Sideskirts are the gaaay!

That's bad

Quote from theirishnoob :

but in all seriousness ill drink my 8 pints, a few whiskeys then get a few bottles for the road and thats me walking home with a smile on my face.

Then you'll wake up chewing your pillow......

Either that or your a 30 stone alcoholic or your counting up your weekly intake.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Looking smart there my scottish GLOF enthusiast.

Cheers

I'm having even more thoughts about what car to get, gladly I have a good few months before i'll be getting one, but still, confussled much..

Liking Leons too, more so on the outside, but the interior seems a bit dull, so it's still an A3 from a VAG point of view, since that came out first in the model i'm looking at (A3 was 03, MK5 was 04 and leon was 06) and then BOOM, a shocker.

New civics? 2.2diesle, 140bhp with better mpg figures than the VW 2.0tdi... interiors are mega cool, though no idea about their build quality and yea, the car generally looks cool as hell to sit in.

The exterior has grown on me over the years too, opinions? Maybe i'm just going through a faze, but since they seem a little cheaper in comparison to the VAG's it might well be a good car to go for.

On the other hand theirs no DSG..

PS3 systems hacked....Osama found? Noob!

She's sitting not too bad...

http://i52.tinypic.com/k53eop.jpg

And so is she, even caught a glimpse of her cleaning my car, for the first time EVER!

http://i53.tinypic.com/2ir564j.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/qx19xj.jpg

to this....

http://i53.tinypic.com/e871vt.jpg

Took me 2 days, will post a pic up of them on the car in a few days, gotta keep them away from soap until then...

Quote from Matrixi :

Manual box averages around 9-10l/100km which isn't very good for a modern car, but then again the base engine was designed back in 1979 so it's an old warhorse.

It's a lot more fuel efficient than the gtr was atleast, which is good enough for me.

The GTR had a reason though, which was awesomeness, the lexus..

Well put it this way, the average MPG for the 2.0 is 29mpg, the 3.0 is 26...

For sure, delivery date is tomorrow, refurbish wheels tomorrow, hopefully they come before I leave.

As for the MK5, I really like the GT TDI from 07 on, as it actually has a nicer kit, but from any Mk5 before that they just look so plain and i'm not impressed by the kit level if i'm honest.

The A3's seem a bit more refined for about 05, since they came out a year earlier and the kit level is similar too, seen a nice Red one with DSG gearbox and lots of nice toys like cruise control and dual climate control and all that tosh for 5k.

Very fair price since a similar MK5 is a bit more and they don't look as good.

Will just see what is close by when I come to buying one though, will be a few months away yet..

Sure, very budget, but much better than the pitted ones on the rear...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI ... K:MEWNX:IT#ht_1530wt_1139

The car won't be getting any special treatment for 2 reasons, 1. I don't have any money and 2. When I start my new job which is hopefully soon i'll be selling it anyway.

As for swapping a A3 sport for a MK4, thats mental, though you can still find some 03ish MK4's up for sale at around 8k which aren't even R32's or anniversary's.... Still, around 5k for a decent A3 or MK5 GT TDI seems good enough for me...

Insurance, I guess your at the stage where the gap from 105bhp to 140 is huge? Mine was around 1k this year, renewal on this car is just over £600, quoted £800 for a GT TDI 140.

Even though we're raping this thread, we're probably talking less smack than half the girlfriend pictures anyhow..

Rear discs and pads for the gulf, £28.50 including delivery, can't be too bad, considering it's genuine bosch pads..

Damn, forgot to put up a prize, so i'll make it swift, dadge, I award you....

I used my last 59p buying this so you'll have to pick it up yourself.

Cheers,

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

PS Bawbag how's the GLOF going?

Good, been giving her some treatment lately, new discs and pads when they arrive too, the only thing I have to do now is sell it and buy a A3 TDI 140...

As for Becky, I'd love for anyone to find me one of my posts which says Becky is a man, just one post, never mind a "relentless" amount of posts. IIRC if it was even hinted at that back then the ban hammer would be lurking..

