Recent content by JimmyTheSaint

Afternoon all. After rather foolishly parking my car in the side of a van a couple of weeks ago, I've just got the S back from the body shop. I've had a new bonnet, front wing, bumber and light assembly on the passenger side. All new and shiney. Unfortunately the 7 year old light assembly on...

I joined the UK MKIV's forum as I was after a 1.8T Golf at the time. I ended up getting an S3 instead... and when I posted asking about ICE advice I got told to come here and ask for AndyMac... which I duly did.

Hmmm... perhaps we watched different films. I thought it was rubbish. An unbelievable disappointment for Michael Mann. Sure, it looked lovely, but the dialogue was terrible. And you couldn't tell what half of them were saying... "mumble mumble product, mumble codshíte product mumble!". I...

Or take the carbage straight gangsta with your boy Westwood: http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/galleries/other/westwood/01/

Any more than 3 shakes constitutes a w@nk... it says so in the bible.

I hope you're going to eat it

I had my standard 210 S3 on the new rollers at Awesome GTi a couple of months ago and it made 172.6 bhp @ wheels and 191.6 ft-lbs @ wheels.

Dicky's right... you need to use an abrasive polish with a machine polisher to remove swirl marks. Wax will only cover the marks temporarily improving the paint's appearance. Try the Meguiars bodyshop stuff. Start with Meguiars #83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish - this is quite abrasive and will be...

You won't regret it bud... the biggest problem I had was finding enough time to do it all properly. If you have a garage with plenty of space you're laughing! Otherwise you might be better off waiting til spring when it's a bit warmer with more hours of daylight If I was you though, I'd put...

So what should a healthy 210bhp engine make @ the wheels? Mine's going into Awesome for a pre-remap power run this sunday... just want a ballpark figure as the Awesome rollers can't give accurate flywheel figures (apparently).

You need to make sure your missus gets the car with only 5 miles left in the tank. Women aren't like men - they worry about stuff like this - they'll panic and fill it up.

1) Twice a week in Summer, once a week in winter 2) Hand wash 3) Polish once every 3 months, Wax once a month in summer with carnauba... wax twice over winter months with synthetic. 4) Klasse AIO, NXT Wax, P21S Wax 5) Quality

I'll take one of the sub enclosures (plus sub) off you Andy

What do you use to remove polish stains from rubber/plastic trim? Or are you too much the consumate professional to allow excess polish to find it's way anywhere near a non-painted surface?