All the VAG cars I've owned have taken 10-15k to loosen up.
What have you done to your car today?
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All the VAG cars I've owned have taken 10-15k to loosen up.
I can say this is definitely the case with my R8. It is loosening up with miles, no question, just gone over 10K.
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Got the front all painted up now. Does not look bad for a brush finish with off the shelf chalkboard paint!
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Although the last generation, I find my other half's TT horrendously inefficient.
Especially when I can get 34mpg out of a modern 5.5L V8 (albeit in eco mode on the motorway, still not bad though).
69.2MPG this morning, I'd like to swap it for something more fun and less efficient, but I cant bring myself to do it when whatever it is will likely get 30MPG less. 
Thankfully I'm starting to settle into it for the time being. Its a good car, just not exciting.
Thankfully I'm starting to settle into it for the time being. Its a good car, just not exciting.
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Gearing at a guess.
Whole thing needs to go blackboard now you've started
Any usage from the kids yet?69.2MPG this morning, I'd like to swap it for something more fun and less efficient, but I cant bring myself to do it when whatever it is will likely get 30MPG less.
Thankfully I'm starting to settle into it for the time being. Its a good car, just not exciting.
you either want mpgz or fun..
so get a 2nd car if you want something for fun!
why don't you pick something like a mk2 mx5? bet you'd like it and it would be a good intro to RWD cars.
I think that A4 will actually look really good when its all painted up like that... Of course I think it also needs some BBS wheels and coilovers because I'm a massive stance scene fag deep down. 
That was the plan, but then the Celica disaster happened. Think ill wait til renewal to get a decent deal on insurance for two cars. I was paying silly money before, and anything more interesting than the Celica (e.g 350Z) is even more daft. £250 a month for a 350Z and the Sloda on a multicar. Yeah no. At renewal I could get than for £170~ with someone else.
That was the plan, but then the Celica disaster happened. Think ill wait til renewal to get a decent deal on insurance for two cars. I was paying silly money before, and anything more interesting than the Celica (e.g 350Z) is even more daft. £250 a month for a 350Z and the Sloda on a multicar. Yeah no. At renewal I could get than for £170~ with someone else.
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Bit of a feeble excuse. My Nissan with a 25 year old engine design making 350hp will average 30mpg, rear drive, sticky tyres, 4.1 gear (4000rpm m'way speeds).
I thought technology had moved on? BMW don't seem to have had a problem making improvements to efficiency?
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Whole thing needs to go blackboard now you've started
Yup, will get it all done soon.
The boy calls it his racing car and we drew bonnet stripes the other day. Also he gets me to write Lamborghini on the back spoiler panel too
I also drew on the plate when I took it off to paint the bumper. It works quite well!
Bought a chavvy Z4 and need to now start undoing all of the changes to return it to something presentable - It's shut away in the garage for now until I've at least got standard wheels and the film off the front and rear lights.
And it's now back on stock wheels and tint film removed from front and rear lights
Edit: Apologies for awful photo quality!
Yup, will get it all done soon.
The boy calls it his racing car and we drew bonnet stripes the other day. Also he gets me to write Lamborghini on the back spoiler panel too
I also drew on the plate when I took it off to paint the bumper. It works quite well!
That really is fantastic, props to you.
Cheers. Few people have said they prefer the old wheels but I like the fact it looks like a smart standard car now. Just need to swap the exhaust with a standard item too and then can sort the smaller niggles