Well, me...

Problems

Smashed sump - replaced.

Leaky boost pipe seals - all boost pipework, intercooler, turbo and egr stripped down, cleaned and rebuilt with new fittings and seals throughout.

Fully serviced with new cambelt, waterpump and thermostat for good measure.

Dented rear tweeter cover replaced.

Missing passenger speaker grille replaced.

Load cover broken handle replaced.

Lower front bumper replaced as it was scuffed.

Replacement belly pan and fixings.

New intake pipe as clips were broken on the old one.

New engine cover fixings.

New radiator as old one leaked.

New a/c fan and relay and 40A maxi fuse.

New scuttle panel as old one cracked.

New battery.

Replaced broken heated seat element.

New EGR valve fitted.

Now mechanically faultless, and no faultcodes at all!!! :D:D It really is as good as new with 129k on the clock.

Upgrades

Fitted footwell lights from a Superb.

Rear aero wiper conversion.

Cruise control fitted.

W8 interior light fitted.

17" Solid alloys fitted.

Sport 3 spoke leather wheel fitted with R32 airbag.

Osram Nightbreakers x2 pairs fitted.

Osram Silverstar indicator bulbs fitted.

Phillips Bluevision bulbs fitted.

Planned for 2008

Genuine under bonnet illumination (have the bits, just need fitting)

Chrome my roof rails.

Passat metal tax disk holder (will be fitted when the new windscreen is in next week)

The 3 parking dings are being removed sometime over Christmas by paintless dent removal.

Rear spoiler + paint & fitting.

Rear parking sensors.

MFD sat nav

Koni FSD dampers and Eibach springs.

312mm disks and carriers with Mintex Extreme pads.

A6/S4 strut brace.

Refurbish alloys.

Possibly have the front end resprayed to eliminate the stone chips.

What about you??

What did I do to my car this year?

Well only having it three months I have had some stripes stuck on and well thats it.

Davy

Problems

Replaced bent wheel

Heater fixed but now pops fuses every now and then

Upgrades/serving

Ferodo DS2500 all round

EBC oem rear discs

50K Service

Brake fluid change

MOT

4xToyo T1R's

2xBridgestone RE300's

Downgrades

Removed Cupra intake pipe

Problems

Had to put up with a crappy 1.4 Astra Merit for 9 months of the year

Upgrades

Bought the vRS

Pirelli Pzero Neros on the front

PD160 intake

Pipercross filter

Cherry foot air freshner (SWMBO's )

edit: How could I forget! Brisky sticker in the rear window!

Planned for 2008

A good wash....

Problems - None

Upgrades - None

Routine Maintenance - Inspection Service.

If only every Octy Elegance TDi was as reliable as mine...

Problems

None what so ever.

Upgrades

New set of Toyo T1-R's all round

Parrot CK3000 hands free kit and Brodit N95 cradle/charger

Planned for 2008

Pipercross filter

Refurbish Alloys

and if I'm really lucky, Jabba Remp and ARBs

Oh, and of course plenty of washes!

not much!

I'll get back with a list; could take a while

1. Bought another vRS...

Steve

Planned for 2008

Pipercross filter

I'd personally steer clear of a pipercross filter, mine's sitting damaged in the box cos the b&stard doesn't fit

I'd personally steer clear of a pipercross filter, mine's sitting damaged in the box cos the b&stard doesn't fit

Hmm, yeah, I've heard they can be a pain to fit. :(

2007.... what a year indeed

Problems:

Front wings rust appearing.

Overheated in summer

Sideswiped by truck

Failed MOT in Oct - CV boot joint and indicator bulbs

Punctured rear wheel.

Upgrades

errr none this year. But in 2006 Had the orig Blaupunkt Rad/Cass changed for a JVC unit with CD Changer then had rear speakers installed.

Other

Rotated wheels and cleaned wheels and trims.

New rear wing thanks to a foreign truck side swiping my Skoda.

New thermostat and Fan switch fitted soon after the car overheated

New CV boot joint and indicator bulbs

New spare wheel.

Serviced twice this year.

Thats about it.

I'd personally steer clear of a pipercross filter, mine's sitting damaged in the box cos the b&stard doesn't fit

Sorry to hear that mate, but mine fits ok, yeah it's abit tight but it fits.

Sorry to hear that mate, but mine fits ok, yeah it's abit tight but it fits.

Cheers,

It fits ok on the lower part of the box but try putting the top back on and there's no chance, the filter's rubber frame got caught in the recessed top ^ and ripped apart. Cue lots of swearing

What made it worse was I lost one of the airbox screws down in the under-engine tray the night before trying to do it :mad:

problems

front ARB collar cracked

melted 2 sets of front pads

upgrades

complete Cupra consoles

new front ARB and drop links

4 x Toyo T1R

312mm brakes

changed gearbox oil

changed engine oil about 5 times, every 2.5k

cambelt kit fitted

next year

take all mods off and sell car :(

Brought my vrs in may 07 since then....... shed loads of ££££ :eek:

New front arb and bushes (cracked!!)

