I use the 'move the decimal point one position to the left' method when I tell the misses how much things have cost :happy2:
I like the "I've had it for ages" excuse my misses comes up with when I know full well its the latest design :grin:
But i usually knock off a couple of pound when telling her how much things cost ;) :driver: like she thinks the map and exhaust is only costing £600 next week :laugh:
But i usually knock off a couple of pound when telling her how much things cost ;) :driver: like she thinks the map and exhaust is only costing £600 next week :laugh:
....Until she reads your post here! :evilgrin:
I like the "I've had it for ages" excuse my misses comes up with when I know full well its the latest design :grin:
I thought it was just me sneaking around and trying to hide the cost from my wife and also living in denial that this is a kind of addiction :grin: :grin: :grin: In fact I was too embarressed to even mention it on here or golfgti.co.uk just in case you guys thought I was mad. :signLOL:
I told my wife that my recent visits to JKM only cost £1200 - then it went up to £2000... problem is that I was out working in Hook and then driving to Hurdy's to pick up his Pescaras when she rang and told me that the bank statement had come through and was there anything I wanted to confess before I got an earfull :chicken: I feigned ignorance and said I don't know - and then she hit me with the bombshell - WHAT! Over £5500 spent :surprised: and after she'd recovered, she said what time are you getting home as I want something from Blockbusters and Nandos so you can make it up to me :scared: I daren't tell her I was heading to Hurdy in Sheffield instead of Ipswich and wouldn't be back home until after 10pm. I gave her 'the M25 is very very very busy' spiel. Suffice to say I left Sheffield at around 8:30pm and got to Ipswich at 10:40pm :driver: Tested those mods out to the max on the way back :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: Have to say that I gained particular benefit from the Revo Stage 2 Remap and Bilstein Coliover mods than anything else on the way back :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
I reckon I've spent over £7k including the BBS CH alloys or almost £8k including Hurdy's Pescaras :surprised: :surprised: :surprised: :surprised:
jesus and there's me finally getting a £400 miltek and getting the guilt trip!!! :sad:
illyun ,you are awfull, and i expect you to be at the Pod feb 1st if your still in the country.Did Kate tell you at jkm i came down to see you when your car was in, but i didnt know you'd changed the day!??jesus and there's me finally getting a £400 miltek and getting the guilt trip!!! :sad:
Only £400 eh Phil... well let me tell you your chain of thought as soon as that Milltek's on the car and you're driving home... :evilgrin:
You'ill be thinking, I need the Hi-Flow Sports Cat to make the most of that Milltek Cat Back, and then you might as well take a look at the whole of the engine 'breathing' system to make sure their are no bottlenecks - otherwise, it would ruin the Miltek gains - so things like either Carbonio would have to be on the shopping list... or you could do it properly and get a real cold air intake like the EVOMS one... and after all that, you would have to get a remap to take full advantage of the bolt-on mods... Stage 1 Revo and circa 300bhp can't be sniffed at... oh hang on, Stage 2 is only £50 more so you might as well go the whole hog... and then you might need an aftermarket fuel pump then - what the hell... just chuck it in, you've come so far already - and of course, a Forge DV. Then you'ill stand back and think.. :surprised: hang on, what about the handling?! Of course, you'ill have to go out and get Koni FSD/Eiback Springs - or expensive coilies - and the white line anti lift kit - a snitch at around an affordable £130 and maybe some anti-roll bars to round it all off. Then you'ill look at your bank balance - hovering somewhere around 0 or some unmentionable negative number and truely understand the words of the wise elder Red Robin, who warned you that this is a slippery slope. :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
Oh.. but you'ill have a monster of a car that will blow your mind when you drive it - but only for a few days until you get used to it and bored.. and then the modding will start all over again - anyone for Stage 3 Revo and 450bhp? :surprised: :evilgrin:
jesus and there's me finally getting a £400 miltek and getting the guilt trip!!! :sad:
Only £400 eh Phil... well let me tell you your chain of thought as soon as that Milltek's on the car and you're driving home... :evilgrin:
You'ill be thinking, I need the Hi-Flow Sports Cat to make the most of that Milltek Cat Back, and then you might as well take a look at the whole of the engine 'breathing' system to make sure their are no bottlenecks - otherwise, it would ruin the Miltek gains - so things like either Carbonio would have to be on the shopping list... or you could do it properly and get a real cold air intake like the EVOMS one... and after all that, you would have to get a remap to take full advantage of the bolt-on mods... Stage 1 Revo and circa 300bhp can't be sniffed at... oh hang on, Stage 2 is only £50 more so you might as well go the whole hog... and then you might need an aftermarket fuel pump then - what the hell... just chuck it in, you've come so far already - and of course, a Forge DV. Then you'ill stand back and think.. :surprised: hang on, what about the handling?! Of course, you'ill have to go out and get Koni FSD/Eiback Springs - or expensive coilies - and the white line anti lift kit - a snitch at around an affordable £130 and maybe some anti-roll bars to round it all off. Then you'ill look at your bank balance - hovering somewhere around 0 or some unmentionable negative number and truely understand the words of the wise elder Red Robin, who warned you that this is a slippery slope. :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
Oh.. but you'ill have a monster of a car that will blow your mind when you drive it - but only for a few days until you get used to it and bored.. and then the modding will start all over again - anyone for Stage 3 Revo and 450bhp? :surprised: :evilgrin:
jesus and there's me finally getting a £400 miltek and getting the guilt trip!!! :sad:
Only £400 eh Phil... well let me tell you your chain of thought as soon as that Milltek's on the car and you're driving home... :evilgrin:
You'ill be thinking, I need the Hi-Flow Sports Cat to make the most of that Milltek Cat Back, and then you might as well take a look at the whole of the engine 'breathing' system to make sure their are no bottlenecks - otherwise, it would ruin the Miltek gains - so things like either Carbonio would have to be on the shopping list... or you could do it properly and get a real cold air intake like the EVOMS one... and after all that, you would have to get a remap to take full advantage of the bolt-on mods... Stage 1 Revo and circa 300bhp can't be sniffed at... oh hang on, Stage 2 is only £50 more so you might as well go the whole hog... and then you might need an aftermarket fuel pump then - what the hell... just chuck it in, you've come so far already - and of course, a Forge DV. Then you'ill stand back and think.. :surprised: hang on, what about the handling?! Of course, you'ill have to go out and get Koni FSD/Eiback Springs - or expensive coilies - and the white line anti lift kit - a snitch at around an affordable £130 and maybe some anti-roll bars to round it all off. Then you'ill look at your bank balance - hovering somewhere around 0 or some unmentionable negative number and truely understand the words of the wise elder Red Robin, who warned you that this is a slippery slope. :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
Oh.. but you'ill have a monster of a car that will blow your mind when you drive it - but only for a few days until you get used to it and bored.. and then the modding will start all over again - anyone for Stage 3 Revo and 450bhp? :surprised: :evilgrin:
You have just basically summarized my life.........
Just change the figures to suit a GTI instead of an ED30 and we're there!!
illyun ,you are awfull, and i expect you to be at the Pod feb 1st if your still in the country.Did Kate tell you at jkm i came down to see you when your car was in, but i didnt know you'd changed the day!??
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