Thanks for the compliments! I still need to get the notch filled in the hood, and im pondering getting euro spec oem R20 bumpers? before i do the hood, then get everything painted in one moc.
As for what i think of the tdi... well before i ever took ownership of one in january of 2011 i had a set of swaybars waiting to go on. My brothers wife rode in it and liked it it so much they got bars for their subie. I think the suspension is too soft for spirited driving. So i think for a guy most like the lowerd car better. I lost a few thumbs when i upgraded to poly bushings and audi a3 upper arms, guess the extra rubber made the ride acceptable whereas the poly gives you the feel of the road more, like a cart, it rails! Also i drive it waaaaaaay harder now, so when people get in, most just shit themselves(not literally)cuz they are not prepared for the g force this car can stick, and therefore have never cornered so hard in thier life, so usually when they get out they are like, F that.., they arent judging on ride comfort, more like concern. The car is just flat out fun now....stock, ehh not so much, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MORE THAN SATISFIED WITH THE FUEL ECONOMY 42+ on the hwy with the dsg in stock form
As for mods, ive done a few, there is not much. The epa makes it illegal to modify the fuel dilevery, air delivery, exhaust system of these cars. Like 250,000 to the shop and 25,000 to the car owner, unless you can document the car has been registered as a race only vehicle. Its total bs. So right now ive got a malone tuned ecm, a hpa tuned dsg and a cat back exhaust and the car puts 178 to the wheels, i added a standalone water meth kit. Id like to throw some n2O in the mix, but im gonna wait on that for a bit, the car is really fun to drive, beats or just flat out surprises just about everyone, and can get 54+mpg now it is an amazing car. Like all my cars i buy them because of potential that i see in them, this car has now surpassed my expectations for a mildly modded car, idont know if we will ever see a twin kit or nozzles or even a modified cp4.2, yup they use almost the same pump as the lmm from what ive read, even though ive not seen the direct comparison in text. How bout that though, the lmm eats 2x more fuel at least, and the cjaa cr2.0t uses the same pump cinfig? The stock nozzles are said to be able to supply 250hp too, but no tuner can legally sell me or you a tune for that hp level...
no coal rolling...yet
the epa and vw still like the fact that these cars actually remove particulate from the air
i still cant say enough about "ANY" vehicle with the tdi powerplant, and remember there are a few different displacements available, like a3.0L and even a v10 clean diesel offered in the toureag... bet you could make that thing scream, awd too
