Well first of all my car is very very moody. I have had a slipping clutch in every gear except 1st for the past 2 months or soo. I also had a split silicone hose that I fixed the other day as well as acracked exhaust manifold that I took off and welded on sunday night. However its still leaking, I think I missed a part of the crack.

Anyways I was driving to work today and stepped on it in first, it holds, then second, its holds, then third, it holds...every gear. I was soo happy so I ended up taking the long road to work and ended up at work 15min late. After work I turned up the boost to 20psi, and headed for the twisties...OMG this car is sooo damn fun to drive, I cant get over it. On the way home from my sisters school, I came up on a 20th aniv gti, we got through traffic, both stepped on it, it seemed like his car was standing still, such a great feeling!!

Anyways it was one of those great days, and I havent really got to test this car out between the little issues and snow or rain. I am a happy man, makes it worth every penny, and every minute I've invested into this car

 

lol, glad to hear that. When we gona line em up? lol

 

If my clutch holds, a couple weeks! I dont know how long its gonna hold like this though esp cause I've been rolling onto the throttle every chance I get

 

haha, leaving the gti would be a great feeling... reminds me of my vette/transam/camaro days... I could walk most cars that tried to do anything. *sigh* Glad to hear your car is doing well, I can only imagine how nice it must be to have so much power. The only reason I like my v8's is because of the power, obviously the rest of the car is sh*t... but you've got the best of both worlds, for sure.

Do you have a brake upgrade tom? And also, where did you get your short shifter, I read in the classifieds that you love it.

 

headsoake, why dont u upgrade to taps i think k24 or k16 turbo, Dave ran a 12.5 with that turbo, so its got some potentail. And i bet they would give ya a software break.

 

If by software break, you mean give me everything for free, i'd do it in a heartbeat!

Im broke as hell man... if any of you know how to own, insure, drive, AND upgrade a 2000 a4 while making 420 a month... you send your idea's my way! 420 a month... thats right. insurance is about 180, gas is about 160, cell phone is 30. I think I have 30 bucks left... seatbelt covers maybe?

 

No brakes yet, I probably took off about half the life of my pads today, they were fading very very fast. I will be getting porsche brakes this summer. Also I let another guy in the Home Brew Crew borrow my ecu for 2 weeks when I wasnt driving, and he sent me a stratmosphere short shifter for free. Its such a nice feeling, I didnt really think it was necessary and was never going to buy one, but it would have been worth the money if I did buy it!

 

Hmm, do you know a place to get them -- maybe this guy who gave it to you gets them cheap??? When I sell my camaro, I'm gonna put a little money into my car... probably wheels, possibly coil overs, and maybe, just maybe a short shifter.

 

HAhhah, I know the feeling, I make $0 for 8 months out of the yr, that means I hafta work insane over summer to pay for everything. And also pay off the credit card bills I racked up during school. I've already worked 22hrs this week and its only tuesday

 

Na he got it from stratmosphere.com and hated it so replace it with a b&m. I got it, took a look at it and saw the one bolt was loose which makes it very sloppy tightened it up and its perfect