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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #30 on: November 30, 2012, 11:31:12 am »
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I've had my Mk5 GTI over 7 years from new and have never ever felt bored with it and I have driven several other high performance cars during my ownership and never felt disappointed returning to mine.



Those foglight covers are the biz.

Yes i'm only 8 months into my relationship but after owning many other hot hatch cars this is the best. I'd always avoided as everybody had a golf gti (or percieved by the badge on the outside). Ive just got back in mine this am after 4 days in an F-Type and i still love it.
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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #31 on: November 30, 2012, 12:20:34 pm »
yea i think its where i havent modded it at all for months realy and had a few problems with it iv kinda lost interest i guess. think i need to take the budget coilovers off n i will be happier

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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #32 on: November 30, 2012, 12:22:26 pm »
yea i think its where i havent modded it at all for months realy and had a few problems with it iv kinda lost interest i guess. think i need to take the budget coilovers off n i will be happier

What coilovers did you put on? What are the problems your having? Just doing very simple cheap mods to make you smile help!  :happy2:

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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #33 on: November 30, 2012, 12:25:58 pm »
Mod it some more!

Im 22 and had my GTI for 3 years now. just getting it to a stage now where im happy with it. I find a good way to keep interest in it is to drive around nice and economically most of the time and then on the odd occasion when the time is right give it a good spirited drive and put the smile back on your face.  :happy2:


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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #34 on: November 30, 2012, 03:09:16 pm »

yeah mines are rear factory tinted as well, they aint dark enough though, don't want them to dark but the kids always complain about the sun and to be honest I would like them a little darker myself, one of my jobs to do,
love the black and silver colour on yours though
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....Scott, have you seen the window blinds like Saintsteve has? They really are surprisingly good in the flesh.

John (Hurdy), are you going to use your old reg plate on the R?


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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #35 on: November 30, 2012, 03:58:19 pm »
i put on fk ak streets and they are terrible! rattle and knock all the time and ride is so hard! i think that is what is annoying me about driving it!

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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #36 on: November 30, 2012, 04:10:36 pm »

i put on fk ak streets and they are terrible! rattle and knock all the time and ride is so hard! i think that is what is annoying me about driving it!


....Coilovers need to be setup by someone who knows how to setup suspensions for best performance, not just for looks. Sounds as if yours have been setup at their lowest setting and have nowhere to go!


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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #37 on: November 30, 2012, 04:49:12 pm »

yeah mines are rear factory tinted as well, they aint dark enough though, don't want them to dark but the kids always complain about the sun and to be honest I would like them a little darker myself, one of my jobs to do,
love the black and silver colour on yours though
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....Scott, have you seen the window blinds like Saintsteve has? They really are surprisingly good in the flesh.

John (Hurdy), are you going to use your old reg plate on the R?
yeah I thought about blinds but kids kept playing with them in the old car and I would like it done properly so will be looking into deeper tints next year but thanks for the advice.
have seen soooo many people on this forum modding their engine, suspension, brakes etc etc etc and soooo many taking them back off again for whole host of reasons,,,,
does the gti really need any performance mods at all ?
for track racing I understand but most are not track racing, I have driven countless cars that have been modded although not owned any and I have driven quite a few mk5 golfs also modded out,
the standard car set up of the mk5 gti is already great and I don't really see the point of chucking three grand or so upgrading something that is great already ?
I mean some people chucking a grand at a set of brakes is crazy to me,,, buying a good audio unit or a good sat nav ok I can see the sense in that, but spending thousands on mechanical upgrades on this type of car seems a bit silly
buy a Porsche or something with the extra money.
even worse when you see people spending stupid money on something like a corsa, crazy
the gti is already a spirited drive unless you like whoring it round country roads at 100mph
each to their own I guess.

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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #38 on: November 30, 2012, 05:16:47 pm »
^^^^ oh your really going off on a tangent now Scott!  :laugh:
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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #39 on: November 30, 2012, 05:24:44 pm »
^^^^ oh your really going off on a tangent now Scott!  :laugh:
yeah I knew I would get slapped for that one lol
I mean who dares to come onto a members forum which chats about upgrades etc only to then say you don't need to upgrade
only the brave or mad peoples  :rolleye:
now im sure you could list every possible part of mechanical upgrades to me and I could find a logical reason for not really needing it but bah humbug
out of interest and im quoting here
---The word tangent is a word which is associated with a right-angled triangle---
tangent ????? emmmmm what
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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #40 on: November 30, 2012, 06:31:37 pm »

have seen soooo many people on this forum modding their engine, suspension, brakes etc etc etc and soooo many taking them back off again for whole host of reasons,,,,
does the gti really need any performance mods at all ?
for track racing I understand but most are not track racing, I have driven countless cars that have been modded although not owned any and I have driven quite a few mk5 golfs also modded out,
 
the standard car set up of the mk5 gti is already great and I don't really see the point of chucking three grand or so upgrading something that is great already ?
I mean some people chucking a grand at a set of brakes is crazy to me,,, buying a good audio unit or a good sat nav ok I can see the sense in that, but spending thousands on mechanical upgrades on this type of car seems a bit silly
buy a Porsche or something with the extra money.

even worse when you see people spending stupid money on something like a corsa, crazy
the gti is already a spirited drive unless you like whoring it round country roads at 100mph
each to their own I guess.


