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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #990 on: October 26, 2022, 07:51:56 pm »
Do you track your gt4? Just went to see the dealer last week for a GT4. How could I get in touch with you? Would lie to ask you some questions

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #991 on: December 03, 2023, 07:34:11 pm »
Haven't written here in more than a year... WOW...
The car is still with me - can't see why I would ever sell it and I am enjoying it as much as I can.
Early 2022 I had a big accident with another car and I am still recovering (physically I escaped unhurt but mentally I need some time to recover).

The Golf is quite a slow and predictable car and I am using it to get over the previous accident.
As such, I've had track day in Romania earlier this year (nothing notable to share from it) and another trip to Nurburgring late September - the one I want to write about here.
It was important for me to be late in the year and, as Stefan (@Acidutzul) went earlier, I joined another friend with a similar car:



Just kidding, the cars couldn't have been further a part...
All in all the trip was great.
Great weather, exceptional hotel room view:



Great cars (some might think 992 GT3 RS are quite rare, but not at Nurburgring and especially not during a Manthey track day).



If last year I participated at Manthey track day and the car could easily blend in, now it was no longer the case.
You should see the look on people's faces when my friend and I went to complete the registration in the Golf :):



As I was not as obsessed about going on track all the time, I had some time to enjoy other things as well.
I even had time to walk around the parking lot and meet Streten for example (M539 Restorations for all of you, BMW fans).



All in all it was a successful trip.
Here are a few photos with the car "in action".







Next up, one or two videos and more photos.
Cheers!  :drinking:
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #992 on: December 06, 2023, 08:54:36 pm »
A video with a decent drive:



As you can see, I am a bit rusty and I am not trusting the car or my abilities (for good reasons for the last part) :)

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #993 on: December 08, 2023, 03:52:45 pm »
And the remaining photos:














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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #994 on: January 25, 2024, 12:11:17 am »
Sad to know that you had a serious accident that left you some mental scaring. I hope you can recovery from that completely, specially with the help of your Golf.

Great pictures from the Ring trip.  :drool:  I hope I can do the same one day with my car.  :drinking:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #995 on: September 13, 2024, 11:40:22 am »
Hi mate, as mentioned by Shoduchi… I hope you recover well (mentaly )❤️
All the rest is will follow 😘
Enjoy the track and keep us posted 👍🏻

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #996 on: September 15, 2024, 04:07:47 pm »
Thank you, guys!

Slowly recuperating :) - as there is no rush...

Since I last wrote here, I paid a bit of attention to the other cars in the "fleet" - which got to be 6 up until a couple of months ago. I've let 2 go because I wasn't really driving them - but the Golf was not one of them.  :driver:

This year I went to the Nurburgring with my "daily" - 1999 Audi A4, 2.8 V6 quattro. Even if it is nowhere near the Golf when it comes to pace or balance, I still enjoyed it.





And, I haven't forgotten about the Golf... I stretched it's legs for one track day earlier this year.
I think it's the first trackday in 15 years where I had street tires and the times were clearly slower. But I still had fun...









Considering I have 2 small kids and no backseats in the Golf, the chances for me to drive it aren't a lot. But I make sure to make the best of them  :innocent:.

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #997 on: October 20, 2024, 05:44:11 pm »
Good to see you’re having fun❤️
Love the blue color on your A4😍

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #998 on: October 21, 2024, 09:33:31 pm »
Thank you!
Yup, I also love the color - could have been better if it was green, but I really can't complain... The interior and exterior color were a big factor in choosing the car. As a funny thing, when I bought the Golf (almost 17 years ago), I couldn't conceive of having a bright color interior. I couldn't stand it... Now black seems so dull and I have bright interiors in 3 of the last 4 cars I bought (including the above Audi).

And, on another note, the Golf just had the MOT and I've traveled approx 500 miles (800 km) over the past year - that's including the track day...  :driver:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #999 on: October 29, 2024, 08:55:57 pm »
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