[spitey]

`Play Cloths G-shock!!`

[Sweet_Kicks]

Nice Spitey

[kt0626]

Well done Spitey n Poke! Lovin it!

Rob, VW's are so so in Canada - we love the Jap cars for their reliability - only the high end German cars i.e. Audi/Bimmers/Mercs roll big here - but one's things certain, GTI's get global love! Enjoy your ride Pukki mate!

Jims4, you'd go from an S4 to a GTI? We're talkin the Audi S4 right? {scratches head} How 'bout goin up to an RS4

[spitey]

S4 to a GTI is a back step in my book.

[Samo]

lovely watch spitey mate!

[spitey]

cheers Samo.
it took a while to get ere due to the dusty cloud.

[Samo]

Troublesome bugger that cloud.

I do love a good g shock. Hopefully I might be able to grab one or two now I got my new gig

[streak]

Nice Spitey, real nice!

[Sneakerpimp]

I'd be on for that spare tee Pokes

Grimmy we'll play pass the parcel, if its not a good fit for me I'll send onto you

If for any reason that tee is still available (after most of the SSDB and their families have tried it on )

I'll be up for it!

XL Please

[jims4]

S4 to a GTI is a back step in my book.

A slight step back performance wise but 21mpg and £1.30 a litre for super is starting to take the piss.

Ideally I'd like an old RS4 but they're still silly money for practically a 10 year old car and the newer V8's are way out of my price range. I'm going to keep the S4 until next year then see if i can find a nice 2.0T A4, although I'll not ruling out the GTI.

[Grimmy]

Here's my precious Mk3 GTI from all the years ago when I still had a car. Not sure if I even have a pic of the Mk1 GTI I had before that.



This was tuned quite a bit from its stock form but on the outside only mildly as I hate all the teeny bodykits and huge spoilers that make the car look like something the Top Gear lads could come up with at their best.

A new paint-job, lowering springs, better brakes, sunroof and clear side markers and half clear/half red rear lights. Gave the engine a proper overhaul, ending up changing probably half the engine with high(er) quality parts. Also considered of getting a proper turbo for it but never had the time to actually get into the task. I remember the audio setup, engine project and everything else costing "enough" already.

After all that the fuel economy actually improved considerably from the original figures, even when I got more power than I had when I bought the car.

[pukkabruv]

nice mate... only just learning about engine mod's, but i think alot of the time you can get better fuel economy and added bhp, dunno, like i say, im just looking into whats possible for a reasonable price, and like you , i want the exterior to look standard.. well, maybe some new rims

[Grimmy]

Yeh. From what I recall, the Mk3 tested for 141bhp on bench (~150 originally I think it was) and 172 after all the stuff I (and some of my friends) did to the engine, yet it consumed less. Funny. I was planning to chance to a better turbo at the time which would have easily given a lot more but I never bothered, was pleased with the horses I got.

And for those who think ~30bhp isn't that much of a change or addition... it might not sound much but it does make a huge difference in every day performance and I wasn't really making a race car but a comfy cruising car with still enough power not to get stomped on the road.

As for the exterior less is more, ain't it?

[doku005]

Nice watch Spite! I've been on the fence about it. How do you like the red? Your pic looks a bit washed out compared to the one on the site. Which is more accurate?

[Bluemoon4667]

My new NY 35th's in minature of course.