Purchase Day
Purchased a very nice Golf R from forum member SwarlsBarkley. 2013 Rising Blue, mostly stock. Drove it home 75 miles, car ran strong, straight and was a pleasure to drive.
Today I think I will just keep it stock. However I have a boatload of high end new parts just sitting here I could throw on from my MKV GTI project I have since abandoned. Tomorrow I will probably feel different but I have been trying to sell all these parts so I don't go down the over mod route again. Hoping to sell these parts by end of month to protect myself, selling em cheap.
Edit added 10/1
Swarls was the original owner and really did a marvelous job on keeping up with the maint, well done sir.
I purchased the car with 108,091 miles on it. Never thought I would buy a car with that kind of mileage, but after driving it I knew it had been well cared for. After driving it for a week, it just gets better, everything works like a much newer car and there isn't even one rattle or stray noise as you go down the road, so solid. On top of all that the tires were near new and nice Conti Extreme Contacts.
Early 2022
Purchased a very nice Golf R from forum member SwarlsBarkley. 2013 Rising Blue, mostly stock. Drove it home 75 miles, car ran strong, straight and was a pleasure to drive.
Today I think I will just keep it stock. However I have a boatload of high end new parts just sitting here I could throw on from my MKV GTI project I have since abandoned. Tomorrow I will probably feel different but I have been trying to sell all these parts so I don't go down the over mod route again. Hoping to sell these parts by end of month to protect myself, selling em cheap.
Edit added 10/1
Swarls was the original owner and really did a marvelous job on keeping up with the maint, well done sir.
I purchased the car with 108,091 miles on it. Never thought I would buy a car with that kind of mileage, but after driving it I knew it had been well cared for. After driving it for a week, it just gets better, everything works like a much newer car and there isn't even one rattle or stray noise as you go down the road, so solid. On top of all that the tires were near new and nice Conti Extreme Contacts.
- 110,100 miles - new cam follower and Haldex controller installed
- 109.465 miles - oil and filter change
- 108,600 miles - YCW coilovers and 034 rear sway and endlinks
- 108,400 miles - Hawk HPS 5.0 pads installed
- 107,900 miles - installed stage 2 clutch and single mass flywheel
- 107,700 miles - alignment performed and rear brake pads and rotors changed. Front wheel bearings replaced.
- 106,000 miles - oil was changed, spark plugs were replaced, cabin filter was changed, air filter was cleaned and oiled, and I inspected the cam follower for wear, still looks good.
- 95,000 miles - the front brake pads and rotors were replaced.
- 94,000 miles - the timing belt and water pump were replaced, brake fluid was replaced, front and rear differential fluids were changed, haldex transfer case fluid was changed, and transmission fluid was changed.

Early 2022


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