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  • Originally posted by kangfu View Post
    Got 600kms out of a single tank over the weekend from Sydney > Hunter Valley and back. Averaged something like 7.5L/100 and that was giving it some stick every now and again
    my WORST economy I have ever got is 7.2L/100 and that was a spirited drive through the hills!

    got 6.8L/100 last half tank. Lets just say I don't baby it (acceleration wise, speed limits ARE adhered too as I like my licence too much)
    VW: it aint just a car, its a way of life
    There are few things more satisfying in life than finding a solution to a problem and implementing it
    My Blog: tinkererstales.blogspot.com.au

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    • Damn and i thought i did really well! Haha. I love that the car has got plenty of balls when i need it but can also be super economical. My coilovers DID NOT like some of the roads in the Hunter Valley though. Some atrocious stretches full of potholes that juggled my intestines.
      MY2008 VW Polo GTi / GIAC Tune / Forge FMIC / Forge 007 DV / N75 Race / BMC OTA / KW V1 Coilovers / Whiteline Front&Rear Swaybars + Toe-In Shim / Weichers Front&Rear Strut Braces / Full Non-Res Milltek Exhaust / 17" Bora Sport

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      • Properly secured my fire extinguisher
        MY07 Polo GTi
        Last run - 114.8kw atw
        Winton - 1:52.7130

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        • Originally posted by kangfu View Post
          Damn and i thought i did really well! Haha. I love that the car has got plenty of balls when i need it but can also be super economical. My coilovers DID NOT like some of the roads in the Hunter Valley though. Some atrocious stretches full of potholes that juggled my intestines.
          if you had my old HT's you would have been an inch shorter when you finished the journey from the compressed spine.....
          VW: it aint just a car, its a way of life
          There are few things more satisfying in life than finding a solution to a problem and implementing it
          My Blog: tinkererstales.blogspot.com.au

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          • I got new coilpacks. Car feels a little more responsive off boost, but could easily be a placebo. Either way, it's nice to get free new parts.

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            • Originally posted by noone View Post
              I got new coilpacks. Car feels a little more responsive off boost, but could easily be a placebo. Either way, it's nice to get free new parts.
              i thought the same. i reckon placebo
              MY07 Polo GTi
              Last run - 114.8kw atw
              Winton - 1:52.7130

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              • About two weeks ago I replaced the worn standard Continental tyres with Bridgestone RE001 Adrenalins.

                The left front was almost bald; the others about 85% worn down to the legal limit.
                The car is now a fair bit quieter, and so far I'm very happy with these tyres. Good adhesion in the wet. I drive the car in a fairly spirited fashion on the road, no track or racing though. Cost was $220 per corner.
                2007 VW Polo GTi, white, standard. First registered in Japan, imported to NZ 2010. Owned since Dec/10. Love at first drive.

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                • Originally posted by hazrd View Post
                  i thought the same. i reckon placebo
                  LOTS of placebo mods to be had with vw's, lol.

                  best one i can think of to date (for me): BMC panel filter. $120 (or something) from autobarn, did sweet fck all for my car, apart from allow the BMC (un)filtered air to act as a sandblaster for my engine for 25,000km's.

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                  • Got my window shields delivered. If I can drag myself off the couch I might fit them tonight.
                    "If can't get behind your troops, feel free to stand in front of them..."

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                    • Pics Ryan
                      06 VW 9N3 Polo GTI - Reflex Silver Leather/OEM Colour coded S/guard/OEM Lower Honeycombe Grille/NSP Boost Gauge/APR Stage 1+,Dogbone & DP/K&N filter/Forge s/shift,DV008 & Strut brace/PD 160/Samco camo TIP/Whitline RSB/FK AK's/17 x 8 Oettiger RE's/Alpine Head Unit & Sony Amp. OEM+FTW

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                      • Originally posted by Smead View Post
                        Pics Ryan
                        Give me time!! I'm still on the couch!!
                        "If can't get behind your troops, feel free to stand in front of them..."

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                        • Slacker Ryan ! Well Pics when you get around to getting of the couch!
                          06 VW 9N3 Polo GTI - Reflex Silver Leather/OEM Colour coded S/guard/OEM Lower Honeycombe Grille/NSP Boost Gauge/APR Stage 1+,Dogbone & DP/K&N filter/Forge s/shift,DV008 & Strut brace/PD 160/Samco camo TIP/Whitline RSB/FK AK's/17 x 8 Oettiger RE's/Alpine Head Unit & Sony Amp. OEM+FTW

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                          • I finished preparing my lower honeycomb grills for installation, hopefully tomorrow I can get them installed.



                            That's probably about 10 hours worth of work, mainly because I had to do it in small sections whilst watching TV, since I quickly formed some blisters on my fingers from a crappy stanley knife. All in all, they look a hell of a lot better now.
                            2008 Polo GTI, lower honeycomb grills, PD160.

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                            • Hats off to you warfuric, I nearly went insane before finishing the Left one lol, the right one only has the horn and air temp sensor behind it, no real extra airflow to the engine bay there
                              2016 Golf R, APR Stage 1
                              2010 Polo GTI 9n3, 4 Program APR Tune, PD160, White line front and rear sway bar

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                              • Put on a Pod filter and mini pod filter. The induction noise is totally different.

                                ECU will take a bit to adapt I think.

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