Well I think it's about time I showed my face around here after about 18 months in the dark. I opened a new business about 10 months ago and I've spent most of my living minutes in work hence the silence
Anyways after all the hard work I decided to treat myself to a new car.
Looked at many options and initially wanted an R8 V8 (Couldn't quite stretch to the V10) but after numerous test drives I felt slightly underwhelmed. The chassis is an absolute peach, and the looks speak for themselves but the engine felt gutless. With limited tuning options and sky high insurance I decided I would have to wait a few years for a V10. Then I test drove a Cayman R. Loved the car but again performance felt weak and I couldn't come to an agreement with Porsche on the price so canned that one. Then there was the GTR, again a complete weapon but high running costs and silly insurance that was out of the question! So back to the drawing board.
My car at the time was a Revo Stage 2 TTRS. I had a hankering for a TTRS S-Tronic after having an S3 S-Tronic for a while. After a few phone calls and an hour of haggling I had got a cracking deal on a TTRS Plus S-Tronic with a great spec.
I picked it up on Monday and the S-Tronic makes the car. It feels soooo much better than the manual I had in my last one. Gear changes are instaneous and the pops and farts it makes are brilliant! Here are a few pics of my old cars, the old TTRS and finally the new TTRS!
And the new one!
Initial plans are to get these on:
I have an ITG Intake, Milltek secondary cat bypass pipes aswell as a gutted downpipe ready to go on. The engine really does sound incredible running a complete decat and the performance increase is noticeable. I need to get it mapped ASAP as it feels like a complete slouch compared to the old one
Thats about it for now. I'll keep the thread up to date when any changes are made. I plan to keep this one for a while and go a little bit mad with it
Tom
