Howzit guys.
To all that have helped me in the hunt and for all their opinions and assistance, I salute you.
Took me a while but I finally decided to start a thread as I will be needing to ask some questions soon and I don't want everything to be all over the place. If however this is not the right place for that( still trying to work out what's what on here) please move this to wherever it needs to be.
So to give a little insight, end of the year 2017 came along and I decided all though being thrown into it, that it is time to trade up on my 2009 vw polo 1.4. yes I know let's all point and laugh. Anyways, decided to look around and found something interesting, and hence me joining the forum.
Long story short, I ended up with a nice upgrade in my opinion, a 2010 E90 320d lci in space grey. And yes, To my amusement, I'm loving it! All ready had some fun with it. 7 days after purchase, the aircon compressor packed up, apparently the place I bought it from aren't interested because of yada yada. . . So aftermarket warranty to the rescue.
The dealership also had some backyard plumber change the amp in the car because of a whine through the speakers. Really a shoddy job was done. Wires were chopped and stuck with masking tape, amp was just shoved behind the carpet and the original cover for above the amp, magically dissapeared. So that was the first thing on the to do list. While taking the amp out to redo everything, I noticed it was a used amp as well. So that had to go. Replaced it with a starsound Hazzard amp and voila. Perfect!
Next up was a service. Which was apparently done prior to delivery, uhm. If the oil is black and looks like tar, I think not. New oil, and filters, including fuel filter, just for that extra piece of mind.
Same day started the cleaning, I requested not to have a valet done as I am not a fan of the steam carpet cleaning. And seeing that I had to wait 3 weeks for the car( yes it was used, and yes it was in the showroom) I didn't want to wait an extra day for the valet. So I took off whatever I could. Bottom covers, bumpers, side sills, engine covers. Some clean green and about 6 hours with a pressure washer. All looked much better to my liking.
That was it for so far apart from the speakers I replaced and all the interior lights replaced with LEDs. Mine also didn't come with the under dash lights so a retrofit was in order.
This is my daily, I travel from pmb to dbn daily and back. Average km per month is about 4500-5500 depending. So far with my, uhm "gracious" driving, I'm getting about 750km per tank. Which I'm not too bothered about. . . Yet.
Anyways as always thanks for stopping by.
Any suggestions will be more than welcome.
Performance mods will come at a later stage.
Happy wheeling guys.
Some pics if interested down below
To all that have helped me in the hunt and for all their opinions and assistance, I salute you.
Took me a while but I finally decided to start a thread as I will be needing to ask some questions soon and I don't want everything to be all over the place. If however this is not the right place for that( still trying to work out what's what on here) please move this to wherever it needs to be.
So to give a little insight, end of the year 2017 came along and I decided all though being thrown into it, that it is time to trade up on my 2009 vw polo 1.4. yes I know let's all point and laugh. Anyways, decided to look around and found something interesting, and hence me joining the forum.
Long story short, I ended up with a nice upgrade in my opinion, a 2010 E90 320d lci in space grey. And yes, To my amusement, I'm loving it! All ready had some fun with it. 7 days after purchase, the aircon compressor packed up, apparently the place I bought it from aren't interested because of yada yada. . . So aftermarket warranty to the rescue.
The dealership also had some backyard plumber change the amp in the car because of a whine through the speakers. Really a shoddy job was done. Wires were chopped and stuck with masking tape, amp was just shoved behind the carpet and the original cover for above the amp, magically dissapeared. So that was the first thing on the to do list. While taking the amp out to redo everything, I noticed it was a used amp as well. So that had to go. Replaced it with a starsound Hazzard amp and voila. Perfect!
Next up was a service. Which was apparently done prior to delivery, uhm. If the oil is black and looks like tar, I think not. New oil, and filters, including fuel filter, just for that extra piece of mind.
Same day started the cleaning, I requested not to have a valet done as I am not a fan of the steam carpet cleaning. And seeing that I had to wait 3 weeks for the car( yes it was used, and yes it was in the showroom) I didn't want to wait an extra day for the valet. So I took off whatever I could. Bottom covers, bumpers, side sills, engine covers. Some clean green and about 6 hours with a pressure washer. All looked much better to my liking.
That was it for so far apart from the speakers I replaced and all the interior lights replaced with LEDs. Mine also didn't come with the under dash lights so a retrofit was in order.
This is my daily, I travel from pmb to dbn daily and back. Average km per month is about 4500-5500 depending. So far with my, uhm "gracious" driving, I'm getting about 750km per tank. Which I'm not too bothered about. . . Yet.
Anyways as always thanks for stopping by.
Any suggestions will be more than welcome.
Performance mods will come at a later stage.
Happy wheeling guys.
Some pics if interested down below
