills are different, but not as wide as a GTI's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haakon Posted November 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Some new pics of today Got mileage? (or rather, kilometerage?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stein Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 Nice car, only seen a 3L once before here in Norway. Was looking for a 3L before I bought my sporty 1.0 , but couldn't be bothered to import one from Sweden or Germany. Where in Norway do you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haakon Posted November 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I live in Stord, so not too far from you actually. I've just seen two 3Ls in Norway, a blue one in Bergen - and mine. Never seen one for sale. I paid about £2000 for it, mainly because of the mileage, but I guess a "normal" one would go for atleast 2x, maybe 3x as much. Would like a GTI sometime, but it still would cost about £15-17.000 to import a 02-03 6-speed from germany. £5.000 for the car delivered from germany, and £10.000 in taxes to get norwegian plates on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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