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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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Monkey Fracas posted:Just realized that the mandatory back-up camera thing will make it so screens are also mandatory in center consoles. Like it was already hard to find a car without one of the drat ugly things but now it will be literally impossible. Hope some auto manufacturers incorporate covers for them or let you completely turn them off. Practically speaking, you're correct, but there are ways of integrating a backup camera without a screen in the console. My Mustang has the backup camera image displayed on one side of the rear-view mirror.
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Jan 24, 2018 16:04
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Man, when manufacturers get those pesky wheels out of the way just IMAGINE how big the screens will get!
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Jan 24, 2018 16:20
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Apparently 27,000 Focus RS have been sold in 2016, 2017, based on the gasket recall info. I'm surprised they sold that many. PT6A posted:Practically speaking, you're correct, but there are ways of integrating a backup camera without a screen in the console. My Mustang has the backup camera image displayed on one side of the rear-view mirror. I prefer the in-mirror setup.
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Jan 24, 2018 16:55
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So I leased my GTI just over a year ago with the intent to buy out the lease. Almost totaling the car obviously changed those plans and now I don't particularly care for making payments on a car that I'm not going to keep. How likely am I to be able to get out of the lease with minimal cost if I get into a 2018 Golf R once those start hitting lots? It looks like there are a couple of different ways that dealerships handle this, how bad does that accident gently caress me in trying to go that route? If it's not a viable option because of that it's no huge deal because I really enjoy the car, I just feel like I'm throwing money away on it at this point.
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Jan 24, 2018 17:02
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kimbo305 posted:I prefer the in-mirror setup. Me too, but automakers seem determined to include large screens anyway. Just pointing out that it's independent of any backup camera requirement.
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Jan 24, 2018 17:15
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It's us millennials, man. We love our screens. 
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Jan 24, 2018 17:24
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I think it would be theoretically possible to do "lots-of-big-screens" right. Very rarely have you ever heard a pilot say, "No, the G1000 is garbage, I want my lovely, tiny GPS back and how about some vacuum-powered instruments while you're at it!" The problem is that car companies have put a gently caress sight less effort into developing an excellent, all-screen-based system like that.
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Jan 24, 2018 17:31
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fknlo posted:So I leased my GTI just over a year ago with the intent to buy out the lease. Almost totaling the car obviously changed those plans and now I don't particularly care for making payments on a car that I'm not going to keep. How likely am I to be able to get out of the lease with minimal cost if I get into a 2018 Golf R once those start hitting lots? It looks like there are a couple of different ways that dealerships handle this, how bad does that accident gently caress me in trying to go that route? If it's not a viable option because of that it's no huge deal because I really enjoy the car, I just feel like I'm throwing money away on it at this point. Best case, you would do an early lease turn in and you'd pay only the remaining lease charges. Since you've only made 12 payments, you still have 24 to go. Worst case, you have to pay the lease charges + residual. My guess is that you're hilariously upside down and you should just wait out the rest of the lease. Especially if your car has had significant damage. edit: it can be done but you'd have to bring significant cash to the table or buy something with huge rebates. The Golf R isn't going to have any rebates so you'd most likely be financing or leasing like 55k (~42k for the golf r + whatever you're upside down on your gti). edit 2: it is more likely to be achieved if your remaining lease payments are less than 10k. TheWevel fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Jan 24, 2018 17:49
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TheWevel posted:Best case, you would do an early lease turn in and you'd pay only the remaining lease charges. Since you've only made 12 payments, you still have 24 to go. Worst case, you have to pay the lease charges + residual. My guess is that you're hilariously upside down and you should just wait out the rest of the lease. Especially if your car has had significant damage. I need to talk to a former coworker about it, but there are definitely ways to do this. He got out of a Golf R lease after a month of owning the car for a BMW 4 series which he got rid of a year later for a GMC Yukon and he didn't take a bath on either. He spends too much money on shoes to eat that kind of loss.
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Jan 24, 2018 18:00
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The money has to go somewhere, maybe he's not being honest about what he paid. edit: like i said, you can do it if the car you're buying has huge rebates. he was most likely not so underwater on the golf r and got leasing rebates on the yukon. bmw is pretty agressive on rebates as well (they have like 3 or 4k for their leases at the moment) so it's possible, but like i said that underwater money has to go somewhere. whether to your next lease, minus rebates or if you put down a lot of money on your next car. it doesn't just disappear. you could also poke around on lease trader and have someone take over your lease, but i don't think vw credit does that. edit 2: looks like you can! http://www.swapalease.com/help/lease-company.aspx?leaseco=47 that's your best route. TheWevel fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Jan 24, 2018 18:01
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fknlo posted:He spends too much money on shoes to eat that kind of loss. Sounds like a story right out of BFC.
