Hurdy's Golf .:R.

[Hurdy]

Looks v nice john. And  excellent spec too. Did you get sorted what you were doing earlier??

Mapping and back to stock again, just to check everything was ok!

[Saintsteve]

U managed to find out her age during negotiations?? What else u find out about her ?? 

She was a dancer ( strictly type not lap!  ) and she is engaged.

I bet she thought you were a prying old sod ... Did you also find out how she takes it aswell ?

[geordie56]

yes he did, she takes it with no sugar as shes sweet enough and milk!

[Hurdy]

So what are your first impressions John?

The car feels solid and planted. It handles well, but is still a little vague compared to a full suspension set-up. The power delivery off the line is great, no fuss, no tyre squeal, just an urgent shove in the back to 60mph. Above 80mph it slows up, but a remap will give it extra oomph. Quality is better than the MKV by a decent margin, with nice touches in finish. The satnav is set up as annoying as the prior owner must have set it to avoid all motorways. The dynaudio system is excellent although it could do with a little more bass depth.

So far the verdict is "built by Germans, soon to be improved by a mad Englishman!".  

[Hurdy]

U managed to find out her age during negotiations?? What else u find out about her ?? 

She was a dancer ( strictly type not lap!  ) and she is engaged.

I bet she thought you were a prying old sod ... Did you also find out how she takes it aswell ?

Yes but a gentleman never tells. 

*milk and no sugar*

[Hedge]

U managed to find out her age during negotiations?? What else u find out about her ?? 

She was a dancer ( strictly type not lap!  ) and she is engaged.

I bet she thought you were a prying old sod ... Did you also find out how she takes it aswell ?

Now there's a question... 

[Greeners]

So what are your first impressions John?

The car feels solid and planted. It handles well, but is still a little vague compared to a full suspension set-up. The power delivery off the line is great, no fuss, no tyre squeal, just an urgent shove in the back to 60mph. Above 80mph it slows up, but a remap will give it extra oomph. Quality is better than the MKV by a decent margin, with nice touches in finish. The satnav is set up as annoying as the prior owner must have set it to avoid all motorways. The dynaudio system is excellent although it could do with a little more bass depth.

So far the verdict is "built by Germans, soon to be improved by a mad Englishman!".  

Yup pretty much how I felt, although the one I drove was modded! 

I don't think this one will be getting sold anytime soon!

[Hurdy]

So what are your first impressions John?

The car feels solid and planted. It handles well, but is still a little vague compared to a full suspension set-up. The power delivery off the line is great, no fuss, no tyre squeal, just an urgent shove in the back to 60mph. Above 80mph it slows up, but a remap will give it extra oomph. Quality is better than the MKV by a decent margin, with nice touches in finish. The satnav is set up as annoying as the prior owner must have set it to avoid all motorways. The dynaudio system is excellent although it could do with a little more bass depth.

So far the verdict is "built by Germans, soon to be improved by a mad Englishman!".  

Yup pretty much how I felt, although the one I drove was modded! 

I don't think this one will be getting sold anytime soon!

Yep, I think this one is a definite keeper

[rich83]

"Avoid all motorways"

Sounds like a hoot to me mate..   

[Saintsteve]

So what are your first impressions John?

The car feels solid and planted. It handles well, but is still a little vague compared to a full suspension set-up. The power delivery off the line is great, no fuss, no tyre squeal, just an urgent shove in the back to 60mph. Above 80mph it slows up, but a remap will give it extra oomph. Quality is better than the MKV by a decent margin, with nice touches in finish. The satnav is set up as annoying as the prior owner must have set it to avoid all motorways. The dynaudio system is excellent although it could do with a little more bass depth.

So far the verdict is "built by Germans, soon to be improved by a mad Englishman!".  

Yup pretty much how I felt, although the one I drove was modded! 

I don't think this one will be getting sold anytime soon!

Yep, I think this one is a definite keeper :love:

That's worth keeping in your Sig John....see how long ahe     

[Hurdy]

Right then, on with the show!

First mods are already planned and on their way.

Already bought the Autotech internals and HPFP (be here Monday)
Evoms intake - gave very good gains on the ED30 and sounded lovely.
Milltek TBE - currently in discussion with someone, but will be on the car by mid September.
RS4 valve - to be put on at the same time as the HPFP upgrade

These should allow me to go straight to stage 2+ although I'm still looking for a DSG remap and Revo may not be able to supply me, so the only other company i know that does them is MRC Tuning, but they only do the DSG map with an engine map, so I'm torn as I haven't heard any reports about what their engine maps are like. I'm even considering GIAC as they may be able to supply a DSG map too. Also have to consider the fact that the Loba L04XX will be going on at some point and currently only GIAC and Revo have any kind of software in development.

Decisions, decisions!

Any advice here on the DSG map would be appreciated.

[Janner_Sy]

How come REVO wont give you a DSG remap, What has Steve got on his ed30 or is his manual?

MRC are massive in the RS Audi tuning scene, so might be a pretty decent option.  Cant say i've heard much of GIAC really, but from what i gather Steve@statllers has already switched to REVO from GIAC and made much more power.

[Hurdy]

How come REVO wont give you a DSG remap, What has Steve got on his ed30 or is his manual?

MRC are massive in the RS Audi tuning scene, so might be a pretty decent option.  Cant say i've heard much of GIAC really, but from what i gather Steve@statllers has already switched to REVO from GIAC and made much more power.

Different map for the MKVI Golf .:R with the Haldex and I believe it has different encryption too.

[Janner_Sy]

what about RTec?  he's been doing loads on the TFSI recently and might be up for developing on the LO4xx.

Is DSg software a definite requirement just yet or could it not wait a few months?

[Hurdy]

The DSG map could wait a while for sure, but I'd like to hoist my mast to a particular tuner well before that.