Johnny_P's Street Parking Palooza

[Johnny_P]

Yea...not sure a $50k convertible pickup truck is "treating myself", that might just be instead.

Came in for Subaru content, but found this.

Get the it's neat. You're not having Crotchfruit, so you have to spend all of your money before you die. Why not pump it into the economy, your own employer, the people of broke ass Toledo, etc.

Lisa is always accepting tax exempt donations to her coffee shop!

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Came in for Subaru content, but found this.

Get the it's neat. You're not having Crotchfruit, so you have to spend all of your money before you die. Why not pump it into the economy, your own employer, the people of broke ass Toledo, etc.

Lisa is always accepting tax exempt donations to her coffee shop!

4x4 convertible pickup trucks are more fun bro.

[D Griff]

Convertible > coffee.

Sorry Johnny.

[Johnny_P]

Convertible > coffee.

Sorry Johnny.

Can't go mud camping with donations to a coffee shop

They're actually doing really well right now. Beating monthly targets by thousands at this point. She's hoping she can either offer health care or just raises to her staff this year. Health care is absurdly expensive.

[Johnny_P]

Lisa is always accepting tax exempt donations to her coffee shop!

4x4 convertible pickup trucks are more fun bro.

You should seriously go get one man. I think they are VERY cool, and come in orange and that bright ass blue. It won't break you financially, and if you need to justify it to yourself you can always let go of the vette for one.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

4x4 convertible pickup trucks are more fun bro.

You should seriously go get one man. I think they are VERY cool, and come in orange and that bright ass blue. It won't break you financially, and if you need to justify it to yourself you can always let go of the vette for one.

Yea...We'll see where things are when they start hitting lots.

[Johnny_P]

I love this thing so much

[wap]

I love this thing so much

[Johnny_P]

I love this thing so much

Just had a nice drive home, despite a trash truck trying to kill me. The STI is like a puppy that always wants to play.

I was getting some bucking action around hard turns, and turns out my tires were about 1-2 psi short all around. Filled them back up and its back to smooth sailing. This car is so picky about tire pressures, I guess that's what happens when all your diffs are LSD's.

[wap]

Just had a nice drive home, despite a trash truck trying to kill me. The STI is like a puppy that always wants to play.

I was getting some bucking action around hard turns, and turns out my tires were about 1-2 psi short all around. Filled them back up and its back to smooth sailing. This car is so picky about tire pressures, I guess that's what happens when all your diffs are LSD's.

[max225]

Just had a nice drive home, despite a trash truck trying to kill me. The STI is like a puppy that always wants to play.

I was getting some bucking action around hard turns, and turns out my tires were about 1-2 psi short all around. Filled them back up and its back to smooth sailing. This car is so picky about tire pressures, I guess that's what happens when all your diffs are LSD's.

Whoa you can tell? Yesterday I found out my left rear is at 26psi vs the “required” 32 I couldn’t tell a damn thing. keeping it low for my last service today to see if they actually do anything and fill it up

[Johnny_P]

Just had a nice drive home, despite a trash truck trying to kill me. The STI is like a puppy that always wants to play.

I was getting some bucking action around hard turns, and turns out my tires were about 1-2 psi short all around. Filled them back up and its back to smooth sailing. This car is so picky about tire pressures, I guess that's what happens when all your diffs are LSD's.

Whoa you can tell? Yesterday I found out my left rear isn’t at 26psi vs the “required” 32 I couldn’t tell a damn thing. keeping it low for my last service today to see if they actually do anything and fill it up

I think it's an AWD thing. You can feel the system binding and skipping on really tight turns if the tire pressures are off. Likely far less pronounced if you have open diffs all around, but all 3 diffs on the STI are limited slips.

[coogles]

Just had a nice drive home, despite a trash truck trying to kill me. The STI is like a puppy that always wants to play.

I was getting some bucking action around hard turns, and turns out my tires were about 1-2 psi short all around. Filled them back up and its back to smooth sailing. This car is so picky about tire pressures, I guess that's what happens when all your diffs are LSD's.

Quit making me miss mine.

[Johnny_P]

Just had a nice drive home, despite a trash truck trying to kill me. The STI is like a puppy that always wants to play.

I was getting some bucking action around hard turns, and turns out my tires were about 1-2 psi short all around. Filled them back up and its back to smooth sailing. This car is so picky about tire pressures, I guess that's what happens when all your diffs are LSD's.

Quit making me miss mine.

