VW Nonsense

[wolfgangstbd]

5 seconds/lap x 20 laps = 1 minute

ahh thanks for clearing that up haha. thats completely believable wether its a minute or a minute fourty

[PootieTang]

ahh thanks for clearing that up haha. thats completely believable

it's actually 1 minute, 40 seconds, as previously stated

[Massive Lee]

my track toy

Mk1 Rabbits are great.

[wolfgangstbd]

it's actually 1 minute, 40 seconds, as previously stated

damn you caught me before my ninja edit :giggle:

[Scarlet_Pimpernel]

some of the buckets i have owned...

the 88 fox... best car i have ever had.


my 99 vr6




The biggest pile of shit i still have and have had for ever.. and its just a bucket... this is a car i can honestly say, you fix one thing then another breaks...




had some otehr jetta's and a corrado... with bucking branco syndrome... and i will not post pics of it cause it was ugly.. but fast.

[Jean]

This is why you put a bigger engine in with more power in the old e30 ;)

'Hate to burst your bubbles, but I was timing cars on Thunderbolt at NJMP this weekend. Of interest to me were the SpecE30/ITR guys running in Pro-IT... with the fast turn 2 config (no chicane) these guys were turning consistent 1:38, :39's. The leaders in RX7's and E36's were in the 1:32 range as tanks emptied.

Then came the TDI Cup races; spec Jetta TDI's, prepared, only differences are the drivers and the stickers. Whispering by (they are eerily quiet) the leaders were turning :35's like clockwork. Over a twenty lap race, that's a minute faster than the fastest built SpecE30/ITR car. DSG's no less "chasing away" the supposed performance buyers snubbing the R32.

By all means continue pointing at the mirror of tarted, lowered, widened whatever, but the facts are many of you "BMW enthusiasts" hang out in parking lots too. I'll keep tracking my DSG GTI until the E30 is finally ready because, the fact is, the bimmer is just cheap insurance for track days. Old, yes. Fun, yes. Better? Not even.

I tracked my previous two VW's.... 03 1.8t (cue in 1.8t jokes lol) and it was OKAY, and 04 r32 6speed (was sooo right, but a little on the heavy side begging for more power). Didn't VW just issued a recall for many DSG cars? I've driven a couple (loaners) and it makes a great DD, but was never impressed as it takes away from the "feel" of driving the car and going through gears manually... iono.

[PootieTang]

I tracked my previous two VW's.... 03 1.8t (cue in 1.8t jokes lol) and it was OKAY, and 04 r32 6speed (was sooo right, but a little on the heavy side begging for more power). Didn't VW just issued a recall for many DSG cars? I've driven a couple (loaners) and it makes a great DD, but was never impressed as it takes away from the "feel" of driving the car and going through gears manually... iono.

vw never had a major recall for dsg, mine shifted like a dream. that said, i'd kill for a mkiv r32 :p

[Jean]

Here you go - http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...ads-to-recall/

Small numbers, but still. Another reason to stick with good old manual ;)

[Scotaku]

The DSG recall is legit for a small number of recently built cars. There is a batch of faulty temperature sensors that made their way into production cars. If they balk, the DSG can malfunction and not go into gear. It's a fail safe mode though; the 'box is falsely convinced the fluid is too hot and the clutches are both disengaged.

The whole "feel" debate is subjective as well. The haters crawl all over 'vortex citing loss of feel and lack of involvement but they're not dictating my own sense of connection with my car. Like any clutch I've driven, it takes a little time to get to know the engagement points and engine speeds that any set of gears really clicks. The DSG was different, but no less enaging. I had to think my way through making the car giddy up just the same as I had to become friends with my last umpteen clutches or that dog boxed moving truck I once rented. (The door had faded paint saying AM/FM radio, air conditioning, automatic transmission... one out of three wasn't bad!)

Alkasqwalik, it was 3 seconds a lap, not 5. 3 seconds times 20 laps equals a minute quicker to the checkers. I was comparing the TDI Cup leaders to the fastest of the SpecE30/ITR runners. I'd love to wheel one of the Cup cars for a laugh, but the BMW will still be cheaper to prang, fix, or walk away from.

If you rub your track car with a diaper, blunt, I'd say you're heading in the right direction. Recovery from parking lot hang outs is a process. ;)

[TooTall90]

i i ever see an E30 like this.....i swear....

[SamE30e]

Mk1 Rabbits are great.

I had a 84 GTI.

And Fel is that at VagKraft? Hershy Center?

[quickervicar]

Mk1 Rabbits are great.

My DD.



'81 Rabbit Diesel
K24 Turbo @ 27 psi
ARP Headstuds
MLS HG
Tweaked IP
Full GTI suspension w/ Neuspeed Race springs
Corrado G60 steelies

Fun? Yes. Refined? As far from it as possible.

[Jonny Cash]

i i ever see an E30 like this.....i swear....

I dont know whats worse, drunk drivers, or fuckheads like that guy.

[bwanac]

cooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Iain]

My dad has a Mk4 R32, #199/200 brought into Australia and it is fucking MINT. I love that thing, but it actually got to be a proper driving car once the baffles in the exhaust were wired open and the Haldex controller went in to alter the drive split.