Rahr85

stuipid track time, or should i say... stupid needing to put money towards house. There are so many things i could do to make the car handle/stop better. I'm fairly content with straight line speed on the track at least until the turbo gives up.. I did notice donington do novice track days for £200 (6x20min sessions) with the option to hire an instructor.

donington was interesting. First time in anything other than a kart on a track. Not sure a few of the cars out with me should have been in the "novice" group but hey ho. I went out with the aim to hit 120 and not do anything silly. Managed to hit something in the mid 120's before chickening out and hitting the anchors. Looking back at the footage i didn't get a single uninterrupted lap as the closest to a flying lap i got i pulled over to let the scorpion golf go by on the way down to turn 1. But i was fairly happy with how the car pulled through the gears when i did get to push on a bit. 100% need to do it again for a proper stint with the requisite insurance sorted, and preferably with some like minded people that don't dive up the right hand side after being told to only pass on the left.

I haven't fitted any springs yet. Still trying to weigh up the options to fill the arch gap without losing too much real world useability (read: dog walk car parks are regularly riddled with potholes)

Stage 1 complete. Absolutely delighted and running at 302bhp/386ft.lbs Probably going to have to go easy on mods until the bank balance recovers.

for an absolute starter you will need to heat it up to try and soften whatever adhesive they used. And have some sort of glue removal product to clean it all up after. Get it warm enough and then if you have anything plastic to pry underneath it'll make a start. Once it starts to go it should come clean off but the hardest part is warming it up evenly.

So back in november 2015 i picked this up brand new from ingram skoda in ayr. The original intention was to get something sensible (compared to my impreza) that was nice and modern, not too slow and it has excelled in just being such a well rounded car for the money. So along comes the end of the PCP term and having looked around i just couldn't find anything to replace it with that wouldn't cost me more money. So over the last month or so i've been plodding along with ideas of what to do with it now that it is properly in my ownership. List of things still to be done in no particular order: Stage 1 remap (+dsg) - booked in for april Wheel Refurb / Wheel Replacement (wife has kerbed both front wheels) New wind deflectors (originals taken off after about 2+1/2 years) H&R Lowering Springs + Spacers Facelift touchscreen. So far i had modded the standard air intake guide thingy by cutting away at the nearside and added a k&n panel filter. But luckily i have access to a ramp at work (i'm not a mechanic) so today i managed to get the mudflaps on, maxton front splitter and side skirts fitted and got some new discs + pads in as the originals were getting a bit close to gone after 40k miles. Feeling much happier with the car as it is but there's more to come although i don't want to turn it into a money pit.

i have green (granted pre-facelift), had it 3+1/2 years and not for once have regretted the colour choice.

only just spotted this, only rumour but i was told that they had recieved noise complaints about their unit and that the owner (dan) had gone to work for someone based in milton keynes. I'm disappointed as i live just a few miles from it and was looking to get stage 1 as a xmas present.

Not sure about linking to other places. but this one. it was much cheaper on ultimate finish than through amazon. Pretty sure it'll pay for itself over time but i was reluctant to spend so much (relative terms) for something i never used to need. reading up it should last 20(ish) washes but shouldn't really get used with a power washer. they recommend having a storage tank for the filtered water. I don't think i have the patience to do a wash cycle with the power washer and then just using the hose to rinse off. Hopefully it works as intended and i don't need to pay someone to wash it for me. the internet as always is full of negative reviews so i figured i would just bite the bullet and hope for the best :/

Finally got around to ditching some of the badges after over 2 years thinking about it. also gave it a wash after getting hold of a water filter. Back up in aberdeen water spots wasn't an issue. I miss proper water :p Still trying to think what else to do to it. I have shark performance about 1 mile away and keep toying with the thought of lowering it and going for 19's but the old man in me feels the ride quality is going to suffer too much.

Got any info on hospitality for donington? Was curious if there would be any packages for a reasonable price. Bit of a mixed weekend but good to see both cars getting a good result over the days racing.

All the best for the season start Going to have to watch the first round on the tv.

Really don't see the point in running a higher octane fuel unless the car has been mapped for it. Just extra cost for no real benefit. I tend to fill up on the monthly costco trip then just nip into morrisons or asda to top up as required. My impreza hatch required 98+ and this was a bit annoying when there wasn't too many petrol stations near anywhere fun to drive Shell was only used as a stop gap.

Looking good guys. Didn't quite make it in time for the pit walk