Sometimes I really do wish I had a more dopey vehicle. A GTI is a fantastic choice for a do it all car, if only mine were reliable. From what I hear the MK7 is more reliable overall and remedies a lot of complaints I had with my MK6. Diff to quell the wheel hop and traction problems, better suspension to resist slamming the bump stops, more reliable motor, still offers a great automatic if you want it. Sunroof is I guess but the rest sounds good.

I mean the STI is a handful, it's hard to just relax in it. But that also makes every drive fun and interesting. IDK.

[coogles]

Sometimes I really do wish I had a more dopey vehicle. A GTI is a fantastic choice for a do it all car, if only mine were reliable. From what I hear the MK7 is more reliable overall and remedies a lot of complaints I had with my MK6. Diff to quell the wheel hop and traction problems, better suspension to resist slamming the bump stops, more reliable motor, still offers a great automatic if you want it. Sunroof is I guess but the rest sounds good.

I mean the STI is a handful, it's hard to just relax in it. But that also makes every drive fun and interesting. IDK.

They're supposed to be more reliable, everything you read from forumbruhs down to anecdotal evidence from service advisers tells you the MK7s are way more reliable. Mine has been trouble-free, but I've only had it since August and put about 5,500 miles on it. Whoever told you the magic diff gets rid of wheel hop is full of shit, though. Wheel hop occurs when tires rapidly lose and regain traction multiple times. The wheels don't actually hop, they move quickly fore and aft within in the wheel arch, doing all sorts of terrible things to the control arm bushings and engine/trans mounts, and the diff doesn't impact that at all. If you want to get rid of wheel hop in a MK7 all it takes is some poly control arm bushings, though.

Your last sentence is what the GTI just doesn't do. It's incredibly capable, especially once it's up to speed. If I was on a twisty road somehwere and someone gave me the choice of driving my GTI or my old STi, I might actually take the GTI. It's really that good. But around town at lower speeds FWD becomes a problem. And just cruising, the 2.0 tsi has no character at all. There's no putting the windows down and smiling just because of the silly burbles coming out of the back.

[Johnny_P]

Sometimes I really do wish I had a more dopey vehicle. A GTI is a fantastic choice for a do it all car, if only mine were reliable. From what I hear the MK7 is more reliable overall and remedies a lot of complaints I had with my MK6. Diff to quell the wheel hop and traction problems, better suspension to resist slamming the bump stops, more reliable motor, still offers a great automatic if you want it. Sunroof is I guess but the rest sounds good.

I mean the STI is a handful, it's hard to just relax in it. But that also makes every drive fun and interesting. IDK.

They're supposed to be more reliable, everything you read from forumbruhs down to anecdotal evidence from service advisers tells you the MK7s are way more reliable. Mine has been trouble-free, but I've only had it since August and put about 5,500 miles on it. Whoever told you the magic diff gets rid of wheel hop is full of shit, though. Wheel hop occurs when tires rapidly lose and regain traction multiple times. The wheels don't actually hop, they move quickly fore and aft within in the wheel arch, doing all sorts of terrible things to the control arm bushings and engine/trans mounts, and the diff doesn't impact that at all. If you want to get rid of wheel hop in a MK7 all it takes is some poly control arm bushings, though.

Your last sentence is what the GTI just doesn't do. It's incredibly capable, especially once it's up to speed. If I was on a twisty road somehwere and someone gave me the choice of driving my GTI or my old STi, I might actually take the GTI. It's really that good. But around town at lower speeds FWD becomes a problem. And just cruising, the 2.0 tsi has no character at all. There's no putting the windows down and smiling just because of the silly burbles coming out of the back.

I guess the soundaktor doesn't help much then? I always liked the way my GTI sounded. It had the tube resonator though, because 2010. But the STI sounds more fun and mechanical.

I mean I loved my MK6 for a while. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't like it. A few complaints with it but overall it was enjoyable to drive once up to speed, when everything was working correctly.

Yeah FWD traction under power is a let down in a more powerful vehicle. I remember the wheel hop and off the line traction problems with the engine slamming the firewall. Fun. I also had power-on understeer like WHOA but mine was open diff and brakes desperately trying to help. I really really like AWD, I think I'll try and stick with it in a fun vehicle.

[coogles]

I guess the soundaktor doesn't help much then? I always liked the way my GTI sounded. It had the tube resonator though, because 2010. But the STI sounds more fun and mechanical.

I mean I loved my MK6 for a while. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't like it. A few complaints with it but overall it was enjoyable to drive once up to speed, when everything was working correctly.

