manual or dsg

[Saint Steve]

i too have these TID carbon fibre paddles, the same as Robins, and they are fantastic, feel great,easier to find when turning the wheel if im in manual mode, and look the buzziness aswell. 

[RedRobin]

He is currently making this

http://www.wally.com/jumpCh.asp?idUser=0&idChannel=125&idLang=IT&attivo=4

Even the toilet is made out of CF so im sure he can do some paddles  

....That's impressive. Not everyone's uncle can make such stuff so consider yourself lucky. Meanwhile, I'm happy to have paid whatever I did (I've forgotten) for my CF paddles.

[ifti]

Actually, although a little expensive, and defo not something I would want to pay that much for, on the TT site they do look pretty nice...... 

[Jkctr]

You get what you pay for with carbon, small jobs are much harder than big jobs. We layed up the mould on the boat in a day once, would probly take a good while just to do those paddles!

[matsu]

jules i want an uncle like that.... will he adopt me
very cool website!!

matsu

[Jkctr]

 

I helped build it for 6 months last summer, was amazing (all the build is done in Italy)

I met the owner of wally yachts son (he was running the build)
This is his car (he had it about 2 months before it was released to the public as he knows the owner of alfa)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrOZy9EXvas

[matsu]

reaaly like that car but clarkson absolutely caned it!
love alfas full stop. altho one i got now is only a sportswagon and it needs more grunt,oh and its falling apart..... i love driving it.it handles better than the 156saloon i had...
 but of course it dont come close to the gti i test drove!!

matsu

[ifti]

I still havent test driven a GTI.
I know that if I test drive it I'll want one straight away. By not test driving it, Im being more relaxed and taking extra time to save! I'll test drive closer to my purchase time! lol

[Teutonic_Tamer]

How much 

http://www.thettshop.com/latest.asp?cat=2008&product=202604

Think i will get my uncle to make me some for free and make some fittings. 

....The GTI ones are much cheaper than that.

Unless your uncle is up to professional standard making such parts, Good Luck! If you were to inspect these shifter extensions in the 'flesh' you'd realise what I'm saying.

I agree with Robin.  On one of the yankie sites, some company was making their own extended paddles, and they looked truely shyte!   There is no doubting that those carbon fibre puppies on Reds car do look superb quality - but like anything with the words 'carbon' and 'fibre' in the same sentance - you gotta pay a decent wedge for quality parts.  For the doubters, try Googling for sommat like 'de-laminating carbon fiber' or 'yellowing carbon fiber' (and I used the yankie spelling for 'fibre' because it is them overthere who seem to get caught out the most  ).

[Teutonic_Tamer]

i want a gearbox to do two things, change gears when i want to, and change them quickly. you don't get this with dsg.

That is in fact the definition of exactly what DSG does. Couldn't have put it better myself.

unless the dsg in the golf is different from that in the eos, i really didn't feel that way at all. etto.

Was the Eos DSG the new 7 speed, or was it the current 6 speed? 

And anyway, even if it was the same 6-speed DSG as found in our GTIs, it can still have very different software on it.  If you don't believe me, try a current GTI with DSG, and then try a Golf5 TDI with the same DSG - and the change patterns will be very different.