loving the 1.5
Probably not driving as much as i want.
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mainly as it does like a little drink.
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also i do have a stonking st to drive everyday for work which is no hardship.
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Gave it a good motorway run the other day.
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and the power is just silly.
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it really is, Just pulls in 5th gear an mk1 should not pull like that in 5th!!!
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Just general driving its great.
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pootle around drive like a normal car
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, goes back to idle no fuss nothing.
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get a little heavy footed and the surrounds become a blur very quickly.
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it does like to spit the back out and it defo needs the bigger anti roll bar, although i am lucky my gearbox has a LSD which is handy.
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Plans for winter is suspension overhall mainly.
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and general tidy up get rid of a few rust areas i am not happy with
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Slightly nervous about friday, it will be its first proper long haul journey.
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hope everything is okay, i have done a good 400miles in it now.
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so here is to hoping,
I know i have a slight cam cover gasket leak, but dont want to rish sorting it before so will be done next week
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Had started to find the mk1 seats are as normal too high and definatly not supportive enough.
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so managed to aquire these from Patrick.
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i really like them, they sit lower too
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they are far from perfect, they could do with a re-trim.
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but its a functional car not a show car.
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hoping you guys like it wehn you get to havea
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good look round at JAE.
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i'm pleased as i got to this stage and i built it.
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I just remeber being at JAE last year in this car saying next year it will have a 3sgte in it.
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i never fully believed it yet here we are.
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