Goodbye Bunky. You were great.

New owner…

… driving my ED away

Since launching VWgolf.net.au with Suga last weekend I’ve been thinking about buying a Golf (obviously!) but there was no way I was ever going to even begin to justify buying one whilst still owning the ED Civic and the 2 Skylines.

As of today the ED Civic is no longer.

Shame as the ED cost me nothing to buy, nothing to run, it’s cheap to insure, great on fuel and it’s the only car we’ve got that can comfortably carry my bikes too. There really wasn’t any need at all for me to sell it except I couldn’t justify owning 4 cars to myself (not right now anyways, still dreaming of my 7 car garage though!).

So I put up an EOI on JDMST yesterday and my inbox was 100% full this morning. I had one kid that was offering a deposit on the car unseen as he’s been following my build thread and planning to buy it all along. A few people have PM’ed me along the way about the car too. Charlie test drove it last night and was convinced he was coming back today to hand over the cash but I got a call from a guy who came over earlier today and he took it, the car is now sold!

So I’ve been thinking about the Golf Project.

I am considering:
– MKV
– MKV GTI
– MK6

Direction 1
Concept: A track car for the road.

Loud when I want it to be (Varex?) a handling machine, responsive due to being light weight, dead clean stock car look outside, race inspired emotion inside.

– Manual or DSG: I’ve always been impressed with Hollinger gearboxes in real race cars. I look at DSG as a poor man’s version of it! (yes I have a vivid imagination!).
– Strip it. Aim to get rid of 150kg. Rear seats, front race seats, carpet, trims, spare wheel, tools, sound deadening tar removal, roof lining, lighter exhaust and wheels.
– Race suspension (also lighter) and semi slicks.

Direction 2
Concept: Slamburglar.

Less is more and it’s all about the stance.

– Airbag suspension so I can drop the car to the ground at car meets and for photo shoots.
– Debadge, desticker, remove rear wiper, colour code everything, super clean, less is more.
– Re-upholster all trims with custom fabric including roof liner.