MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: tony_danza on April 07, 2012, 03:58:43 pm
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I don't mean in a 'putting salt in wounds' sense - but he's just gone missing completely?
If someone knows him, tell him I hope his car problems are getting sorted and I'm sure if he needs some help the forum will step up :happy2:
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He made a mess of his car ie blew the gearbox up so has not posted on the site since he did that
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Hasn't he posted very recently in Oli's Lambo thread?
Perhaps he's only into such exotica nowadays.
EDIT: No, I'm mixing him up with cupra_k1.
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Sure he is fine
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Is blowing the gearbox up pretty serious then?
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Ouch, didnt realise that had happened...down to any reason or just a faulty gbox in general?
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Is blowing the gearbox up pretty serious then?
....It's gotta be pretty expensive with 'Audi tax'.
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Very true, and I'm guessing the ramifications to other parts of the engine could be very costly too.
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I think it took the engine too..........
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I think it took the engine too..........
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Warranty job???
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I think it took the engine too..........
:surprised:
Warranty job???
Doubt it with stage 2 mods fitted....
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Who knows :confused: one way or another he killed something on it
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I think it took the engine too..........
Heard this too but think Jase denies it over on SCN so who knows
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Well slotting the wrong cog will never be saved by a rev limiter, so it wouldn't surprise me if his bonnet is full of valves.
Poor chap.
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Hmm that's going to be mildly expensive.
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He's been busy on this thread though over on SCN!
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=348533
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I don't understand why he always seems to be chasing bigger and bigger BHP figures. Does it make a car faster? Yes. Does it make it better to drive? I'd probably say the opposite. It makes me think he doesn't really understand what a good car is...
All this talk of 650 BHP 911s and 1000+ BHP GTRs, well it's all a bit boring if you ask me.
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I don't understand why he always seems to be chasing bigger and bigger BHP figures. Does it make a car faster? Yes. Does it make it better to drive? I'd probably say the opposite. It makes me think he doesn't really understand what a good car is...
All this talk of 650 BHP 911s and 1000+ BHP GTRs, well it's all a bit boring if you ask me.
....I've never met the guy but I'm thinking he may be a bit young and feels he needs to seek attention. Is he too embarassed to continue posting here?
As you suggest, Andrew, the key to successful modding is to know the limits and work within them leaving some headroom tolerance. Even full-on race cars need some headroom if the race is long, and fast road use is never a short journey.
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He made a mess of his car ie blew the gearbox up so has not posted on the site since he did that
What mods did he do to blow up his gerabox and engine??? :confused:
Doesn't he just have a Audi TTRS at stage 2?
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He made a mess of his car ie blew the gearbox up so has not posted on the site since he did that
What mods did he do to blow up his gerabox and engine??? :confused:
Doesn't he just have a Audi TTRS at stage 2?
He was at Santa Pod. Selected 1st gear instead of 3rd with the car at full pelt in 2nd.
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So has he toasted the box and the engine?
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So has he toasted the box and the engine?
He's mentioned finding a donor car with box on SCN but dunno bout the engine
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I don't understand why he always seems to be chasing bigger and bigger BHP figures. Does it make a car faster? Yes. Does it make it better to drive? I'd probably say the opposite. It makes me think he doesn't really understand what a good car is...
All this talk of 650 BHP 911s and 1000+ BHP GTRs, well it's all a bit boring if you ask me.
Clarkson wrote about this once - he said the absolute limit for a road car is about 600bhp. Beyond that you need to be spending serious development money getting the car right (i.e. Bugatti Veyron). This was one of the reasons he didn't like the GTO. Clarkson may be a prat but I can see where he's coming from.
So if Ferrari can't make a good road car with 600bhp+ I doubt a man in a tuning shop can make a good 600bhp+ road car out of a car that was designed to make half of that. That's why I think modding should be a restrained exercise, not "more is better".
He made a mess of his car ie blew the gearbox up so has not posted on the site since he did that
What mods did he do to blow up his gerabox and engine??? :confused:
Doesn't he just have a Audi TTRS at stage 2?
