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ChiChat 18: CAR MODS GALORE; CAR PROBLEMS GALORE
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Jaber
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uglybastard
Autocross Champion
EJBGTIVI
Autocross Champion
Yep, I was going to mention Frank - I seem to remember it being more like months with stock clutch on K04 not years - but I could be wrong. I stand by my statement about driver mod being a factor in many cases.
EJBGTIVI
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He wasn't tuned though if I recall.
OmniGLH
Autocross Newbie
Hatch trim and one rear door card out. Hatch trim was easy AF to remove. Heavier than I thought it would be. Rear door card was hard AF to remove. Random clips and hooks to the seat belt trim, and unhooking the tweeter wasn’t fun til I found the clip on the backside of it where I couldn’t see it. #racecarthings
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Why?
Wait what?
I thought the DSGs were bulletproof even up through K04?
Somebody lied to me.
Oh wow don't ask what the 40k PDK service costs then.
Funny my wife's clutch slipped when it was stock. (Well, ok, it had a Magnaflow cat-back on it... which is pretty much stock.)
Stab it in 6th on the freeway on a cool day and you could watch the rev's climb.
Driver mod could help, if you're really gentle on the clutch otherwise. My old Jetta went 400k on it's original clutch. And it still had life left in it... we just replaced it when we put a replacement motor in (oil consumption was starting to become a problem) because we were already in there, and a stock VW clutch is cheap.
If I have to do bullshit "you need to downshift and rev it up to keep it from slipping, you can't use the torque or the clutch will slip" then the clutch sucks. Fact.
If I wanted to have to downshift and get revs to make the car move I'd drive a POS VTAK-YO Honduh instead.
sterkrazzy
Autocross Champion
This never ends. Our website is back online. Two pages are coming back with a couple ADA problems and it took 3 attempts to get them to even respond to us about it. She sent me an email saying the pages weren't accessible in the back end or on the consumer side and she just did a force clear, so it should solve the issue.
First of all, why the fuck would the pages not be accessible? The website was down for 3 fucking weeks and to make it ADA compliant their solution was to delete every single page except for 3 of them plus all the inventory pages? Nobody told us a thing about deleting pages and nobody asked you to deleted any pages. Second, she didn't delete the pages until I brought them to her attention, and then lied about what she did. I can't believe the shit they're doing.
First of all, why the fuck would the pages not be accessible? The website was down for 3 fucking weeks and to make it ADA compliant their solution was to delete every single page except for 3 of them plus all the inventory pages? Nobody told us a thing about deleting pages and nobody asked you to deleted any pages. Second, she didn't delete the pages until I brought them to her attention, and then lied about what she did. I can't believe the shit they're doing.
Former Honda Guy
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OmniGLH
Autocross Newbie
You need to fire them and stop dealing with them. I think they made it clear they don't want to help you anymore anyways.
Put up a simple "dark page" stating the page is under construction, please call/visit/email....
Then hire a new firm.
DASVDUB
Drag Racing Champion
Why?
Wait what?
I thought the DSGs were bulletproof even up through K04?
Somebody lied to me.
Oh wow don't ask what the 40k PDK service costs then.
Funny my wife's clutch slipped when it was stock. (Well, ok, it had a Magnaflow cat-back on it... which is pretty much stock.)
Stab it in 6th on the freeway on a cool day and you could watch the rev's climb.
Driver mod could help, if you're really gentle on the clutch otherwise. My old Jetta went 400k on it's original clutch. And it still had life left in it... we just replaced it when we put a replacement motor in (oil consumption was starting to become a problem) because we were already in there, and a stock VW clutch is cheap.
If I have to do bullshit "you need to downshift and rev it up to keep it from slipping, you can't use the torque or the clutch will slip" then the clutch sucks. Fact.
If I wanted to have to downshift and get revs to make the car move I'd drive a POS VTAK-YO Honduh instead.
Cuz I can. Iono #racecar reduce weight. Been wanting to pull them for a while now.
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DASVDUB
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sterkrazzy
Autocross Champion
Yea, it was mostly a test. I had my own expectations when I asked them to fix the 2 pages, but I definitely didn't expect them to just straight up delete and then lie about what they did. I just figured I wouldn't get an answer, but I told my dad about it and then he texted the web developer. I think I made it pretty clear to him today that they aren't worth talking to anymore. He still had expectations from them, but he hasn't been working with them like I have.
We're just kind of in purgatory right now. I've got a couple people I'm working with right now to get me information on building a new site. One option doesn't have anybody local to us, it'll be more expensive up front, yearly payments will be cheaper, but support afterwards may not be as quick or as extensive, and they're probably not as familiar in the marine industry. The other option has a local guy we can talk to, no up front cost but we'll pay more yearly, we'll get extra benefits because it works with another website we use to upload inventory and instead of uploading inventory to 2 sites we'll just have to do it on 1 site so it'll save me time, and it doesn't sound like I'd ever have to worry about support, if something needs fixed it'll get fixed, even if it's an ADA issue, and they specialize in our business.
They're both aware of the ADA lawsuits. The former said he would put it in a contract stating that he would ensure we're ADA compliant. The latter I don't think will do that, but he did say they would claim responsibility and make sure everything is compliant. They also both use wordpress, so I don't think there'd be too much of a difference between how the sites are operated.
I'm kinda leaning towards the latter right now just because it gives us somebody local we can talk to. We would have a rep that lives in our area. He actually stopped by today, and we're already doing business with them through other means, so I feel like this would just be the easiest option.
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uglybastard
Autocross Champion
And the visually impaired people will buy boats now
Jaber
Modero
BoostedVW11
Drag Racing Champion
F1 cars area really cool, look at 2019 steering wheel. So many buttons, crazy.
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