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I'm addicted
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: Top Cat on November 21, 2008, 01:24:06 pm ---
I have to agree about the brakes they are fine for everyday use and a bit if spirited driving but if you want a session they are not good enough. on mine after about 10 mins the brake peddle turns to wood :chicken: and you really have to stamp on it, i find it becomes inconsistent making it harder to judge your braking distances. :party:
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....It can be just as hard to judge with a Big Brake Kit - It's sometimes embarrassing stopping too early for a roundabout and having to get on the throttle again! Still, I'd rather that than end up actually ON the roundabout!!
It also takes some getting used to not touching your brakes while seeing all around you have been on theirs for a couple of hundred yards!
WhiteGTI:
--- Quote from: lswed30 on November 21, 2008, 03:40:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: RedRobin on November 21, 2008, 12:28:12 pm ---....
That's exactly why the GTI/Ed30 is so addictive - They are so much fun and you feel directly in touch with everything - Taut and Tactile.
Cars with quattro etc are superb but you have to really push on before you get to feel their advantages - And on public roads that ain't so easy.
I'm afraid to say that a Quaife ATB diff will make a huge but subtle difference. Budget £1,500 incl everything for the DSG version and a couple of hundred less for manual version. It's an extremely underestimated mod in my opinion, but I hate wheelspin or understeer!
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Yea thats it. It can make masses of difference and is more effective than most suspension mods, I've never actually driven with an ATB only plate type diffs which are hard as nails. When you come from Quattro you see the shortcomings of two wheel drive lol.
The Diff is £500 odd and is it not a cartridge afair that is easily installed or does it need to be shimmed for preloadings etc?
You know what I never turned ESP of but it never got in the way, was I not driving hard enough for you :P
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Well then...from the sound of your write-up, your ESP is a lot less intrusive than mine!!!! Hence my question :smiley:
RedRobin:
^^^^
My ESP isn't intrusive either.....Except when I've been very seriously glad it has been!!
Phil Mcavity:
Mine has to be off on my standard ed30 or i tend to headbutt the steering wheel cus the esp almost cuts out 90% of the throttle applied. God knows what its like Remapped!.(uncontrolable).
But then im mad for not having mine remapped :mad: :fighting2:
:happy2:
WhiteGTI:
lol, sorry to turn this into an ESP thread!!!! :embarrassed: :embarrassed:
It just caught my eye when the OP said that the car was adjustable on the throttle, and it shuffled when applying the power in 3rd gear a little early! My ESP has cut in wayyyyyyy before I'm given the chance to use the throttle to balance the car. Also, the ESP cuts all 'shuffle' when the power is applied too early completely. Hence why I assumed he was driving with it turned off!
Id much prefer your ESP system LSWE30, than mine! lol! :laugh: :laugh:
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