What have you done to your MK 7 today ?

[NeilH]

Hi,

I played with VCDS today, managed to get the traffic sign recognition working on my MIBII Discover Nav so I'm happy with that. Changed a lot of the other well know stuff regarding lighting, wiping, indicating on so on. Weather was decent so the missus and I  went for a drive over the West Pennine moors so all in all a good day.

Got a few bits a and bobs left to do.

I'm amazed at just how much there is the the car that you could play with using VCDS - I never realised finding the entires would be quite so difficult. It just makes me want to play with everything but I'd imagine you could really cock things up so I'd better behave...

Big thanks to all the folk out there that have worked on the coding and shared it!

Neil.

[mcmaddy]

What did you do to enable traffic sign recognition and do you have lane assist camera?

[NeilH]

Hi,

I do have the lane assist camera, that appears to essential for the traffic sign recognition. Then I just enabled as listed by ollybroad on BRISKODA.net.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/299493-how-to-enable-traffic-sign-recognition/

Option now appears in the config menu and it recognises the 20MPH signs locally that aren't in the nav data.

Cheers, Neil.

[GrahamFR]

Nice review and thanks for posting up the photos.
The Civic is the complete antidote for those that would never choose an "overpriced and boring" VW group hot hatch. Or even an M135i for that matter as they're about as subtle as it gets too.
As MH says, the Japs seem to do either bland pensioner-mobiles or batsh!t mad and nothing in between.
This will be perfect for those lamenting the RS's, Evos and Scoobys of old.

From your review it obviously drives a lot more refined than it looks which I guess is the only way you can get all that power down without it getting messy.
As per Lee P's comments about getting the power down in the stage 1 GTI, if they gave it a characteristic slug of boost at xxx rpm's then no matter what diff was in it, the torque would just give the drivetrain and suspension an impossible task in a user friendly standard road car.
I'm sure the tuners will have fun with the new CTR.

Id be interested to see how tunable it is tbh, is it like VAG where there is a lot to be gained from the standard hardware or will it be like ford and vauxhall where stage 1 only ever adds about 30 bhp max...

[RobS23GTI]

Having a real wobble and am contemplating an Audi S1 - there are a few out there in Vegas yellow which I particularly like.
Anyone got any thoughts on the car or test drive experience?

[CraigW]

Having a real wobble and am contemplating an Audi S1 - there are a few out there in Vegas yellow which I particularly like.
Anyone got any thoughts on the car or test drive experience?

Girls car 

[monkeyhanger]

Having a real wobble and am contemplating an Audi S1 - there are a few out there in Vegas yellow which I particularly like.
Anyone got any thoughts on the car or test drive experience?

By the time you spec an S1 up to a decent level (even the flat bottomed steering wheel is extra) you might've well have bought an S3.

The A1/Polo/Ibiza chassis isn't as competent as the MQB based A3/Golf/Leon's. Unless you're desperate for a tiny car it wouldn't be high on my list.

[GrahamFR]

Didn't know the s1 wasn't mqb. I liked it up until then. The new polo is tho isn't it?

[Aidey]

Was a first for me today, i came home from walking the dog to find my car with blood on it, so i gave it a good wash and all ... there was blood spots from bonet over the screen and roof, must of been a sick bird flying over

[GrahamFR]

Was a first for me today, i came home from walking the dog to find my car with blood on it, so i gave it a good wash and all ... there was blood spots from bonet over the screen and roof, must of been a sick bird flying over

He says putting the shovel back in the garage and burning his clothes on the bbq...