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When I used to buy from Lookers the test drive cars regularly I came across this recently, I will never understand dealers who give people test drives in cars with no fuel. :?: Just instantly gives the driver anxiety and takes away from them enjoying the drive. FWIW electric cars will also often go...

I bought a racechips tuning box for my 95Tsi, never even got around to fitting it, car was gone before I could get around to it.
It's stage 1 that says +19bhp and +32NM
It must be in the garage somewhere, still boxed.

I can always smell something when I read Andy's responses if I'm being perfectly honest... It's no skin off my nose if you don't believe me. :D Every night, over three figures flat out up a short stretch of *private test track* on my way home. Literally nowhere for the police to sit, I'm far from t...

German_Fartbox wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:22 am

No it doesn't stop you flooring it. But the car does not perform the same in drive as it does in sport or manual (if you have the right settings).

Nonsense.
Flooring it is flooring it, the car doesn't go any faster in a straight line in any particular mode.

monkeyhanger wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:40 am Private test track?

3 figures in a stone cold engine on a 3 mile journey home, uphill - I feel sorry for whoever bought that car next!

Well run in.

Really? LED running lights scream hot hatch to you? Most new cars with an RRP over £15k have them. VWs and Audis with clout are generally the most Conservative looking hot hatches out there, except when VW occasionally go the whole hog with a very limited edition like the CSS or Pirelli edition. Th...

It may come as a surprise, but I am very content with the Michelin CrossClimates + on my GTI. No complaint whatsoever. They perform fairly well in all conditions. I had Goodyear Vector all-climate on the front of the GTi, they were fine. Maybe a bit more vague during hard cornering, but that was it...

I thought you never took the GTI out of Drive Andy? 'D' doesn't stop you flooring it, you don't have to put it into 'S' or the stupid playstation mode to get performance. There weren't many days I wasn't well over three figures on my way home (via private test track) I'd still be doing it now if th...

The Polo GTI I'd not an insanely expensive car, nor a particularly flash car - very Conservative in its looks. Disagree. It may not be all wings like a Subaru or a Civic Type R, but it's still very overtly sporty. Especially if it's the GTi+ with the LED running lights in the headlights. It attract...

I also got crappy Turanzas on the ID3s. They don't seem quite as bad, Jeez, it's like you experience the total opposite of me with tyres. :D I didn't any experience any lack of grip at all with the Bridgestones on the Polo, I doubt anyone else was pushing them any harder than I did seeing as it was...

FWIW I was fine with the standard Bridgestones too. When I first got the car they had a bit of a vague feeling in heavy rain, but pushing them proved it was in my head. I was doing very high speeds every day, wet and dry, and never any grip issues at all. No mental axle tramp, no loss of rear grip.

I don't think it's totally unfair for the police to be somewhat suspicious of a 24 year old male driving a Polo GTi. I'd venture very few can afford the car, or the insurance. You may even look younger than 24, I don't know. No easy answer to this, we want the police to be proactive but we don't wan...

Never got the Michelin 'thing' especially when they tend to be dearer.
They were stupid money on my Alpina, over £200 for a rear - Falken £134 and better wet grip.
When the likes of Falken, Dunlop, Avon and many, many others make great tyres for less, why bother?

Never had a car stolen, or attempted to be stolen. If you've to worry about the type of car you have, is it wise to have it at all? Some of you live in a different world, glad it doesn't even have to cross my mind. :( Not being facetious here, just it seems a few of you generally have to worry about...

Yep it's a bog standard 1.9 TDI MK5 Golf. No modifications, no loud exhaust or body kits. In some regards I'd understand if it was the GTI, but still don't the Police have Databases where they can scan number plates for stolen cars? Being pulled over that many times would start to wind you up. I'm ...