Potential other option for @Costco would be the Mk7 GLI

 

If I did a lot of track days, it would be on mine as well. Someone in the Netherlands (I think?) was working on a Wavetrac for the rear diff too

Unless you end up going for big power. If you do, clutches for the DSG are more expensive then the manual, plus you have to figure in the cost of the DSG tune... the DSG will always be faster, but launch control and no lift shifting (both can be had with Cobb, United Motorsports, or Eurodyne tunes) in the manual is so damn fun, and narrows the gap slightly. With that said, I have about $2k in transmission parts on this car, which is a bitter pill to swallow, but it's transformed it. The factory shifter and clutch leaves a lot to be desired.
The part where you say fuck sitting in traffic and take the longer, curvier way home

I get some "farts" when no lift shifting, but it's a different sound then the DSG. Kinda like this:


It looks like he still lifted on the 1-2 shift, but the 2-3 shift is more representative of it.

I had an MK7 GTI - non-performance pack, if that matters. I believe the 2019+ GTIs have the 7DSG now.

Although I'm jealous of the cooled seats

 

I haven't seen anything on the 2019 GTI yet, but the GLI does have the 7DSG, so maybe that's a hint on the GTI?
I don't think the Mk7 Jetta is the best looking car, but IIRC, it's something like $5k cheaper than the GTI, which could be enough to make me give up the hatch.

 

Just double checked, the 2019 GTI does get the 7DSG. The MK8 Golf isn't due to be unveiled until later this year, and even then, it won't hit our shores until around 2021.

I still want to check out the Arteon when it finally hit dealer lots later this year. I love the way it looks, but I think it's going to be DOA since it's late to market, expensive, and down on power.

 

 

 

Pretty sure the black stuff around the headlights is vinyl, made to look (badly) like the mk7 headlights in an attempt to dupe passersby. Same with the taillights.

I kinda like the proportions of the car in the spy photos, but I'm hesitant of that low roof line/high belt line at the rear. I'll reserve judgement until the GTI/R is unveiled, as those spy shots are just the base model, like @SamDoe1 drives.

 

I'm super excited to do my Golf R wheel swap in a few weeks...

 

Poseur, why would you put Golf R wheels on your 1.4T, SMH.

 

It's the last step in my fake Golf R conversion.

 

It looks like he's lifting on each shift. You can see the boost taper down during the pull and then drop between each shift. Ive seen videos of manual cars producing similar sounds to farts, mine even does it when it loses traction. I think it's just a sound these motors produce that you hear out of the exhaust.

edit: It looks like he doesn't lift on the 2-3 shift, but the spark cut (or fuel cut?) must not hold boost during the time period

 

That's entirely possible. No lift shifting is a really weird feeling, and it's difficult to break the habit of lifting when the clutch is engaged.

Mine doesn't sound like the DSG though. Maybe it's because I still have a cat with the stock exhaust You can hear the "crack" when I lift at the end of this (shitty quality) clip:

 

That vid is of the of a UM tuned car - I'm not sure how they handle it. Eurodyne gives us the option of using spark cut or fuel cut. I believe I'm using spark cut.

 

After purchasing these in June of last year, I finally bit the bullet and decided to install the power folding mirrors. I bought them used from a non Driver Assist Package car, so they didn't have the blindspot lights or wiring - which is part of the reason I dragged my ass on the install. With the girlfriend travelling for the week, I decided now was the perfect, complaint-free time to work on the car

I didn't take any pictures of the wiring work since I just wanted to get it done. BSM isn't wired into the door modules, but instead on it's own system fed from another module, so it's not a direct repin job - it consisted of taking apart the original mirrors, cutting open the wiring loom, and removing the two wires for the BSM lights in the mirror. Then re-looming and adding them into the new housings. All in all the wiring wasn't too bad, but taking the mirror housings apart was a pain in the ass. I have it coded to fold out/in on unlock/lock and the puddle lights turn on when unfolded (however I may change that to turn on when unlocked) when it's dark out. I've also coded mirror dip on reverse, which is a feature I missed from the CL. There are two downsides to that one though - the mirror will only dip when the mirror switch is turned to the right side, and the mirror will not return to the normal position until you move the switch back to neutral. Kinda dumb, but since I don't parallel park much these days, it's not a huge deal.

In the end I saved about $160 buying these over buying the DAP enabled mirrors, but that savings will grow since I have two additional mirror caps, mirror glass, and LED turn signals that I can now sell. However - from a time standpoint - I'd just pony up the extra $160 and get the mirrors with DAP built in if I had to do it over again.

I have a list of things I want to do to the car next (port injection, fuel pump, turbo upgrade...), but house projects take priority I'm hoping I can keep the mod-bug at bay til the end of the year when there are some sales

Mod List
- P3 vent gauge w/ performance timer pack
- CQuartz UK Ceramic Coating
- VW671 3D printed front license plate mount
- BMW rear license plate mount (gets the plate off of the paint)
- Audi S3 resonator delete kit
- ECS Flush Kit (10mm/17.5mm spacers)
- Intake snorkel trimmed
- Snow grate removed from factory airbox (removed)
- Weathertech Window Visors (not my favorite, but they help with wind buffeting when the windows are cracked)
- Raceseng Sphereology shift knob
- ECS front to back and side to side short shifter
- 42DD shift cable bushings
- OE VW shift cable bracket
- ECS shift cable bushings
- ECS SS clutch line
- Homemade adjustable clutch pedal stop
- Removed swirl valve and bleeder block check valve
- PowerFlex hybrid dog mount insert
- RocEuro stabilizer bar
- VW Homelink rearview mirror
- Southpawboston OBD Eleven glovebox holder
- Eurodyne Maestro Stg2
- Llumar Formula One ceramic tint, 35%
- Forge Motorsports turbo blanket
- APR boost tap
- D-docks cell phone dock
- Superpro 22mm rear sway bar
- Acexxon rear reflector deletes
- VW aspherical sideview mirrors
- Integrated Engineering downpipe, coated by SwainTech
- SRP aluminum pedals
- Euro Dynamic Taillights
- Dieselgeek shifter shaft bushings
- Dieselgeek Super Pin
- Southbend Stage 3 Daily clutch with lightweight flywheel
- Fluidampr
- iABED billet rear main seal
- Black Forrest Industries stage 1 motor and transmission mounts
- Baun Performance front mount intercooler
- Burger Motorsports open element intake & turbo inlet
- VW 12v outlet LED flashlight
- Motul Gear 300 transmission fluid
- Euro power folding mirrors
- Many coding tweaks

