MK5 Golf GTI
General => Shows, Events and Meets => Topic started by: GTI.Dav on March 26, 2014, 10:33:19 pm
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Next Sunday 6th April is GTI Spring Festival at Santa Pod. I went last year 12 hours after I picked up my Edition and it was a good day with some strip action to watch too.
I wasn't planning on going this year but I've changed my mind and will probably go if the weathers looking good. Anyone else planning on it? Be good to see some of you :smiley:
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I will be there, maybe in a Citroen DS3 or hopefully in mine - as mine goes into the bodyshop on the 3rd.
If my car is there i'll be on the uk-mkivs.net clubstand that i organised or in the show and shine. depends on weather.
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I will be there is its forecast a nice day.... i wont be going if its gonna rain
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if i go it will be in the name of research on the 1/4 mile
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I will be there as well - aiming to crack into the 12's :party:
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I shall be there. Most proberly put the car in show and show as got a few days off next week to give it a proper detail
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Good to see some of you will be there :happy2:
I'll probably be in the show and shine area.. Fingers crossed we'll have some nice weather for it.
Jay - Hopefully your car will be out the bodyshop in time!
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if i go it will be in the name of research on the 1/4 mile
:happy2:
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I will be there, maybe in a Citroen DS3 or hopefully in mine - as mine goes into the bodyshop on the 3rd.
If my car is there i'll be on the uk-mkivs.net clubstand that i organised or in the show and shine. depends on weather.
They won't let you in :signLOL:...turning up in some French pile of fertiliser :laugh:
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I'll be there on the LVSR REVO Tradestand! :happy2:
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who's coming from south east London?
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who's coming from south east London?
We have a convoy from Toddington around 7:30-8am.
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I was going, but looks like rain all day. Santa pod with no quarter mile not as good.
Si
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Working now so can't go! :-(
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I'm also weather dependant but if forecast rain I'll get drunk Saturday night instead.
Plus I've fell out if love for the car currently :signLOL:
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who's coming from south east London?
We have a convoy from Toddington around 7:30-8am.
I get on the M1 just before Toddington. So I'll meet you guys if that's okay and join the convoy.
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Ill be there at toddington too! :happy2:
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So what time u guys leaving Toddington services?
I may join :happy2:
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8am. If it's not raining. :laugh:
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http://uk-mkivs.net/topic/234949-gti-springfest-6th-april-south-convoy/
We will be LEAVING by 8 so be there for 7:30 if you don't want to miss out..
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Somehow managed to get off work for this so hoping its a dry day and looking forward to the toddington convoy :driver:
Dave
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London Gateway services for 7:20 to convoy upto Toddington services.
London Gateway details as follows:
http://www.motorwayservices.info/london_gateway_services_m1
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6am start for me then :laugh: nice lay in finally :signLOL:
Gonna be like gumball rally on the m1 but without the illegal speeds :driver:
Dave
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Hey guys. I'm going as well was planning to do show and shine. Do people wanna set up a kinda Gti stand if you see what I mean. Looks wet so far fingers crossed that changes. And we can get up the stip , as I can better last year bismol track times
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Aim to get there for around 8 am so don't. Have to que
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Does anybody know if there's a Shell garage close to the Pod, and also whether you're allowed to leave for fuel and come back in?? :confused:
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Does anybody know if there's a Shell garage close to the Pod, and also whether you're allowed to leave for fuel and come back in?? :confused:
Just make sure you have half a tank, it will be plenty
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Wouldn't worry, supposed to be pissing down! :(
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Pi$$ing down on and off, so shouldn't be too bad.
What about a pub close by that's showing the footy for a pitstop on the way home??
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Well it said rain on and off today and so far in London we just got sunshine so fingers still crossed for some strip action
Dave
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wouldn't mind if the down pour starts at midday, i'll be finished on the strip by then....... hopefully.
