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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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KidDynamite posted:That must be terrifying after doing the work yourself. Let us know how that tune goes after revisions. You going through mountune for everything? Yeah it was no fun. Good news is, car is fine, fixed the issue with the charge pipe (will be replacing terrible rubber stock elbow pipes with silicon soon). Ran some preliminary pulls, and while I struggled with traffic to get clean logs, the results are looking...very good. I am indeed working with Randy at Mountune for the tuning, which was included in the MRX package. So far its been a great experience. Don't want to quote any numbers yet, but the car is a loving savage. Wheelspin in 2nd gear from 4k to redline. I will get some logs and vdynos and stuff and post em here when I can be sure of the numbers.
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Jul 13, 2017 04:21
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dissss posted:Or you could just use your phone like a normal person Phone is for podcasts. I don't want the music eating space on my hard drive. I have a dedicated mp3 player from Cowon that I used to just plug. Eventually I got fed up not being able to play half of my music (flac) and just converted the lot to mp3s on a jump drive.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:19
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Just buy a 128gb phone/micro sd and never worry about having to constantly bring in the jump drive.
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Jul 13, 2017 11:54
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 a month for a music subscription will change your life. I might as well be a shill for google Music, because their algorithms fit me like a glove. You can download plenty of music to avoid burning mobile data, too. It will change your life.
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Jul 13, 2017 12:45
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There are people who don't just upload their entire music collection to google music/iTunes match free tiers?
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Jul 13, 2017 13:21
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Spotify is my choice because it works through CarPlay. The discover weekly playlist is pretty cool.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:23
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Let's see, spend a few hundred dollars on a larger hard drive phone or waste a bunch of extra money on streaming services and data every month or buy a $20 USB thumb drive once that you leave in the car and forget even exists. Seems pretty clear to me.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:38
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I see your point but streaming music doesn't use much data. The UI for exploring a USB drive in the fiesta is horrid. It works but it's clunky and messed up, especially with a big library. An iPod or a phone plugged in to the USB is much better because you can use the UI of the iPod or phone to navigate the music library. The ford UI does some weird stuff like ordering songs alphabetically by title, no matter the tags or what. It's a real pain. It's also slow, the UI isn't consistent where they put the back button, etc... Edit: perhaps I'm a bit used to an unlimited data plan. Turns out that streaming all month 24 hours a day would use 82gb assuming 320kbps streaming. It's about 120mb per hour. GutBomb fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Jul 13, 2017 13:45
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GutBomb posted:I see your point but streaming music doesn't use much data. I use Google Fi and pay $10/gig of data. For every bit of that data that I do not use, I get credited back on my bill so I try to keep my monthly data usage under 500mb which keeps my monthly bill under $30. Not that this is the cellphone thread or anything, but somewhat necessary to mention since the data + subscription costs of some of those services alone would cost me hundreds of extra dollars per year. Have to admit I haven't had any of the issues you've had with using My Fort Touch + a USB device. Mine is fairly quick, not enough to ever notice an issue. Usually everything is just on shuffle which I enjoy most but if I want to hear something specific, search works very well so I'm never just sitting there scrolling through alphabetically like you mentioned. Granted the library is only like ~120GB, but that's plenty of storage for me to rotate music in/out of over time, I don't need my entire collection with me at all times.
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Jul 13, 2017 14:04
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Just stream everything, owning your music is so old fashioned you dinosaur!* *has given $8000 and 200 FICO points to telecom companies over the past 5 years
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Jul 13, 2017 14:06
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I have the old iPod plugged in to one of the USB ports and sometimes myfordtouch even randomly has it indexed so I can search it by voice! Wow! Shuffle always works though.
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Jul 13, 2017 14:46
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Someone backed up into the left rear corner of my GTI yesterday at extremely low speed, and the only damage seems to be the bumper is off it's clips or screws or whatever holds it in place around the taillight surround. And a little paint damage in the corner there if your eyes are sharp. Does anyone have any info on removing the bumper cover and DIY'ing this? I found one forum where a guy described what to do, but no pictures or anything. I'm sure I can get in there and figure it out, but I'd at least like to know if I need some kind of weird fastener tool or a long socket extension before I take apart my daily driver.  