New middle exhuast section ( noisy brackett)

Cambelt and waterpump, oil and filter change

New green Temp sender ( gauge not working)

10k service

New front tyres Falken's 452, Four wheel alignment

New wheel caps

Upgrades-

Whiteline adjustable rear arb

Super-pro poly wishbone bushes ( sorted out my wheel wobble when braking too)

Modify dogbone mount

Pipercross panel filter

Planned in 08-

Strut brace's upper and lower

Get the interior valeted

Sort out small scrape on bumper

2 more Falkens for the back

Remap!!

i got my car in march and this is whats been done so far

10,000 service £150

20,000 service £200

tracking £30

jabba rear ARB £200

seat strut brace £40

yokohama parada spec 2s all round £280

back front grille about £40

fabia badge removed from rear (left the vrs badge) free

alpine cd head unit £200

alpine typr r sub £110

new front speakers £130

two new alpine amps £350

pd 160 pipe £40

remap £225

new springs next week £140

312s next week £300

and octy vrs 17s just after xmas refurbed with new tyres = £50 pluss refurb £260 and tyres £250

:eek: All that scince march :eek:

any one care to add all that up and tell me what ive spent i dread to think.

might get leather next year

Got it and booked in for 40K service & Cam change the next day.

Problems.......None

Upgrades........A few (Look at my sig)

2008.........IHI conversion maybe?

Nothing

Except a service!

Investments

Purchased car

Problems

Pulling to the left, tracking done, still pulling to the left (oh well)

Slow to clear condensation from windows - changed pollen filter, perfect!

Smelly (Tin of Halfords A/C cleaner after pollen filter change) perfect!

Grubby B&W upholstery (see upgrades)

Mini-service, oil and oil filter

Rear window washer not working (to be checked over weekend)

Cracked O/S door mirror casing

Rear O/S door handle sticking

KW coil-overs very harsh on 5h1tty roads

Upgrades

Leather interior

Jabbasport RARB

Cage mod (Don’t see much change)

Pikey mod 2 (wheel-arch liner surgery)

Fitted Crossland air-filter in order to clean K&N panel filter (less urge now through the gears, mpg still OK at 52 measured)

Garmin bluetooth sat-nav fitted and working well with Nokia bluetooth hands-free kit

Planned for 2008

Tax car!

Replace cracked O/S door mirror casing

Mud flaps all round

Change all wiper blades, aero on front

Fit front 312 mm brakes (from 330 mm AP WRC brakes) as it allows me to use both 16 and 17-inch wheels.

Osram Nightbreakers

Phillips Bluevision side-light bulbs (free from powerbulbs.com)

New cam-belt, tensioner and brass water-pump (new stat maybe?) at 55k miles

DIY catch can

Refurbish 17-inch Audi TT alloys (new colour too)

Prepare car for NCT in June (OEM / Crossland air-filter and OEM exhaust)

Possibly raise suspension by 10/15 mm or move house!

Gave it to someone else.

Got a new one.

Planned for 2008:

Cupra Front Grille

Cupra Door Mirrors

Cupra Front Bumper Mod

Mud Flaps all round

About three services!

Upgrades

Fitted MFD2

Fitted LED sidelights

Fitted LED puddle light bulbs.

Fitted W8 cat vision interior light

Fitted A/V adaptor to MFD2

Fitted colour coded side strips

Various VAG-COM related tweaks

Maintenance

1.5 litres of 507.00 oil

2 Eagle F1's fitted to front wheels.

Planned 2008 stuff

Upgraded main beams

Chrome boot sill protector

De-chrome front grille

Columbus MFD3 (subject to funds, SWMBO based approval and house move)

B14 Alloys (again, subject to funds, SWMBO based approval yada yada......)

New magic tree

March 2007 (10th) bought it

March 2007 (12th) back in dealers for fix

March 2007 (13th) back to me

March 2007 (15th) back to dealers for fix

March 2007 (20th) back to me

May 2007 - 1000 Miles hit, time to push the engine past 3000rpm:rofl:

July 2007 - wifey stuffs wing mirror into brick wall - decide to let it go as its only small scratch

Nov 2007 - b*****d at work drives into it and then drives off.

Dec 2007 - Respray of wing mirror and rear bumper.

Dec 2007 - 10k mile service (in 2 days )

2008 - keeping it nice and clean (not my licence )

Upgrades

Momo steering wheel

HID kit

blacked headlights and front indicators

colour coded scuttle panel

colour coded and fitted S3 expansion tank cover

re painted wheels black with green pinstripe round rims

fitted coilovers

rolled wheelarch lips

Planned for 2008

brembo brakes

get my spare bumpers smoothed (was on my to do list for 2007:rofl: )

bit of paintwork to tidy car up

Bought car - January

Mods

This for phone.

Some Harness pads for rear belts.

Briskoda sticker in rear window.

Plans for 08

Wash, polish and wax.

Mudflaps to fit.

Maybe something with wing mirrors.

Sold Mk1 Octi vrs & Bought Octi Estate Diesel in May

No problems to report

Mods done so far

All weather bulbs,

Green Panel Filter,

Sony Coaxils,

Briskoda Sticker,

Magic Tree,

Pikey wheel arch air vent,

vRS Wing Repeaters,

312mm brakes,

Jabba Remap,

Sachs Organic Clutch,

KW SPorts Suspension Kit,

Uprated Wishbone bushes & ARB bushes

Uprated Dog bone mount

Planned

Supportive seats (probably mk4 golf seats)

Turbo + intercooler upgrade (depending on job)

New Alloys + tyres

2007 - finally got rid of the creaking noises.

2007 - creaking noises returned 2 months later