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AJP's Build - back in love with the GTI
r5gtt:
--- Quote from: Juliand on September 03, 2016, 11:22:48 pm ---yeah, had a really shyte drive back from the midlands to south coast today...mpg was pap with rain and air con on /of to keep the windows clear- twats on the road on M40/ A34 / M3/ M27- really fed up today..... Not a pleasant drive back at all..... maybe cos i went up and back in the same day, and I'm knacked and irritable........some real idiots out there
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I had the same coming back from Kent to sh*t old east london lol so I hear you Juliand.
dansmith180:
In the last year mine has had.
New turbo
New downpipe
New HPFP
New intercooler
New clutch and DMF
New injectors
New front brake kit
New map
Drove it 3000 miles and a spark plug blew which lead to it not running right.
Then
New LPFP
New engine with a sh*t load of work done
New engine and gearbox mounts
New turbo core
Another new LPFP
Whole new exhaust
New map
New gearbox
And it still makes a sh*tty rattling noise when engaging gear and at low rpm (sometimes on idle), also something knocks at the front end sometimes, also a rattly flappy noise. I actually looked at Diesel Seat Leon's last weekend I was so fed up.
Then I took it for a spank and couldn't stop giggling like a twat, it's a stupid terrible car that drives me mad but I do love it.
AJP:
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on September 04, 2016, 02:13:53 am ---In the last year mine has had.
New turbo
New downpipe
New HPFP
New intercooler
New clutch and DMF
New injectors
New front brake kit
New map
Drove it 3000 miles and a spark plug blew which lead to it not running right.
Then
New LPFP
New engine with a sh*t load of work done
New engine and gearbox mounts
New turbo core
Another new LPFP
Whole new exhaust
New map
New gearbox
And it still makes a sh*tty rattling noise when engaging gear and at low rpm (sometimes on idle), also something knocks at the front end sometimes, also a rattly flappy noise. I actually looked at Diesel Seat Leon's last weekend I was so fed up.
Then I took it for a spank and couldn't stop giggling like a twat, it's a stupid terrible car that drives me mad but I do love it.
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Your last paragraph epitomises the whole mk5 GTI experience for me Dan. When it's good, it's brilliant fun. When it's bad, it's irritating.
Funny thing is, no amount of reviews from the likes of Evo ever scratched the surface anywhere near enough to hint at the long term running issues the majority of us experience. Reviewed on a good day, it really is close to that 5 star car it was touted as. The issues though - especially when we're turning the power up by 50bhp at the conservative end of the modding scale - start to rear their head years after motoring journalists have had their brief fun.
If my car was bone standard I'm sure right now I'd be considering selling. But I think you get to a point where you've 'invested' so much in it that you can't help feeling commited to seeing it through. It could be that once I find the cause of this misfire it remains healthy and reliable for months and years to come. Or I might just end up with some other annoyingly intermittent problem taking its place, and it's that worry - expecting something to go wrong - that takes the shine off the whole experience. The modding budget is no longer a modding budget, more a 'keeping it alive' budget.
On that note, it developed a new noise yesterday. Going slowly over a series of speed bumps (the horrible square ones) it's started groaning from the front. I don't know if it's a damper, bush, something to do with the undertray, or something I'll never diagnose. I'm only 30mm down, and nothing fouled as far as I know. So yeah, one more issue added to the list. How surprising.
Mr Scruff:
Apologies for bumping an elderly thread but just joined and interested in reading some history...
I have a Porsche 996 in the garage as my fun car (until recently it was my daily); the one that no one likes and was poorly made. You know what? It is too. My 2007 GTi rattles a million times less, it's much more usable and don't even get me started with the bills that a 996 can generate. The idle is lumpy, the clutch is a nightmare and the ride bone-jarring. Oh, and every time I take it out it breaks.
My point? We do these things 'cos we love them. Yes, they'll drive us potty (4 days in with the Golf and I'm already annoyed with some stuff...) but the alternative is that we all drive 1.2 KiaHyundaiWhatever boring white good cars. My wife suggested I get a 4 year old Ford Focus instead of the GTi but frankly I couldn't cope with the idea; sure they're a good car but just don't interest me.
Take a break. Try and borrow a Micra or some other low powered shopping trolley. For me each time I did it I realised I would continue to put up with the faults just to drive something that didn't send me to sleep! All cars have issues, the GTi holds its own as far as I'm concerned, despite the faults.
r5gtt:
--- Quote from: dansmith180 on September 04, 2016, 02:13:53 am ---In the last year mine has had.
New turbo
New downpipe
New HPFP
New intercooler
New clutch and DMF
New injectors
New front brake kit
New map
Drove it 3000 miles and a spark plug blew which lead to it not running right.
Then
New LPFP
New engine with a sh*t load of work done
New engine and gearbox mounts
New turbo core
Another new LPFP
Whole new exhaust
New map
New gearbox
And it still makes a sh*tty rattling noise when engaging gear and at low rpm (sometimes on idle), also something knocks at the front end sometimes, also a rattly flappy noise. I actually looked at Diesel Seat Leon's last weekend I was so fed up.
Then I took it for a spank and couldn't stop giggling like a twat, it's a stupid terrible car that drives me mad but I do love it.
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That's some mega bad luck or something going on there mate :surprised:
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