D16 A9 is the early GTi with no cat or lambda sensor Better or worse than cat one ? More horsepower than cat-equipped car, lower fuel consumption and you won't go outside one morning and find that some scumbag has cut through your exhaust and stolen the cat. And no stringent emissions test to worry...

Based on my own experience of reimporting my 220D, the DVLA will have almost certainly based the registration on the log book from where the car was imported from. This would suggest that although the car appears to have been made in 1990, it was not registered overseas until after 1 August 1991, h...

JOHNDQ wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:58 pm D16 A9 is the early GTi with no cat or lambda sensor

Better or worse than cat one ?

Am I missing something or is the reg. about right? Built(ish) in last third of 1990 and registered in 1991: seems perfectly straightforward. I'd be interested in finding out why owner thinks its a 1994 car. Was it still possible to specify the lower grey paint as late as 1994? Register date on logb...

Am I missing something or is the reg. about right? Built(ish) in last third of 1990 and registered in 1991: seems perfectly straightforward. I'd be interested in finding out why owner thinks its a 1994 car. Was it still possible to specify the lower grey paint as late as 1994? Register date on logb...

Colonel Mustard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:57 am From what I can glean from the internet and comparing it with other vehicles in the vehicle register, I would estimate the build date to be Autumn 1990.

Thank you that explains all the pre 1994 bits but the reg still has me stumped I love the car rho

You won't get a build date from the VIN as the build dates for R8s aren't available. I may be able to compare against other cars on our database to assess the likely build date. Your car has short indicators so is pre October 92. I suspect your car was first registered abroad possibly in Jersey and...

D16A9 but with no cat

Hi guys I have been of the face book group for a couple of months and thought I'd get a full membership My car is a 216GTI in diamond white and tempest grey and it is my daily driver. One bit of history if like some help with is the car is a 1994 but has no cat and is registered as a 1991 any ideas ...