
Haha, not quite your age, I'm 43 next month (eee I'm quite chuffed to find out I'm not the oldest on here!). Yeah I do see your point, just can't get past that association with the old claptrap Polo, and we only have the one car (well, I also pay for my eldests car as he's at college, you can probably imagine the ridiculous insurance I'm paying on that..) which the missus uses far more often than me, and I don't see her picking a Volks next - I think I'll be stuck with a new Mini...About the same time frame as my GTI then. It was a '98, and I bought it new. You must be a geezer like me (I'll be 51 next month.)
FWIW my Audi (also a VW brand) has been 100% for me since I bought it in 2011. But it is showing its age, while my wife's C-class Benz has more miles but still feels like the day we bought it. It isn't anywhere near as fun to drive as my 270hp A4, but it is clearly the better automobile for the real world. I'm seriously considering an E for my next car, but as I said above it'll be a few years yet.



Love the license plate.Alright we're bringing this back
2016 Ford Focus ST, 2.0L turbo, gas, FWD
126k miles. 2nd motor, original transmission. Hell, original brakes even.
Dyno tuned for 93 octane, stock fuel system.
Tuned at about 370 whp and 380 wtq
Mods:
Garret GTX 2867r Gen2 0.86 a/r
Cobb Accessport V3
Dyno tune from Tuned By Nishan
Injen intake
CPE hot side and cold side hard charge pipes
TiAL Q blowoff valve
Depo BEAST 5.5" FMIC
Ford 63mm throttle body
MBRP catless 3" downpipe
MBRP 3" catback
JBR balance shaft delete
JBR oil pan baffles
ACT heavy duty street sprung clutch with steel single-mass flywheel
TB Performance adjustable front strut tower brace
CFM crankcase breather
Steeda rear shock tower brace
Boomba short shifter
Boomba shifter base bushings
Boomba shift bracket bushings
Your Little CNC Shop solid aluminum shift linkage bushings
JBR weighted short shift arm
Sound symposer delete kit from I don't remember who
H&R sport lowering springs
Method Race Wheels MR502 wheels
Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position 235/40R18 tires
Vega Motorworks rear diffuser
All kinds of other shit that I can't remember or doesn't matter. Exhaust bushings, wing risers, tinted windows, quarter window louvres, tow strap (functional!) etc.
Get ready for a bunch of pics. Also, these go in order from most recent to oldest, with the exception of the dyno graph at the end. That was somewhere in the middle.
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(yes, I had a black hood for a while, just for the hell of it)
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Dyno sheet from when I had it on the rollers last just to see where it was at. It was tuned at 363/378 in the middle of July. After doing my balance shaft delete I had it on the same dyno this March where it hit 397/421. Those numbers are a bit inflated due to the car REALLY liking the cold weather so I'm gonna call it a solid 370/380 after doing the balance shaft delete because that does free up a small amount of power.

Yeah when I first saw the pictures of the car I was going to ask if it was fake lol.Love the license plate.


Yeah when I first saw the pictures of the car I was going to ask if it was fake lol.






Man...
I don't know if this is an overkill considering the cars you guys/gals have but I have a Genesis G80 V8 Ultimate Package.
And I'm working on it in my spare time to make a dual cold air intake and simplified supercharger for it since none was manufactured on the professional level.
Still, I regret not getting the V6 Twin Turbo since the beginning ever since my brother smoked the living shit out of me with his G70 TT.

Inspired by sicklyboy’s post: I don’t know if anyone cares about all the mods but damn I have 388.5whp needs retuned on e85 dual tune. I just picked up a few G1 insights to get that 2800 pounds down to 1800 without having to take the street out of it. [emoji48] going for a 4P build if I can sort the all wheel drive thing.
Running a 38-91 rotrex, all in fab fmic/rad with tial welded on, DC2.2 cams, 1000ID injectors, 74mm junk 2 mani shaved and ported/polished head, plm header, 3” thermal exhaust. Putting the power down through quaiffe diff, 255 direzza z2’s I kept the brakes stock because they work, slotted rotors on kw v2 suspension. I dunno a few more things not mentioned... a few pics
https://instagram.com/p/6ThUroHdWr/
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First track weekend, Gingerman.
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Ah yeah that’s sickInspired by sicklyboy’s post: I don’t know if anyone cares about all the mods but damn I have 388.5whp needs retuned on e85 dual tune. I just picked up a few G1 insights to get that 2800 pounds down to 1800 without having to take the street out of it. [emoji48] going for a 4P build if I can sort the all wheel drive thing.
Running a 38-91 rotrex, all in fab fmic/rad with tial welded on, DC2.2 cams, 1000ID injectors, 74mm junk 2 mani shaved and ported/polished head, plm header, 3” thermal exhaust. Putting the power down through quaiffe diff, 255 direzza z2’s I kept the brakes stock because they work, slotted rotors on kw v2 suspension. I dunno a few more things not mentioned... a few pics
https://instagram.com/p/6ThUroHdWr/
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First track weekend, Gingerman.
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