What did you do to your mk7 today?

[projectTVMK7]

Ho-le-shit.

That's scary. Glad you were able to recognize it and fix before there was a serious issue.

Thanks. It must have been shock or something, cause it seemed like an eternity passed before it dawned on me that I should probably turn off the car before a fire starts lol.

 

[projectTVMK7]

That is frightening, nice catch though. I once rented a diesel Mercedez Van on a work trip. Some of my co-workers had mentioned a slight fuel smell for a few days, which we ignored. One day the smell went from faint to excessive while we were idling at the work site, watched 1/8 of a tank disappear from the gauge before shutting it down. On the bright side, the thing had wild vibrations. With my arm sitting on the driver arm rest my fitibit registered over 20,000 steps a day. I was in great shape, haha.

I was looking at my gauge cluster to see if any CEL's or other indicators were on, but nothing of that sort showed up. On a positive note, I'm glad that I had my engine cover on cause it kept the fuel from spraying all over the engine bay.

 

[(R)Rated]

Added some door sill guards, p3 gauge, ebay paddle shifters and Audi A4 premium rear head rest which comes with white stitching.

 

[jimlloyd40]

I was distracted today chatting to the wife while filling up and accidently put 87 in the car. I have a NPM that is set for 91 so mad at myself for doing it. Am sure it will be fine but I will be taking it easy for the next 1/2 tank until I can get some 93 in it to get closer to the required octane.

My butt-dyno may not as... sensitively calibrated... as many of you guys but I def. can feel my GTI being sluggish. Possibly just feels like stock now.

Get a can of Torco octane booster so you don't have to wait until you refill the tank again to have fun.

 

[Keehs360]

got my plate frame thingy finally! Super cheap on Amazon.

 

[HstephenG]

Get a can of Torco octane booster so you don't have to wait until you refill the tank again to have fun.

That is the first I have heard of that stuff and am slightly skeptical of it actually doing what it claims but thank you for the suggestion. I have not been driving much of late / last 9 months but thankfully I have some longer highway trips coming up so it is no big deal.
Cheers!

 

[HstephenG]

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got my plate frame thingy finally! Super cheap on Amazon.

Looks good and thank you for your service!

 

[jimlloyd40]

That is the first I have heard of that stuff and am slightly skeptical of it actually doing what it claims but thank you for the suggestion. I have not been driving much of late / last 9 months but thankfully I have some longer highway trips coming up so it is no big deal.
Cheers!

I've been using it daily for 35,000 miles. Works great.

 

[HstephenG]

I've been using it daily for 35,000 miles. Works great.

Great to know, may have to get some in for future "mishaps".
Thanks

 

[Desslok]

Great to know, may have to get some in for future "mishaps".
Thanks

 

[Keehs360]

Looks good and thank you for your service!

Thnx

 

[GTI Jake]

Had my six year old take a picture of me being awkward with it .

I am pretty excited one of my friends ordered us hats though, so I felt obligated to step out of my comfort zone and show one off.

 

[shortyb]

Awkward cuz you're striking that metrosexual pose and doing the pocket pool thingie .

 

[Keehs360]

Awkward cuz you're striking that metrosexual pose and doing the pocket pool thingie .

Imagine he shows up and throws an intercooler at you

 

[shortyb]

Imagine he shows up and throws an intercooler at you

Then I wouldn't give a fat baby's ass what he does in his pants.