Quote from logitekg25 :

thanks for clarifying

and 3000 for an m5 lsd?

even at a scrap yard? used on ebay? craigslist etc.
DEFINATELY not looking to put as much into a rear end as i got the car for

yeah they aint cheap thats for sure,but not 3000 from junkyard. maybe up to 1000.but rly there is no point putting lsd on 528 i

Quote from theirishnoob :

elaborate. Every vw i see is broken, even for sale fro mthe dealer, every single one has a fault.


for a first car, honda's can't be broken ( hence their popularity with... " tuners " as no matter how much they ruin it, the engine stays strong )

Ahh yes, the Honda... Makers of the worlds best valvetrain. Designed to break valves and wipe cams. If the engine DOES manage to last, the rest of the car falls apart before the engine dies. Oh and I have never seen a flimsier suspension setup in my life, first pothole and it bends.

Oh yeah, the only thing wrong with my VW is the goddam Chinese fuses keep corroding and the Chinese light bulbs fall apart and short out causing the CHINESE fuse to blow.

Bahh, who needs an LSD, just take whatever you got and weld it, worked for me, little mazda is still going strong lol.

Quote from e2mustang :

yeah they aint cheap thats for sure,but not 3000 from junkyard. maybe up to 1000.but rly there is no point putting lsd on 528 i

There's even a point putting an LSD on my 518i.

why?

Quote from e2mustang :

why?

Try drifting in LFS using an open diff, and you'll see what I mean. Yes, I take my car sideways every now and then.

than u have the wrong car

no matter, i need to figure out what aftermarket speakers can go in the back of it. i was told it has to be custom by crutchfield.com, it is a dsp unit

you can put anything,but its not easy,rear seat and all rear panels have to come out

Originally VW's are pretty decent cars, it's the owners (especially outside from europe) who seems to think that since it's a VolksWagen it does not seem to need any maintenance and therefore the bad car conditions. Only car I could give a bad reccomendations from my experience is a bloody Ford Escort, that piece of shat rottens quicker than a corpse(sat more time under the hood than in cockpit).

Quote from e2mustang :

than u have the wrong car

Indeed. I'll just stick to the occasional slide in the rain.

Sliding an open diff is dangerous as hell, way too unpredictable

have seen many close calls on the street because of it haha

Quote from Klutch :

Sliding an open diff is dangerous as hell, way too unpredictable

have seen many close calls on the street because of it haha

Dangerous? Unpredictable? The only word that I see fitting is "ANNOYING!" Half the time it just won't go sideways and the other half you get it going and then ALL the power transfers to the wheel with NO traction and you look like an idiot.
That and if you keep the power on when the car straightens, the power does transfer back to the other wheel and it wiggles around a bit.

It is far worse to have a centrifugal locking differential. Get half way through the turn while one wheel is just spinning hopelessly then the flyweight kicks out and the diff locks and suddenly you are on full opposite lock and the passenger is freaking out.

Quote from danthebangerboy :

Bahh, who needs an LSD, just take whatever you got and weld it, worked for me, little mazda is still going strong lol.

Without any doubt you are the biggest ever nerdchav I've seen on any forum to this day.

Ever.




Please, do us a favor and collect a few thoughts before posting the next times.

Quote from -NightFly- :

Originally VW's are pretty decent cars, it's the owners (especially outside from europe) who seems to think that since it's a VolksWagen it does not seem to need any maintenance and therefore the bad car conditions. Only car I could give a bad reccomendations from my experience is a bloody Ford Escort, that piece of shat rottens quicker than a corpse(sat more time under the hood than in cockpit).

thats why for the last 10 years their engines have been " mounted too low for irish roads " and that any faults " clearly are not our fault, please the warranty more closely "

and on the topic of honda's suspention being weak... i drive backroads all day, no faults, two socks went after 160k's worth of good service, 80 quid later good as new. Engines are grand, oil burners comment i agree, but even at that, 100 of examples of poor examples getting 200km without stress ( do that in a wankersvagen

Quote from skstibi :

Dangerous? Unpredictable? The only word that I see fitting is "ANNOYING!" Half the time it just won't go sideways and the other half you get it going and then ALL the power transfers to the wheel with NO traction and you look like an idiot.
That and if you keep the power on when the car straightens, the power does transfer back to the other wheel and it wiggles around a bit.

It's dangerous and unpredictable compared to a decent LSD...

Unpredictable because it can chop and change between one/two wheels mid slide...very hard to control. Seen heaps of people spin because the open diff has caught them off guard. And thats just if you're trying to drift/clutch kick.

Open diff is terrifying when pushing it hard on twisties haha



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb0-31roKlI
Good example..some guy in a soarer doing a skid in an open diff..one wheel spins, then it snaps to both, sends him into the curb. Shitty driver, but it shows why it can be unpredictable and dangerous.

Open diffs are driftable, just most people don't know how to handle them. I've drifted enough open diffed cars at our driftschool. Lol even a Dodge RAM SRT-10 last time....

That's bauss!

i need some help here ... i wanna buy an used car in hungary but none of my friends knows a shit about registration and taxes and bla bla and my girlfriend doesnt even have a license...

so i found this website :

http://regisztraciosado.info/r ... acios-ado-kalkulator.html

so my question is this website to calculate an one time only fee if you register the car ? according to this site i have to pay like 800 euro to register an old Golf II from 1987

i thought this is just for cars from foreign countries...

and the other question is how is the annual tax being calculated...

is there a website too ?

i wish i were in germany its not like i never bought a car but everyone here is really clueless... thanks

Quote from AJS :

i thought this is just for cars from foreign countries...

Indeed it is. Where did you read that it applies for cars you buy in Hungary as well? To be more exact, once the car has hungarian papers, you don't have to pay registration tax.

Quote from AJS :

and the other question is how is the annual tax being calculated...

is there a website too ?

http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu ... 2-sulyado-kalkulator-2012

Some more useful info on that site, Hungarian though.

Quote from Scrabby :

Open diffs are driftable, just most people don't know how to handle them. I've drifted enough open diffed cars at our driftschool. Lol even a Dodge RAM SRT-10 last time....

They are driftable, but it's harder to initiate and keep the drift. Especially on dry roads.

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Indeed it is. Where did you read that it applies for cars you buy in Hungary as well? To be more exact, once the car have hungarian papers, you don't have to pay registration tax.


http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu ... 2-sulyado-kalkulator-2012

Some more useful info on that site, Hungarian though.

thank you !

so the link i posted i guess only applies if you want to register a new car from hungary or one that has never been registered in hungary for example new or used car from another country.

so if i understand it correctly i have to pay 2 things :

1. registration on my name in the car papers (depends on ccm) :

http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu-atiras-kalkulator-2012

2. annual tax (depends on HP and age) :

http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu ... 2-sulyado-kalkulator-2012

this is not so expensive... but its strange since you have to pay less for older cars - i tried some numbers... and the tax doesnt even take into account how environment friendly the car is...

if you register a new car or for the first time in hungary it very much depends on environment friendly rating.

Quote from AJS :

thank you !

so the link i posted i guess only applies if you want to register a new car from hungary or one that has never been registered in hungary for example new or used car from another country.

Yes.

Quote from AJS :

so if i understand it correctly i have to pay 2 things :

1. registration on my name in the car papers (depends on ccm) :

http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu-atiras-kalkulator-2012

2. annual tax (depends on HP and age) :

http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu ... 2-sulyado-kalkulator-2012

this is not so expensive... but its strange since you have to pay less for older cars - i tried some numbers... and the tax doesnt even take into account how environment friendly the car is...

if you register a new car or for the first time in hungary it very much depends on environment friendly rating.

+ genuinity check (or whatever it's called) - http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu-eredetisegvizsgalat-2012
+ insurance.

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Yes.

+ genuinity check (or whatever it's called) - http://gepjarmu.co.hu/gepjarmu-eredetisegvizsgalat-2012
+ insurance.

yeah i heard about that gen check already but it was also new for me...

thanks again.

Quote from hrtburnout :

There's even a point putting an LSD on my 518i.

Lol, you really own a 518i? Never saw one of those in my life, can you post a engine-bay pic please? I can't imagine how that 4cyl 1.8 would look in a engine-bay of the e34.