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Jul 13, 2017 14:48
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Just wrap your shoe in a towel and kick it real hard.
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Jul 13, 2017 14:50
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GutBomb posted:Just wrap your shoe in a towel and kick it real hard. This legit worked on getting a fender back in to place on a fleet Fiesta I used to drive (other delivery driver bonked it off, not me).
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Jul 13, 2017 15:38
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If I add the car is a lease and needs to be turned in in 1.5 years, is that still yall's recommendation?
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Jul 13, 2017 20:54
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I'd white sharpie it and push it back in.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:57
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If you are hesitant to kick your car, a rubber mallet with a towel or something would be more, uh, precise. In a way. You won't harm a thing more than it already is unless you go nuts and kick in a tail light.
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Jul 14, 2017 01:32
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or go see a PDR guy and throw him 50-100 bucks if you're worried about loving it up yourself
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Jul 14, 2017 01:37
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I had the rear bumper off of my 17 GTI while installing the hitch. Have you tried simply pushing it back in? The latches aren't difficult to figure out and there are a few guides available on removing the assembly (look for a hitch installation guide).
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Jul 14, 2017 01:53
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two_beer_bishes posted:I had the rear bumper off of my 17 GTI while installing the hitch. Have you tried simply pushing it back in? The latches aren't difficult to figure out and there are a few guides available on removing the assembly (look for a hitch installation guide). Do you scrape your hitch on many low clearances? I've wanted a hitch for bikes, but I'm worried how much I would run it into the ground.
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Jul 14, 2017 12:11
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PabloBOOM posted:Do you scrape your hitch on many low clearances? I've wanted a hitch for bikes, but I'm worried how much I would run it into the ground. It's too high up to scrape anything! We bought this one for our 1UP bike rack and it's perfect. It's not the cheapest option and installation took me a couple hours but I would gladly do it all again. We had the other kind on our 13 Golf that was $100 and took 10min to install...that one hung pretty low and I scraped that on everything.
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Jul 14, 2017 12:34
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two_beer_bishes posted:It's too high up to scrape anything! We bought this one for our 1UP bike rack and it's perfect. It's not the cheapest option and installation took me a couple hours but I would gladly do it all again. We had the other kind on our 13 Golf that was $100 and took 10min to install...that one hung pretty low and I scraped that on everything. Huh, that seems perfect. Thanks for this! (Though my wallet isn't as thankful. Oh well.)
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Jul 14, 2017 16:52
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Ended up doing a cruise yesterday from Denver down to Colorado springs with a few diversions here and there. Discovered that the navigation in my car is smart enough to send me around traffic.
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Jul 16, 2017 19:33
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For a 17 GTI, on a scale of 0 to 10, how hard would installing a short shifter kit be for someone who has not really worked on their car before?
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Jul 17, 2017 15:09
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veedubfreak posted:Ended up doing a cruise yesterday from Denver down to Colorado springs with a few diversions here and there. Discovered that the navigation in my car is smart enough to send me around traffic. I really like that drive, can keep going all the way down to New Mexico and find somewhere to stay if you want to make a proper road trip out of it. Especially this time of year with the massive thunderstorms rolling out into the plains, it's great. The freeway is empty after the Springs if you want to zone out, or you can take the highway up to Taos or wherever. Just never stop in Pueblo, gently caress Pueblo.
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Jul 17, 2017 15:27
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APR on top of their poo poo. http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33280
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Jul 19, 2017 01:42
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Etrips posted:For a 17 GTI, on a scale of 0 to 10, how hard would installing a short shifter kit be for someone who has not really worked on their car before? 2-3, it's pretty simple. Adjusting it can be tedious though, I have the Diesel Geek and it took a week or so of driving and adjusting to get it just right and still the 1-2 shift can be overly notchy when it's cold. I don't recommend installing a shorter/smaller knob if you are also doing a short shifter.
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Jul 19, 2017 02:16
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veedubfreak posted:Ended up doing a cruise yesterday from Denver down to Colorado springs with a few diversions here and there. Discovered that the navigation in my car is smart enough to send me around traffic. Seriously, you are tiresome.
