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  5. The Car Thread

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    10 minutes ago, Tony Harrison said:

    Doesn't ACC discourage people from paying attention? Middle lane on the motorway in particular is bad enough as it is, and looking at some of the drivers there you'd think they were asleep if only their eyes weren't half-open.

    You're not wrong there! You can also get "Lane Assist", which keeps you in between the white lines - either by warning you when you get close to the edge, or by physically steering you back into the centre of the lane. As you say though, it is turning drivers into zombies!

  6. The Car Thread

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    S3 went last weekend. Went to the first person that saw it, which I was fairly sure it would. I even ended up with more than I was expecting which was a bonus!

    Replacement is a mk7 Golf GTD, which whilst it is obviously nowhere near as fast, is a whole new level of awesomeness inside. GTD's got a pretty decent spec as standard, and this one has KESSY (keyless entry and start). Everything is automatic, all touch screen, with colour screens everywhere, and more ambient lighting than I have in my house! ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) is weird as f**k, you set the cruise control speed, and the distance at which you want to stay from the car in front, and the car maintains that gap, including braking and accelerating based on the car in front's behaviour...even down to stopping at roundabouts etc. Makes motorway driving an absolute dream, because you just put the cruise on and pretty much switch off!

    Really love the look of the mk7 GTD, and getting an easy 65mpg on a run is a lot nicer than the 30 I was used to with the S3!

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  7. The Car Thread

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    Delete the restrictor 'Bird, much better without it (Y)

     

    I was waiting for you to say you couldn't get the box back in the way it came out. Been there, done that! I always remove the driveshafts and driver's side drive cup, and in the 1M I usually took the subframe off too, for the extra few bolts it made it 10x easier!

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  13. The Car Thread

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    21 hours ago, David said:

    LC 1.8T K04 064 turbo conversion....Yay or nay? Rediculous for a daily? 

    Do it. It's awesome! Not ridiculous at all. It is soooo drivable, near instant spoil, and holds power for ages. Makes a K04-023 feel rubbish

  14. The Car Thread

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    2 hours ago, AdamAllen said:

    HELP!!

    Replaced the fuel pump on the TT 3 weeks ago.. everything was running fine, this week all of a sudden it is hammering through it!.. put fuel in last night. 225 miles on the range. Drove 32 miles since (super mega eco driving) and it's uses 75 miles worth!.. 

    I know digital gauges aren't the best to go off but i can tell it's killing it just by the analogue gauge. 

    However mpg isn't that bad. Still hitting 31 on Avg.

    Checked all the lines/connectors incase I'd split something. But all looks fine.

    Pressure reg maybe? I'm lost. 

    Did you line the arrows on the pump sender unit and the tank? Sounds like the level sender isn't aligned properly.

  15. The Car Thread

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    I watched some Teslas drag race at Santa Pod last year. With the equivalent to 750bhp with 2 motors and 4wd, they are seriously fast. Instant torque makes for a very rapid car! 

    Quite an odd experience watching 2 go down the strip together though, drag racing is meant to be loud...not a gentle whirr of tyres/motors! 

  17. The Car Thread

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    1 minute ago, Mark W said:

    George - if you want everyone around you to have a rough idea of what your surname might be, it'd probably be cheaper to get Jonny Jones to knock you up some "MY NAME IS GEORGE SEAMONS" vinyl stickers for the same effect.

    Hahahaha, excellent :lol:

  20. The Car Thread

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    The downpipe/cat flanges always rust to nothingness. You won't be able to undo the nuts, they will just crumble. Better off to just leave it as a whole.

    Any reason for the weird spacing of the ARB brackets? 

  21. The Car Thread

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    I had XL's in the Leon. Unless you are under 32" waist, the standards will be uncomfortable. They are great for a soley track car, because they really hug you, but for anything but else they will dig into your hips.

    Pretty sure I was one of the first in the UK to have them, everybody followed suit after :P

  23. The Car Thread

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    6 hours ago, Danny said:

    Whats the lag like with those? is it not only a 2.0l?

    Lag is pretty much non-existent, the turbo is magical, hits about 300ftlb at 3000rpm, with full boost achieved at about 3500rpm, and revs through to 7500, with the power just going all the way to the redline. Most of the hybrids make about 410-420bhp, and 420-450ftlbs.

    The K04 TFSI hybrids are insane, difficult to explain until you've been in one. The biggest benefit is the near instant boost recovery, which is why they make such good turbos for track cars.

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