 

That is awesome. I miss fold down mirrors as well from my CL. I hate that my car does not have them now.

 

bro
you have a long...










...list of mods.

I love your thread, you make a lot of cool car purchases. I also like how you write your posts. They are entertaining and snarky.

 

Nice mod, definitely like having power fold on the C. With our garage bays being single car-width doors, I tuck up against the driver's side (backing in) to leave room on the pass. side to be able to open the door.
Fold on lock is nice too, in parking lots.

 

Why am I just finding out that you had a CL?? It was one of my favorite cars, even if it did eat axles.



It definitely helps when I can look back in a parking lot and see that the mirrors are folded - I know the doors are locked. It's also nice having them folded in the driveway so people don't bump into them like they have in the past

 

 

Very useful mod, doesn't sound too hard to do. Wish more cars had the auto-tilt. The tuck away is kinda common on luxury cars, at least.

Did the Fluidampr help with clutch noises?

 

I had a 2001 Acura CL Type-S Automatic my first 3.5 years of college. Was an amazing car besides the fact the transmission quit on me but it was before 100k miles so was all good since Acura covered it. Found it as a 1 owner car at a VW dealer. I forget it either had 15 or 25k miles on it. Some old lady they told me traded it in on a Passat I believe it was. I drove it till it had just under 90k miles on it and then my brother got it. He destroyed it a bit sadly as cars to him are appliances basically.

 

Yes - chatter with single mass flywheels on the MK7 is horrendous. There's still a bit of chatter if I'm rolling in gear in traffic up to 1400ish rpm, but I tune it out.

I had no idea you had one lol I guess for as long as I've known you, you've had the TSX. The CL is the one car I miss the most. Well, that and the Prelude. But the CL I miss more because I had it longer and did way more to. It just needed a paint job, some more breathing mods, and a tune. Kinda wish I never parted it out

 

Yeah I remember your CL. I will have to try and find some picture mine. All the ones I had online were hosted on imageshack so they are gone. Never did much to it since it was just my daily. Put the TSX stock wheels on it and an ipod kit and I think that was the extent of it. I definitely miss the car. It was great to drive and the J series always had enough power to me for a daily. Would have loved to experience a 6mt CL-S.

 

The 6MT was great, my only complaint was the lack of traction, and then the broken axles when traction wasn't the issue

 

Snapped the passenger axle 24hrs before handing off to the new owner; this while on route to getting it detailed.

Still miss it till this day.

 

Ah, good. I do the same thing.








Except my volume button isn't crooked

 

Hory sheet!

Here's mine:
Mod List
1.) shitty base model golf wheels with blizzak tires (temporary mod, will swap back to summers once they get the pot holes under control)
2.) Costco gas

That's it.

 

Wow.,, your CL-S was a lot more reliable than mine...

it didnt even last 2 years

 

@CLtotheTL32 I guess you should chime in since everyone here is lubing their jerk hand up with tears of CLs past.

 

yeah I snapped the factory passenger side in half while launching it, the next one I snapped at the axle splines (that was fun to replace) and the next two were typical CV failures. Still miss it

Eff you buddy

I realized tonight while detailing the interior that I forgot to note the Euro rear headrests. And I already violated my no mod bug rule this evening...

the hell happened to it??

We definitely need the penguin in here to wax poetic, among other things.

 

that's what he does

 

It was pretty reliable I have to say. Typical brakes and tires. Then also had the SRS module in the passenger side seatbelt go bad but that was warrantied. The transmission was great until around 70k. Then started doing weird things around 2nd gear. Sometimes taking a long time to shift into it other times skipping it all together. 4th gear occasionally it wouldn't find either but much less of an issue than 2nd. Took it to a dealer for that and they kept it for a day, gave me a loaner, and when I came back to get the car told me they couldn't replicate it. Go figure but was getting off the highway from the 15min drive from the dealer back to my college apartment and the thing found 2nd gear except it also wouldn leave second gear. I had to drive all the way back to the dealer in 2nd gear including on the highway with my 4ways on Gave me an RDX loaner for a week while they ordered a transmission and got it swapped out. We never had another issue with that car.

My brother drove it till 140k miles and it was beat the piss out of but kept on ticking. He backed the passenger door while open into a parking post and bent the door edge, had a slight fender bender and spider webbed the front corner of the bumper, had a dented passenger fender, and worst of all he didn't bother to get the brakes changed when they started squaling. Drove completely through the pads and only called me when he started hearing grinding noises which was the caliper piston grinding into the rotor itself He replaced two calipers and rotors and it kept on going till he got a Subaru wagon last year and it then went to the junk yard cause of the condition.

 

Where da money at?

 

 

Sam was right about driving in traffic. Except the speed gets set to 80.

 

Y not 100?

 

only goes to 95.

And >80 is misdemeanor territory.

 

Felony or nuttin...
F da police!

 

A class 1 misdemeanor in the great Commonwealth of Virginia

 

Police cruisers can only go 135..