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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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Etrips posted:New wheels are on point. Glad I went with the bronze instead of the graphite. Nice! Would love to change my wheels out but every time I look my wallet cries
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Apr 14, 2018 03:01
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BraveUlysses posted:i cant imagine any GTI without the limited slip would be worth owning Mine is pretty great 
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Apr 18, 2018 19:31
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GTI bros - anybody using Car Net beyond the free trial? I'm on the fence about renewing next month. I use android auto/Google maps/etc for pretty much everything, but it's nice to check when I go, "... I locked it this morning, didn't I?"
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May 24, 2018 17:15
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PT6A posted:Speaking of free trials that can gently caress straight off: SiriusXM. I like Sirius despite the sound, although my usage waxes and wanes a lot. Not sure if I'll keep it or not. The buildings thing is annoying, but I had XM for quite a while so it doesn't bother me much.
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May 24, 2018 20:41
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GTI bros: my car wants an oil change in 6 days or 4800 miles. Which is it 
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Jun 4, 2018 21:02
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iwentdoodie posted:How long has it been since you changed it last? Bought new in December. Never. I get freebies for 3 years at the dealer.
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Jun 5, 2018 00:16
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WescottF1 posted:I think the warning is set to come on when the car is a year old (from manufacture date). Mine came on after I'd had the car for only a few months and I watched a video on YouTube that showed how to reset it. Ohhhh, okay. I'll have to look at the sticker later. I might just get it done anyway and then be done for another year. edit: on second thought, it takes about 5 seconds to reset the indicator, and the oil looks good, so there we go. a mysterious cloak fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jun 5, 2018 |
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Jun 5, 2018 16:42
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Awful lot of radiator for the lawnmower
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Jun 29, 2018 04:45
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:My black FiST lives under a pine tree. I've completely given up. I feel your pain. My black GTI lives under an oak tree. I haven't completely surrendered yet, but... it's hard.
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Jul 11, 2018 18:32
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fknlo posted:I will say that there have been multiple GTI's with a G60 swap with the lysholm supercharger that I absolutely loved. So much whine. Maybe that's what I heard last week. I heard the whine, saw a GTI go by, but I can't be sure if that was the car or not as I was window up/AC blasting. Didn't see anything else around I would've suspected as the source. Is that a non-unicorn mod or was I just hearing something else entirely? Car-sound related - also had a beater go by (I forget what exactly it was now) straining along with the loudest BOV I've ever heard.
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Jul 30, 2018 15:15
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GTI bros - I want lighting package lights on my car, any decent aftermarket offerings? Having LED fog lights and halogen headlights is an affront to humanity.
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Sep 2, 2018 18:25
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Ah, cool. Thanks! I've got a 2017 so the 7.5s won't fit.
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Sep 3, 2018 19:27
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Oooooh, I do like those...
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Sep 4, 2018 00:09
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Cracked my tailbone a few weeks ago and have been riding around on a memory foam rear end pad for a while - went to lunch without it today and holy crap you forget how much driving feel you get from your butt. drat you, fragile coccyx 
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Sep 7, 2018 21:26
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Claim it on the moron's insurance. I'm a little bitter about that stuff right now as my wife got rear ended (with my son in the car) at a stoplight. Everyone had stopped, including the guy that hit her, but slap dick decided to go a little early or some poo poo. Dumb bastard. He's insured but I'm still going to take his skin while he's asleep.
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Sep 20, 2018 18:40
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Back when I was dumber I owned a gray Toyota Tundra, that thing was an idiot magnet. Got rear ended, t-boned twice (at low speed), keyed, and had a valet guy bend the passenger mirror up against a concrete support in a garage. In retrospect, I guess I deserved it on some level for owning a stupid rear end truck. But still, I didn't drive like a jerk, was careful to park in the middle of parking spaces, etc. Anyway, there's my gray vehicle story. gently caress that thing forever.
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Sep 21, 2018 00:51
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Etrips posted:And this is why everyone should have dash cams. That's something we're definitely thinking about; I've never looked into it before so I've got a lot of reading to do.
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Sep 22, 2018 16:41
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Electro rally would be surreal - Dirt flying everywhere and just the whine of the motor. Another GTI question: mud guards? Any better than the others?
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Sep 25, 2018 16:08
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BlackMK4 posted:pls no to mud guards How else am I supposed to satisfy my rally fetish without mud guards, and a huge light rack on the front
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Sep 26, 2018 21:19
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Etrips posted:Bosch Icon 365 OE26, OE18 - Adapter #4 work fine for me. Seconding these. Haven't gotten any for the gti yet, but they've been great on my other cars.
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Oct 5, 2018 15:55
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Finally got the wipers and the driver side one doesn't have the extra adaptors. Arrrrrrghhhh
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Oct 8, 2018 19:00
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Oct 8, 2018 20:05
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Residency Evil posted:Are GTIs still being sold for really good prices, or has diesel-gate been sufficiently long enough ago? I got my 2017 S last December for just over 23k new. Just had the 10k service done, no weirdness, no problems. Love that car.
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Oct 24, 2018 19:28
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Oddhair posted:Dammit, my 2016 GTI needs its water pump replaced and is out of warranty. Anyone ever DIY the water pump on their MK7? Going to check the specific forums of course as well, only good video I found was a MK6. How is your water pump out of warranty, isn't the car only 2 years old?
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Nov 15, 2018 19:30
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:3-year, 36,000 mile, usually the manufacturer will state "whichever comes first." Oh true, I'm brain damaged. I'd raise poo poo about the water pump too at 2ish years old. EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:$26,000 DSG, it's got probably 25 thousand miles on the clock. And where were you this time last year, god... DAMMIT!
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Nov 15, 2018 23:05
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Yeah, always be downshifting when you want to power on like that. Google engine lugging for a better explanation than I could give.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:00
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BlackMK4 posted:50k all said and done for a golf, lol Jesus christ
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Nov 29, 2018 00:11
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Huh, all I could find was a recall for 2011-2014.
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Dec 2, 2018 21:03
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100% Dundee posted:For me, oddly enough, its the exact opposite. In photo's I think the car looks amazing(gotta love those TE37's as well), particularly the darker paint colors vs the white/red ones. But in person, they are so gaudy with all the plastic bits, extra spoilers and fake grills, etc just really stand out too much making it really harsh to look at.  I think those pics look great. Irl though, it's a cringey mess. I like the way new Civics look, but the R is waaaaaay too much.
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Jan 11, 2019 15:53
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Any GTI bros have either the high or low note on your horn go out? My high note mysteriously vanished at some point. Rarely use it, so I'm assuming the vw horn is just poo poo. I was looking at an aftermarket horns, seems like people like the Hellas. I dunno. Should I go warranty or Hella?
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Feb 4, 2019 21:01
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Yeah, looks like you have to cut the wiring harness where it attaches to the horn and wire in the new one to ground/fuse box/etc. Guess I'll warranty replace it.
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Feb 5, 2019 22:06
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SolusLunes posted:we'll see what shakes out Hopefully not your bones, or organs
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Feb 26, 2019 20:24
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Had a dream last night that I was rallying my stock GTI in Finland (like you do), went over a big jump, and the front end came up mid-air and I landed smack on the rear end. Woke up wondering how I was going to explain it to the insurance company and my wife. 
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Mar 2, 2019 16:36
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KillHour posted:I've had the same dream about my RS except they usually involve me flying off the side of a mountain a'la Dirt Rally. Scary poo poo. Pretty sure playing Dirt 2.0 this week had something to do with it.
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Mar 3, 2019 19:13
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JamesOff posted:Mine (2016 Mk7) works all the way down to 0 and will pull away by itself if the car in front moves within 3 seconds, else you have to tap the accelerator or RES button to tell it to carry on. It’s great in traffic jams I was going to post how much I want an R but couldn't justify the premium, but, uh, you may have just changed that.
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Apr 6, 2019 18:28
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I'm a backup camera convert. Before I got the GTI, I always thought people should just LOOK AT THE MIRRORS/OUT THE GODDAMN WINDOWS. Today I was backing out of a crappy corner parking spot and it was super helpful. Backup cam 4 lyfe. Question for the thread: I'm considering getting new wheels (since I've stopped clipping curbs on a weekly basis), but holy poo poo, analysis paralysis is kicking in and I don't even know where to start. Even just going to Tire Rack and looking at OEM sized wheels is overwhelming. Help?
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May 24, 2019 05:09
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evrae posted:upgrade =]  Significant upgrade, nice!
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May 28, 2019 17:40
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Ehud posted:I know this is kind of a broad question, but GTI owners - what has your experience been in terms of reliability and repairs? A little late, but my '17 GTI (bought around Christmas 2017) with about 18K has only had an oil change. The high note horn is toast, but I was forced to drive through some non-trivially-deep water a few weeks ago and I'm pretty sure that's what ate it. Aside from that, just suffering from slight black-car-owner pains when it's dirty.
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Jun 18, 2019 07:13
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Apollodorus posted:Hi all -- I'm in the market for a new car and wanted a m/t hatchback or wagon that gets 30+ MPG and has good cargo capacity. I recently learned that 2015 and newer GTIs have the same cargo capacity as the Honda Fit, which means they meet my requirements. Cool! I've got the base GTI and I adore it. Sure it doesn't have the LSD, or leather, or the lighting package, but as a fun daily driver it's been perfect for me. It handily carries two full hockey bags and sticks when my son and I go to practice, and the one time I sat in the back seat, it was comfortable with plenty of leg room (I'm 6' tall). If you get a used one, definitely get a PPI if it's not certified pre-owned.
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Jun 23, 2019 04:56
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Suburban Dad posted:I'll probably get a van or wagon. And not German. Username checks out 
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