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Jan 24, 2018 18:03
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TheWevel posted:The money has to go somewhere, maybe he's not being honest about what he paid. I might have to look into that. I just kind of assumed a dealer would treat it like a trade-in and deal with the payoff if it was reasonable to get you into a new car. I obviously have no actual clue how any of that works. Nur_Neerg posted:Sounds like a story right out of BFC. Yup. He's raking in cash now living at his parents on Long Island while making $160k+ a year. He's probably neck deep in new Nike's right now.
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Jan 24, 2018 19:08
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The Mazdaspeed6 with the navigation option had a screen that slid down into the dash when not in use. It can't be that hard for other auto makers to build a similar system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2N8zZUhB0
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Jan 24, 2018 19:41
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The Z4M had the ability screen flip forward and down out of sight, was a pretty nice idea. Fragile over time, I'd imagine.
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Jan 24, 2018 20:00
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BlackMK4 posted:The Z4M had the ability screen flip forward and down out of sight, was a pretty nice idea. Fragile over time, I'd imagine. More cars should have the option to hide them.
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Jan 24, 2018 20:52
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Rhyno posted:More cars should have the option to hide them. I don’t think it’s a good idea long term - Mazda has enough issues with the little flip out HUD getting stuck without trying to motorise the main screen.
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Jan 24, 2018 21:03
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dissss posted:I don’t think it’s a good idea long term - Mazda has enough issues with the little flip out HUD getting stuck without trying to motorise the main screen. So make it a manual spinner. No motor to break.
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Jan 24, 2018 21:06
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they're not going to be hidden, they're not going away
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Jan 24, 2018 21:23
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I like the GTI's combination of real buttons and a screen alright but I have found myself messing with it on long drives more than I think is ideal, or more accurately for longer stretches at once than seem safe. I also like that even though the screen in the dash is just a touch screen there does seem to be room there for an aftermarket stereo though I'd be loath to give up the rest of the integration. I watched an Alpine screen/stereo swap video a while back but they literally only covered the install, nothing about the unit or why you might drop a fat chunk of change on an aftermarket stereo/screen. Upon re-skimming the video I don't even see the model of the upgrade.
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Jan 24, 2018 22:03
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BlackMK4 posted:The Z4M had the ability screen flip forward and down out of sight, was a pretty nice idea. Fragile over time, I'd imagine.
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Jan 24, 2018 23:45
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Anyone know what the hot autox tire will be this year? I just picked up a 18 ST2 and am contemplating running the stock tires this season or getting a dedicated set. Haven't ran over any cones for about seven years.
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Jan 25, 2018 19:57
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Hoosiers 
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Jan 25, 2018 20:20
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Probably still the cheater fake-200TW RE71R / RivalS 1.5?
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Jan 25, 2018 20:22
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RE71R for sure.
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Jan 25, 2018 20:59
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Oddhair posted:I like the GTI's combination of real buttons and a screen alright but I have found myself messing with it on long drives more than I think is ideal, or more accurately for longer stretches at once than seem safe. Out of curiosity, what do you find yourself messing around with? I don't have any long drives under my belt, just my daily commute, but I typically have something queued up that'll get me there and/or back each day, but other than that I don't fiddle with it much. Unless I just want to see how low I can get the eco-trainer thing to go, or look at the performance dials (attn. VW - add a PSI gauge to the little dashboard screen!).
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Jan 25, 2018 22:30
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a mysterious cloak posted:Out of curiosity, what do you find yourself messing around with? I don't have any long drives under my belt, just my daily commute, but I typically have something queued up that'll get me there and/or back each day, but other than that I don't fiddle with it much. Unless I just want to see how low I can get the eco-trainer thing to go, or look at the performance dials (attn. VW - add a PSI gauge to the little dashboard screen!). you mean on the head unit? there is a gauge for boost pressure
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Jan 26, 2018 00:00
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BraveUlysses posted:you mean on the head unit? there is a gauge for boost pressure only for sport pack cars
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Jan 26, 2018 00:06
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Jan 26, 2018 00:08
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BlackMK4 posted:only for sport pack cars He he heh my FoST has a boost gauge that comes with all trim levels   Unfortunately it looks like it came out of the accessories aisle at Autozone and doesn't measure vacuum pressure
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Jan 26, 2018 00:24
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Bought a stuffed turbo for my veloster for $850. So next fall will be rods, pistons, and studs. 300-330whp autocross commuter that i slowly strip the interior out coming.
