The Revolving Door

[Bill]

Very Very nice,

[GTXTRA]

very classy.

[LEEP]

looks lovely mate

[Old Mac Rocco]

Looks excellent.
Happy motoring.
G60's look really good.

[Risocco]

Good job dude, will look a beat with a drop too.

Alex

[MRMENDER]

Nice one Ed

[The Autoad]

The best colour on a mk2. I'm really glad you did the decent thing and bought this car, it was crying out for a connoisseur to rescue it. Enjoy.

[the edmundator]

The best colour on a mk2.

I am quickly coming round to this way of thinking

[Reverend Frog]

Is it just me or is Ed some sort of GTI-seeking missile? I'm so jealous.

I even covet your cat, he looks like banterous sort

[the edmundator]

Next on the list: '81 GTI.

Humphrey (the cat) is a fine and chatty fellow.

[Mikeyb]

That's a fantastic find, well done!

[the edmundator]

Decided I wasn't going to get round to sorting the brakes out myself, so sent it off to the garage. I thought I might be overdoing it if I bought a new master cylinder, but turns out I would have been right; I expect it hasn't enjoyed being laid up for several years.

Picking it up tomorrow with new master cylinder, new rear wheel cylinders and a freshly-bled system. Hopefully have a nice firm pedal then.

Then it's my job to fit the stereo, after which I'll need to talk to a Welshman about my rear arches. Looking into winter tyres too (handbook recommends 175/70 13 on a 5.5J wheel).

[Reverend Frog]

Hopefully have a nice firm pedal then.

Well, relatively speaking

[the edmundator]

The pedal in the '82 GTI is great. I think if you've got a well-kept system, there's no reason for the brakes to be bad.

[Reverend Frog]

I actually have to agree with you there. never had one brake-related scare in my car when I owned it.

i remember letting a fellow NI Scirocco driver have a spin in it and he said 'Hey, you actually have normal brakes.'

Praise indeed...

i love this car, by the way.