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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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BlackMK4 posted:Yes.... which comes full circle to the point I was making about a lot of cars not taking track time real well in stock configuration. I feel like people getting these issues are advanced drivers but they’re not good enough yet. So they’re overdriving the poo poo out of the car engaging all the systems and getting the shutdowns. You’re either a newbie like me not pushing it enough or good to the point where you are driving it at the limit without engaging the systems. One thing I will say I dislike is the e diff making your brakes work more than necessary. Wish I got the sweet front LSD like the special editions do.
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Oct 26, 2017 10:24
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It's just boosted cars and the fact that heat management is hard. All of GM's performance stuff has hood vents to help vent from the radiator but track duty in hot conditions makes it difficult. When people start modding for more power, hacking duct work to fit a FMIC, etc, good luck keeping it in check. You only get so much airflow through the radiators, and each one down the line is getting hotter airflow through it from the one(s) in front of it.
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Oct 26, 2017 13:37
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I should have an 03 Focus SVT I just bought showing up tomorrow afternoon from many states away. Haven't had a "fast" car ever, or even a nice car until I bought this. Friend of mine bought it 10 years ago right before we started college and has completely grown out of it and wanted a good home. I've always liked it (drove from Ohio to Los Angeles in it a couple years ago), so he sold it to me for almost nothing. 80k miles, new clutch/master/etc, new timing belt. Super pumped to have a lukewarm hatch.
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Oct 26, 2017 16:37
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Awesome. One of my good buddies just bought his second S/C SVT Focus. They are the cars that got me into hot hatches.
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Oct 26, 2017 16:46
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Rhyno posted:Awesome. One of my good buddies just bought his second S/C SVT Focus. They are the cars that got me into hot hatches. You pull the trigger on a FiST yet?
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Oct 26, 2017 17:33
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Huge_Midget posted:You pull the trigger on a FiST yet? I got identity thefted. Sort of. Someone was able to open a card in my name and charged a ton of poo poo in the southeast so I'm still fixing that. But realistically I need to wait til after the wedding so probably spring.
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Oct 26, 2017 18:04
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 EQUIFAAAAX
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Oct 26, 2017 18:18
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Rhyno posted:Awesome. One of my good buddies just bought his second S/C SVT Focus. They are the cars that got me into hot hatches. I think once I do a general refresh/catch up on any maintenance, it's getting a turbo at a nice mild ~5psi. From what I've seen, they make 230+hp without any problem.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:06
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trouser chili posted:I'm just not getting the CTR. Go read the video description, they had to run the heat full blast to keep the Type-"R" from overheating, but it's got a 500w radio and satnav. I dunno, call it a EX-R, Si-R...something other than Type-R cause that ain't it. Don't forget just how butt ugly it is.
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Oct 28, 2017 16:34
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Ormy posted:Don't forget just how butt ugly it is.
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Oct 28, 2017 16:36
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I saw one in person and it wasn't that bad. It was in black, though.
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Oct 28, 2017 18:21
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If they manage to get the stripper model to MSRP at 30k I'll buy one.
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Oct 28, 2017 22:48
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Larrymer posted:I'm looking around for a Sport and having a tough time finding anything near that price. I saw one that was dirt cheap on autotrader near DC and they wanted to run my credit before they could even give me a price, to which I told them to gently caress off. Where did you buy yours? I'm in Detroit but would travel for a deal. Got the local dealers to match one of the crazy deals in VA. I just need to decide if I want to pull the trigger or not. 
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Oct 29, 2017 00:56
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Larrymer posted:Got the local dealers to match one of the crazy deals in VA. I just need to decide if I want to pull the trigger or not. Do itttt
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Oct 29, 2017 05:15
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No matter how much I love my Fiesta, if one of the local VW dealers had matched those VA prices I’d probably have a GTI right now if I’m honest.
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Oct 29, 2017 06:46
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26k OTD for a sport is a pretty decent deal. 
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Oct 29, 2017 12:51
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wallaka posted:I saw one in person and it wasn't that bad. It was in black, though. I've seen black and red in person and they look decent, a lot better than pictures. The rear wing and the black panels in back is a bit gauche but the rest comes together fairly well.
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Oct 29, 2017 23:31
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Larrymer posted:26k OTD for a sport is a pretty decent deal. Picking it up on Thursday.  Pretty pumped. It's a 17 GTI, Pure White Sport w/DSG. Only plan for it is tint and a hitch for a bike. Have to find some winter wheels and tires pretty quick.
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Oct 31, 2017 13:01
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Yesterday marked 4 months with the GTI. Just hit 3000 miles the day before. Loving it so far. My only minor quibble is manual shifting the DSG with the shift stick is backwards to me. My intuition is to pull back to upshift and push forward to downshift, but the GTI is forward upshift, back downshift. A friend of mine had a Porsche 968 with a tiptronic that was the same way. It's not a feature I use all that much as I find just putting it in Sport mode does the trick when I need to get around someone, so not a big deal.