He was at Santa Pod. Selected 1st gear instead of 3rd with the car at full pelt in 2nd.
Should have got DSG. Sorry, couldn't resist! I do wish him well tho and hope it gets sorted.
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I think Jonny C's car had to have a new box at some stage too.
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He made a mess of his car ie blew the gearbox up so has not posted on the site since he did that
What mods did he do to blow up his gerabox and engine??? :confused:
Doesn't he just have a Audi TTRS at stage 2?
He was at Santa Pod. Selected 1st gear instead of 3rd with the car at full pelt in 2nd.
How the hell did he do that :stupid:
He must have hit it into 1st with a hammer :scared:
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I think if I had spunked a ton of money on a TTRS and a bunch on mods... And then blown the engine and gearbox up, I think I would be crying into my foie gras and swan salad!
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I think if I had spunked a ton of money on a TTRS and a bunch on mods... And then blown the engine and gearbox up, I think I would be crying into my foie gras and swan salad!
....And surely one of your tasty Scotch Eggs would be included!
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I thought going into 1st instead of 3rd at full pelt would be ok :confused: They do it no problem on The Fast and The Furious. Maybe he should have bought Japanese :grin: :evilgrin:
Seriously though for what it will cost to fix he may as well buy a new car. Shame that Awesome don't still have that RS3 engine. Would have saved him a whole heap of work.
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Theres an rs3 going for 13k at the moment, front end offside damage. Engine looks ok tho. :-)
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To be honest he goes on and on about his mates and how good of a driver he is on this forum well its no mystery why he has been away
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Theres an rs3 going for 13k at the moment, front end offside damage. Engine looks ok tho. :-)
RS3 is S-Tronic only tho...
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Doesn't matter for the engine i don't think. It's still the same engine as far as I'm aware.
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He says the engine is fine on his build thread...just the drive train... :confused:
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Will be slightly less expensive then. :wink:
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The bottom line is that if he can't be bothered to stay in contact with this excellent community, then who cares where he is etc.
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Come on lads leave the guy alone just because he's young and got a ttrs you guys are hating.
You guys miss him really that's the reason for this thread :grin:
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Come on lads leave the guy alone just because he's young and got a ttrs you guys are hating.
Who are you? His mother?
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:signLOL:
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Come on lads leave the guy alone just because he's young and got a ttrs you guys are hating.
Who are you? His mother?
I tend to agree with you mate, no real need for all the b!tching! So he's been a silly boy and accidently messed up his gearbox. Probably very embarrassed at his mistake, but life goes on?! I think everyone's time is better spent talking about GTI's rather than this guy's unfortunate mistake...
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Not everyone aspires to own a TTRS you know. I most certainly don't.
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Not every body revels in somebody's misfortune either. Seems another face that doesn't fit.
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I think there's an element of what goes around comes around. Wasn't it Poverty who used to often post 'very negative' stuff towards other members?
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:popcornsoda:
very amusing :congrats:
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I think there's an element of what goes around comes around. Wasn't it Poverty who used to often post 'very negative' stuff towards other members?
I think it's more a case of, if you put yourself up there, be prepared to be shot at.
I have nothing against the guy personally and have only posted what I have heard regarding his car, but the willy waving does get very tedious to say the least! :indifferent:
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Pov, never comes on here being negative about other members. He does come across a bit foolish with his comments about his friends and there cars, but it is hardly a crime. :confused:
At the end of the day he is a car enthusiast like the rest of us. All this gossiping and bitching should be saved for the APR v Revo degaybate
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No debate Revo wins
:booty: :popcornsoda:
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All this gossiping and bitching should be saved for the APR v Revo degaybate
+1! :)
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Pov, never comes on here being negative about other members.
Yeah, to be honest I don't ever remember him being negative towards others. In fact he takes the comments aimed at him rather well I think.
To suggest that this thread is born out of jealousy because he's got a TTRS is a bit childish and ever so slightly hilarious.
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Pov, never comes on here being negative about other members.
Yeah, to be honest I don't ever remember him being negative towards others. In fact he takes the comments aimed at him rather well I think.
....I seem to particularly remember a lot of negativity being directed by Poverty towards JonnyC, hence my earlier post. However, enough has been said and there are much more interesting thread subjects on the forum.
I particularly liked TC's post of the Les Dawson vid :laugh: - Very appropriate :happy2:
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I don't think anyone is jealous of him having a ttrs at all :confused: it's only a tt so nothing that special if we are being honest.
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I don't think anyone is jealous of him having a ttrs at all :confused: it's only a tt so nothing that special if we are being honest.
....I, for one, am certainly not jealous but this is "only a TT":
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I don't think anyone is jealous of him having a ttrs at all :confused: it's only a tt so nothing that special if we are being honest.
But it's faster than a GT-R...
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The 'jealousy' card being played already? My my my.....
Am I back in school?? FFS.
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I know Mike it's daft if you ask me
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Pov, never comes on here being negative about other members.
Yeah, to be honest I don't ever remember him being negative towards others. In fact he takes the comments aimed at him rather well I think.
To suggest that this thread is born out of jealousy because he's got a TTRS is a bit childish and ever so slightly hilarious.
I met him at santapod and he seemed a nice lad tbh. Different to how he can come acrosss on the forum. Seemed a genuine enthusiast. there wasnt any boasting or anything, if anything he was the opposite and was being critical of himself because he couldnt nail his launches.
Fair play to the guy, when he had the issue, he laughed about it(awkwardly i might add) and said **** it, i might as well build the engine, it'll be cheaper.
If i had done that, i think id have needed some alone time :grin:
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Pov, never comes on here being negative about other members.
Yeah, to be honest I don't ever remember him being negative towards others. In fact he takes the comments aimed at him rather well I think.
To suggest that this thread is born out of jealousy because he's got a TTRS is a bit childish and ever so slightly hilarious.
I met him at santapod and he seemed a nice lad tbh. Different to how he can come acrosss on the forum. Seemed a genuine enthusiast. there wasnt any boasting or anything, if anything he was the opposite and was being critical of himself because he couldnt nail his launches.
Fair play to the guy, when he had the issue, he laughed about it(awkwardly i might add) and said **** it, i might as well build the engine, it'll be cheaper.
If i had done that, i think id have needed some alone time :grin:
I think thats happens a lot. You build up a picture of someone by what they say online, and they are nothing like it when you actually meet them :happy2:
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I think thats happens a lot. You build up a picture of someone by what they say online, and they are nothing like it when you actually meet them :happy2:
Thanks Rich. :happy2:
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I think thats happens a lot. You build up a picture of someone by what they say online, and they are nothing like it when you actually meet them :happy2:
Thanks Rich. :happy2:
Not you... :P
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The 'jealousy' card being played already? My my my.....
Am I back in school?? FFS.
LMFAO,
'Some days your the pigeon and some days your the statue' or as Forest Gump said 'sh*t happens' At the end of the day it's only bits of metal, which can be fixed.
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Pov's a good guy.
Sure he's out fixing boilers right now to sort the TT :smiley:
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I imagined you'd be in full S&M get up when we met Ian, much to my relief I was wrong lol
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I imagined you'd be in full S&M get up when we met Ian, much to my relief I was wrong lol
Yeah but did he bring his special cloth :wink:
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Nope, I was looking forward to learning more about rohypnol too :sad1:
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Hedge might oblige and give you a free sample! :happy2:
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hedge used to try rohypnol on me until he realised all he had to do was ask :grin:
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IM sure i have met hedge before... but i can't remember....
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I think thats happens a lot. You build up a picture of someone by what they say online, and they are nothing like it when you actually meet them :happy2:
Thanks Rich. :happy2:
You mean you dont arrive by Vulcan bomber at every VW show?
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Hmm tc been in my sig again :grin:
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I think thats happens a lot. You build up a picture of someone by what they say online, and they are nothing like it when you actually meet them :happy2:
Thanks Rich. :happy2:
You mean you dont arrive by Vulcan bomber at every VW show?
I wish but sadly not. :smiley:
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Pov's a good guy.
