Buying A Car! 

"TrickJos" (trickjos) 10/17/2018 at 16:18 • Filed to: None

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It’s a 2017 GTI S with a manue l transmission. Only 16,200 miles and a great price. I am so excited! Waiting around for the finance guy to get the papers ready then I’m going to take the scenic route home.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 16:27

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Congrats! Those are fun! Also,

https://www.getunitronic.com/ecu-tuning/Volkswagen-GTI-20L-TSI-EA888-2015-2015

My friend has the stage 1 on his MK5. That thing shifts!

BobintheMtns > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 16:30

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NOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And congrats on the manual! It’s such a joy in that car

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 16:38

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Nice car! One question, however - did you get the extended warranty? You’re gonna  need it...

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 16:48

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Very nice! Welcome to the club. Does the GTI replace or supplement the Cama ro?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 16:50

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Nice! Congrats.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 10/17/2018 at 16:52

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Modern turbo cars are crazy. The fact that you can get those kinds of gains by tweaking some software is mind boggling.

BeaterGT > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 16:59

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Congrats! I need to go test drive one of these.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 10/17/2018 at 16:59

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VW motors especially!

My VW fanboi friends tell me that the GTI motor is basically a R motor with a smaller turbo. Thus, gaining 50bhp (for a 10 year old car ) is very easy for them.

Chariotoflove > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 17:00

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Red stripe adds hp, so good deal.  Congrats.

404 - User No Longer Available > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 17:13

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Congrats! The more manuals on the road the merrier.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 10/17/2018 at 17:20

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The E uropean brands seem to like to use the same engine with various tunes in order to hit a bunch of different power levels for different models and trims.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 17:22

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That’s nearly exactly my car. I have a 16 SE 6MT with the Performance package, but I made my dealer swap the S-trim plaid cloth seats into the car for me.

I’ve put just under 23k on mine in just under three years of ownership. If you’re going to mod, I’d look into the removing the “clutch fluid delay valve”, removing the clutch return spring, and doing a turbo muffler delete.

I haven’t gotten a tune on mine yet, as I find it plenty fast enough. What I want is more aggressive turn-in, so I will do either a rear sway bar upgrade, suspension, or both at some point.

Also, Android Auto support absolutely sucks; so I hope you use an iPhone. At least on my 20 16, my Android phone has issues every single time I try to use Android Auto. I know VW updated the infotainment system after my car was built, so I hope you got that upgrade.

nermal > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 19:10

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Excellent choice. Congrats!

TrickJos > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 10/17/2018 at 19:15

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I don’t think a tune will be necessary for me either. I was surprised at how fast it is. When I need a little more speed I’ve got my Camaro still.

I do use an iPhone and CarPlay seems nice so far.

TrickJos > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 10/17/2018 at 19:15

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Supplement. Replaces my 1994 Saturn as the daily driver. 

TrickJos > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/17/2018 at 19:17

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I did not. It is still under factory warranty. Ialso  have vagcom and some experience working on a VW. I’ll be fine.

TrickJos > BobintheMtns 10/17/2018 at 19:22

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It really is. The shifter slides into the next gear so nicely.

TrickJos > BeaterGT 10/17/2018 at 19:22

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Do it. Fantastic car.

TrickJos > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 19:25

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*manual

Ugh, typing on a phone...

RPM esq. > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 19:26

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Giggity.

Tapas > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 19:28

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Sweet! Let us know what it's like to drive :)

TrickJos > Tapas 10/17/2018 at 19:35

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It’s freaking great! I had no idea it would be so fast. Not much slower than my Camaro. Feels light and nimble. Steering has a nice weight to it. I’ll do a detailed post after I have more time with it.

Tapas > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 20:25

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That’s awesome! I need to drive one!

VW Max > TrickJos 10/17/2018 at 20:55

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ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > TrickJos 10/18/2018 at 09:31

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CarPlay is fantastic. Apple, nor Google, is perfect at making a mobile OS. But CarPlay is legitimately superb.