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Offline fuster

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #370 on: 04 May 2021, 09:22 »
Very nice :smiley:

Offline Ubique

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #371 on: 05 May 2021, 13:20 »
Just tried launch control for the first time. Pops and bangs then wheel spin. Much fun at a Costa drive through! 😂

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #372 on: 05 May 2021, 13:32 »
I hope you didn’t overshoot the second window by doing that?  :whistle:
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #373 on: 05 May 2021, 13:55 »
Just tried launch control for the first time. Pops and bangs then wheel spin. Much fun at a Costa drive through! 😂

Hmmmm I thought it only worked outside of McDonalds  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I've often wondered why you need ESC off to do a launch, surely all that wheel spin is slower?

What tyres are you running on your GTI?
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Offline Ubique

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #374 on: 05 May 2021, 17:02 »
I had esc in sport…it has Bridgestone Potenza S005 which it came with. No idea if they are any good but I did notice going around a roundabout in a huge downpour yesterday that they felt very slippy.

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #375 on: 05 May 2021, 18:02 »
So far I think the S005's I have are better than the S001's the Mk7's used to come with..... but the real best tyres will be PS4S's and eventually I will get mine swapped.... I even thought about doing it on delivery....
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #376 on: 06 May 2021, 17:43 »
Watched Volkswizard's newest video on 10 tips for a Mk8 golf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGxsCoe1qo

I reckon he's a secret member of this forum  :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #377 on: 06 May 2021, 20:06 »
Watched Volkswizard's newest video on 10 tips for a Mk8 golf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGxsCoe1qo

I reckon he's a secret member of this forum  :laugh: :laugh:

Some good comments from him there. Simplifies things a bit with the shortcuts

Offline JoeGTI

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #378 on: 06 May 2021, 21:49 »
Watched Volkswizard's newest video on 10 tips for a Mk8 golf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVGxsCoe1qo

I reckon he's a secret member of this forum  :laugh: :laugh:

Definitely  :grin:

He's certainly been picking up on a few of your tips Fred!
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #379 on: 07 May 2021, 00:59 »
Not gonna lie, when he started to talk about the indicator stalk button, I was kinda hoping for a shout-out for The Brocky Method!  :grin:
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