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Jul 19, 2017 02:32
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:Seriously, you are tiresome. So block me you loving giant cocksucker. I'm sorry that I enjoy finding new things out about my car. veedubfreak fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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Jul 19, 2017 03:16
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Preliminary vdynos are showing around 250-270whp for my car at this point, but we haven't even hit the "full"power revision. I just got pumped up a few psi and the power and got tweaked around peak torque. Vdyno is not particularly accurate, but airflow mass lb/min is around 27 at peak, which seems like it supports the 250-270whp numbers. I'm going to pull more logs tomorrow and we will see where these numbers advance.
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Jul 19, 2017 03:27
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Drove my FiST to Yosemite over the weekend. Old Priest Grade (reaches 20%)drat near killed my car. Time to start looking for a better radiator. Had to stop halfway and let it cool down. Wasn't fun turning on the heater full blast when its 95° outside.
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Jul 19, 2017 19:30
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veedubfreak posted:Ended up doing a cruise yesterday from Denver down to Colorado springs with a few diversions here and there. Discovered that the navigation in my car is smart enough to send me around traffic. Are you sure about that? Because without there being some way to stream data to the nav unit (and you'd know because you'd probably be paying for it) I don't see how this is possible. Unless you mean some sort of integration with your phone.
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Jul 19, 2017 21:46
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Kiger_Soze posted:Drove my FiST to Yosemite over the weekend. Old Priest Grade (reaches 20%)drat near killed my car. Time to start looking for a better radiator. Had to stop halfway and let it cool down. Wasn't fun turning on the heater full blast when its 95° outside.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:01
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Bentai posted:How new is your fist? This is what worries me about getting a turbo car in a desert, that the cooling system doesn't have enough capacity for dealing with the desert heat. The FiST is pretty notorious for having cooling issues. I don't think it's an issue with any of the other hot hatches that I've heard of. An aftermarket intercooler and radiator should fix the issue.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:05
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Kiger_Soze posted:Drove my FiST to Yosemite over the weekend. Old Priest Grade (reaches 20%)drat near killed my car. Time to start looking for a better radiator. Had to stop halfway and let it cool down. Wasn't fun turning on the heater full blast when its 95° outside. That's pretty lovely. Automakers all go to Death Valley and up "Stove Pipe" (as well as Baker) to make sure this doesn't happen. Is your car modded at all?
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Jul 20, 2017 00:39
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It seems to be a weakness with the Fiesta in general from what I've read, which is disappointing to say the least. Rad/IC are pretty high on my list of things to do before I throw a bunch of money at mine. How's the lag on your new turbo PV? I love how quick the stock one spools but sometimes I miss that late 80's kick in the pants at 3500 with my old 300ZX. Quite A Tool fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Jul 20, 2017 02:01
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Quite A Tool posted:It seems to be a weakness with the Fiesta in general from what I've read, which is disappointing to say the least. Rad/IC are pretty high on my list of things to do before I throw a bunch of money at mine. Definitely laggier. Pushes the power band up, starts really building boost ~3500 and pulls hard to redline. It's definitely a different experience but I prefer it honestly. The high rpm sag of the tiny stock turbo drove me nuts.
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Jul 20, 2017 02:48
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There is a guy who comes out to the local trackdays with the same kit you have...... the car (and he) are stupid loving quick. As in, one of the faster people there in total.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:02
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Bentai posted:How new is your fist? This is what worries me about getting a turbo car in a desert, that the cooling system doesn't have enough capacity for dealing with the desert heat. I haven't heard of this issue with the Focus ST, though many do upgrade the intercooler. Oil/coolant temps don't skyrocket, just the charge temps.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:13
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Bentai posted:How new is your fist? This is what worries me about getting a turbo car in a desert, that the cooling system doesn't have enough capacity for dealing with the desert heat. 2015 with 43k miles. Larrymer posted:That's pretty lovely. Automakers all go to Death Valley and up "Stove Pipe" (as well as Baker) to make sure this doesn't happen. Yeah its been modded. intercooler, intake, downpipe and hybrid turbo upgrade. I probably need to get a conservative tune for long road trips and look into a better radiator and maybe oil cooler. I got to the side of the road before it boiled over and it cooled down pretty quick. drove home just fine. think it was just a combination of it being super hot, high altitude and really steep road.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:31
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