MK5 Golf GTI

General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: NickP on December 27, 2008, 01:39:30 pm

Title: Hi
Post by: NickP on December 27, 2008, 01:39:30 pm: Just been referred to this site by Shaun (182_Blue) who I know through Detailing world and VWNavi -

I have a Candy Leon 170Tdi, which is pretty much mechanically identical to a Golf - so thought I'd probably be able to pick up some useful info on here -

Also saw that SteveP does an excellent upgrade for the RNS510 (which I have the Seat version of) for Speed Camera locations too :drool:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/gringoboyo/leon.jpg (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/gringoboyo/leon.jpg)

Nick
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: 182_blue on December 27, 2008, 02:00:02 pm: Glad you came along, nice car, some of the GB's here may interest you too, like Audi RS4 brake sets at 1.3k :laugh:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mrctuning.com%2Fimg%2Fprods%2Fbrakes%2Frs6brakes.jpg&hash=ea59f53bbdc8948ff75153b1771e236edd45568c)

And s3 intercoolers at much cheapness :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: SteveP on December 27, 2008, 02:08:57 pm: Hello and Welcome Nick.

I will drop you an email tonight about the RNS POI Disc :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: NickP on December 27, 2008, 02:14:08 pm: Cheers Shaun & Steve :happy2:

Although it seems like very forum I sign up to entails me spending more money on the car!

Just deciding at the moment to splurge out on the MDI Media In kit, which I've been dithering about for a while - current Ã‚Â£/Euro exchange rate doesn't help either :confused:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: SteveP on December 27, 2008, 02:20:11 pm: IMHO after having a play with the MDI kit on the RNS-510, while it's nicely integrated it's a little slow and for the money doesn't give me enough benefit over burning a couple of DVD's with the MP3's on or having a couple of spare SD cards for holding music in the car on top of the stuff I already have on the Hard Drive. :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: 182_blue on December 27, 2008, 02:39:26 pm: A couple of 4gb SD cards are perfect imo, and only around Ã‚Â£6 you can go wrong
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: NickP on December 27, 2008, 02:48:28 pm: Quote from: 182_blue on December 27, 2008, 02:39:26 pm
A couple of 4gb SD cards are perfect imo, and only around Ã‚Â£6 you can go wrong

Mines the Seat unit though so doesn't have the card slot - which is a bit of a pain!
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages34.fotki.com%2Fv1123%2Fphotos%2F2%2F229065%2F5466159%2FIMG_4870-vi.jpg&hash=3719da3f4c0f79a86b4b9daeb90c4053e2641676)
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: SteveP on December 27, 2008, 02:57:15 pm: Arrh, then I can understand the MDI interface a bit more then :smiley:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: NickP on December 27, 2008, 03:03:10 pm: how slow is it Steve? do you have it fitted to yours?
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: SteveP on December 27, 2008, 03:11:46 pm: No i haven't fitted it to mine, but have tried one in a Passat Demo car the tuning and ICE division of my VW dealer are running.

I found it a bit slower (maybe 1-2 seconds extra to load/refresh each screen) than the normal screen refresh when using something like music from the Hard Drive or SD Card.
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: Greeners on December 27, 2008, 04:31:32 pm: Welcome Nick :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: WhiteGTI on December 27, 2008, 04:59:30 pm: Welcome to the forum! :smiley:

Any pics of your car? :driver: :driver:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: NickP on December 27, 2008, 05:19:58 pm: Quote from: WhiteGTI on December 27, 2008, 04:59:30 pm
Welcome to the forum! :smiley:

Any pics of your car? :driver: :driver:

There is a link to one in my first post :)
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: WhiteGTI on December 27, 2008, 05:42:34 pm: Ohhhhhhhhhh yes!!!! My bad!

Those wheels REALLY suit your car!!!!!!!!!!! :happy2: :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: djk112 on December 27, 2008, 08:54:56 pm: Welcome along Nick :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: jsd on December 28, 2008, 12:09:28 am: I love you car dude, nice colour and wheels!
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: JPC on December 28, 2008, 12:31:34 am: welcome mate! i think that leon looks stunning!! those CK's are perfect for it! ;)
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: NickP on December 28, 2008, 12:43:19 am: Cheers Guys :happy2:

It's been tweaked a bit since then, has black mirrors and grill surround too now
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages38.fotki.com%2Fv1280%2Fphotos%2F2%2F229065%2F5466159%2FIMG_5347_5_6copy-vi.jpg&hash=1b35f0753ee41c1cd49640c62d35623a57c0d566)
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: john_o on December 31, 2008, 10:03:58 am: welcome :happy2: gotta say I love the car, black mirrors a nice touch and work really well with ~~silver~~ white(looks diff colour in both pics lol) :drinking:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: Top Cat on January 01, 2009, 07:17:47 pm: Welcome to the forum Nick. :smiley:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: NickP on January 03, 2009, 12:49:51 pm: Thanks everyone for their welcoming words :)

Picked up the MDI kit last night, so will hopefully get it installed this weekend, and Steve's DVD with the POI's has just arrived too :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: T88OMM on January 07, 2009, 02:09:58 pm: Welcome along Nick :happy2:
Title: Re: Hi
Post by: jt1 on January 07, 2009, 03:46:27 pm: Welcome matey, car looks very nice :happy2: :happy2: