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Picked up a new toy...
APR Stage 3+ kit. APR FMIC Custom 3" exhaust with Magnaflow muffler and a high flow cat. Peloquin gear driven LSD. Kevlar clutch w/ stock flywheel upgraded with ECS tuning bits. Bilstein PSS9 coil overs. F&R adjustable sway bars. Upgraded bushings throughout. 14" Brembo GT brake kit w/ matching rears, stainless lines, Porterfeld R4S pads. 18" BBS RS-GT rims w/ Michelin PS2 tires. I know the original owner of the car and he is an Audi/Porsche master tech. He did all the work himself and sold the car to pick up a BMW. His only reason for selling was that he was tired of it. The car has some minor cosmetic flaws (rock chip and a small dent in the quarter panel near the rear passenger door), but is in great shape overall. I plan to fix the minor cosmetic issues and then upgrade the sound system (the stock unit sucks). As it currently sits it is putting ~340 to the wheels. I can't add much more power without risking failure, so I will be looking to upgrade the motor to a 2.0 stroker over the winter with the ultimate goal of getting 400 to the wheels.
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05 GLI FTW!!! the 04-05 GLI Jetta is best looking VW ever made IMO. In for pics
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Well, I was shopping for cars through a wholesaler friend of mine. I was limited to choosing cars he had in stock or what he could get at the auction. I wanted something fun and moddable that also had room for the kids. I was heavily leaning towards a S4 when the M3 came available. The M needed more work than I was willing to put into it, so I passed and decided that I would wait for a S4. When I passed on the M he told me about a Jetta that he just picked up. At first I laughed at him and said no thanks. He replied by handing me the keys and a dealer tag and said take it home for the weekend and then tell me what you think. I drove it for the weekend and was hooked. A ton of power (for a Jetta) when needed, but it still got 30+ mpg on the highway. It also had 4 doors and enough trunk space for the kids crap. Once I talked to the previous owner and found who he was and everything that was done to the car it was a slam dunk. It also didn't hurt that I picked the car up for 13k, which is well under MSRP on a stock '05 GLI, let alone one with almost $20k worth of mods. I figure that I'll play with it until I get tired of it and sell the car as is for a profit or part it out and trade it in.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Elkins Park , PA
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My Ride: 12 STI, 90 ls1 rx7 iTrader: (4)
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Holy **** 13k? My friends has an 06 APR Stage 3'd GTI he was wanting to sell for around 28k, and he got offers in the 20+ range. If you got that for $13,000 then its a deal and half, how many miles are on it?
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: PHOENIXVILLE
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My Ride: '04WRX,'06STI;WRBX2,850awhp iTrader: (0)
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oh hell,, 13k is a steel. Good luck.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: East Nottingham
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My Ride: 2009 Ford Focus coupe se iTrader: (0)
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i need pics asap!!!!
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I'll buy it off you for 14K!
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Warrington
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My Ride: 1998 Acura Integra LS//VTEC iTrader: (0)
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Here is the link to the internet sale for the car. It has a whole bunch of pictures. I need to get some taken after I give it a bath.
http://www.skymotorcars.com/showroom...etta-Sedan-GLI
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really?? i just a did a quick online search for 2005 S4's and the cheapest one i found within 50 miles was $26k and had 55k miles. Anything with 30-35k miles is $30k plus. He paid half that for the GLI and less miles. It's a damn good pickup if you ask me.
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sweetmeat, I really did consider a B5 S4 at one point. For all practical purposes my A6 is nothing more than a longer B5 S4 (same engine, drivetrain, suspension, brakes) so I am very familiar with their potential. The issue I ran into is that all of the B5's out there were extremely high mileage and still demanding a premium.
For example, I could have gotten a 2001 S4 stock for the mid-upper teens. Stage 3 cars were selling for the low-mid 20's in good condition. Either way I would have been buying a 7-8 year old car with 80k+ miles on it for a large chunk of change. When it comes to that age and mileage, you end up having a very hard time getting financing for that car. If I had a large chunk to put down, it could have been done, but I didn't have the extra cash. That pretty much led me to consider a B6 S4, which is essentially the car that I decided not to buy in favor of the Jetta. A B5 S4 is definitely a car I would love to own one day, but the deal I got on this car was just too sweet to pass up and keep waiting on something else. Not to mention that if I go ahead and upgrade the motor to a 2.0 stroker (very cheap to do), the additional stength on the bottom end allows me to go much higher on the power, even up to S4 levels in a lighter platform with less drivetrain loss.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Downingtown. PA
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My Ride: 2008 Evo X GSR, 2002 Honda CRV iTrader: (0)
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i love the GLI's
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