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Jan 26, 2018 03:52
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BraveUlysses posted:you mean on the head unit? there is a gauge for boost pressure FWIW, the gauge is wonky with how it reads and isn't really all that useful anyway. From what I remember it isn't reading gauge pressure, it's reading absolute pressure. So it won't line up with any boost gauge you've ever seen. 
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Jan 26, 2018 13:11
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BraveUlysses posted:you mean on the head unit? there is a gauge for boost pressure Not the head unit, the small in-dash screen between the tachometer and speedo that's basically useless for anything else. I need to make sure none of my PSIs run away while I'm sitting in traffic.
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Jan 26, 2018 19:36
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a mysterious cloak posted:Out of curiosity, what do you find yourself messing around with? I don't have any long drives under my belt, just my daily commute, but I typically have something queued up that'll get me there and/or back each day, but other than that I don't fiddle with it much. Unless I just want to see how low I can get the eco-trainer thing to go, or look at the performance dials (attn. VW - add a PSI gauge to the little dashboard screen!). To be fair the one really long trip I made in the GTI was Houston to Philly solo in one long-rear end 24-hour leg of speed limit-only driving until I was near DC on veteran's day 2016, then everybody was just flying. I might've been enticed to mess with it as I was relying on Android Auto for nav, satellite radio for music, etc, but I would occasionally adjust something and then look back up and think it'd been longer than it ought that I'd glanced away. This wasn't just at the loopy end of that drive, but like 12-16 hours in driving across Tennessee or Virginia. Larrymer posted:FWIW, the gauge is wonky with how it reads and isn't really all that useful anyway. From what I remember it isn't reading gauge pressure, it's reading absolute pressure. So it won't line up with any boost gauge you've ever seen. Yeah, it hits 30 PSI briefly from time to time but only very briefly. Not sure about a different gauge for the power pack, maybe more in line with what a mysterious cloak asked about, I only have the base model.
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Jan 26, 2018 19:44
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I’m looking at buying 07 gti as a daily. Has 75k miles but comes with service records for all major stuff so I figure not a terrible deal for 5k asking. The issue is that the prev prev owner put a “stage 1 chip and BOV” on the car. How much of a red flag that is and can/should it be put back to stock?
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Jan 30, 2018 02:52
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I know jack about VW , but $5k seems like a good deal for a fun car that has under 100k miles and no major problems.
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Jan 30, 2018 03:05
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iv46vi posted:I’m looking at buying 07 gti as a daily. Has 75k miles but comes with service records for all major stuff so I figure not a terrible deal for 5k asking. The issue is that the prev prev owner put a “stage 1 chip and BOV” on the car. How much of a red flag that is and can/should it be put back to stock? The BOV is dumb and useless but a pretty large number of hot hatches get chipped. If that's all that's done then neither is a red flag at all.
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Jan 30, 2018 03:06
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iv46vi posted:I’m looking at buying 07 gti as a daily. Has 75k miles but comes with service records for all major stuff so I figure not a terrible deal for 5k asking. The issue is that the prev prev owner put a “stage 1 chip and BOV” on the car. How much of a red flag that is and can/should it be put back to stock? I think the stock diverters failed (torn diaphragm) frequently so it may have been replaced due to that. Usually ones that vent to atmosphere are bad because they let out unmetered air, so I'd check that. Pretty sure those year range GTIs are the ones with the cam follower issue as well, so read up on that and know what you're getting into.
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Jan 30, 2018 13:38
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iv46vi posted:I’m looking at buying 07 gti as a daily. Has 75k miles but comes with service records for all major stuff so I figure not a terrible deal for 5k asking. The issue is that the prev prev owner put a “stage 1 chip and BOV” on the car. How much of a red flag that is and can/should it be put back to stock? I had an APR tune on my 07 when I had it, got it installed around 40K miles and I got rid of the car with ~120k and I never had an issue. If you wanted to go back to a stock style diverter valve instead of a BOV there's an Audi piston style diverter that is less likely to fail with a tune, although the stock diaphragm style could also fail without a tune so it's just a general good upgrade.
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Jan 30, 2018 14:25
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Go Fast Bits DV+, per my VW loving friend.
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Jan 30, 2018 19:30
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Reading about tunes makes me want to throw a jb1 on my car. But then there's the creeping terror that something will go wrong and VW will void my warranty :oh dear: Also the seat makes my right leg tingle. Awesome. Guess I'll get a cushion for my old rear end.
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