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Within next month I'm planning on getting a 1.8t 168bhp version in auto. I know it's not going to be a rocketship, but what are they like on a whole? High mileage cars an ok buy? Also is it the ko3s turbo? I'm sharing it with my girlfriend, she being from a left hand country is only getting an...

Hello, Just a quick question, what are the s4's like to maintain in a cost sense? I have got a mk2 golf gti atm that when complete I'm looking at selling, so that isnt exactly cheap to maintain the amount things break! I've seen them going for about £5000, is that a normal price or is that...

My mates audi a3 140 tdi doesn't start sometimes, he notices that if not used for a day that in the morning it doesn't start. It's been to the garage twice and £500 spent and it still does it. He gets it to start using easy start but said he had to have the accelerator fully down. So it is a...

I have really f'd up my ownership of a mk2 golf gti lol, Never done any car work before and thought I was capable of swapping the fuelling and ignition system from mechanical to electric. When its done I'll sell it. Just thinking of my next car and always wanted the s3, had an a3 tqs before...

Hello, just wanted to find out whether theres anyone on this forum in the Hampshire area or quite near Portsmouth, thats comfortable in mapping megasquirt/standalone ecu systems? i have a mk2 golf 2.0l 16v Thanks

Just sold my car! :( So this is goodbye lol. Picking my new car up tomorrow so the timing was peerfect! Got near enough what i wanted for it, learnt that mods don't get you anywhere as it sold for what a standard a3 would had. Forums has been a huge help and I hope to be back in the future...

Is it normal for my car to take say 3 seconds to turn over and start the engine, shouldn't it be near on instant? when it hadn't be started for a week it was took quite a bit of turning over to get it started maybe likes. 3 seconds doesn't sound like much but it does sound it? could i have a...

got home from snowboarding yesterday to find my car has been used by my brother for a night. Somehow he's got a blotch of paint on the drivers seat. and there's a few bits of the plastic trim, needs to remove it asap so i can advertise it!. thanks

Just got my car dropped off from my dads mate, and so happy i know a body shop owner.! i am still stunned about how much different the car looks! its so shiny and not a mark anywhere..at all! He told me he removed back and front bumpers and gave them a respray, he then worked a while in the...

My cars coming back from the body work garage tomorow, Im going to take some pictures straight away and get it on some selling sites. But about a month ago my dad threw out my spare wheel for some reason, thinking it was broke! how much are they from the scrappies do you think? or should i...

Ive decided I'm going to sell it this month and not worry about getting my 2nd no claims as it hardly makes any difference to future insurance when needed ( £50 difference infact). Ive got a scratch on the rear which needs to filled and made good. I was going to him to also buff up my car and...

Has anyone got this car on here, if so, how fast do they feel? As they only weigh in at about a tonne dont they? Cant get one yet as insurance is still unreal, even thought they insure me for my current car.

My dads just got home said hes just put £30 of petrol in his tdi. I dont know what can be done other than maybe siphone loads out if its possible, or can you drain down the tank? Also will it do any damage? Hes an idiot! :applaus: cheers

Looking at a tdi ( as i think all turbos are the same?) on pistion heads and the person stated this- I think the VNT mechanisms inside the turbo are sticking every once in a blue moon which puts the car into limp mode (this hasn't happened for the last 3/4weeks though), you can buy a product...

If i was to sell my car how long is it untill you think it will depreciate again. Its a 52 plate plate so should i expect this to happen in around june time, or doesnt it work like that ? Atm on ebay pistonheads etc, my cars going for £5000-£5500, some with quite higher mileage too. Mines got...

Any one on here built a go kart or have any experience. just wandering, If you was to buy a 200 cc go kart, could you get a bigger engine that could just a straight swap, say a 390cc? Or how much does it cost to say buy a go kart minus an engine then put an engine in it ? Would go on a go...

Does anyone know how these exactly work, as im looking to get some cobra seats and cant find any audi seat mounts from them ?

Has anyone had an expeirence with these seats. Of course I would love some recaro bucket seats but these are really cheap. http://www.auto-motives.biz/sports-bucket-seats/bucket-seats/ Or would it be the case of get what you pay for. A seats a seat isnt it? I dont want wont know special tools...

As people now a big turbo unleashes its power high up the rev range, but is there a turbo available or be made which lets you produce all your torque from low revs like a how a tdi would drive?

Ive got all my kit up together, eezibleed kit and oil. Wants to do it now while the weather is okish. But in what order do i bleed from, I would of guessed in this order maybe ; left rear right rear, front left, front right. ?