What have you done to your car today?

Frozennova · 7 May 2019 at 19:57

Back in the Jetta after 4 days with a GT-R, and as expected it's completely miserable.

Outside of the fuel consumption and size the GTR does everything better, including comfort

Raymond Lin · 7 May 2019 at 20:10

mrk said:
It only took 4 years, but all my necessary creature comforts are now done

It’s all very neat but no cup holders anymore?

mrk · 7 May 2019 at 20:12

The only thing I put in the cupholders were my keys, wallet and phone lol.

I don't drink in my car. That's what service stations are for.

Dup · 7 May 2019 at 20:13

Raymond Lin said:
It’s all very neat but no cup holders anymore?

I can't imagine Robbie letting a crumb in his car never mind fluids!

MrRockliffe · 7 May 2019 at 20:34

So I've added a sub to my car, all wired in myself

Wasn't too hard to do, except for a broken fuse which I didn't notice at first.

It's not boomy, nor super bassy, it just adds some depth to the sound. Definitely a nice step up.

Reaches down pretty low (sub 30Hz I believe on normal mode)

New Sub by MrRockliffe, on Flickr

Dis86 · 7 May 2019 at 22:07

mrk said:
The only thing I put in the cupholders were my keys, wallet and phone lol.

I don't drink in my car. That's what service stations are for.

♡

Firestar_3x · 8 May 2019 at 07:55

I drink water in the car, from a bottle! However i have advanced hand eye coordination, in 19 years i'm yet to miss my mouth.

InvaderGIR · 8 May 2019 at 07:58

Dup said:
I can't imagine Robbie letting a crumb in his car never mind fluids!

Temptation to spill a drink and some high-crumb content food in his car is growing.

Akagi · 8 May 2019 at 08:10

InvaderGIR said:
Temptation to spill a drink and some high-crumb content food in his car is growing.

Robbie seems like a very chill guy, but I think that may send him over the edge.

tom_e · 8 May 2019 at 11:35

Been experiencing some misfiring towards the end of longish journeys especially if I get caught in some stop start traffic, so tonight I will be picking up and fitting a new coil pack and plugs.

Dis86 · 8 May 2019 at 16:19

InvaderGIR said:
Temptation to spill a drink and some high-crumb content food in his car is growing.

Why would you do that? You utter monster.

Raymond Lin · 8 May 2019 at 18:44

Firestar_3x said:
I drink water in the car, from a bottle! However i have advanced hand eye coordination, in 19 years i'm yet to miss my mouth.

I’ve gone up to lvl 2, cups with a lid like a Starbucks cup or travel mug.

tom_e · 8 May 2019 at 19:07

Done some more digging when I got home. Wasn't the coil or plugs, I was getting an o2 sensor error code caused by a faulty oil pressure switch letting oil into the loom and coat the plug connectors.

£5 switch and a can of contact cleaner later and the error code is gone.

CaptainRAVE · 9 May 2019 at 15:41

Booked the AMG in for a service. Heard a loud thud on the front left side on the weekend and I now have a really annoying rattle. Combined with the check engine light that came and went I am expecting some kind of ridiculous bill.

Maybe I should just bail and pick up a TTRS.

almoststew1990 · 9 May 2019 at 19:53

Finally got project "Get My Car Working Again" underway by doing the rocker cover gasket. I should probably say this is the first time I've ever done anything spannery to my car (this time last year I needed to get Halfords to install the new battery for me).

To do:
Clutch and Brake fluid leak/flood (need the jacks first).
Clean all wheel sensors, replace if needed to get rid of traction control coming on and killing all power for an instant, every 10 seconds (MOT failure I think).
New thermostat in
MOT Tax Insure and central locking at the garage.

Assuming it passes MOT...
eBay pre-painted wings (£230 a pair, what could go wrong...)
Wheel refurb (depending on how the wings turn out)

Cookeh · 9 May 2019 at 20:58

Well done, oddly rewarding isnt it? Even when things go completely wrong and take 10x longer

tom_e · 9 May 2019 at 21:03

fitted a new oil pressure switch in the middle of ECP car park in the peeing rain and washed out the O2 sensor plug with some contact cleaner, still getting an error after a short distance driving but hopefully once I've cleaned the other plugs of oil and done it a few more times over the next couple of weeks it should be all good.

Whoever thought fitting a switch that can fail and allow oil to seep into the insulation of the loom and end up filling your plugs with oil needs a slap.

paradigm · 9 May 2019 at 21:15

almoststew1990 said:
eBay pre-painted wings (£230 a pair, what could go wrong...)
Wheel refurb (depending on how the wings turn out)

Ebay special pre-painted wings will likely be: A) the wrong shape to fit properly. B) terrible quality. C) the wrong shade of paint and stand out like a sore thumb.

I also hope that you are getting someone else to do the wheel refurb, as whilst it’s possible to get an “ok” finish at home,the materials cost as well as time/effort just isn't worth it for the durability and longevity of the final result. Been there, tried that, comes in not much cheaper than a decent powder coating.

Congratulations on getting stuck into the oily bits though

rodenal · 9 May 2019 at 21:25

Raymond Lin said:
I’ve gone up to lvl 2, cups with a lid like a Starbucks cup or travel mug.

Coffee cups must be a size larger than the coffee within though!

almoststew1990 · 9 May 2019 at 22:56

paradigm said:
Ebay special pre-painted wings will likely be: A) the wrong shape to fit properly. B) terrible quality. C) the wrong shade of paint and stand out like a sore thumb.

Have you seen my current wings in the picture

!

paradigm said:
I also hope that you are getting someone else to do the wheel refurb, as whilst it’s possible to get an “ok” finish at home,the materials cost as well as time/effort just isn't worth it for the durability and longevity of the final result. Been there, tried that, comes in not much cheaper than a decent powder coating.

Yeah that's what I meant.