Ultimate Dubs 2011
Ultimate Dubs has kicked off the 2011 show season and both Mark and myself had our cars inside. Mark’s Passat was sporting a complete face lift front and rear from last year, along with a complete trim by MJ Interiors and some rather sick Bentley Continental GT seats (I’ll get Mark to put up his build thread). My Audi had changed a lot from the standard car I picked up last year. It’s now murdered out sitting on 19″ Audi S6 rims using all oem parts (I’ll do a build post to). I also had a new interior done by MJ including Audi S5 bucket seats.
The show was a great opener to the season again lots of great new cars again a credit to the organisers.
Anyway here are my Ultimate Dubs 2011 pictures.
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VW feel the force!
Saw this Star Wars VW ad for the new 2012 VW Passat from the States and thought i needed to share it! Genius!!!
Read More »Edition 38X Review and Photo’s
Well this year being the tenth anniversary of the Edition 38 show we decided to do the full weekend! We arrived in Northampton at around 5pm on the Friday and got onto the site very quickly. We were initially surprised at the price of £30 a person for the whole weekend but within a couple of hours we could see that security had been tightened and the fact that the whole area had been fenced off made you feel better about leaving the cars.
Regular security patrols of the campsite kept any incidence that we saw to a minimum. In fact the only issue we had was a bunch of max power Muppet’s parking in the quiet camping area and proceeding to play euro pop at full volume. I might be 37 but i like a bit of dance and drum and base but what these guys were playing made me cringe lol.
Friday night was a nice chilled night of beer mellow tunes and catching up with some friends. Saturday morning saw the start of the show and shine. Edition charged £5 to enter the show and shine which was a first for both Mark and myself but seeing the number of people who wanted to go on the field I can see what they were trying to do. I think we will see more charging to enter show and shine to keep the quality of the cars entering at a premium.
Mark took the Passat on stage during the day which was cool chatting about what he had done to the car and our other projects including my Sportback and our MK1 Polo. They announced Edition’s ten of the best around 5.30pm with two of our friends Ryan with his immaculate red VW Lupo and Nathan with his individual A3 Sportback on air ride walking away with prises!
Saturday night saw the surprise of Head Kandi DJing the main tent and they rocked it big style. We all managed a decent nights sleep that night. Sunday morning saw the main day of Edition 38 start with earnest. There was a queue to get in the show and shine at around 7am and by 9.55am they announced that no more cars could enter as the field was full. We chilled out during the day walking round the field chatting to people about their cars and taking loads of photo’s. Prises were again announced around the 5.30pm mark.
Although the cost to enter the show was expencive the overall vibe was very chilled and a credit to the guys that run it. I think they hit the nail on the head with the security and the overall quality of the services the toilets remained clean in the main and it was great to be able to grab a hot shower first thing in the mornings.
Edition 38 crew the show was a credit to you guy!!!
I’ve taken plenty of photo’s so enjoy!
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Detailed Show 2010 Photo’s
Well the Detailed crew pulled off a great show at Awesome GTI Manchester, hundreds of cool cars turned up including Chris Peacock’s MK5 GTI.
There was a great turn out for the show and shine with Nathan’s bagged A3 Sportback picking up Best Stance and Mark’s Passat getting runner up Best in Show!
Over all a great day was had out by all and I managed to pick up some of the DoDo Wax i was after.
Next show is this weekend at Leeds if the weather is kind.
Read More »Thank You Stafford Audi
Well time to offer thanks were it’s due. I popped in Stafford Audi yesterday as I had spotted a couple of issues while cleaning the Sportback. First was the off side rear door handle rattled and was loose. Secondly the off side front door had a part of the door trim snapped off.
From experience with with Volkswagen customer service I wasn’t expecting to get the issues fixed without an argument or paying something. We Audi your customer services are spot on! They took my keys gave me a drink and let me relax in the waiting area of the showroom while they checked out the car.
Next thing I know they inform me the door handle has been fixed, and the trim is on order. They will have the trim sprayed and will call me to arrange fitting. Top marks Audi I’m really impressed!
Read More »GTI International 2010
Went to GTI International for the first time this weekend and was amazed at how big a show it was! The weather and the atmosphere were both fantastic.
There must have been over 200 cars in the show and shine and some top cars amongst them including Luke (Plush Automotive) MK5 GTI and Matt’s white S3 with RS6 grill.
Big thanks to Nath for showing me round his Audi A3 Sportback and all his new mods, the car was stunning! And also Matt for giving me a rundown of what’s involved with the RS6 Grill mod.
Really enjoyed watching some of the cars do the 1/4 mile and 0-60 on the strip. To be honist I was to busy talking to people about their cars and mods i’m looking to do to mine, and failed to take enough photo’s but heres the few i did take enjoy!
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DC10 2010 – Passat gets runner up in Other VW Class
Well I couldn’t make DC10 this year but Mark was up at the crack of dawn to get there for 8am with the Passat B6. Mark spent the day before detailing the car ready for the show and it paid off!
Mark walked away with runner up trophy in the other VW class which were all well chuffed with!
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For Sale 2005 MK5 Golf GT TDI 3 Door Steel Grey Metallic
Selling my June 2005/05 3 door Steel Grey Golf GT TDI 140. One owner from new me, with full service history been to Midland VW for nearly all services.
Here’s the spec:
Standard options
Steel Grey Metallic
Full Votex Kit (Front spoiler, side skirts, rear spoiler and rear valance)
Full anthracite vienna grey leather interior (no rips or tears and bolsters show no wear)
Front arm rest
Cruise Control
2 Zone Climate Control
Light and rain sensors & comming home lights.
Bottle Opener
Additional:
R32 Rear lights
GTI Steering Wheel
USA GTI Golf Ball Gear Knob
Kenwood Double Din Stereo with Ipod in glove box (+ Original Stereo just CD Radio double din)
Bury CC9060 Hand Free Kit includes voice activated dialling.
Lowered on Eibach Sport Line Springs
Currently on 18″ Mercedes E Class Alloy wheels 8.5″ fronts 9″ rears plenty of life left on tyres (also have a set of R32 reps if wanted)
Bonnet Bra (from Auto Bra)
The bodywork is excellent condition car has been washed and waxed regularly.
Current Mileage is just under 69,000 this wont go up as I can use the wife’s Polo.
Car’s is on long life service, last service 63,300 and will have 12 months tax (£125 a year) and 12 months MOT.
No outstanding finance.
Looking for £9,995 ono. Private plate not included.
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Started work on the engine bay
Well the sanding is completed. Were just waiting for our body shop to come over and show us where they want the pannels cut for the new ones to go on.
We’ve started to clean the ziebart off the engine bay so that we can cut the rear tray out and smooth it all ready for the respray. Were using petrol and cloths to clean the worst off it off and it works quite well although it’s hard work. If the weathers good next weekend we should be able to get this finished on the Saturday.
Sunday were off to DC10 really looking forward to this show!
Here’s a few catch up pictures of our MK1 Polo still looking very sorry for it’s self, we cant wait to see it with a fresh coat of Manila Green paint.
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All Types 2010
Went up to North Wales to the All Types show. The weather was great the only things we forgot were our cloths and fire lighters for the BBQ doh! The party on the night was a good laugh but some people didn’t know when to stop drinking lol.
There were a lot of cars in the show and shine including Janets awesome Lambo MK4 but what was disapointing was that the show and shine wasn’t held in classes but just a top ten. Now I had nothing to show this weekend, but I think classes work better than the top ten because it give different people a chance to win for the model they love.
Anyway here are the pictures enjoy!
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