Well after a short hiatas Iv found my self back in a Leon. A Cupra R , this time round
and here she is
21000 miles 61'reg
Bought from a Scn member ( tumtumtim )who acquired the car from an insurance company. The car was subject to some light off side front damage and written off category D due to un-economical repair. Previous owner sourced all new parts from sere seat and had a local coach builder/body shop carry out the repairs ..........well after convincing the wife that a cat d car isn't as sinister as it sounds and having just sold my R36CC I flew the N.Ireland to buy the car
The Journey home put to bed any doubt I had about buying a cat d car, the stranraer to Newcastle route isn't a bad one these days ,lots of new Tarmac and plenty lorries in tandem making over taking interesting @2am!.
Anyway a month in and Iv managed to get it detailed a little when the weather has let up,get a coat of soft99 fusso dark light wax on
Little bit of beading
I replaced all 4 tyres for Michelin pilot super sports 225/40/18 88y £456 fitted
And a pipercross panel filter just to replace the oem paper one which was replaced at its last service at sere seat.
Also got my vanity plate transferred on so bought some pressed plates from eBay (£20) and some plain plate holder surrounds (£6) plus some fancy LED plate lights£20
Don't think I'm gonna go down the remap route( but never say never) maybe a big brake conversion, Iv only had the car a month so Iv yet really find any room for improvement although Iv got a trackday booked for the end of the month which I'm looking forward too.
I can see a TRC front splitter being fitted in the near future also![[B)]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/shades.gif "Cool [B)]")
Just a bit of a back story,rewind to 2012 I'd just got married decided we needed more of a grown up car and sold my C2 VTS ( 92k miles in 7yr) and my track slag GTIR
I have a thread on the GTIROC but you need membership to acces it
Having sold those 2 we bought a Mk2 Tdi FR
Ran that for just over a year until I decided derv wasn't for me.originally set out looking to replace it with a mk2 Cupra but prices seemed strong and out of my price range, I opted for a fn2 CTR with the LSD which handled really well but lacked in the power department not to mention a pig to live with day to day
Replaced that after 3 month a LCI BMW 130i
Great little car sadly missed, we needed a bigger boot and more doors so that went after 8 month and I took a punt on a Passat cc 3.6v6 DSG 300bhp,great sleeper,sounded awesome just cornered like a large boat
I still think this is a stunning motor, but none the less after 10 months ownership we find ourselves back in a Leon,and basically traded up into the Cupra R which isn't bad going from £8.5k FR we started with
Thanks for reading, heres hoping the weather is good @ croft and we get some good videos and pictures to post
and here she is21000 miles 61'reg
Bought from a Scn member ( tumtumtim )who acquired the car from an insurance company. The car was subject to some light off side front damage and written off category D due to un-economical repair. Previous owner sourced all new parts from sere seat and had a local coach builder/body shop carry out the repairs ..........well after convincing the wife that a cat d car isn't as sinister as it sounds and having just sold my R36CC I flew the N.Ireland to buy the car
The Journey home put to bed any doubt I had about buying a cat d car, the stranraer to Newcastle route isn't a bad one these days ,lots of new Tarmac and plenty lorries in tandem making over taking interesting @2am!.
Anyway a month in and Iv managed to get it detailed a little when the weather has let up,get a coat of soft99 fusso dark light wax on
Little bit of beading
I replaced all 4 tyres for Michelin pilot super sports 225/40/18 88y £456 fitted
And a pipercross panel filter just to replace the oem paper one which was replaced at its last service at sere seat.
Also got my vanity plate transferred on so bought some pressed plates from eBay (£20) and some plain plate holder surrounds (£6) plus some fancy LED plate lights£20
Don't think I'm gonna go down the remap route( but never say never) maybe a big brake conversion, Iv only had the car a month so Iv yet really find any room for improvement although Iv got a trackday booked for the end of the month
which I'm looking forward too.I can see a TRC front splitter being fitted in the near future also
Just a bit of a back story,rewind to 2012 I'd just got married decided we needed more of a grown up car and sold my C2 VTS ( 92k miles in 7yr) and my track slag GTIR
I have a thread on the GTIROC but you need membership to acces it
Having sold those 2 we bought a Mk2 Tdi FR
Ran that for just over a year until I decided derv wasn't for me.originally set out looking to replace it with a mk2 Cupra but prices seemed strong and out of my price range, I opted for a fn2 CTR with the LSD which handled really well but lacked in the power department not to mention a pig to live with day to day 
Replaced that after 3 month a LCI BMW 130i
Great little car sadly missed, we needed a bigger boot and more doors so that went after 8 month and I took a punt on a Passat cc 3.6v6 DSG 300bhp,great sleeper,sounded awesome just cornered like a large boat
I still think this is a stunning motor, but none the less after 10 months ownership we find ourselves back in a Leon,and basically traded up into the Cupra R which isn't bad going from £8.5k FR we started with
Thanks for reading, heres hoping the weather is good @ croft and we get some good videos and pictures to post
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