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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? |
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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. -- Remove preceding and trailing X from username for replies (Sorry, but I'm SICK of spam...) |
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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 ... > 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. > > -- > Remove preceding and trailing X from username for replies > (Sorry, but I'm SICK of spam...) |
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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. |
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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. -- Remove preceding and trailing X from username for replies (Sorry, but I'm SICK of spam...) |
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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? |
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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? > > |
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Thats what the red plates are for I believe...
"Matt B." > wrote in message news:h9%ad.29547$cJ3.18326@fed1read06... > "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? > |
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Thanks for the info.... How do I become a diplomat ;-).
"wewu" > wrote in message ... > 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? >> >> > > |
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