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Oct 31, 2017 13:55
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WescottF1 posted:Yesterday marked 4 months with the GTI. Just hit 3000 miles the day before. Loving it so far. Does it not have paddle shifters?
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Oct 31, 2017 13:57
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Does it not have paddle shifters? Yes - they are set up like one would expect - pull the right to upshift/left to downshift.
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Oct 31, 2017 14:01
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Yeah I only use the paddle shifters, never use the shifter. I'm at 6100 miles after just 4 months.
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Oct 31, 2017 14:09
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you folks drive a lot more than me
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Oct 31, 2017 14:10
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my commute went from 23-24miles/day to 50-53 miles a day 
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Oct 31, 2017 14:30
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yeah mine is like 24 round trip, still havent cracked 3k yet.
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Oct 31, 2017 14:31
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Put the winter tires back on since we're currently dipping below 40 on the reg now and it's threatening to snow and strand me with summer tires on somewhere. Glad I went with the Sottozeros instead of a pure kinda "utility" winter/snow tire. Kinda played with the idea of going with an all-season for the winter but having more confidence on our lovely sometimes-unplowed country roads out here is just too much of a benefit to trade for better treadwear/handling in the dry.
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Oct 31, 2017 14:55
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COBB finally released the AP for the mk 7 GTI and R. I'm pretty excited for the ProTuning support on this along with a couple companies releasing port injection kits. https://www.cobbtuning.com/volkswagen-mk7-golf-r-accessport-and-stage-1-stage-1-and-stage-2-power-packages/
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Oct 31, 2017 17:05
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Larrymer posted:Picking it up on Thursday. I used the Curt hitch to pull a trailer with mine. Super easy to install or remove, but it does hang down below and it's possible for the exhaust to rattle on it if you've got an aftermarket downpipe that doesn't constrain the exhaust as tightly.
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Oct 31, 2017 17:09
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Time to buy winter wheels and tires for the RS.  Any recommendations on wheels?
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Oct 31, 2017 17:58
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BlackMK4 posted:I used the Curt hitch to pull a trailer with mine. Super easy to install or remove, but it does hang down below and it's possible for the exhaust to rattle on it if you've got an aftermarket downpipe that doesn't constrain the exhaust as tightly. That's the one I'm planning to go with. Looks decent and is cheap. Don't have to pull the bumper or cut it either.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:09
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KillHour posted:Time to buy winter wheels and tires for the RS. Will cheaper focus 17-18" wheels fit over your front brakes? If so, thats where I would look first. I bet you could get some base model or titanium model focus wheels for like 2-300 a set at a yard.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:20
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KillHour posted:Time to buy winter wheels and tires for the RS. I picked up a set of 18" ST wheels with TPMS for $400 on craigslist. Getting some blizzaks put on them this week.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:29
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Larrymer posted:Picking it up on Thursday. Find yourself a set of 17's someone took off a TDI. They should be relatively cheap and the tires will be cheaper than 18's as well. Clearance is tight but they definitely fit.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:30
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Larrymer posted:That's the one I'm planning to go with. Looks decent and is cheap. Don't have to pull the bumper or cut it either. Yep. There are two bikes on here, I averaged 26mpg across 2200mi on one trip, which included passing over the Sierra Nevadas 
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Oct 31, 2017 18:50
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fknlo posted:Find yourself a set of 17's someone took off a TDI. They should be relatively cheap and the tires will be cheaper than 18's as well. Clearance is tight but they definitely fit. Finding used vw wheels in 17s in Detroit ain't easy. BlackMK4 posted:Yep. That's pretty ridiculous.
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Oct 31, 2017 19:51
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Hahahaha, I love Ford so much right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-SHQw8G5SE
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Oct 31, 2017 20:08
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Huge_Midget posted:Hahahaha, I love Ford so much right now. This is cool as heck Isn't Ford being run by engineers right now? Is that a thing people say?
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Oct 31, 2017 20:20
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yeah. other than killing off the fist thing they really seem to be having some fun making a few differing tiers of price pointed driving cars.
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Oct 31, 2017 23:06
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I love that they called it the drift stick. No mincing of words there.
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Nov 1, 2017 00:42
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PaintVagrant posted:Will cheaper focus 17-18" wheels fit over your front brakes? If so, thats where I would look first. I bet you could get some base model or titanium model focus wheels for like 2-300 a set at a yard. Ended up just going to Tire Rack and getting a set because  https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Blizzak+LM001 https://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Whe...ckageFlow=false Hopefully I made good choices. I'm reading mixed reviews about the LM001's.
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