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    What made the tip tarnish like that? It looks like Florida hard water crust.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chuckmiller View Post
    What made the tip tarnish like that? It looks like Florida hard water crust.
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    0000 wire wool sorted most of the rest. Damn I love polishing things. Name:  20210609_180859.jpg
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    This endeth my polshathon this time round.
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    Calcium and salt are used during winters and maybe something else. These are a reasonably high concentration that may be on the metal for extended periods in the winter. You don't need to be on the coast to be exposed to salt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geoffbot View Post
    0000 wire wool sorted most of the rest. Damn I love polishing things. Name:  20210609_180859.jpg
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    This endeth my polshathon this time round.
    Looks like you missed a spot.

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    Oh for sure. I'd be there forever though.
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    When we moved into our condo from the house, the bride and I thought we could do with one car, so, I traded in my 5 series BMW and got her an Audi Q5.

    That worked for a bit, but when I took the last job, I needed a car to get back and forth to the office a couple times per month - so, I bought a runabout VW Jetta - six speed manual and tiny motor, but it obviously was not a thrilling machine, nor did I need one, just wanted basic transportation.

    That didn't work.

    Yesterday, I bought the Jetta GLI with the dual clutch auto. I know, I wanted a manual, but this car, in this color, it's about as rare as a Daytona at an AD, plus, the DCT is two ticks faster.

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    Quite an upgrade - from 148 to 228 bhp and 184 to 258 pound feet of torque. Multi link suspension vs torsion bar rear suspension, it handles like a dream. Pulls almost a G on the skidpad on AS rubber, I might get summers, we'll see. .

    I'll drive it for a couple of weeks, but then, it goes into the shop for an APR stage 2 ECU and TCU tune as well as replacing or adding the following;

    Diverter valve upgrade
    New ignition coils
    New spark plugs
    New down pipe
    Not sure of the extent, but at least a cat back exhaust - might try to eliminate the cat - we'll see.
    Cold air intake

    All in all, I should be having this fairly close to 385bhp in no time.

    Maybe some suspension mods, but it's already damned good - handles so well but compliant for the nasty roads around here too. I've never been one to "lower" the vehicle, I don't like the way it looks most of the time and this one rides low to begin with (.6" lower than the standard Jetta). Maybe corner braces and an engine brace - we will see.

    Anyway, picking it up tomorrow - and even though it's not a BMW, Audi, Jaguar, or other great car, I believe I'll be quite happy running rings around them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geoffbot View Post
    and it came back on the market! I should wait until I've collected and checked there's nothing glaringly wrong with it but I'm too excited (and I don't care about small stone chips etc). Just paid for this. The advert has now been deleted because I bought it - this is the only picAttachment 108461
    Just seeing this as I'm not here often. Congrats, Geoff - a very sweet ride and the color is spot on!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wschofield3 View Post
    When we moved into our condo from the house, the bride and I thought we could do with one car, so, I traded in my 5 series BMW and got her an Audi Q5.

    That worked for a bit, but when I took the last job, I needed a car to get back and forth to the office a couple times per month - so, I bought a runabout VW Jetta - six speed manual and tiny motor, but it obviously was not a thrilling machine, nor did I need one, just wanted basic transportation.

    That didn't work.

    Yesterday, I bought the Jetta GLI with the dual clutch auto. I know, I wanted a manual, but this car, in this color, it's about as rare as a Daytona at an AD, plus, the DCT is two ticks faster.

    Name:  Screen Shot 2021-06-13 at 4.49.59 PM.jpg
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    Quite an upgrade - from 148 to 228 bhp and 184 to 258 pound feet of torque. Multi link suspension vs torsion bar rear suspension, it handles like a dream. Pulls almost a G on the skidpad on AS rubber, I might get summers, we'll see. .

    I'll drive it for a couple of weeks, but then, it goes into the shop for an APR stage 2 ECU and TCU tune as well as replacing or adding the following;

    Diverter valve upgrade
    New ignition coils
    New spark plugs
    New down pipe
    Not sure of the extent, but at least a cat back exhaust - might try to eliminate the cat - we'll see.
    Cold air intake

    All and all, I should be having this fairly close to 385bhp in no time.

    Maybe some suspension mods, but it's already damned good - handles so well but compliant for the nasty roads around here too. I've never been one to "lower" the vehicle, I don't like the way it looks most of the time and this one rides low to begin with (.6" lower than the standard Jetta). Maybe corner braces and an engine brace - we will see.

    Anyway, picking it up tomorrow - and even though it's not a BMW, Audi, Jaguar, or other great car, I believe I'll be quite happy running rings around them.
    Oh, that’s gonna be a nice ride (well, it already is). We’ll expect a full report when the mods are done. Including auto cross performance, of course.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mlcor View Post
    Oh, that’s gonna be a nice ride (well, it already is). We’ll expect a full report when the mods are done. Including auto cross performance, of course.


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    Full report, but no auto cross - I know better. It's going to be hard enough to not get myself into traffic ticket hell as it is. I drive, as the bride says, "with spirit".

    That translates into "too fast".

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