I think I saw a Golf V in Ontario
 

Was driving along Highway 400 in Ontario and in the opposite flow of traffic
I saw a Golf with grey mouldings (dark grey on a silver car) on the bumpers
and door panels, the mouldings were larger then the (body coloured anyways)
A4 style ones... and the headlights looked a little different... couldn't
really catch the tail lights (traffic got in the way, and I was doing 120kph
in one direction, while he was going ~100+ in the other direction).... The
kicker - it had a RED liscence plate on it - These are government plates in
Canada... I've seen German envoys in Ottawa in G320's with the red
plates.... a car that wasn't imported over here for sure... I'm thinking it
was some european diplomat or whatnot going for a drive or something.

Another note - there was no DTRL's running on this car, all Golf's sold in
Canada have them...

Think it's possible I saw a Golf V, anyone from Europe who's seen one, what
do the mouldings on the body look like?

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:20:23 -0400, "Rob Guenther"
> wrote:

>Think it's possible I saw a Golf V, anyone from Europe who's seen one, what
>do the mouldings on the body look like?

Check out http://showrooms.volkswagen.de/golf/ and see for yourself.

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Yah, looked like the car 2nd picture down... So they can import over cars
from Europe that easily if it's for the government then?
"Al Rudderham" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:20:23 -0400, "Rob Guenther"
> > wrote:
>
>>Think it's possible I saw a Golf V, anyone from Europe who's seen one,
>>what
>>do the mouldings on the body look like?
>
> Check out http://showrooms.volkswagen.de/golf/ and see for yourself.
>
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I saw a couple of A5 Golfs in Europe the other week. The tail lights
have a distinctive round lamp within them, and the front hood is
definitely shorter and more rounded, like a Toyota Echo or something.

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:27:06 -0400, "Rob Guenther"
> wrote:

>Yah, looked like the car 2nd picture down... So they can import over cars
>from Europe that easily if it's for the government then?

If it really had diplomatic (red) plates on it, then they can probably
do whatever they want.

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"Rob Guenther" > wrote in message
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>Yah, looked like the car 2nd picture down... So they can import over cars
>from Europe that easily if it's for the government then?

Could it have been a diplomat plate of some sort?

Red Ontario plates is diplomatic corps. They can import whatever vehicles
they want, tax free!


"Rob Guenther" > wrote in message
. ..
> Was driving along Highway 400 in Ontario and in the opposite flow of
traffic
> I saw a Golf with grey mouldings (dark grey on a silver car) on the
bumpers
> and door panels, the mouldings were larger then the (body coloured
anyways)
> A4 style ones... and the headlights looked a little different... couldn't
> really catch the tail lights (traffic got in the way, and I was doing
120kph
> in one direction, while he was going ~100+ in the other direction).... The
> kicker - it had a RED liscence plate on it - These are government plates
in
> Canada... I've seen German envoys in Ottawa in G320's with the red
> plates.... a car that wasn't imported over here for sure... I'm thinking
it
> was some european diplomat or whatnot going for a drive or something.
>
> Another note - there was no DTRL's running on this car, all Golf's sold in
> Canada have them...
>
> Think it's possible I saw a Golf V, anyone from Europe who's seen one,
what
> do the mouldings on the body look like?
>
>

Thats what the red plates are for I believe...
"Matt B." > wrote in message
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> "Rob Guenther" > wrote in message
> . ..
>>Yah, looked like the car 2nd picture down... So they can import over cars
>>from Europe that easily if it's for the government then?
>
> Could it have been a diplomat plate of some sort?
>

Thanks for the info.... How do I become a diplomat ;-).
"wewu" > wrote in message
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> Red Ontario plates is diplomatic corps. They can import whatever vehicles
> they want, tax free!
>
>
> "Rob Guenther" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Was driving along Highway 400 in Ontario and in the opposite flow of
> traffic
>> I saw a Golf with grey mouldings (dark grey on a silver car) on the
> bumpers
>> and door panels, the mouldings were larger then the (body coloured
> anyways)
>> A4 style ones... and the headlights looked a little different... couldn't
>> really catch the tail lights (traffic got in the way, and I was doing
> 120kph
>> in one direction, while he was going ~100+ in the other direction)....
>> The
>> kicker - it had a RED liscence plate on it - These are government plates
> in
>> Canada... I've seen German envoys in Ottawa in G320's with the red
>> plates.... a car that wasn't imported over here for sure... I'm thinking
> it
>> was some european diplomat or whatnot going for a drive or something.
>>
>> Another note - there was no DTRL's running on this car, all Golf's sold
>> in
>> Canada have them...
>>
>> Think it's possible I saw a Golf V, anyone from Europe who's seen one,
> what
>> do the mouldings on the body look like?
>>
>>
>
>