The modification bug

i enjoy tinkering and making things run "right"

so ive spent bits on maintinence, such as fully synth oil changes every 8k miles max, with genuine nissan oil+fuel filters

plus i bought a gunson pocketmultimeter to set the TPS, test injectors etc...
 
both of my golfs are quite extensively tweaked.

if im not playing with those, im generally under someone elses car. last couple weeks have been stuff like eibach ARBs on an A3, upgraded fluids here and there and other tweaks to make stuff run right.

ill be making a few calls tomorrow about cams for my mk3, maybe ill do ARBs on that first. its all just a game really
 
If you declared the mods on the 1.4 it would prob cost more than the VRS would. Like fox said its just a diesel, its not a ferrari.
 
Been known to add a mod or two with my cars, yes it is addictive and expensive and yes you lose loads of money.

But I love it..

Think of it as the car equivalent of overclocking ;)
 
Have barely touched my astra but will be looking to modify my next car no doubt asit might actually do something to make it better, but there isnt much to do to an astra to do that.
 
[TW]Fox;10956233 said:
It's a 1.9 diesel its like Group 10 insurance :confused:
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a lot of insurers companies won't quote for the fabia vRS due to a lot of them being written off iirc.... and we all know insurance groups don't REALLY mean all that much.
 
I've had the modifying bug since before I learnt to drive. My poor old Mum was the first to suffer when I wanted a stab at her car, then luckily for her I got my own...a Fiesta Ghia and then onto the Astra which I'm really chuffed with.

I do it because I enjoy making it look the way I want it to look which is subtle. I wanted it to appear as though it had just rolled off the production line as opposed to having done a ramraiding session at Halfarts.
 
Does this remind anyone else of the new scooby?

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[TW]Fox;10956945 said:
Agreed, its to be expected when they consistently make cars that are not much cop as standard :p
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Heh, I suposed I asked for that. They build good cars to a good criteria with many modern compromises. The ride of the MKIV is the perfect example. It rolls in corners but the ride quality and mechanical grip are excellent. With a further £500-700 of top quality Koni/Eibach shocks, springs and roll bars you can have a fantastic handling car with bucket loads of mechanical grip and a ride that would upset small children and be unnecessary for the school run or popping to tesco :D (for most people). But that's your choice. Much like the mtec suspension options on the Beemers :D. Do you want to cruise and absorb bumps or have crisper more precise handling with less body roll.


As said, I want a Polo tdi :D, chipped to 150bhp and to lower it on koni ta shocks and h&r springs (amazing setup on my corrado and didn't compromise the ride too much). If I bought a 3 series (320d or 330d) instead I wouldn't bother or have any desire to mod it. You could argue "that's because the 3 series is a better car" and you'd be right to a degree. It's RWD perfectly balanced and even in the 320d guise will be way faster than a 150bhp polo, but I would still rather have the polo and modify it :D. Personal preference again I guess.

I should caveat all of this by saying I haven't driven a 320d or 330d 3 series. But I have driven an e46 m3 cs, e46 m3 and e46 318ci.
 
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