2016 Golf R test drive--no dice - Page 20

*clyde* · 04-10-2017, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bren

So the c4 ownership saga is now officially ended? Congrats!

I haven't sent it yet,

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Originally Posted by Plaz

OMG. Did they drive it with your plates the whole time?

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Originally Posted by JST

Could it even move under its own power??

I don't believe the car has moved under its own power since Bren drove it onto the trailer in 2007 when we brought it back from Detroit, I had to push it off the trailer and a few years later. Push it from the garage to the driveway. When my neighbor bought it, it was towed. He never did any work on it.

JST · 04-12-2017, 07:18 PM

Getting closer. Now just need the trim piece from the shady Latvian website.

*Plaz* · 04-13-2017, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JST

Getting closer. Now just need the trim piece from the shady Latvian website.

Protip: Don't google "shady Latvian trim"

FC · 04-13-2017, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Plaz

Protip: Don't google "shady Latvian trim"

lol

Josh (PA) · 04-13-2017, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Plaz

Protip: Don't google "shady Latvian trim"

Bookmarked this excuse for next time my wife checks my browsing history

rumatt · 04-13-2017, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Plaz

Protip: Don't google "shady Latvian trim"

Had to check it out.

I left pleasantly surprised.

*Plaz* · 04-14-2017, 01:12 PM

JST · 04-18-2017, 09:30 PM

That was not so difficult.

JST · 05-01-2017, 11:23 PM

Shady Latvian trim installed.

The two pieces from Latvia are the foam surround at the back, which just slides in, and a new plastic trim piece along the hatch side of the cargo floor (the piece with the door on it for the latch).

It's baffling that VW makes two different plastic trim pieces for this car, one with a semicircular cut out for the spare (the one I ordered) and one that is the same in all respects except no cut out (the one that came with the car).

The spare fits either way, it just fits better with the new piece.

blee · 05-03-2017, 07:15 PM

Even better, that the part in question is available from Latvia but not from a U.S. dealer.

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04-12-2017, 07:18 PM	#192
JST 195 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 24,609	Getting closer. Now just need the trim piece from the shady Latvian website.

04-18-2017, 09:30 PM	#198
JST 195 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 24,609	That was not so difficult.

05-01-2017, 11:23 PM	#199
JST 195 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 24,609	Shady Latvian trim installed. The two pieces from Latvia are the foam surround at the back, which just slides in, and a new plastic trim piece along the hatch side of the cargo floor (the piece with the door on it for the latch). It's baffling that VW makes two different plastic trim pieces for this car, one with a semicircular cut out for the spare (the one I ordered) and one that is the same in all respects except no cut out (the one that came with the car). The spare fits either way, it just fits better with the new piece.

05-03-2017, 07:15 PM	#200
blee Doctor Mudgeon Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,433	Even better, that the part in question is available from Latvia but not from a U.S. dealer.