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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #795 on: October 22, 2014, 02:08:02 pm »
Thank you very much for you opinion!  :notworthy:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #796 on: October 26, 2014, 05:04:07 am »
One and six for me  :drool:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #797 on: October 26, 2014, 01:19:31 pm »
Thanks Mike! I submitted 1,3 and 6.
I've seen some great photos but who knows, maybe I'll make it into 2015 calendar also  :innocent:
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P.S. Hope to see your car in the 2015 calendar also  :happy2:.
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #798 on: November 04, 2014, 06:58:10 pm »
Winter mode ON:





It doesn't look that bad with 16 inch rims, does it?

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #799 on: November 24, 2014, 08:40:59 pm »
I can't believe it, but the car will be 7 years old this week  :confused:.
Still enjoying it like the first day (well, to be honest, I am enjoying it even more).

Like I've said some time ago, I still have to edit one more video from the 2014 Nurburgring trip.
Unfortunately the software (DashWare) is causing me some problems and the output video is using an encoding not recognizable by youtube. Until they fix the issue here is teaser:




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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #800 on: November 24, 2014, 09:27:14 pm »

What OBD kit do you have to record the speed / tacho etc, Vlad?

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #801 on: November 24, 2014, 09:32:52 pm »
I am working on a product doing just that. It is a GPS tracker connected to the car's on board computer via CAN.
And I've made the dials/gauges myself  :wink:
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #802 on: November 24, 2014, 09:40:42 pm »

Interesting stuff!

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #803 on: November 25, 2014, 01:11:04 am »

Interesting stuff!
Indeed! :notworthy:

Hope you can share the video soon. :drinking:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #804 on: November 25, 2014, 07:33:22 am »
Thanks Mike! I submitted 1,3 and 6.
I've seen some great photos but who knows, maybe I'll make it into 2015 calendar also  :innocent:
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P.S. Hope to see your car in the 2015 calendar also  :happy2:.

....I hadn't seen these recent posts when shortlisting your pic for the 2015 calendar but Neil @scopes and I chose #1 independently - You are definitely in! And so is Mike @Tfsi_Mike on his third annual attempt!

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #805 on: November 25, 2014, 04:18:38 pm »
Hope you can share the video soon. :drinking:
Yup, me too!
But I am waiting for DashWare support to give me an advice (I've been waiting for their answers for more than 2 weeks)...


....I hadn't seen these recent posts when shortlisting your pic for the 2015 calendar but Neil @scopes and I chose #1 independently - You are definitely in! And so is Mike @Tfsi_Mike on his third annual attempt!

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Thanks Robin!  :drinking:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #806 on: November 25, 2014, 06:06:47 pm »
Looking nice, good luck with the project :)
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #807 on: November 26, 2014, 09:10:32 am »
Thank you, my friend!  :drinking:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #808 on: December 06, 2014, 09:01:10 pm »
Finally managed to surpass all the obstacles and I managed to upload the video  :pomppomp:



Unfortunately the video quality is a little bit lower than original because I had to do a lot of editing for the encoding to be accepted by youtube (and to rotate the video).
The data you see is gathered every second from the on board computer (CAN) and GPS tracker (the speed is GPS Speed not dashboard speed) and sent via the tracker to the server.
So, it is not 100% accurate but I think it is at least acceptable.
The editing software for the raw data (DashWare) is than making the transition from one second to another.

What do you think?

P.S. After this lap I heard the weird noise I was telling you a few pages back and I noticed that the front left wheel was held by only 2 nuts (one was loose).
Thank God I didn't lose the wheel on this lap  :notworthy: .



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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #809 on: December 06, 2014, 09:16:44 pm »
Very nice video mate, damn lucky about that wheel as well, probably helped that its a lighter wheel.