jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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225 bhp 1.8T 20v Turbo Audi TT engined Mk1 Golf GTi Genuine Campaign with EW chassis, alpine white, 12 month MOT, owned last 5 years, VW Motoring magazine featured, very standard looking (street sleeper), excellent driver, £1000`s spent over that time, fitted with low mileage 225bhp engine with K04 turbo, etc, Haltech engine management, massive brand new front mounted intercooler (was very expensive & bigger than a rallyes!) 02A gearbox conversion with hydraulic clutch, poly mounts, poly bushes throughout, new top adjustable weitech suspension, massive Neuspeed anti-rollbars, 256mm brake conversion with Zimmerman discs and pagid fast road pads, custom 2.5" stainless downpipe heatwrapped, full stainless exhaust with single round tailpipe, snap off momo steering wheel, sabelt harnesses (or seatbelts if you want), black leather interior, cd player, Pirelli P`s with Pirelli centre caps, very standard looking, much admired and very quick, 14.00 second 1/4 mile at Santa Pod last week with mild setup - will easily achieve a time in the 12`s with a remap (i use it daily so haven`t got for anything too extreme) £7000
[Edited on 06-08-2005 by jr]
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
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I have just come 
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
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engine looks soooo different without all the crappy plastic covers 
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
Location: Under your sisters bed
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thats pretty cool
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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1.8 T Bet that shifts... theres a mint Clipper round my way, in that nice white... looks very 
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Speedline
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Registered: 14th Jun 05
Location: North West
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Fuckin mint!!!, Street sleepers rule!!!
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CorsaSRi16v
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Registered: 2nd Nov 01
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That is sweet as a nut.
If only it was in Lhasa green though 
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhh
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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NICE
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Sly_SRi
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Reading, UK Drives: Corsa C
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Theres a MK1 down the road from me that looks identical to that, same colour, same wheels. Standard Gti though....i think.
Corsa C Z20Let
Black Sleeper Turbo Project
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CupraChris
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Registered: 29th Apr 04
Location: Fleetwood, Drive uprated Seat Leon Cupra
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That looks mint!! Long live SLEEPERS 
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Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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mate of mine is putting one of those audi engines into his Golf Rallye as he has fooked the currrent engine. mint car, will get some pics.
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burgess
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Registered: 22nd Feb 04
Location: Norton, North Yorkshire
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its missing the red trim around the grill no doubt some hippy ripped the grill off for the badge sometime in the 90's!otherwise awesome!
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Corsa_Carl
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Registered: 8th Oct 04
Location: Darlington
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thats fukin quality, i love sleepers !
but........y is a sleeper called a sleeper lol ??
y "sleeper" ??
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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is one for sale nr me, mk1 cab, sign says "turbo conversion", never stopped to check it out
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Tom
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That's absolute quality I love mk's especially sleepers capable of 12's
Carl I think sleeper is the term for looks asleep but wait til' it wakes up
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Drivers door either isnt shut properly or is a bad fit. Not to my taste but its nicely done
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Carl
thats fukin quality, i love sleepers !
but........y is a sleeper called a sleeper lol ??
y "sleeper" ??
becasue its one of thoses cars that could easily sit there and no one would ever expect it to have a 225bhp 1.8t
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mattyboy199
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i ve seen a better one than that ast fast & furious in brighton
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jr
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what do you class as better ???
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mattyboy199
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complete make over (same engine of course)
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mattyboy199
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ok maybe jus different, but it was nice
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Carl
thats fukin quality, i love sleepers !
but........y is a sleeper called a sleeper lol ??
y "sleeper" ??
becasue its one of thoses cars that could easily sit there and no one would ever expect it to have a 225bhp 1.8t
It's derived from the term 'street sleeper' which is meant to infer sleepy and lazy visual qualities in an otherwise mental case car.
I believe the term is a play on the name street sweeper also, and originated in magazines like Fast Lane in the early '80s or possibly earlier
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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jim you have to remember most people in here like myself where only born in the 80's, so will ahev no idea of these retro mags 
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mav
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like that..............
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