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Offline andyR43

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New member from South Somerset
« on: January 11, 2013, 04:34:54 pm »
Hi all, my name is Andy and I am a shopfitter who lives in South Somerset. I purchased my 2006 Mk5 Golf Gti just before Christmas. The car is a 5 door, steel grey, DSG with leather and a stage1 Superchip running approx. 240BHP. I'm more than happy with the way the car is at the moment as both myself and the wife drive the car but intend to make a few, possibly only minor, changes. (As I spent over £25k modifying my last car this last sentence should not be taken as gospel! :wink:).

Looking forward to becoming an active member on this site and hopefully gaining lots of info from you all.  :drinking:
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Offline robern2

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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 04:54:11 pm »
Hi Andy, Welcome !
I may be near you in Coxley, (5 door, Steel Grey Ed30)
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 05:08:18 pm »
Not too far away mate. I'm in Galhampton, just below Castle Cary.
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 07:12:36 pm »
Welcome Andy, from sunny burnham on sea (sooty Jetta)
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2013, 08:46:55 pm »
Welcome buddy. :happy2:
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2013, 10:10:16 pm »
Welcome!

Reading through your into and thought you said you were a shoplifter!

I'm debating buying a chip, any kind of lag?
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2013, 10:45:25 pm »
Cheers all thanks for the welcome.  :happy2:

Quote from: Rachael on January 11, 2013, 10:10:16 pm
Welcome!

Reading through your into and thought you said you were a shoplifter!

I'm debating buying a chip, any kind of lag?

Haha yep I'm a professional shoplifter   :signLOL:

I find the Superchip stage1 pretty lag free to be honest and it feels quite torquey low down as well, so no need to rev the pants off the car! Also I'm loving the DSG box.
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2013, 10:49:21 pm »
Haha I thought 'at least he's being honest'  :signLOL:

Oooooo I might have to invest. Can you change between standard and the chip when you want?

I'd love to comment, but mines a manual. Kinda regretting it now with all the traffic jams I sit in!
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2013, 11:02:00 pm »
No changing between standard and the chip on mine but I wouldn't want to anyway as there is absolutely no need. The car drives very smoothly when pottering around and picks up nicely when needed.
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2013, 11:04:00 pm »
It would be for selling the car purposes only really!

That sounds good. Investment time I think! Glad you're enjoying it  :smiley:
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2013, 09:16:42 pm »
Welcome! :happy2:
WOW! £25k... that's a nice budget to work with here... SO... first you need... :laugh:
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2013, 10:24:59 pm »
Cheers for the welcome guys.  :happy2:   I'm hoping that, when I get a bit of free time, I'll be able to attend a few track days to get the measure of the car and meet a few people. I used to attend a few in my previous car and have been to the Nurburgring a few times which is always good fun.  :driver:
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2013, 10:40:35 pm »
Local to me too I'm in Yeovil
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2013, 11:04:54 pm »
Quote from: gillm on January 18, 2013, 10:40:35 pm
Local to me too I'm in Yeovil

Yep Yeovil's nice and close mate. (gt28 with 340bhp sounds nice  :drool:)
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Re: New member from South Somerset
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2013, 01:01:07 am »
Welcome. I work in Evercreech... :smiley:
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