Thanks to Brake God DaveB :)

[Poppa Dom]

Classy 

[Saint Steve]

Worry no more Steve I have the perfect solution to your problems.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAKE-CALIPER-COVERS-BREMBO-VOLKSWAGEN-BORA-GOLF-PASSAT_W0QQitemZ250685174035QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=217246249124&rvr_id=217246249124&cguid=b66029c112c0a0e203d7ed97fff710b5#ht_3015wt_788

[Hedge]

[wigit]

unfortuantey once you have driven a Golf R or S3 with the larger set up you realise how poor the stock ones are, the issue i have is they are not at all progressive especially when you are in the passensgers seat

[RedRobin]

unfortuantey once you have driven a Golf R or S3 with the larger set up you realise how poor the stock ones are, the issue i have is they are not at all progressive especially when you are in the passensgers seat

....You sound as if you've been on the piss, Andy  - You really shouldn't use the brakes when you're sat in the passenger seat (front or back?) even if your legs are all bendy from enjoying alcohol.

[rich83]

Subscribed... this thread is funny! 

[RedRobin]

Subscribed... this thread is funny! 

....Pretty much guaranteed to be a laugh when you see who all the current subscribers are! 

[rich83]

Im a bit confused by the "Stage one on my Edition 30 ruined it" comment 

[RedRobin]

Im a bit confused by the "Stage one on my Edition 30 ruined it" comment 

....I think that was said by QD and maybe in a different thread. I don't understand it either but as both he and I and others say, ETTO.

[QD MBE]

Im a bit confused by the "Stage one on my Edition 30 ruined it" comment 

....I think that was said by QD and maybe in a different thread. I don't understand it either but as both he and I and others say, ETTO.

Off topic, me thinks.

But as has been said a few times recently, by quite a few members - 'I was surprised how good the standard Gti was'  The SC mapping was dire, IMO.  Nothing before 3k, then all hell breaks loose, made for a poor performing and ill mannered car.

Ed30 with decent brakes, and LSD made for a cracking really potent car.  Improvements as listed cost £1500 and meant I could use all the horses I had.  Power is nothing without control...............  still had 230 eager ponies!  Hence my belief that It didn't need mapping. 

[Saint Steve]

Was it the correct transmission type map sent dave?, My "manual" superchips  map was pants on stage 1 for my dsg car, similar to what your describing? .

just a thought

[QD MBE]

Was it the correct transmission type map sent dave?, My "manual" superchips  map was pants on stage 1 for my dsg car, similar to what your describing? .

just a thought

We tried SC 3 maps on her, and yes it was a Manual map.  Still bit late now.........

[RedRobin]

Im a bit confused by the "Stage one on my Edition 30 ruined it" comment 

....I think that was said by QD and maybe in a different thread. I don't understand it either but as both he and I and others say, ETTO.

Off topic, me thinks.

But as has been said a few times recently, by quite a few members - 'I was surprised how good the standard Gti was'  The SC mapping was dire, IMO.  Nothing before 3k, then all hell breaks loose, made for a poor performing and ill mannered car.

Ed30 with decent brakes, and LSD made for a cracking really potent car.  Improvements as listed cost £1500 and meant I could use all the horses I had.  Power is nothing without control...............  still had 230 eager ponies!  Hence my belief that It didn't need mapping. 

....Ah, now I understand, Dave. Thanks for the detail  . I think you were right.

[stealthwolf]

The standard Ed30/GTI brakes are wholly inadequate even on the standard car let alone a mapped one. 

I've been saying that from the second day I bought my ED30. Kept getting shot down for it too. At anything below 50mph, they're awesome but can be quite scary on the motorway if you have to brake suddenly. Hate that back end twitch.

....Might that not have been because we were in convoy and I didn't know the route and was following the car in front who indicated late?

Probably. I guess it's an issue with having convoys and trying to work out what the guy in front is doing/where they're going rather than acting as you normally would when on your own.

I usually am in the conscious habit of using my indicator even when changing lane and no other vehicles near me. That 5-flash feature which the GTI has is great.

3-flashes and it's a lane-change indicator.

My driving style reputation is at stake here in this thread it seems. 

We all know that despite your age, you probably are a far better driver than most of us. Especially with those expensive driving courses you seem to do.