....Yes, the standard GTI is an excellent car and doesn't actually need performance modding. BUT....  :evilgrin:.... I blame the fact that I did a couple of driving courses so I could learn the car's limits. That remapped my brain and then once on the slippery slope of modding....

However, with performance comes responsibility. Having faster acceleration and stronger braking helps make overtaking safer, for example, because it's over quicker. Driving is less stressful believe it or not.

Around my neck of the woods there are all kinds of roads and the benefits of handling mods come into play very strongly. It's about getting a bit extra out of the car to enjoy rather than high speeds. That's why some folks are advising the OP in this thread to mod if he's bored. But my advice would be to do a course and remap the driving brain.


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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #41 on: November 30, 2012, 07:03:16 pm »

loving the 2 black bits on your bonnet, what are they,,,,but not sure about the word tow lol


....Some circuits offering trackdays (Spa for example) insist you have both front and rear tow eyes fitted so that if you do have an 'off', the rescue crews can get your car out of danger quicker. They appreciate seeing the word "TOW -->" so that they can hook up quicker. Rescue crews will hook up on anything and so it also helps to better protect your car from them doing damage. It's the same principle as emergency crews not hesitating to cut your roof off if it might save your life.


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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #42 on: November 30, 2012, 07:52:08 pm »
^^^^ oh your really going off on a tangent now Scott!  :laugh:
yeah I knew I would get slapped for that one lol
I mean who dares to come onto a members forum which chats about upgrades etc only to then say you don't need to upgrade
only the brave or mad peoples  :rolleye:
now im sure you could list every possible part of mechanical upgrades to me and I could find a logical reason for not really needing it but bah humbug
out of interest and im quoting here
---The word tangent is a word which is associated with a right-angled triangle---
tangent ????? emmmmm what

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Your rambling are truly brilliant Scott. Keep it up!

In relation to this particular post...

"Going off on a tangent" is a saying referring to a conversation/discussion (or monologue) that deviates from its original path ie this thread started off on the subject "being bored" and now were on "why mod at all" and Robins talking "tow eyes", incidentally very funny when you see the chav, boy racers with said "tow eye" sign on their cars which have obviously never seen a track. 

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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #43 on: November 30, 2012, 08:34:47 pm »
^^^^ oh your really going off on a tangent now Scott!  :laugh:
yeah I knew I would get slapped for that one lol
I mean who dares to come onto a members forum which chats about upgrades etc only to then say you don't need to upgrade
only the brave or mad peoples  :rolleye:
now im sure you could list every possible part of mechanical upgrades to me and I could find a logical reason for not really needing it but bah humbug
out of interest and im quoting here
---The word tangent is a word which is associated with a right-angled triangle---
tangent ????? emmmmm what

 :evilgrin:

Your rambling are truly brilliant Scott. Keep it up!

In relation to this particular post...

"Going off on a tangent" is a saying referring to a conversation/discussion (or monologue) that deviates from its original path ie this thread started off on the subject "being bored" and now were on "why mod at all" and Robins talking "tow eyes", incidentally very funny when you see the chav, boy racers with said "tow eye" sign on their cars which have obviously never seen a track. 

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Haha, well I'm pretty pleased I can illicit such a response, but really, I think you've taken my comments the wrong way.
mmmmm , you say I am off on a tangent and then you try and quote a third generational version of the word
the version of meaning for this word you quoted was the Idioms version, and no im not calling you an idiot
you totally bypassed the noun meaning and then went straight past the adjective meaning before finally settling on a rarely used meaning third generation of the word.
getting a bit silly yet ? yep, lets leave it there shall we, maybe another day another debate, back to the subject of the thread as you say

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Re: im bored of my golf
« Reply #44 on: November 30, 2012, 08:38:20 pm »


Around my neck of the woods there are all kinds of roads and the benefits of handling mods come into play very strongly. It's about getting a bit extra out of the car to enjoy rather than high speeds. That's why some folks are advising the OP in this thread to mod if he's bored. But my advice would be to do a course and remap the driving brain.
[/quote]see bold, well said rr,,,, cmon how many guys with mods at maybe 350bhp actually have done advanced driving courses,,,,, prob about 2%
best advise I have seen ans as spiderman says - with great power comes great responsibility - sorry it was his grandfather, oh and not on the new spiderman lol