New Sexy Toledo for the Wife

[Golf Loon]

So there has been much deliberation at home for a while as to what car the Mrs can have.

We sold the gas guzzling VR6 auto Passat, which always felt sluggish and limp to me. And you cant fit a washing machine in the back! I`m a Hot Hatch kinda guy.

Golf 3 is ok, but the 2L is uninspiring and they feel pretty small with 2 kids and some baggage onboard.

Kat has been zipping round in an Ibiza GTI for a week or so now and likes it, but 2 doors is a bind and you cant recline the seat with a baby capsule onboards, as for the boot, you couldnt get half a pram into it!

Have been contemplating a Seat Toledo for a while, but they are pretty rare, especially in manual.

This was in the Trading Post last week, so we were there first thing Saturday am.





Pretty Tidy outside



Half Leather inside is nice



And ABF motor was the clincher.

Boot is massive, It did 7.3L per 100 on the way home and has all extras except cruise.

Needs an AC service and a wheel alignment. We are well happy.

[midget]

OMG OMG OMG


you got the GT!!!!!!!

is it lowered?

[william]

very nice toledo very neat and later model styling 16v your wife deserves a nice car but how will she park the thing its huge

[Golf Loon]

It looks low and has 17s which dont rub! I`ll have to see what suspension it has.

Dont know about the GT thing, but is has 5 stud wheels. Is this a 16v thing? Or has someone done the VR6 conversion?

Its smaller than the Passat so should be easier to park.

It has ABS and an Airbag.

[midget]

from wikipedia on the SEAT Toledo

sorry my mistake

Mine is the GT or Sport version using the 2.0 L/115 PS (85 kW) engine

yours id assume is the 150 PS (110 kW) 2.0 L GTI 16V

i think these come standard with 5 studs, could be wrong though

yeah theyre easy to park

oh and seatenthusiasts.co.uk has changed to seatforum.net, and is getting bigger

[william]

good to hear i knew parking was an issue and hear toledos were bigger than passat at least looks bigger good to hear its not the case looks sweet though

[evorobin]

That has to be as rare as a mk3 16v no? very nice mate.

[roccodingo]

What year is this thing Matty, I will have to keep my eyes peeled for them over here... .

Always looking for new donor vehicles..

[Golf Loon]

That has to be as rare as a mk3 16v no? very nice mate.

There are no official imports of Mk3 GTI to Australia.

This one is a 96 Model. It would have to be a special order, with the 16v and the leather I reckon.

I was in Supercheep looking up sparkplugs the other day and it is listed in all the Aussie books. I remember thinking "yeah right as if they brought those here"

I bought it from a car yard and just played a bit dumb, "whats a SEAT" kinda thing and they took it as a trade in so didnt care. They even took the Jetta that I took as a trade in for the Passat as part payment, so everyone was a winner

[brackie]

Happy Matt and Kat!
Now all you have to do is plant a 1.9 turbo diesel into it and you have the perfect city car for a family