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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1460 on: 28 May 2014, 17:20 »
Oh I see. Still fairly surprised tho but at least it was nothing major!

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1461 on: 28 May 2014, 17:47 »
Oh I see. Still fairly surprised tho but at least it was nothing major!

Whilst the tyre sizes may be the same the overall rolling radius could have been different; certainly enough to confuse the ESP  :undecided:

Either way it does appear to be sorted  :smiley:

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1462 on: 29 May 2014, 17:20 »
Oh I see. Still fairly surprised tho but at least it was nothing major!

Whilst the tyre sizes may be the same the overall rolling radius could have been different; certainly enough to confuse the ESP  :undecided:

Either way it does appear to be sorted  :smiley:

Well I know the old Subaru Legacy's (since I have one :grin:) drive like sh!te if one of the tyres is low on pressure so I guess it must be even more so with modern electrics!

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1463 on: 29 May 2014, 21:55 »
Tyre pressures were identical all round the car

Had the handbrake readjusted today although it still squeaks so it seems my 3 month old pads may have been cooked by the knackered callipers........ :undecided: :sad:

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1464 on: 08 June 2014, 19:32 »
Would a rub off on the discs and pads not sort it? Not just glazed up?

Is the ESP still sorted?

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1465 on: 08 June 2014, 19:48 »
Would a rub off on the discs and pads not sort it? Not just glazed up?

Is the ESP still sorted?

Think the pads are glazed

Yup. Its great being able to chuck it into corners again  :cool: also the Uniroyals are excellent in all weather conditions; very impressed with them so far

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1466 on: 09 June 2014, 20:22 »
looks like you've had your fair share of problems lately mate, good to see you've come through though :afro:


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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....and the repair bills keep coming
« Reply #1467 on: 01 August 2014, 21:37 »
Ticked past 80,000 miles the other day!



Covered nearly 56k in just under 4 years. In 4k I will have covered the same mileage as I did in the Golf

Just under 50,000 of those miles have been mapped and over 30,000 have been running over 200bhp. Still on the original clutch and turbo  :lipsrsealed:

Bought an auto dimming mirror so going to fit that within the next 12 months  :whistle:

MOT next month

Thats it for this instalment

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....80,000 miles and counting
« Reply #1468 on: 05 August 2014, 19:19 »
Mine's on 59k, the car is 15 years old  :grin:

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Re: Rhyso's 205bhp Posh Golf....80,000 miles and counting
« Reply #1469 on: 05 August 2014, 20:46 »
Numberplate lights have failed for the 2nd time in my ownership

Crappy design allows water in and corrodes the contacts. Bets bit is the screws are feable and round off at the sight of a screwdriver. Had to drill them out  :angry:

New holders on order  :sad: