Hi....

[Rexer]

sup fellow buggers, thinking of getting my self a newbie and i guess i came to the right place for some advice.
looking at a V5 sport on a 52 plate. its priced around £6000 with 60.000 in the clock. im told its a minta.
i can work that bit out my self but what is there to look out for on this model.
whats the V5 sport like compared to say the 2.0L as i cant find much stuff on them.

hope to be speaking with you all soon.

Nick

[Shamrockez]

Welcome to Evvo :)

The V5 is significantly better than the 2.0. Much, much faster, sounds great and people who have owned both have said it's the more economical of the 2.

Black or silver?

[Rexer]

its a black one. i dont mind though as they both look nice, at least the silver one wont look dirty as fast lol.

what options do you get as standard with the sport? i know its got the full winter pack, whatever that is.

cheers

[Blugg]

Hi Rexer :D

Great to see you made it ;)

Not sure on the standard options but sure someone will let you know soon enough :)

P.S. Black is so the better choice :laughing:

[Rexer]

I heard black is the new black lol

[charlie @ evvo.co.uk]

u should get leather interior and a cool spoiler thingy at the back I think like on the 1.8 T :D

[Shamrockez]

Yep it's got 2 tone leather, air con, fogs, heated seats, abs, esp, 17in alloys etc etc etc

[1958 Harry]

Make sure it is a V5 'Sport' not a V5 as many people advertise standard V5's as 'Sport' and they aren't.

The V5 Sport Edition is only available in Silver or Black and has heated sports seats with 2 tone leather (black and grey) being a '52 plate it'll have the older style V5 wheels. Also being a V5 Sport Edition it'll have the V5 SE front and rear bumpers with front and rear side markers and Ventilated front and rear discs. It should also have the V5 SE car mats (altho these may have been replaced) they are black with grey edging :)

This was my old V5 SE - if it looks like this its a V5 Sport, if it doesn't its a standard V5. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/HPIM0853.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/HPIM0852.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/HPIM0811.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/Newbug4.jpg

The only thing to really check on them is the steering isn't clunky as it can indicate a worn steering rack as with the heavier engines bugs have been known to eat their racks.

I hope that helps!

The V5 engine sounds awesome, you'll just wanna keep your foot planted to hear it all the time!

[Rexer]

To be honest, i have seen some photos and i havent seen one with them side markers in, not sure i like them. they look american. do they all have them?

also just about to find out about a 53 plate as well.
cheers for the info

Nick

[Dub-Diva]

Hi and welcome to Evvo. We had a standard 2l newbie, but if we ever got another one again it would be a V5 sport or a 1.8t. 2l are sssssoooooooooo slow.

[Shamrockez]

To be honest, i have seen some photos and i havent seen one with them side markers in, not sure i like them. they look american. do they all have them?

also just about to find out about a 53 plate as well.
cheers for the info

Nick
Yep all V5 Sports have them. They look really nice if you change them to clear ones all round or red at the back and clear at the front:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/Shamrockez7/Robbie/DSC_0132qw.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/Shamrockez7/Robbie/DSC_0182qw.jpg

Mine's not a V5 Sport (altho he has a V5 Sport front bumper) but you get the idea with the lights. Mine has an American spec rear bumper with them in too. The V5 SE has a different rear bumper as above.

[Special K]

Mine is just a V5, its doesn't have the side markers.. it does have heated leather seats and a spoiler and its also up for sale ;)
A friend of mine has a V5 sport and for some random reason it hit a brick wall a 131mph.. mine doesn't.. :confused:


K

[Dub-Diva]

:eek: ouch!

[1958 Harry]

Mine is just a V5, its doesn't have the side markers.. it does have heated leather seats and a spoiler and its also up for sale ;)
A friend of mine has a V5 sport and for some random reason it hit a brick wall a 131mph.. mine doesn't.. :confused:


K

I 'think' the V5 Sport is limited for some reason :)

[Blugg]

Mine is just a V5, its doesn't have the side markers.. it does have heated leather seats and a spoiler and its also up for sale ;)
A friend of mine has a V5 sport and for some random reason it hit a brick wall a 131mph.. mine doesn't.. :confused:


K


No.. Yours just hit's Policemen on pedal bikes ;)

[Rexer]

so still fast enough to get an instant ban then lol, so if it has a limiter then it can be removed with some tuning ;)

them side markers, might just have to get black ones on a black car then , maybe white ones on the front with them chrome bulbs. hmmmm. ideas ;)

[Shamrockez]

Yeah tinted would be nice! You can have white light coming out of the front ones I think. Mine's red at the back, but the front ones aren't connected to anything.

[Blugg]

so still fast enough to get an instant ban then lol, so if it has a limiter then it can be removed with some tuning ;)


PM John@DNA on here and he'll do more than just remove the limiter ;) :laughing:

[Rexer]

sweet:)