Waiting for me at work today!

[gtimk5]

Its nice to have some different work to do at work sometimes. I had to fit a sumpguard and gearbox mount to this R32 this morning to get it ready for Targa 09 and preceeding competition work.
Its being run by a local businessman, Dave, in the showroom class. Very tidy Golf and its first run will be at the Domain Hillclimb in Hobart on the last weekend of this month.

[Jarred]

Cool looking thing.

I'm geussing by showroom class, the car has to be the same as it rolled off the showroom floor?

[Mrk_Mickey]

Nice!

[dubbed]

Nice looking sump guard! The side-profile looks like it has a BA bonnet bulge hehe..

[gtimk5]

Showroom class means you can do the suspension and improve the brakes.
not sure what other mods are possible but it is the way of the future in road events such as Targa ect. to prevent all the highly modified sports sedans competing. Gives more people the chance to compete on an even chance.
Targa northern Tas this year had a good showing in this class with Bates and Evans in Aurions and even ex WRC driver Alistair Mcrae in a Mazda MPS.
I mean, who needs a lightweight highly modded new Porsche or whatever in events like these? I remember Jim Richards and Peter Fitzgerald saying on the news how they were running at 290 km/h in places. Most we ever got out of Gunter on stages was around 190 km/h and that was over blind crests listening to the co/driver.
The sump \guard was from www.deiselgeek.com Was very well made and fitted very well.They make lots of bits for VWs and the price was very cheap.
Andrew

[balkanac]

very nice. Where is this car from? Those grilles on the side in the front bumper, they are both closed. On my car the left one has holes in it and a small radiator behind it

[balkanac]

who needs a lightweight highly modded new Porsche or whatever in events like these?

I'd love one

[gtimk5]

You are very observant mate. I noticed it a while ago. The cooler is on the RHS of this car and during some repairs someone has put the wrong panel in the bumper.

[DaveMack]

Very nice. What have you got for a Pog down there, Andrew?

Dave

[gtimk5]

Whats a pog Dave??

[DaveMack]

Whats a pog Dave??

"Polo GTI"

Dave

[Treza360]

very nice. Where is this car from? Those grilles on the side in the front bumper, they are both closed. On my car the left one has holes in it and a small radiator behind it

It's an additonal radiator. I figure it's due to part of Australia having a much warmer climate than the majority of Europe. You should cut out the holes. Some Rs came with the holes cut out on the radiator side, others (like mine) didn't.

[gtimk5]

Dont get any Pogs in these days Dave. Plenty of Polo TDIs.
The dealer doesnt push Pogs at all down here, mores the pity and there are only a handful of them around.
Plenty of Golf GTIs though.
One of my customers traded in his Mk4 Generation on monday on a Golf GT.
His Mk4 was the cleanest you could ever see and he pulled the wheels off every thursday night and detailed under the guards!
It was spotless, and talking to the dealer today, the detailer reckoned he would have to get it dirty before it went into the secondhand section.
Cheers, Andrew

[quozl]

Dave rang me up a few weeks ago to pick my brain on what I had done to my car and to get some setup info, looks like he took the advice on the Diselgeek skid plate, I can't count how many times mine has saved me on an event, great quality and the price is right as well as it being a lot lighter than the OEM plate. There should be a few more bits and bobs he'll be adding that will improve the car but still keep it in the showroom class.

Cheers Al

[brad]

What type of tyre is that on the spare?