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So are people planning on doing stip sign on stright a way and hope ing to get on in morning before the rain comes
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Do they close the strip if it rains?
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Yep and then get the big Hoover out :mad:
Dave
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And if you have a failure of sorts do not repeat DO NOT run the whole strip and risk dripping fluid on the strip.
I saw a gearbox go south and the driver carried on,he is still remembered by others in the queue eight years on
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Did he actually know? When my gearbox went last year I didnt know until I went in for a break as there was no noise, bang, etc
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Do people wanna park up and show as a group. , was planning to go in show and shine. And do a few track ones early in the day
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So there are a few of us in the track que. Two. Ed30 going first. Wonder who on here that could be , H1 and H2 both are black
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Turned out to be a fun day in the end even after a wet start and couple of hour delay drying the strip out when we turned up :fighting:
Was just getting the hang if it in my new car in the afternoon then the heavens started to open again so we called it a day
Managed 13.2 twice in a row as my last attempts so I'm really happy with that :pomppomp:
Was chatting to the guy in the dark blue mk7 golf R and his best was a 13.04 :laugh: very impressive standard time indeed
Looking to getting back down there once I've had my exhaust fitted and stage2+ loaded to see what I can manage then :party:
Dave
P.s. Congrats to justin getting a shout out for fastest audi on the day by the announcer :notworthy: even though he missed it cos he'd already legged it :booty:
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So there are a few of us in the track que. Two. Ed30 going first. Wonder who on here that could be , H1 and H2 both are black
I was H2 :happy2:
Well chuffed with my times - fastest Audi of the day and with over half a tank of fuel :jumping:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fh473%2Fjussa1%2F86fe43784cbfb10d13d5bdec893dce2e.jpg&hash=4138a667f42be7434cd4f5856d2b6b36fa49f573)
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Turned out to be a fun day in the end even after a wet start and couple of hour delay drying the strip out when we turned up :fighting:
Was just getting the hang if it in my new car in the afternoon then the heavens started to open again so we called it a day
Managed 13.2 twice in a row as my last attempts so I'm really happy with that :pomppomp:
Was chatting to the guy in the dark blue mk7 golf R and his best was a 13.04 :laugh: very impressive standard time indeed
Looking to getting back down there once I've had my exhaust fitted and stage2+ loaded to see what I can manage then :party:
Dave
P.s. Congrats to justin getting a shout out for fastest audi on the day by the announcer :notworthy: even though he missed it cos he'd already legged it :booty:
Cheers Dave - was legging it to catch the 2nd half of the Liverpool game - would have stuck around for a few more runs had the heavens not opened again :rolleye:
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good day met up with a few faces from the forum a chap with the s3 i forgot your name, mvb as well as others of course :rolleye:
spent the morning with wigley-manship in the eddie going along the strip.
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Good time Justin. :happy2:
Pity I couldn't go. :sad1:
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Good time Justin. :happy2:
Pity I couldn't go. :sad1:
Thanks mate, will catch up with u next time :happy2:
good day met up with a few faces from the forum a chap with the s3 i forgot your name, mvb as well as others of course :rolleye:
spent the morning with wigley-manship in the eddie going along the strip.
Yo Jay, that was me chatting to u and Rich :wink:
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Nice to meet you justin. Fastest for me was 13.9. After last time doing a 14.14 I wanted to do a sub 14 so was happy with that.
The 1/4 mile does make your car seem slow tho doesn't it?
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Hi Rich, great meeting eventually :happy2:
Did u do your best run alone or with Jay? :confused:
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Hi Rich, great meeting eventually :happy2:
Did u do your best run alone or with Jay? :confused:
With jay... I guess a few tenths might have been had without a passenger.
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More than a few. :grin:
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It isn't the strip which makes your car feel slow Rich, it's having Jay as a passenger! :driver:
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Nice meeting Jay and Rich at the Pod :happy2:
Best time I got was 14.8770 which i'm happy with as was targeting a sub 15 and achieved it :laugh:
Bluestorm - what was you driving?