Sure he's out fixing boilers right now to sort the TT :smiley:
Close mate.. He's actually sunning himself in Jamaica at the minute, but I'm sure he'll be happy to reply to this 5 page slagging fest when he returns and answer any questions..
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I heard he was making a new coffee table.. :signLOL:
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Pov's a good guy.
Sure he's out fixing boilers right now to sort the TT :smiley:
Close mate.. He's actually sunning himself in Jamaica at the minute, but I'm sure he'll be happy to reply to this 5 page slagging fest when he returns and answer any questions..
I have to say that it's incredible this thread has received 73 replies :confused:
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Pov's a good guy.
Sure he's out fixing boilers right now to sort the TT :smiley:
Close mate.. He's actually sunning himself in Jamaica at the minute, but I'm sure he'll be happy to reply to this 5 page slagging fest when he returns and answer any questions..
I have to say that it's incredible this thread has received 73 replies :confused:
Haha, 3 of them are yours! Besides nothing particularly insulting has been said.
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Pov's a good guy.
Sure he's out fixing boilers right now to sort the TT :smiley:
Close mate.. He's actually sunning himself in Jamaica at the minute, but I'm sure he'll be happy to reply to this 5 page slagging fest when he returns and answer any questions..
I have to say that it's incredible this thread has received 73 replies :confused:
Haha, 3 of them are yours! Besides nothing particularly insulting has been said.
Yeah I know Andrew and some of the comments are in fact the opposite. It's just that how would you feel if you returned from holiday to see a thread with your name on it and then going on to read some of the replies..
Can't say I would want to post on here again if it were me, regardless of what differences in opinions we all have on these forums.. :sad1:
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Might be worth deleting this thread actually.
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Ben I don't think anyone has said anything bad about him it's more of he is on the site loads and since the car trouble he went quiet so I think it's more people being curious as you know we are a close lot on the site and when people don't post we all think something bad might have happened as when vc left us, I tried to get hold of him loads as I was worried :smiley: as he had some health problems to sort out. Don't get me wrong me and pov don't see eye to eye on most things but I dont wish or want anything bad to happen to him as most things are only banter and if you can't take a few digs from time to time then it's time to leave this place :smiley:
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Yeah I know Andrew and some of the comments are in fact the opposite. It's just that how would you feel if you returned from holiday to see a thread with your name on it and then going on to read some of the replies..
Well unfortunately for me I have had that happen here. Luckily I've got a thick skin and I construe most of the digs I receive as a laddish form of affection.
Anyway, I know what you mean, but people are only curious as to what has happened to his car. It's not voyeurism, and I'm pretty sure no one will take any pleasure in any misfortune he might have had.
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Ben I don't think anyone has said anything bad about him it's more of he is on the site loads and since the car trouble he went quiet so I think it's more people being curious as you know we are a close lot on the site and when people don't post we all think something bad might have happened as when vc left us, I tried to get hold of him loads as I was worried :smiley: as he had some health problems to sort out. Don't get me wrong me and pov don't see eye to eye on most things but I dont wish or want anything bad to happen to him as most things are only banter and if you can't take a few digs from time to time then it's time to leave this place :smiley:
Do you need a hand out of their Mat. :laugh:
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Ben I don't think anyone has said anything bad about him it's more of he is on the site loads and since the car trouble he went quiet so I think it's more people being curious as you know we are a close lot on the site and when people don't post we all think something bad might have happened as when vc left us, I tried to get hold of him loads as I was worried :smiley: as he had some health problems to sort out. Don't get me wrong me and pov don't see eye to eye on most things but I dont wish or want anything bad to happen to him as most things are only banter and if you can't take a few digs from time to time then it's time to leave this place :smiley:
Do you need a hand out of their there Mat. :laugh:
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Got too much bigger things in my life at the mo mate way way too busy to dig a hole mate :smiley:
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This is an awful thread and I'm surprised it hasn't been deleted already. Pov is a great guy who is always willing to help and give advice.
And Robin, I'm pretty sure both Jonny and Pov have driven each others cars, so I hardly think there is hostility between them.