Yeah, I should learn after reading loads of "invalidated" points 
Ah well...
Ah well...Some people are either unfortunately, too exciteable, too inexperienced, or their cars are crap and have budget tyres fitted.
I have done alot of driving since November, I did about 3500 in my Corsa and I've done close to 4500 miles in my Golf since I bought it at the start of February.
But most of my milage has been on bikes, but even so that was about 49,000 in 18 months. And that was doing 35 miles a day, every day (back and forth from work), sometimes taking the long way home so that rises to 50 miles, and then doing 250 miles on Saturday AND Sunday, so that's 500 miles over the weekend. Of course, some weekends due to weather I didn't go out, and others I did double that. But your claim of your milage is, as has been pointed out, a joke.
I hope you have an accident. Not that injures you, or anyone else, but just to make you stop and think that you're not so invunerable, as it seems to appear you think you are. Confidence is like an orgasm/boner. It builds and builds, until you have a moment, until you push yourself over the limit, and then it collapses and it takes time to build back up.
kthx
I have budget tyres (Nexen/Nexus?) fitted to my van, all that means is I drive to the tyres, as with all tyres they are rubbish on a greasy road and will aquaplane on small amounts of standing water, so I will adjust my driving to suit the tyres. The tyres I used to rock were a bit more expensive (Bridgestone), but performed a lot better in the wet, so if I don't go the way of wider wheels in the next few months, I'll throw Bridgestones back on when the current set are used up.
But if you push and push while knowing your tyres are rubbish in the conditions, then you're a ****ing idiot.
I blame computer game generation, if you cruise round tracks at 30-50mph chances are, you won't even get close to the limit, or the edge of the track for that matter but these new drivers don't realise race tracks are designed to give more grip, and are a hell of a lot smoother, meaning more of the tyres contact surface is on the track and a closed track doens't have debris on it like a public road does. In a road car, it's very easy to be over the limit at 30mph. This is what you're your saying, I know, I just thought I'd go deeper.
Are you sure, or are you just guessing?
Rev limiter FTW 
The quote you had below, refers to the question "Why would anyone want to go on the rev limiter in first gear?" So it's irrelevent on this new topic that has arisen.
This isn't my Car but i would be very grateful if a few of you could vote for my friends Car here.
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Neons.
DO NOT WANT.
DO NOT WANT.
Yeah. Me neither tbh. 
Still, a vote would be much appreciated.
Still, a vote would be much appreciated.
Already did. I wouldn't go to a link without doing at least what you sent me there to do. 
I had a very unexpected phone call earlier today.
My car went away 2 or 3 weeks ago to get repaired, and i was told that it would be a good while as they were going to do bits to it as and when they got the chance, between booked in jobs and things, so i get a call asking if i want the whole set of 4 springs replacing or just the broken rears, soi said all 4 if you dont mind, whilst thinking oh right, he's gonna sort the suspension out first, but no, its been quiet there, so its done, and he was going to be fitting the springs today and taking it off for MOT tomorrow, yes!!!!
What a relief, and there was me thinking that it was gonna be much more serious to fix, the clutch plate was mashed, all the springs had flown out, plus it was down to the rivets, the cover had had all the fingers blown off it and the thrust bearing was pretty mullered too, but other than some very minor dents inside the bellhousing caused by various clutchy bits flying about in there when it broke, the gearbox is fine, nice!
My car went away 2 or 3 weeks ago to get repaired, and i was told that it would be a good while as they were going to do bits to it as and when they got the chance, between booked in jobs and things, so i get a call asking if i want the whole set of 4 springs replacing or just the broken rears, soi said all 4 if you dont mind, whilst thinking oh right, he's gonna sort the suspension out first, but no, its been quiet there, so its done, and he was going to be fitting the springs today and taking it off for MOT tomorrow, yes!!!!
What a relief, and there was me thinking that it was gonna be much more serious to fix, the clutch plate was mashed, all the springs had flown out, plus it was down to the rivets, the cover had had all the fingers blown off it and the thrust bearing was pretty mullered too, but other than some very minor dents inside the bellhousing caused by various clutchy bits flying about in there when it broke, the gearbox is fine, nice!
Most of the bits you needed doing were 1-2 hours jobs. If they had set a day aside to complete the work, it would take just one working day to complete. So finishing it in a couple of weeks using free time is about right.
Ahh right, i was lead to believe that a clutch change on these was much more involved than on most cars due to it having a massive beam running all the way from gearbox to diff which you have to remove, thus making it an ass to do, but either way im chuffed to bits at having it back again soon.
If you're working on jacks, it'll take a bit longer because jacks always make work take longer, if you're on a 4 or 2 poster it makes it a quick and easy job. The book time for the clutch kit on a MX5 is 3 hours start to finish. But the book times are always generous towards the mechanic.
When you're working at a main dealer or an approved garage you can charge up to the book time in labour but not over, so if you finish in 2 you can still charge for 3. So it pays to finish as quickly as possible.
When you're working at a main dealer or an approved garage you can charge up to the book time in labour but not over, so if you finish in 2 you can still charge for 3. So it pays to finish as quickly as possible.
A VW Specialist (where I got my car remapped) chare £400 for the OEM VAG clutch kit fitted. They charge £795 for the heavy duty Sachs clutch (can take 350lbft of torque) and since my car is putting out 266lbft as opposed to the 190 it's supposed to, that may be a better idea.
However my local VW dealer, suppled at fitted...FOR AN OE one £809.25!!!!!
Bearing in mind that a heavy duty clutch for my golf is £450-500 alone...
Sheesh.
However my local VW dealer, suppled at fitted...FOR AN OE one £809.25!!!!!
Bearing in mind that a heavy duty clutch for my golf is £450-500 alone...
Sheesh.
You wont need the Sachs clutch Jamie, trust me.
If I boot it in 5th going up hill, it slips. Only happens at around 2000rpm which is where peak torque comes in. Biting point has not changed and clutch take up is normal.
So go normal and fry that one again? I do like racing chavs in their Fiesta ST's away from the lights (and winning luls)
So go normal and fry that one again? I do like racing chavs in their Fiesta ST's away from the lights (and winning luls)
I tried to have a look in this thread for your car Jamie but what VW have you got?
Nathan and his lifetime of experience in remapped cars coming out here, trust him, he's not driving your car, feeling what you feel, but you still should trust him.
From all the remapped VW TDI's i've seen on standard clutches they all experienced some sort of slip and eventually needed a new clutch.
If you don't rag it around at the peak torque range then sure, normal clutch is fine, but generally after 10k miles the clutch is replaced by a Sachs clutch.
As for Rtech, i'm jealous you live close enough for them to do work on your car, those guys do some awesome shit, especially on that quattro GTI.
Or their very own "toy" which has about 150k miles on it and does the 1/4 mile in 13.8...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Y5d34Eskk
Nathan and his lifetime of experience in remapped cars coming out here, trust him, he's not driving your car, feeling what you feel, but you still should trust him.
From all the remapped VW TDI's i've seen on standard clutches they all experienced some sort of slip and eventually needed a new clutch.
If you don't rag it around at the peak torque range then sure, normal clutch is fine, but generally after 10k miles the clutch is replaced by a Sachs clutch.
As for Rtech, i'm jealous you live close enough for them to do work on your car, those guys do some awesome shit, especially on that quattro GTI.
Or their very own "toy" which has about 150k miles on it and does the 1/4 mile in 13.8...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Y5d34Eskk
13.8 is poor. Piss poor. I know diesel golfs tuned by people themselves to do the quarter in 12 flat. My old colleague has a Mk2 TDI.
When I find video, I'll edit it in.
Piss poor from a almost standard Mk4 golf with 150k miles, your kidding me?
This car is just for them to test their maps on and as a bit of a toy.
On the day it beat a LCR leon which is pretty highly tuned, about 300bhp, seems decent to me.
They're helping a guy tune a 1.8T 4motion, it's at around 350bhp just now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... yv2ok&feature=related
Anyway, if 13.8 is slow, then what is this cupra?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3402H-erjbc
Bloody impressive if you ask me.
This car is just for them to test their maps on and as a bit of a toy.
On the day it beat a LCR leon which is pretty highly tuned, about 300bhp, seems decent to me.
They're helping a guy tune a 1.8T 4motion, it's at around 350bhp just now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... yv2ok&feature=related
Anyway, if 13.8 is slow, then what is this cupra?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3402H-erjbc
Bloody impressive if you ask me.
It's quater mile time not 0-100km/h.
edit* 12 flat for mk2 is poor piss poor, i've even seen an old moskvich wich goes under 10 seconds a quarter...
By Volkswagen standards yes. Almost standard? Bullshit, Mk4's are heavy pigs. 13.6 would have to be modded. A 13.6 on the quarter is poor by any standard. Pushing 11 to 9 seconds would be something worth bragging about, when it comes to a street car.
Like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwrgFxkIbPI
Or you could still do a ten with the chute mistakenly open. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... XoKQY&feature=related
It was a like 2 hour drive - was about 130 miles. They do manage to get some big gains for not much cash don't they! That Golf in the video is a right sleeper, very nice must say.
I managed to get a quote from a friends mechanic with an OE clutch for £411 fitted however RTech would still do this for £360 from looking at their website, would have to call to confirm. Even factoring in the cost of fuel it's cheaper to drive to Hinckly, LUL!
My car is the Mk5 1.9tdi with the 5 speed box. It didn't slip at all when I first had it done. Pulled fine all the time. Then it started juddering a little when between 1500 and 2000rpm in 5th under hard accel, then started slipping, however it doesn't always slip which is what confuses me.
SO STANDARD OR THE HEAVY DUTY I'M CONFUSED.
Nothing to do with a "lifetime" of experience. It's just that from what I have seen, VAG TDi's running mild remaps do not need an uprated clutch. One of my Friends has a GTTDi running a REVO Stage 1 map. He blew up the clutch 2,000 miles after the remap (The clutch done 100k+ miles.). I then fitted an OEM one for him, and he has had no issues with it even after 35k miles.
ANYWAY....
To stay on topic, here is a picture of the Honda. I gave it a well deserved wash after I got it back on the road last week. It was pretty filthy, with green mold in the seals and panel gaps due to it being in a yard for 6 months. Car is now squeaky clean, and is running really well. I'm really chuffed to have this car back on the road. I have missed it dearly, and it is so much nicer to drive than the Lexus. While the Lexus is great for long distances, the Honda is just as good and it feels much more alive. I love it.
@ Jamie! You say the clutch started juddering? Don't take my word for it as it is obviously quite hard to diagnose a car over the interwebz, but it sounds like your pressure plate could be acting up. My Honda does exactly the same thing (Juddering when on the biting point, but no slipping admittedly.) and it is the pressure plate that is causing the problem on my car. The only difference is mine grips strongly and does not slip, so maybe your pressure plate is sticking occasionally, causing it to not get sufficient "grip" from the clutch plate.
Like I said, DO NOT take my word for it, but it could be a possibility.
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