timk_
New member
Hey all,
I've had my 2009 2.0 TDI for a year now, and have made a few improvements along the way. It's an awesome little car and I almost have to pinch myself to realise that I get to own and drive this thing!
The car is primarily used to get groceries and other running around tasks, but I also enjoy driving through the mountains. I cycle to work so it's mainly used on the weekends.
In the past I have taken my other cars to track days (circuit) and I plan on doing the same with this Golf. The main issue I have is destroying street brake pads. I would be interested to hear how people address this when they have a car that is 99% used on the street like this, maybe a second (different) set of pads and rotors?
The first change I made was to replace the radio with an Android Auto/CarPlay capable unit, this made the car way more liveable:
The second change was to swap the steering wheel from a Passat CC, which is identical to the standard wheel other than the fact it also includes paddle shifters:
The DSG seems to choose the right gears most of the time but now I have the option of manual control whenever I want, which is especially nice for those mountain drives!
Cheers
I've had my 2009 2.0 TDI for a year now, and have made a few improvements along the way. It's an awesome little car and I almost have to pinch myself to realise that I get to own and drive this thing!

The car is primarily used to get groceries and other running around tasks, but I also enjoy driving through the mountains. I cycle to work so it's mainly used on the weekends.
In the past I have taken my other cars to track days (circuit) and I plan on doing the same with this Golf. The main issue I have is destroying street brake pads. I would be interested to hear how people address this when they have a car that is 99% used on the street like this, maybe a second (different) set of pads and rotors?
The first change I made was to replace the radio with an Android Auto/CarPlay capable unit, this made the car way more liveable:

The second change was to swap the steering wheel from a Passat CC, which is identical to the standard wheel other than the fact it also includes paddle shifters:

The DSG seems to choose the right gears most of the time but now I have the option of manual control whenever I want, which is especially nice for those mountain drives!
Cheers