She claims she wants to come on here and have a laugh etc, then at the hint of 1 bit of humour, she turns into terminator, talk about flying off the handle.

Quote from Becky Rose :

I'd forgotten how boring it was to hear you rellentlessly posting "Becky is a man" Bawbag, I knew there was a reason I don't bother trying to have too much of a laugh around here, there's always some inbred from a country conquered by a bunch of wankers with a chip on his shoulder about those with an English accent who spoils it all by acting like an immature dick.

I match your playground humour with some of my own, and call you ghey.

Quote from Becky Rose :

I think you've missed the point by as much as you miss the toilet when peeing....

Now you've linked it to the General Racing Talk part of the forum "ya numpty!"

Same link twice mate.

Quote from BigPeBe :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9lQRSuDDLA lol @ the last Subaru.

You can see it in the background when the focus goes by....

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

I'd guess turbo kicks in at 1750-2000? Hard to see because of the camera. Can only see the MPG in the 30-70 clip not in the other one unfortunately.

p.s you are silly drunk and scottish with a girl in a courtyard. I can think of several things which can only go badly.

Was more the sound I was on about, that little sound of a bomb dropping is a little hint.

I was sitting just now, thinking wtf are you on about, then just thought that's how people treat Scots nowadays. Then I remembered, epic video. Was a couple of years ago, still with her yet.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

30-70 run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyDHty1wlLE


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Mine, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-zdBXUqbrk

Sorry for the quality, and the shaking, tbh I was going to tape it to the wheel but never had time at 8am this morning..

Then this, on the way home, lols, was on a slight uphill, but it bogs down like hell when flooring it in 5th, deffo needs some work.

Anyway, in for the lols, can anyone notice when the turbo kicks in properly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_4jL8IfaE

Lols at the MPG too!

Last edited by Bawbag, Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:11.

Dull, suppose he's right, the derv is reliable and is never really going to give you any problems...

Coming from the Rover owner.

Quote from danthebangerboy :

I agree with dustin here, if you dont think that a 13.xx time down a 1/4 strip isnt at least respectable for a standard production car such as a golf then you are quite frankly insane.

Maybe I'm reading this wrong but Bullflame said 13.6 down the 1/4 from a modified golf (150 to 240bhp) is piss poor and claimed a standard PD150 could do it in the same time.

To which pretty much every calls bullshit to, 240bhp going under 14 secs is impressive, but 150bhp getting anywhere close, lolz.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Excuse me, I've already called bullshit.

Quote from BlueFlame :

A 13.6 from a VW is nothing special, maybe if you are used to other cars it is. If you tune a car and take it to the strip and only get a 13second pass, you should be very very very disappointed in yourself.

It's not? 13.6 from a standard PD150 is!!!!

All the figures you've came up with are absolute tosh, under 14 is decent, sure it's nothing compared to a damn drag car, but try driving them around a corner. You should maybe go look at some 1/4mile times on facebook, like the cupra I posted earlier, if that doesn't look fast to you then fine, you obviously come from somewhere which is just a big downhill everywhere you go!

Looks nice Jamie, nice and clean. I might give it a go in mine tomorrow, but turbo lag? I barely get any unless i'm under 1300rpm! I'll try a 6th gear pull from 30-70 too. It shouldn't be too bad for a standard car, just a decat and EGR delete.

It did have sticky veins but it's been cleaned out a few times and hasn't been back in a while, used to come after 15 mins of driving on the motorway, slight throttle increase to overtake or keep speed up a hill would set it into limp mode.

No more thankfully, put some Dr Magic oven cleaner in through the EGR-Turbo pipe and it sorted it out. Not bad for 99p.

The 3rd gear thing, tried the whole Italian tuning thing as well, done 40 miles pretty much ragging it to try and blow the shit out to no avail.

Cleaning the turbo like I did just helps the problem but it will no doubt come back in a few months, i've seen a guy who done a innotec turbo clean (similar to what I done but from the outlet pipe) and it only cleaned a tiny part of the turbo, doesn't quite get into the important places. Rtech have done a how to on dismantling the turbo and how to clean it properly, though they only take £100 to do it, which would be my choice!