`Play Cloths G-shock!!`

Nice Spitey

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

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

lovely watch spitey mate!

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

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

Nice Spitey, real nice!

(05-05-10, 12:00 PM)Sweet_Kicks Wrote:  I'd be on for that spare tee Pokes

(05-05-10, 12:19 PM)Sweet_Kicks Wrote:  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

(05-05-10, 01:41 PM)mr.spite Wrote:  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.

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.

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

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?

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?

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