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fledonfoot wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:10 pm
coogles wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:23 pm Much of me thinks I should just do some shifter upgrades and otherwise leave it the hell alone.

It is tempting to go :fullretard:, though, with as much power as these things can make with some basic bolt-ons.
I'm tempted to go stage 1, but rack up 30k/yr.

Agree fully on the shifter:
I did the Euro S3 short shift arm, a full set of shifter cable and bracket bushings, an 034 dogbone insert and the ECS bleeder block delete. Takes away all of the clutch pedal vagueness and gives it actual feel. I ended up pulling the dogbone insert out, and i've been really happy with it.

With a set of summer tires (Indy 500s') this thing has been a riot.
I can’t wait to move to San Antonio. After settling down I’m running summers year long. (When I need new tars)
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fledonfoot wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:10 pm
coogles wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:23 pm Much of me thinks I should just do some shifter upgrades and otherwise leave it the hell alone.

It is tempting to go :fullretard:, though, with as much power as these things can make with some basic bolt-ons.
I'm tempted to go stage 1, but rack up 30k/yr.

Agree fully on the shifter:
I did the Euro S3 short shift arm, a full set of shifter cable and bracket bushings, an 034 dogbone insert and the ECS bleeder block delete. Takes away all of the clutch pedal vagueness and gives it actual feel. I ended up pulling the dogbone insert out, and i've been really happy with it.

With a set of summer tires (Indy 500s') this thing has been a riot.
I did exactly the same mods with my mk6 as you did, minus the tires. It makes the driving experience with the :manuel: much better too compared to factory, atleast with the mk6. Definitely best <$50 mods ive spent on mods.

As for the stage 1, try do the APR stage 1 low output one, which was designed to “prevent” clutch slip and it’s honestly :notbad: coming from a stage 1 tuned mk6 owner myself
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razr390 wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:12 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:10 pm

I'm tempted to go stage 1, but rack up 30k/yr.

Agree fully on the shifter:
I did the Euro S3 short shift arm, a full set of shifter cable and bracket bushings, an 034 dogbone insert and the ECS bleeder block delete. Takes away all of the clutch pedal vagueness and gives it actual feel. I ended up pulling the dogbone insert out, and i've been really happy with it.

With a set of summer tires (Indy 500s') this thing has been a riot.
I can’t wait to move to San Antonio. After settling down I’m running summers year long. (When I need new tars)
:excited:
Orrr you can lend these to Erdogan’s mistress that lives in DC suburbs sometime in the fall perhaps.
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:54 pm
razr390 wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:12 pm
I can’t wait to move to San Antonio. After settling down I’m running summers year long. (When I need new tars)
:excited:
Orrr you can lend these to Erdogan’s mistress that lives in DC suburbs sometime in the fall perhaps.
The logistics make no sense for that brochaho
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razr390 wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:02 pm
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:54 pm

Orrr you can lend these to Erdogan’s mistress that lives in DC suburbs sometime in the fall perhaps.
The logistics make no sense for that brochaho
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Tore up Route 100 from Wilmington to West Chester and back today. God damn this car is a riot. I think I totally cooked the brakes at one point in the drive, but they got stronger a bit later so IDK, maybe just low friction road surface. I love everything about this car when you get it on a back road for shenanigans.

On the way home even made a detour by the airport to rip up the rim road. Caught air on a particularly large whoop in a 25 MPH zone. :fuckyeah:
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That said.... I have a MAJOR itch for a Land Cruiser right now...
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Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 9:27 pm That said.... I have a MAJOR itch for a Land Cruiser right now...
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Apex wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:14 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 9:27 pm That said.... I have a MAJOR itch for a Land Cruiser right now...
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We will see after my trip. Booked a wrangler. Probably the same one Max banged his AZN in. I’ll bring a black light.
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Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:41 pm
Apex wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:14 pm

:doit:
We will see after my trip. Booked a wrangler. Probably the same one Max banged his AZN in. I’ll bring a black light.
Good call.
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Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:41 pm
Apex wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:14 pm

:doit:
We will see after my trip. Booked a wrangler. Probably the same one Max banged his AZN in. I’ll bring a black light.
Deets on trip?
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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wap wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 11:53 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:41 pm

We will see after my trip. Booked a wrangler. Probably the same one Max banged his AZN in. I’ll bring a black light.
Deets on trip?
:dat:
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wap wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 11:53 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:41 pm

We will see after my trip. Booked a wrangler. Probably the same one Max banged his AZN in. I’ll bring a black light.
Deets on trip?
Maybe after dinner
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Johnny_P wrote:
wap wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 11:53 pm Deets on trip?
Maybe after dinner
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Johnny_P wrote: Sat May 11, 2019 8:49 am
wap wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 11:53 pm

Deets on trip?
Maybe after dinner
:crang: :rage:

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:wap: Where are these mangos?
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SAWCE wrote: Sat May 11, 2019 9:10 am
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Maybe after dinner
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Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:41 pm
Apex wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:14 pm

:doit:
We will see after my trip. Booked a wrangler. Probably the same one Max banged his AZN in. I’ll bring a black light.
Deets on trip?
brain go brrrrrr
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Johnny_P wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:41 pm
Apex wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 10:14 pm

:doit:
We will see after my trip. Booked a wrangler. Probably the same one Max banged his AZN in. I’ll bring a black light.
No banging was done in jeep :( I think we’re getting too old for dat shiet. Time for that new hood rat
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Lit an entire tank of gas on fire yesterday driving through Amish countryside. 20 MPG over the entire tank. 250 miles? I don't know something like that. Cruised over 12k miles now.

This car is still hilariously fun on a back road in sport mode. I love the grip, the way the steering talks to you, the sound of the motor, the feel of the shifter, stiffness of the brakes, and even the suspension... it all comes together so nicely while bombing a back road. Pretty much no complaints. It got a little choppy on the highway coming home, I-76 has been patched over but really needs to be repaved. I noticed all the big trucks were bucking too but most other passenger cars seemed to not care.

Interesting thing happened though. I realized that despite taking all day to brap around like a lunatic on some truly great roads.... I have more fun going 5-15 MPH through forest trails on my cyclocross bike. Like, a lot more fun. Like, not even close to the same amount of fun. There were only a few sections of roads that truly got the :dong: tingling, and I was going probably 70 in a 35 at those points...

Anyway. Here's a :millennial: pic of said Amish countryside. This road got hella fun, despite a few horse and buggies and piles of horse :poop: in the road.

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Sounds about right. Speed limits = :flaccid:

I'm afraid to start on bicycles :doe: lest I end up broken and broke.
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I have way more fun bombing on a bicycle than I do in a car on public roads, no doubt.
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Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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