GTS it is a bit special

hoyin

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beau said:
i love my GTS more every time i use it, for my £31,800 purchase price i really doubt there would be anything else near as special/exclusive/modern that you could buy





i would still like a better colour though, never been a fan of black cars, mainly because i clean it and it looks dirty an hour later!
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Blimey. £31k!!! Mine was more than twice the price of yours...

That is some bargain you got!


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iainw

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I think the age and mileage / spec will be somewhat different!
But it does look great for that money as long as no big mechanical items needed changing..
 
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iainw said:
I think the age and mileage / spec will be somewhat different!
But it does look great for that money as long as no big mechanical items needed changing..
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Yes. But to the average Joe they probably look no different. You got yourself a real bargain.

Good job.


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Agree totally.

Thats the thing with these cars. To most people an 85,000 mile GT of the same colour will look the same as a brand new GTS / (Stradale - if said individual is the average woman).

27,000 vs 100+
 
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GT and GTS are very distinguishable to even the untrained eye imo but don't get me wrong the GT still looks amazing, I just had to have the side skirts and the F1 box hence stretching to the GTS MC.

If I didn't have to sort out my excess I'd have the facelift wheel to thicken it up a bit but my large hands would really not work with that custom wheel!
 
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Contigo said:
GT and GTS are very distinguishable to even the untrained eye imo but don't get me wrong the GT still looks amazing, I just had to have the side skirts and the F1 box hence stretching to the GTS MC.

If I didn't have to sort out my excess I'd have the facelift wheel to thicken it up a bit but my large hands would really not work with that custom wheel!
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Agree mate on both points - it could be tight in front of the paddles - the facelift one is much more balanced TBH.
There is no doubt that the GTS and GT are very different to someone who knows about cars. Even guys I have spoken to cant spot the difference though - that is annoying.
They have driven 218i and Audi A3s to be honest so they are not petrol heads!
 
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Ryandoc said:
As in going spare ?

Do I feel a PM coming ?
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Yes- remember I posted ages ago..... I bought it with one on which was good as new. (old thread I offered it for sale) as I bought the carbon one..
PM welcome ...will be a donation towards either the strad bonnet or facelift front bumper
 
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beau said:
I'm sure there is an advert for it on the forum...

i would of had it, but I'm trying to keep my car 'cheap(ish)' lol
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IMHo - its probably the cheapest significant interior 'mod' - massively changes the interior. The old wheel and new one are chalk and cheese
 
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iainw said:
IMHo - its probably the cheapest significant interior 'mod' - massively changes the interior. The old wheel and new one are chalk and cheese
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i think id rather your new wheel though, i think i saw someone offering this service on eBay
 
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beau said:
i think id rather your new wheel though, i think i saw someone offering this service on eBay
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No one in Uk does carbon - on a wheel, to my knowledge. I called around 50 places.

Even a full alcantara retrim to make it looks like a facelift wheels is 550-600 plus you cant sell the old wheel.

Some European places do the carbon wheels for around 1600 pounds - but they aren't as nice. the US ones kicks *** but its 1700 ish.

If I sold my facelift wheel for say 700 (which I think is a very good deal considering they are circa 2k from maserati, one could sell their old wheel for 300 ish.

So for a 400 upgrade you are looking at a facelift wheel. No brainer in my opinion - some on here spend 250 detailing their car..
 
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Contigo said:
Now that I like Beau!
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yeah i will get them to do mine when i have the spare money, they are in london and said they can make the wheel how ever you want really, but just as in the photos would be fine i think :)
 
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iainw said:
IMHo - its probably the cheapest significant interior 'mod' - massively changes the interior. The old wheel and new one are chalk and cheese
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Iain - I really like the look of the facelift wheel, but I just went and took a pic of my current wheel, and at first glance it looks pretty similar...

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Does this mean I've got a different wheel to the standard one, or are the changes more noticeable in real life..?
 
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Ziggy design - He did my alcantara... I can vouch for his work. ( but you cant keep the old wheel or sell it to offset. I still think the stock facelift one looks better.
I was desperate for the carbon though..
 
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