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The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

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    #5822
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    You kept that quiet you sneaky Russian:D

    I can nearly guess what variant, trade the S3?

    you're on the right track i'd say :D Only have it less than a week.


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    #5823
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Fair play, the best of luck with it


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    #5824
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    Fair play, the best of luck with it

    Thanks , we can discuss bags of Silica at the next get together :D


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    #5825
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,417 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    tossy wrote: »
    you're on the right track i'd say :D Only have it less than a week.

    Did Neil do ya a good deal? ;)


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    #5826
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    Well wear Tossy! Is she a 1.6 with sphorty bits on it?:p


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    #5827
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Cheers Mal, yeah it has the sphorty bits stuck on :D
    JoeA3 wrote: »
    Did Neil do ya a good deal? ;)


    It was the only one to buy really.


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    #5828
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,417 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    tossy wrote: »
    Cheers Mal, yeah it has the sphorty bits stuck on :D




    It was the only one to buy really.

    My spidey senses reckoned it had to be that car. Well wear!


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    #5829
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    I had an idea it was that car too. Got a spin with Neil once in it. Some boo outta her lad:D


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    #5830
    vintagevrs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,381 ✭✭✭vintagevrs


    Nice one, congrats tossy


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    #5831
    Neilw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭Neilw


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    I had an idea it was that car too. Got a spin with Neil once in it. Some boo outta her lad:D

    That was you not the car :D


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    #5832
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,417 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    Neilw wrote: »
    That was you not the car :D

    Not even Daz could save his underpants after it.


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    #5833
    Neilw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭Neilw


    TheBazman wrote: »
    Same here - radio starting acting up - taking on a life of its' own, changing stations, volume etc. Software update didnt work, radio replaced under warranty.

    That can be caused by using dash cleaner/products that get on the screen.
    Clean the screen with an alcohol wipe fixes it.


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    #5834
    Neilw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭Neilw


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    Not even Daz could save his underpants after it.

    I had to change the pollen filter after him ;)


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    #5835
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Neilw wrote: »
    That was you not the car :D
    JoeA3 wrote: »
    Not even Daz could save his underpants after it.
    Neilw wrote: »
    I had to change the pollen filter after him ;)

    It was nearly a brown trouser moment alright:D

    GTi TCR next then neilo is it?


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    #5836
    Neilw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭Neilw


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    It was nearly a brown trouser moment alright:D

    GTi TCR next then neilo is it?

    Depends on the price, if it's more expensive than a new R I won't be buying.


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    #5837
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    hooch-85 wrote: »
    The earlier cars are getting on in the years now so it's inevitable they would start showing a few issues. I've been lucky with mine so far. Has anyone heard about cars with climate control having problems with their heater matrix? There's a bag of silica gel in the coolant expansion tank which can burst and block the heater matrix. Apparently it's a £1,500 fix in the UK. It comes up very often on the GTD owners forum on Facebook, I'm not sure if it is a GTD specific problem or if it affects all mk7s. The preventative solution it seems is just to remove the silica gel from the tank, I'm not sure what purpose it serves in the first place though. My car is going in for a service in two weeks so I'm tempted to ask them to remove it altogether.

    Any one else come across this issue?

    The coolant itself contains silica, the coolant in most new VAG stuff has no service interval, it's "for life" stuff. The silica is there to slow down the corrosion of the aluminium components in the system and the block itself. The problem that VW see is that the silica in the coolant can deteriorate and loose it's effectiveness thus allowing corrosion to happen in the system, which isn't ideal in a sealed for life system. The solution was to add an additional pouch of silica in the expansion tank that the coolant can "feed" from over the systems lifetime.

    The problem is, the pouch is **** and breaks down, the silica gets out, gets all mushed up in the system and turns the coolant to sludge.

    You can remove the silica bag yourself with a long nose pliers, you can see it as soon as you take the cap off. What's better (and easier) is to buy a new expansion tank and remove the dry bag, then swap it out for your old tank because if the bag in your system is brittle and you burst it on the way out, then you're ****ed anyway. No issue taking the bag out once you commit to a coolant change once every 5 years/ 100k kms like the older models.


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    #5838
    hooch-85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Could you take the bottle off and remove it then, that way if it bursts at least it can't get into the system?


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    #5839
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,158 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Some some photos of the Mk8 have surfaced:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsv2RYjHBhk/?utm_source=ig_embed


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    #5840
    SaintsYB
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭SaintsYB


    Not massively different to the 7.5 though it was never going to be. I imagine we'll see something at Geneva?


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    #5841
    Comhrá
    Registered Users Posts: 4,766 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Some some photos of the Mk8 have surfaced:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsv2RYjHBhk/?utm_source=ig_embed


    My impression at first glance was a similarity to the Renault Clio. I like it though. Rear light shapes are an improvement on the current ones.


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    #5842
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,158 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    In depth review of the GTi TCR:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgO9gTVecKw


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    #5843
    SaintsYB
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭SaintsYB


    Those alloys are mint! Not a fan of the side decal though.


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    #5844
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,417 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    SaintsYB wrote: »
    Those alloys are mint! Not a fan of the side decal though.

    Yeah, I’d expect that decal to be an option - or an option to not have it! The small “TCR” Logo down low by the sill is enough. The big decal makes it look like an Adidas trainer.


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    #5845
    SaintsYB
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭SaintsYB


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    The big decal makes it look like an Adidas trainer.

    It's like the logo you'd get on a tracksuit from Champion Sports :D


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    #5846
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,120 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    How does it compare to an APR stage 1 tune?

    Anyone had it done...thoughts on it?


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    #5847
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,120 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Anyone know the cheapest way to get a replacement navigation sd card?


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    #5848
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057948019

    Here, for free. Just buy a blank card and download onto it.


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    #5849
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,120 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    I'll give that a try and see what happens....at the moment when I hit nav it just says media missing please insert sd card.


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    #5850
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Is there any SD cards in the control unit? I think the Nav SD only works in slot 2 and sometimes if people have been fiddling with it they put it back into slot 1 and it doesn't work.


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    #5851
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,120 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    No there's no SD card in the car, I picked the option without the VW SD card, it's downloading there now, only 6.1gb might be more when I extract it to the SD card. I'll know in an hour if it works.


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