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AJP:
I seem to have got to a point recently where I'm getting more grief and cost from the car than actual enjoyment. This is probably, in part, due to me getting used to the power, so I don't really get that buzz from it like I used to.

But there just seems to be so many annoying little things that added up are holding me back from enjoying it like I should. Things like the rattly interior, crap standard brakes, and so on. The problem at the minute is that my 'upgrades budget' is being eaten into by ongoing reliability issues. Some of you might have read the thread about the misfires. For example, I've got a pair of mk7 Clubsport calipers that have been sat in a box for weeks. I just can't take the upgrades any further when the engine isn't even running properly.

I've already invested a big chunk into the car, it's got an uprated clutch, Powervalve, Loba pump etc, and I'm not thinking about selling, because I do see its potential. I have plans for a k04 or hybrid k03, maybe coilovers, some decent speakers/amp/HU, the list goes on. But right now the thought of it just doesn't excite me.

So, I was just wondering if anyone else had been in a similar position, and what you did to get your love back for the car. Was it one mod in particular? And what can I do to make it a nicer place to sit? I'm thinking about the interior rattles. There's one somewhere under the steering wheel that bugs the hell out of me. Anyone had any luck in stripping things down and using that anti rattle tape?

I just need some inspiration from somewhere. Yeah, I've got the usual mod list of things done and things to do, but even then there's nothing that really stands out as missing from the car, just a number of little areas of improvement. So its hard for me to get inspired.

What would you do?

andy7ven:
For me it's the interior rattles, I've had the car since 2009 and still can't solve them... The dash vent is still the worst, I've put sound deadening tape and foam everywhere in and around it and still it rattles!!! Surely someone when testing the MK5 flagged it up! Saying that it wasn't on the MK6 so someone must have realised they'd dropped a b*llock...!  :laugh:

The constant chattering sound from the boot/rear area, the rattling passenger seat when no one is in it, the door cards rattle... The list goes on!

The road noise in the cabin also, can't hear the radio for it...

AJP:

--- Quote from: andy7ven on August 25, 2016, 08:48:57 pm ---For me it's the interior rattles, I've had the car since 2009 and still can't solve them... The dash vent is still the worst, I've put sound deadening tape and foam everywhere in and around it and still it rattles!!! Surely someone when testing the MK5 flagged it up! Saying that it wasn't on the MK6 so someone must have realised they'd dropped a b*llock...! 

The constant chattering sound from the boot/rear area, the rattling passenger seat when no one is in it, the door cards rattle... The list goes on!

The road noise in the cabin also, can't hear the radio for it...

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Yeah I get all of that in mine. As well as the seat belt adjuster on the b-pillar constantly rattling, like a ticking noise... right in my ear.

All this puts me off the idea of coilovers. If it's like that now then I don't want to know how rough and creaky it'd be with firmer suspension.

andy7ven:
It's beautiful on fresh smooth tarmac, but god go on the old rough stuff and it's deafening... Rattle, Rattle, Chatter, Chatter ect...  :ashamed:

I suspect the armrest in the rear seat, but it could be the rear seat latch (I've put felt tape on the brackets and slammed them into place hard but no joy)

Dashboard diffuser, temperature dependent sometimes rattles like mad, other times not to bad... Think its actually the vents in it rattling more than the top piece...

Like you everytime something goes wrong I just think flog it, It's getting older and worth less and less, get something newer better built but I know I'd be making a mistake!!!  :laugh:

Norfolk Ollie:
Hi AJP- it's funny, I've been disapointed with my standard car's performance, hence the imminent re-map, but what surprised me was when my wife drove us back from the coast a few weeks back. She was being quite sensible, until we got lost (my fault obviously), after which she was booting it left, right and centre- WOW how fast the car felt when I was in the passenger seat- it was bizarre! Seemed like a different beast.. the car felt different too!!  :signLOL:
I know it's a little thing but try riding shotgun and see it through fresh eyes maybe? Just my observations fella, cheers Ollie.  :happy2:

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