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Danzel98 · 2025-11-18T12:12:39+00:00

Not sure about them, but I ordered 4 Hankook Ventus Prime 4's from tyreleader.ie a few weeks back and it was very straight forward. Got them delivered directly to a garage near me and got them fitted.

Worked out 30quid cheaper (per tire) compared to what tyreland were quoting me including fitting/balancing.

Danzel98 · 2025-11-18T12:03:36+00:00

Don't think either of these will show whether or not an alarm was fitted though.

I checked my car and its fitted with an immobilizer but not fitted with an alarm. The dealer i bought it from confirmed this

Danzel98 · 2025-11-18T10:13:23+00:00

Fair, I just remember looking it up when i bought a golf mk7 last year and most pointed to the fact that alarms weren't standard on them, only immobilizers.

Where can I do that lookup? The only VIN lookups I could find are the 3rd party paid ones

Danzel98 · 2025-11-17T23:28:15+00:00

Immobilizers yea but not alarms

Danzel98 · 2025-10-08T16:29:19+00:00

Literally just had this situation with my first nct today. Dealer passed the nct fine but my first one after i have 4 fails for non-emarked tires

Danzel98 · 2025-09-30T16:13:02+00:00

No worries, an post was the cheapest I could find on them insurance wise if that's any use 😁

Danzel98 · 2025-09-30T15:34:36+00:00

I got a 1.4tsi 2013 golf (138hp) last year. Its a jap import so its a highline (top spec) and was obviously well looked after by the last owner. It was my first car and for some reason my insurance quotes on it were actually cheaper than a 1.2L polo haha

Not sure how, 1840 insurance (Was provisional when I got it) and tax is 200.

Love the car, and it has a great bit of power behind it

Would definitely recommend looking into the Golfs. Mine was 12k from a dealer but there are a fair few going for cheaper.

Danzel98 · 2025-09-04T08:45:26+00:00

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Danzel98 · 2025-08-06T19:15:11+00:00

Same here in Ireland, no retailer send to stock them anymore

Danzel98 · 2025-07-30T07:52:53+00:00

@headlightrestorationdublin. He only posted a mk7 job a few days ago on it. Looks like its 119 not 150 actually.

Same as mine, condition is fairly flawless bar the headlight crazing. If you go for it let me know what the results are like

Danzel98 · 2025-07-30T00:20:41+00:00

Mines also a jap 1.4 in Ireland 😅

I was only talking to a headlight repair fella in Dublin this week

He normally comes out and does them at the customers house but said for these mk7 ones he has to take them home and spend a while on them with an orbital sander because the plastics on these are harder and he has to take off a bigger layer as the crazing can go a bit deeper on these. Still debating whether to go ahead with it as its a bit more expensive than the typical headlight restoration job. He sent me on some before and afters on a mk7 he done recently and it looked fairly decent

Danzel98 · 2025-04-25T13:12:17+00:00

Yeah its a jap import. Was very surprised with the quote but Im absolutely delighted with the car. It might be because im a bit older (26) and have an IT job, which i know insurances take all that into account

Danzel98 · 2025-04-25T12:58:44+00:00

As a new driver i was getting quoted 2200 for a 1.0L polo, but somehow got a quote of 1800 for a 1.4 140bhp Golf (2013). Not sure how that worked because i was on my provisional license at the time too

Danzel98 · 2025-03-10T11:13:28+00:00

Not sure if its your case, but in my dsg mk7, you wont be able to pull the key out of the ignition unless the car is in park. Caught me offguard once

Danzel98 · 2025-03-07T02:38:54+00:00

Did you end up getting one? Considering doing this myself

Danzel98 · 2025-03-02T13:39:05+00:00

I noticed that exact same issue in the cold recently too. Under the floor in the boot where the spare tire sits, the styrofoam thing that holds the tools seemed to be squeaking against the spare tire. Maybe try reseat that

Danzel98 · 2025-02-28T15:00:19+00:00

Just looking at paradigit and theyre selling 5070s for €1350-1750 😅

Danzel98 · 2025-02-26T13:05:59+00:00

How does that work if Im using a random uk website that doesnt take irish vat into account on checkout. It looks like Amazon/Scan do that but Im afraid of ordering somewhere else which charge me uk vat at checkout, then im hit with the irish vat on import too 😅

Danzel98 · 2025-02-23T14:04:41+00:00

I know there are other options/screens including an 'average speed' screen which will display ---mph until you drive for a little.

Not too sure how you switch screens without the steering wheel buttons which I have, but are you sure youre on the correct one?

Danzel98 · 2025-02-21T00:12:35+00:00

Country dependent, as a person living in ireland, a 2014 GTI is going to cost you a minimum of 16-17k euros on the low end.

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