Yeah FWD traction under power is a let down in a more powerful vehicle. I remember the wheel hop and off the line traction problems with the engine slamming the firewall. Fun. I also had power-on understeer like WHOA but mine was open diff and brakes desperately trying to help. I really really like AWD, I think I'll try and stick with it in a fun vehicle.

Soundaktor makes a noise, it's just not a particularly pleasing noise. The EJ has a unique character that few inline 4s will be able to compete with. MK7s do actually sound pretty rowdy with a downpipe, but I don't know if I really want to go down the modding road. Much of me thinks I should just do some shifter upgrades and otherwise leave it the hell alone.

It is tempting to go , though, with as much power as these things can make with some basic bolt-ons.

[MexicanYarisTK]

Quit making me miss mine.

Sometimes I really do wish I had a more dopey vehicle. A GTI is a fantastic choice for a do it all car, if only mine were reliable. From what I hear the MK7 is more reliable overall and remedies a lot of complaints I had with my MK6. Diff to quell the wheel hop and traction problems, better suspension to resist slamming the bump stops, more reliable motor, still offers a great automatic if you want it. Sunroof is I guess but the rest sounds good.

I mean the STI is a handful, it's hard to just relax in it. But that also makes every drive fun and interesting. IDK.

If i come to pdrbq, i’ll let you drive my dsgay

[Apex]

Sometimes I really do wish I had a more dopey vehicle. A GTI is a fantastic choice for a do it all car, if only mine were reliable. From what I hear the MK7 is more reliable overall and remedies a lot of complaints I had with my MK6. Diff to quell the wheel hop and traction problems, better suspension to resist slamming the bump stops, more reliable motor, still offers a great automatic if you want it. Sunroof is I guess but the rest sounds good.

I mean the STI is a handful, it's hard to just relax in it. But that also makes every drive fun and interesting. IDK.

If i come to pdrbq, i’ll let you drive my dsgay

Stage2 with launch control?

[Gberg2119]

If i come to pdrbq, i’ll let you drive my dsgay

Stage2 with launch control?

2x the clutch roasting

[Johnny_P]

Sometimes I really do wish I had a more dopey vehicle. A GTI is a fantastic choice for a do it all car, if only mine were reliable. From what I hear the MK7 is more reliable overall and remedies a lot of complaints I had with my MK6. Diff to quell the wheel hop and traction problems, better suspension to resist slamming the bump stops, more reliable motor, still offers a great automatic if you want it. Sunroof is I guess but the rest sounds good.

I mean the STI is a handful, it's hard to just relax in it. But that also makes every drive fun and interesting. IDK.

If i come to pdrbq, i’ll let you drive my dsgay

[Johnny_P]

I guess the soundaktor doesn't help much then? I always liked the way my GTI sounded. It had the tube resonator though, because 2010. But the STI sounds more fun and mechanical.

I mean I loved my MK6 for a while. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't like it. A few complaints with it but overall it was enjoyable to drive once up to speed, when everything was working correctly.

Yeah FWD traction under power is a let down in a more powerful vehicle. I remember the wheel hop and off the line traction problems with the engine slamming the firewall. Fun. I also had power-on understeer like WHOA but mine was open diff and brakes desperately trying to help. I really really like AWD, I think I'll try and stick with it in a fun vehicle.

Soundaktor makes a noise, it's just not a particularly pleasing noise. The EJ has a unique character that few inline 4s will be able to compete with. MK7s do actually sound pretty rowdy with a downpipe, but I don't know if I really want to go down the modding road. Much of me thinks I should just do some shifter upgrades and otherwise leave it the hell alone.

It is tempting to go , though, with as much power as these things can make with some basic bolt-ons.

If it can put the power down

[MexicanYarisTK]

If i come to pdrbq, i’ll let you drive my dsgay

Stage2 with launch control?

Stock tune with stage 1 DSG tune

[Johnny_P]

Brapped a bit on the way home today. And on the way back got stuck in some mind blowing traffic. Didn't even care. Windows down until I felt the tingle of ball sweat, then windows up and AC on. And the car drove totally normally, which is something my GTI could never do in heat + traffic + AC blowing ice chunks.

The new shoes I bought are helping a lot, the soles are stiffer so it's easier to control the hair trigger throttle.

I'm really going to miss this thing when it's time to let go of it. I can't bring myself to part with it. I don't think many new cars on the market at this price range are this involved anymore.

[fledonfoot]

Much of me thinks I should just do some shifter upgrades and otherwise leave it the hell alone.

It is tempting to go , 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.