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It isn't the strip which makes your car feel slow Rich, it's having Jay as a passenger! :driver:
Haha :party: :party:
Few of my pics.
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It isn't the strip which makes your car feel slow Rich, it's having Jay as a passenger! :driver:
Haha :party: :party:
Few of my pics.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/13688793504_4c0a3f119a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mRCDp7)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/13688475803_b67023d8f3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mRB1Xv)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/13688796304_c11b347332_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mRCEeo)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/13688445425_739c384ac4_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mRARVK)
Rest are available on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/75872667@N06/
Or on my photography page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fat-Bear-Photography/1470528693167332
Great pic of mine xjay :happy2: just liked your facebook page
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It isn't the strip which makes your car feel slow Rich, it's having Jay as a passenger! :driver:
:signLOL: I agree, u probably lost about half a second :driver:
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LOL... well that makes getting a 13.9 even better then! :laugh:
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Thanks for the shot of mine Jay :happy2:
Was a good day and nice to meet some new faces. Luckily the weather just about held out too!
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Listen to me and Jay... (well mainly jay) talk sh*te! :signLOL:
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Listen to me and Jay... (well mainly jay) talk sh*te! :signLOL:
Why did you launch from idle!! What staged car where you against?? No wonder u only managed 14.1
You should be getting 13.5 at least with stage 2
I recon your weight advantage was lost carrying Jays Teddy bear on the backseat :wink:
What was your 0-60?
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All the information is in the vid. description. Mines stage 1 Steve.
Edition 30 DSG Stage 1 REVO --- 13.94s @ 102.33
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Edition 30 Manual Stage 2 REVO --- 13.78 @ 104.33
Didnt want to r*pe the DSG launching it as it needs a service and this was the first run of the day having been sat in the queue for ages (coldish engine)
Dunno whos car it was.. but he reckoned he was running 340bhp.... as you can see from the timings theres no chance its making that power.
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All the information is in the vid. description. Mines stage 1 Steve.
Edition 30 DSG Stage 1 REVO --- 13.94s @ 102.33
vs
Edition 30 Manual Stage 2 REVO --- 13.78 @ 104.33
Didnt want to r*pe the DSG launching it as it needs a service and this was the first run of the day having been sat in the queue for ages (coldish engine)
Dunno whos car it was.. but he reckoned he was running 340bhp.... as you can see from the timings theres no chance its making that power.
Oh mines not showing stats from this link, only the video.
It won't be stage 2 at 340.. Must be a Superchips tuned car :wink: lol
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Yeah to be fair the engine was cold.
"start the engine and let it warm up"
nah it'll be fine :signLOL: :signLOL:
And I did try and try and try to get Rich to do a proper launch.
Still had a great day nevertheless.
I reckon once rolling the Stage 2 eddie gained no ground over us. It was pretty even. It was all in the start.
Then again 340bhp on AMD's dyno....
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Yeah to be fair the engine was cold.
"start the engine and let it warm up"
nah it'll be fine :signLOL: :signLOL:
And I did try and try and try to get Rich to do a proper launch.
Still had a great day nevertheless.
I reckon once rolling the Stage 2 eddie gained no ground over us. It was pretty even. It was all in the start.
Then again 340bhp on AMD's dyno....
And the difference between owning a twin clutch over a stick shift.. DSG stage 2 V manual 2+ would be about the same IMO
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^^ yeah.. I expected the stage 2 car to pull a few more lengths ahead, just shows how much extra pace you retain with DSG
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Where's Rich's other hand? :P
Dave
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Where's Rich's other hand? :P
Dave
It was amputated when I was 12... Why do you ask?
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Prosthetic's a good match :congrats:
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Prosthetic's a good match :congrats:
:signLOL:
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a fair few members riders spotted in this vid :happy2: