G-8VXWWTRHPN Caddy GTi Build Commencing - VWWatercooled Australia

Announcement

Collapse
1 of 2 < >

Email Notifications Failing (mostly Telstra)

Hello everyone. Seems there is an issue with Telstra (possible others) blocking email from our server. If you are trying to sign up I would suggest a different email if possible. If you're trying to reset your password and it fails please use the Contact Us page:
2 of 2 < >

Welcome to the new look VWWatercooled

After much work and little sleep there is a new version of the forums running on more powerful and recent hardware as well as an upgraded software platform.

Things are mostly the same, but some things are a little different. We will be learning together, so please post questions (and answers if you've worked things out) in the help thread.

The new forum software is an upgraded version of what came before, it's mostly the same but also a little different. Hopefully easier to use and more stable than before. We are learning together here, so please be patient. If you have questions, please post them here. If you have worked something out and can provide an answer,
See more
See less

Caddy GTi Build Commencing

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • WA Caddy GTi Build Commencing

    'Sup guys.

    Adam from Perth here. I've sold my Clio 182 Sport Cup and bought a rough old 2005 Caddy SWB 1.9TDI. It's a big trade-down in performance terms but my two retired greyhounds appreciate not having to share a tiny back seat.

    From the bodywork it looked like it doubled as stumps in the cricket nets for a while. Mechanically it seems too-good for it's 300,000km. And it's the cheapest one I've ever seen sold that wasn't being wrecked - so it has that going for it.

    There's no way I'm living with it like it is for any longer than it takes to find a donor GTi to refurbish it with some nice things. With any luck I'll have one in the next two weeks and let's see how far things go from there.

    ...I'm hoping there are some helpful and sharing people on the forum for tips
    Last edited by Loud; 28-01-2018, 12:36 AM.

  • #2
    Welcome to the Caddy Club!

    They might not be very powerful but the torque is good and brings a smile to my face everytime a Commodore tries to take me on a two lane roundabout and then finds out the hard way that the Caddy's stock handling is not as poor as they had estimated and it has enough torque to power out of a roundabout leaving them no room for them to complete overtaking move before the merge.

    Good luck with the upgrades and look forward to seeing how it turns out.
    1997 Golf CL, 2011 Caddy Life TDI, 2007 Golf TDI, 1996 Vento GL (red), 2008 Skoda Octavia TDI
    1996 Vento GL (white) - RIP

    Comment


    • #3
      Subscribed [emoji39]



      Image for inspiration.
      Last edited by OZChris; 28-01-2018, 06:25 PM.

      Comment

      Working...
      X