Returning member after many years.

[LeonidasJD]

Morning all,

Coming back to the site after many years away. Will be picking up my MK1 Cupra R next week. 2003 with 44k on the clock. Very excited to be back in a 1.8 20VT. Had 3 of these between 2004 - 2012. I had been searching for a low miler for the last 3 years and have now finally found one.

 

[Tell]

Welcome back.

 

[SRGTD]

@LeonidasJD - welcome back; your car looks a real beauty . Well worth waiting for!

 

[tracktoy]

wow only 44k was it an old lady who never used it before.

Just love the mk1 I presume its a stock motor.

 

[LeonidasJD]

wow only 44k was it an old lady who never used it before.

Just love the mk1 I presume its a stock motor.

It was owned by a chap who only used it as a weekend car since 2009. Been garaged ever since, hence the condition. All stock and original.

 

[tracktoy]

It was owned by a chap who only used it as a weekend car since 2009. Been garage ever since, hence the condition. All stock and original.

That was a great find, Enjoy your new motor

 

[Tell]

If retired, two car household you dont do the mileage. I use to do 120,000 miles in mine before I outed them. One the wretched diesel engine would not start in the winter, outed that at 10 years, sold it to my brother for £400. ZX. He had a thing for TR7s. Had five of them. Five or six motor bikes... 15 bikes.. . The smokey old diesel kept him going for another 8 years. It started up first time and went to the knackers yard.

 

[Syphon]

Welcome back! If you PM me your old username or email I can link the accounts.

Cheers

Scott

 

[Nathan penney]

Welcome back.
Looks in amazing condition.
Like yourself I had a few mk1’s back in the day. Bought one same colour as yours in 2017, now have an Onvi yellow one on 81k.
A few original owners coming back to them now. Shows how good they are.

 

[Loadmaster748]

Welcome back, what a great find!

A proper modern classic.

 

[LeonidasJD]

Welcome back.
Looks in amazing condition.
Like yourself I had a few mk1’s back in the day. Bought one same colour as yours in 2017, now have an Onvi yellow one on 81k.
A few original owners coming back to them now. Shows how good they are.

Nice. I do like the onvi yellow. I think I've been longing for many years to hear the 20vt engine spooling the turbo through the gears. The engines are so smooth. All mine back in the day never missed a beat.

 

[mjstokes85]

Welcome back, personally I think these are one of the best looking cars ever made, what a find!

 

[LeonidasJD]

Welcome back, personally I think these are one of the best looking cars ever made, what a find!

Absolutely agree. They certainly don't make them like these anymore.

 

[Seastormer]

Welcome back, yes a really nice car and those wheels remind me of my PD160 Biza Cupra that had the same wheels and body shape, enjoy.

 

[Tell]

The designers of each Leon are in this

SEAT León - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Interesting how each designers changed the shape. The mk1 was this guy:

Giorgetto Giugiaro - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Mk2:

Walter de Silva - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

& so forth. Those were the two leading designers of that era.

Walter did the Altea as well coming from Alf.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Welcome back!