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To anyone who is 'into cars' if it doesnt make you smile, it's missed the point somewhat. When the R came out I genuinely thought it would do it all, but to hear it isnt exciting and doesnt make you smile is dissapointing that's all.

I'm not saying it has to be totally boring, but a Golf R is pretty extreme and always seemed to me to be the perfect car for every occasion, fast, fun and practical, like the original hot hatches. If we accept that owners are now saying they arent fun and they want another older 'fun' car, then...

This is what confuses me, if it's 'not fun' self declared and is therefore a commuter, why a 300+bhp petrol? Surely if VW have managed to make the Golf R boring then you buy a sensible commuter and something silly for the weekend? I guess what Im getting at is that the perfect all rounder kind...

another vote for greenlight

Ordered the decal pack yet?

You know what? This will decimate all, after, you put about fifteen grand in it or more. If we have to, overnight parts from Germany.

Pair of Brembo HC front disks and cheaper than anywhere else I could find, delivered more quickly than expected. @George@RTR_Parts

Another vote for George, He's just recently sorted me out with a pair of fronts and you wont find better prices or service.

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Let's hope their welding is better than their photography!

Not when the tyre diameters are identical, no

I wanted a track car and went through a similar process. In the end it boiled down to some requirements: I didnt have time to build a car before using it, so it had to be 'done', although I didnt mind sorting bits out between trackdays I wanted it to be n/a as my experience is that stock turbo...

Spend a little time with the car on the trailer and roll it back and forth to get the noseweight right. You want 50-75kg, so either use a scale, or guess based on what you know you can lift and how it feels.

HIC sorted me out in similar circumstances (I needed points, business cover, modified car and 25k a year)

Not quite, but I'm also not saying that two tyres which score an A in wet grip necessarily have the same performance, or that a tyre with an A is reliably 'better' than a tyre with a B. You see some brands moving up occasionally, a few years ago nankang would have fallen into the ditchfinder...

I assume because cup pack 182 fronts will have the wrong bolt spacing and non cup pack 182 dampers arent great. On the rear, if theyre different, the 182 units are probably stiffer, owing to the higher weight of the exuaust and spare wheel. I'm guessing however, and on the road, given you're...

No idea, I discovered early on that I much preferred rainsports and from them to goodyear eagle assy 2/3 (didnt like the GSD3) and never looked at the Toyos again, but they were inferior to their contemperary performance summer tyres even then

They were one of those tyres that hit the market and 18 year old kids saw them on forums and bought a set, normally with new wheels, but certainly as the first 'new' tyres on the car and then posted going "ZOMG these are AMAZING" causing others to do the same. Compared to other tyres available...

Totally agree with you then, but there is a huge gulf in performance between budget big brand tyres and unbranded ditchfinders. I'm happy running rainsports, or goodyear eagles, or my continental winters, without feeling the need to buy sportcontact 5s or pilot sport cups, but that is a whole...

I haven't commented, as thats not what we're talking about (and running cut slicks on the road is moronic un the UK, where just occasionally it rains, unpredictably). All I'm saying is that uniroyal rainsports are ~£140 a set plus fitting in 15, so fitting some Wanli fuel savers to save £8 a...

Not really, in fact almost entirely the opposite. Whether you drive to 7/10 or 9/10 of the tyres grip limit on the road comes down to your assessment of the conditions, visibility and how much of an idiot you are and is a dynamic decision, made one corner at a time. It's a choice, you can...

@Mr Burns not really sure what argument you're trying to make, as you keep referencing brand name tyres from decent manufacturers whilst going on about budget tyres being ok? Personally I wouldnt fit toyo T1-S or R as I'd always take rainsports for preference, but both are major brands and not...

Tyres do differ between cars, but tends to be a weight thing, related to sidewall stiffness. I love rainsports on small light cars, but theyre too soft on big saloon cars IMHO. For what they cost, I rarely look past RS3 or goodyear eagle Assymetric 2/3 tbh. The 'saving' isnt worth making on...

f**k running budget tyres for the little saving they give you. Tyres are normally less than 1p/mile and nothing else will destroy your enjoyment of a car, or lead you into potential danger so cheaply.

Evidently the mcm guys had some help to get so much done in so little time, but it was a shame that the roadkill car wound up being a bit half arsed in comparison imho. An alternator, power steering, proper torque converter and a diff would have made a huge difference The difference between...

Likely a gyro effect, same as what keeps motorcycles upright.

A few seconds? You're having a laugh! In a race, the winners and losers are separated by tenths if not hundredths and hes quoting 5 hundredths per 20-80 acceleration, which is maybe three times on an average circuit? 15 hundredths a lap is huge and he hasnt considered any saving under braking...

So nothing to do with short shifts then? I know a guy who did three vauxhall F20s in a weekend once by winding third gear out through the side of the case, but that's not relevant to premature synchro failure due to using a short shift kit either 😂

@NorthloopCup can confirm, but if you just like the feel of a shorted shift, the presence of one on your car wont cause the box to die on its own. Driving like a ham fisted oaf will, and a short shift allows you to do a quicker job of it. At the end of the day, the boxes are awful, so shift...

On most cars the issue is that the excessive motion comes from wear and slop in the bushes, so when you fit a short shift, you wind up with less throw, but just as much play, which makes it feel horrible and causes you to miss gears. Always worth renewing the bushes etc before modifying the...