Poor Golf GTI

[Martin_89]

no i mean if I smash into an enzo and write it off

[agw_01]

Ohhhhh!

*gulp*

[CenturionStrategy]

Originally posted by dannyboy27
holy crap

it must be devastating to see your pride and joy go up in flames like that.

Judging by the extra gauges on the dash though, I bet the silly boy stuck a whacking great Garrett turbo in there and overboosted the nuts off it! Asking for trouble......

Ah, not the end of the world. At least now he can get the new shape GTi

[CenturionStrategy]

Originally posted by Martin_89
ahh insurance must be different over there from over here. if i crash my car with say a new air filter or somthing simple like that on my car and its not on my insurance then its void, i have to pay for my car AND the car ive just wrote off, even if it is a ferarri Enzo

Yeah, doing any sort of engine mod and not declaring it is asking for trouble. Insurers are always going to try and get out of paying up at the best of times - if you've changed anything you're asking for trouble.

It's always worth telling them if you do anything, and take the hit on insurance.

[dannyboy27]

Originally posted by CenturionStrategy
Ah, not the end of the world. At least now he can get the new shape GTi

lol, they say every cloud has a silver lining

there is one performance mod which the insurers would be very hard pushed to spot - a remap.

It simply involves reprogramming the existing ECU, so unless the insurance company went to the trouble of removing the chip and comparing the code to a standard chip, they ain't ever gonna know

[CenturionStrategy]

Originally posted by dannyboy27
lol, they say every cloud has a silver lining

there is one performance mod which the insurers would be very hard pushed to spot - a remap.

It simply involves reprogramming the existing ECU, so unless the insurance company went to the trouble of removing the chip and comparing the code to a standard chip, they ain't ever gonna know

Yeah, I've considered getting a remap up to 130ps. It's apparently very easy to switch back to the standard mapping, so you can set it according to your driving style.

[Andy_83]

Why the ******* hell didn't they shut the doors and the bonnet whilst waiting for the fire engine to arrive?

It wouldn't have been nearly half as bad then, probably a new dash along with a few other bits and and it would've been back on the road.

Don't they realise fire needs oxygen to burn? By leaving all the doors open it's bound to flare up. Stupid.

[Martin_89]

Originally posted by dannyboy27
lol, they say every cloud has a silver lining

there is one performance mod which the insurers would be very hard pushed to spot - a remap.

It simply involves reprogramming the existing ECU, so unless the insurance company went to the trouble of removing the chip and comparing the code to a standard chip, they ain't ever gonna know

dont you need to get a remapable (is that a word?) ECU first?

why did you put that idea in my head not really worth it on my engine though, would only give me an extra 3-5BHP at the most.

[agw_01]

Originally posted by Martin_89
why did you put that idea in my head not really worth it on my engine though, would only give me an extra 3-5BHP at the most.

NO!

I think you should give all your money to me! Making me jealous sending me that PM
















hehehe, don't know what that was all about.

Seriously though, a lot of people tend to buy 'Superchips' and they don't really do a whole lot for the engine. They're like K&N air filters... if you put one on a Nova, it'll instantly be able to kill Scooby's and Evo's. Whereas a remap is tuned for your exact engine. It uses the current contents of the ECU and enhances it for a richer fuel/air mixture, which in turn increases performance... but can sometimes play havok with your MPG

[dannyboy27]

Originally posted by Martin_89
dont you need to get a remapable (is that a word?) ECU first?

why did you put that idea in my head not really worth it on my engine though, would only give me an extra 3-5BHP at the most.

I looked into it as well, as there are a couple of tuners in Greater London (Angel Tuning and Autodelta), but it would've only given me an extra 10bhp. And it cost about £300.

Mind you, if they could've turned my car into the one below for £300, then that would've been a different matter entirely

http://www.italiaspeed.com/2004/cars...gta/gal_4.html

[Martin_89]

If it was my engine then yes, id pays £300 for 10BHP but on an engine as powerful as yours then..... Hmmm i'm not sure. If you were going to keep the car for a while then yes defo but as you said before you’re trying to sell it. Any luck with that btw?

Andy, sorry about the PM, i was excited

[dannyboy27]

nah, nuffink mate. Didn't even get any calls from the Auto Trader ad, which was surprising, and a bit of a waste of £30!

The funny thing is, I'm secretly quite pleased that no-one has called about it

I do need to sell it, but I don't want to sell it, if you see what I mean. So I'll leave the note in the back window, but I'm not gonna try any harder than that to get rid of it.

btw, have you lowered your clio martin?

[CenturionStrategy]

It's all about the TDi's - You can take mine from 105hp to 130hp for about £300 (ecu remap) and keep the fuel economy!

[Martin_89]

Hehe so if anyone wants to buy it then you’re happy but if they don’t then you’re still happy

And about the Clio, i've got the springs ordered but not got them yet so ill get round to it soon when I get a mate to give me a hand with it. I can do the back no problem because the springs and shocks are separate but the front is a little harder. it was going to be 35mm but for £5 more I could get a 60mm drop and when I looked at a guy I knows Clio which is dropped 60mm on the same wheels as mine then I couldn’t help but want a 60mm drop

[g7pkf]

Basically what happened was I was on my way home from dropping a mate off, driving down the lower luton road smelt some burning and thought “someone’s having a bonfire late” , this was roughly at Batford where the speed cameras are.


About half a mile later realized it was my car that was smelling, pulled off the road at the sewerage works opened the drivers door (after pulling the bonnet) and when the light came on realized that smoke was pouring from under the dashboard 10 minutes later the firebrigade arrived and you can see the result.

http://www.packetradio.co.uk/gallery/car

the car had not been modded in any way regarding engine etc
looks like a wiring thing car was 3.5 years old