If you wrapped a turd in carbon fiber, a lot of people here would find a place to attach it to their car.
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Mods you're wasting money on...
- Thread starter GTI Jake
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If you wrapped a turd in carbon fiber, a lot of people here would find a place to attach it to their car.
JacobAllison
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- San Diego, CA
Funny you should mention;
Best Bang for the Buck Mods
Including different options depending on which way you want to go. Not as much explanation as here- I wanted to make it nice and simple and stupidly didn't reserve myself a second post.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
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- de plains! de plains!
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- 2015 GTI
dollah dollah bills y'all.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
JacobAllison
Ready to race!
- Location
- San Diego, CA
Beat me to it!!!! Arg.
To be fair, carbon fiber marine toilets are popular on racing sailboats where literally every ounce counts.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
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- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Then why not just crap off the side?
JacobAllison
Ready to race!
- Location
- San Diego, CA
A couple of reasons:
- Can't discharge any waste within 12NM of shore
- Can't discharge untreated waste within 50nm of shore
- The big races can be months long and noone wants 14 people crapping over the side for that long when camera boats are following.
- It sucks enough being on one of these boats..
Nope.
Noper.
Nopest!
On deck is not a safe place.
Back on topic- I though the main reasons not to bother with catch cans is that they literally don't catch anything in our engines?
TheGreekFreak
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- MA
In the end of the day, every mod is essentially a waste of money. Hell, any car with a purpose outside of being a bulletproof cheap econobox is a waste of money. Really, everything outside of food, water, shelter, and investing in the future is a waste of money.
Still, if even a stupid mod brings you daily enjoyment and isn't gonna break a budget you made based on your own finances, its worth it in my book. Sometimes entertainment comes at a price which is why so many of us went with a GTI or R over, say, a stripped down compact toyota [insert name].
Now to those who brag about performance gains from catbacks or intakes or silly spoilers....yes, you are foolishly wasting your money and missing the point. Stop!
Still, if even a stupid mod brings you daily enjoyment and isn't gonna break a budget you made based on your own finances, its worth it in my book. Sometimes entertainment comes at a price which is why so many of us went with a GTI or R over, say, a stripped down compact toyota [insert name].
Now to those who brag about performance gains from catbacks or intakes or silly spoilers....yes, you are foolishly wasting your money and missing the point. Stop!
jb99875
Ready to race!
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- Fort Worth, TX
Best post on this thread
Jovian
Drag Racing Champion
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- Denver, CO
- Car(s)
- 2016 VW GTI
I used to do a lot more to my cars when I was younger. Today its just Tires, software and very little else. Even stock suspension are amazing now today. Unless you like the lowered look or track your car there really isnt much of a reason to change it.
Now that being said if I ever blow up my IS20 I will probably go for a IS38 but not unless the IS20 grenades itself.
Now that being said if I ever blow up my IS20 I will probably go for a IS38 but not unless the IS20 grenades itself.
NoRegrets78
OG
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- Little Elm, TX
Having owned 2 generations of the GTI (MKV, MK6), and modding both to Stage 2+, I have to agree with most of the list. The older cars diverters were crap though, and replacing them with something like the Forge was just needed at higher boost levels. The MK6 and what I hear of the 7 shows that VW finally made one worth a damn. Cat backs were never for power, and intakes were only useful in the slightest with a tune that was designed to take advantage of it. Sounds like not much has changed in a few generations.
Nicely said. I have a few performance mods planned, but when I saw a BOV pop up on here for a good price, I jumped on it. Do I expect it to do anything besides make noise? Nope. Do I think it'll make me grin? Yup.
Maybe I'll get sick of it after a week, maybe not. All I know is I've wanted one for 15 years, and I'm throwing it on this weekend.