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- Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: Does Scirocco R have 2 radiators???
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2137
Re: Does Scirocco R have 2 radiators???
The second is for the DSG box
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
- Replies: 229
- Views: 181116
Re: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
You dirty boy getting the B16s, loved the Billies on my Mk6 they were just awesome
- Tue May 16, 2017 10:11 pm
- Forum: Scirocco R Talk
- Topic: Slipping Clutch, Or is it ????
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11333
Re: Slipping Clutch, Or is it ????
My advice is do not ride the torque curve and use the increased power so change down a cog and use the gears, you become lazy driving mapped cars due to the mid range Clutches seem to vary in how they respond to maps, on my Rocco i had clutch slip, it went away and then came back worse In terms of c...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:56 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: Possible sale of my beloved car.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8270
Re: Possible sale of my beloved car.
This year I sold my Polo and Golf R and got hardly any interest on Pistonheads and sold both through Autotrader within a week, the Golf R went in three days and could have sold it 5 times over and both went for more than I thought You do get chancers and dreamers who think they are the big I AM but ...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:24 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
- Replies: 229
- Views: 181116
Re: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
Nice to see this car in the flesh yesterday and out on track, a few pics of it in action http://christeagles.zenfolio.com/p918087341/h3f884b94#h3f884b94" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://christeagles.zenfolio.com/p918087341/h1a24d9ca#h1a24d9ca" onclick="window...
- Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
- Replies: 229
- Views: 181116
Re: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
Pick it up a week on Saturday, went grey with some carbon bits, first outing will be Goodwood Breakfast Club in a few weeks timexjay1337 wrote: thanks bud, appreciate it.
did i hear right you have an m2 now?
how do you find it?
I've got a R Estate for daily duties and when its wet
- Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
- Replies: 229
- Views: 181116
Re: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
just been catching up with this and love this car, this and the Awesome ex VWR rocco are the stand out road cars for me
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: DSG Convert?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7728
Re: DSG Convert?
Always was anti DSG but we now have two DSG cars and both of use really like it, it takes a while to get the best out of it and in reality as soon as i am above 30 i just use the paddles, i find our manual daily hack a chore and thats going for a DSG and i have gone DCT on a M2 I think a 30 minute t...
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:21 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: Ridgeway VW Newbury - my experience
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6522
Re: Ridgeway VW Newbury - my experience
Never been impressed by them in Newbury, dealer never gave me the time of day Body repair centre is ludicrously expensive and their PDI down there ended up with them paying the wife £650 in compensation on the wife's R That said Wantage and the new South Oxford have always been great and modificatio...
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:14 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: The BEST Shot Of Your Car
- Replies: 74
- Views: 84850
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: VW scirocco air intake duct
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2240
Re: VW scirocco air intake duct
i replaced one of these and it wasn't exactly break the bank, the clips are easy to break
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:48 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: Aztec Gold - R
- Replies: 43
- Views: 30708
Re: Aztec Gold - R
wow amazing colour
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
- Replies: 229
- Views: 181116
Re: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
Just looks brutal, love it
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:57 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: Mk5 R32 345MM Brake Discs and calipers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3650
Re: Mk5 R32 345MM Brake Discs and calipers
Both set ups are single piston not 4 or 6 pot, should be plug and play, ttrs setup a better oem+ upgrade
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:54 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: Tyre Reconmendations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2110
Re: Tyre Reconmendations
Everyone i know who has switched from Eagle F1s to Supersports has said they are better, don't know of anyone who has gone back
Reasonable wear and amazing in the wet, I use them as my daily tyres on the Golf and for track days when wet, other times I use Pilot Sport Cups 2s
Reasonable wear and amazing in the wet, I use them as my daily tyres on the Golf and for track days when wet, other times I use Pilot Sport Cups 2s
- Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:23 pm
- Forum: Cars and Motoring
- Topic: Polo GTI Anybody?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5827
Re: Polo GTI Anybody?
i have a 6R Polo and have to admit i find the chassis not a patch on the scirocco for handling, steering is lifeless and too much play, toyed with a GTI to replace it and then realised it would just be as bad with even more power than my Blue GT, great runabout but don't expect any more, there are c...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:31 pm
- Forum: The Showroom
- Topic: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
- Replies: 229
- Views: 181116
Re: Scirocco CR170 "Project Racek0r"
I spy with my eye a set of silver OZs
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Scirocco Talk
- Topic: Are 2nd hand Sciroccos over priced or under priced?!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5635
Re: Are 2nd hand Sciroccos over priced or under priced?!!
The R is the one to go for in terms of residuals or the 170tdi
My GT dropped like a stone, sold my wife's GTI bought at same time cost £2K less and sold it for more than the GT over 2 years later
My GT dropped like a stone, sold my wife's GTI bought at same time cost £2K less and sold it for more than the GT over 2 years later
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:37 pm
- Forum: Scirocco R Talk
- Topic: Tfsi or tsi
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3403
Re: Tfsi or tsi
its just plain simple marketing
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:32 pm
- Forum: Scirocco R Talk
- Topic: TT-S Engine Cover?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4691