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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3580 on: 15 January 2016, 07:53 »
Is there any that do front and back or do you need to get two of them? I have seen some that do both but they didn't have great quality recording.

The BlackVue DR650GW-2CH does front and back which I'm sure Monkeyhanger had so can maybe tell you the pros and cons.

Or do you mean the one unit that does front and back?

The Backvue650 had excellent pics front and back and was discrete, but left on continuously to catch any car park bumps fried it. The unit overheats when on continuously, a common issue with dash cams - small form factor and limited ventilation/cooling.

When will someone do a reasonably sized unit to tuck away in the glove box with 2 satellite cameraspeakers wired to it?
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3581 on: 15 January 2016, 07:56 »
MK7-GTD: Were they serious "crash for cash" attempts or just crap driving on their part? It's getting harder to claim for personal injury, so we should see that dry up a bit.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3582 on: 15 January 2016, 11:56 »
MK7-GTD: Were they serious "crash for cash" attempts or just crap driving on their part? It's getting harder to claim for personal injury, so we should see that dry up a bit.

I think they were actual attempts to try and get me to hit them.

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3583 on: 15 January 2016, 12:19 »

When will someone do a reasonably sized unit to tuck away in the glove box with 2 satellite cameraspeakers wired to it?

There is this one with two remote cameras KOONLUNG K1S 2-CHANNEL FULL HD.

Quite expensive and some varied reviews but looks promising.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3584 on: 15 January 2016, 23:10 »
Took the car up to awesome gti today.

Had a Milltek cat back with black Cerakote Tips fitted and a APR stage 1 map done.

Got there nice and early the sun was barely up.
I've got to say what a fabulous place with a fantastic bunch of guys.
I was met by Hassan who took me through the process of what they were going to do.
They have a great viewing area were you can see the whole shop floor and you can see what is going on with your car.
Once they had finished Hassan took me out on the shop floor so i could take a video of the mapped dyno run.
While the car was outside being washed Hassan gave me a tour of the whole place, The shop floor, The second floor which has all the spare parts (which they keep a lot of stock) aswell as all the sales and accounts offices.

I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for any upgrades.


Just like to thank Hassan and all the guys at Awesome for a fantastic job on my car.

The car ran 294 bhp stock and 362 bhp after map.

The map has totally transformed the car, the car is quick in stock form but now it just pulls so hard and keeps going.
If anyone is thinking of getting it done - do it you won't regret it.

I will post up a video of the exhaust when i've done one.







Nice and shiny after a wash.




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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3585 on: 15 January 2016, 23:29 »
I have to agree, Awesome GTI is a really cool place to take your car.
I live about 5 miles from the place and it is far superior to a main dealer IMO.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3586 on: 17 January 2016, 00:19 »
Removed a 4 inch screw from my nearside rear tyre that has covered all of 869 miles from new. Luckily it hasn't punctured the tyre as it was only just in about half a turn and managed to locate itself in a tread block right on the shoulder. Will have to keep an eye on it for the next week.  :rolleyes:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #3587 on: 17 January 2016, 21:06 »
« Last Edit: 17 January 2016, 22:38 by Booth11 »
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