Another few months gone, another 'lack of progress' post...
Ordered TT washer jets and a new scuttle panel yesterday (inspired by @<tuffty/> ), primarily because one of the original jets stopped working. Will hopefully fit this week.
The "lateral G detection feature" eventually killed the radio altogether. It turned out to be a short in the left rear speaker, so I've just left it disconnected until I can muster the motivation to take the interior apart again...
Did have some fun in my 'sleeper' this morning:
While driving on a private road in a non-descript place, I was approaching my favourite bend; a long 270 degree sweeper with an advisory speed limit of 50kph. I know the absolute limit I can do through there at the moment is 110kph.
The Renault driver behind me seemed to believe he would be able to do it just as quick as that old blue POS that had been holding him up. He clearly and concisely communicated this opinion by driving as close to my rear end as physically possible.
So I happily approached the bend at motorway speed (130kph on this particular Mexican runway), let off the accelerator to lower my speed to 105kph (much to the dismay of the surrender monkey) and turned in.
Old A3: couple thousand euro
KW V3's: ~1500 euro
TT front suspension: ~500 euro
The scene in my rear-view mirror: Priceless!
François panicked as he realised I wasn't going to brake at all. He slammed on his brakes, nearly ended up in the hedge surrounding the bend, followed by a crawl through the bend at the advised 50kph. After the bend, he demurely got into the slow lane and stayed there while he looked for a petrol station to buy a fresh pair of pantalons.
Ordered TT washer jets and a new scuttle panel yesterday (inspired by @<tuffty/> ), primarily because one of the original jets stopped working. Will hopefully fit this week.
The "lateral G detection feature" eventually killed the radio altogether. It turned out to be a short in the left rear speaker, so I've just left it disconnected until I can muster the motivation to take the interior apart again...
Did have some fun in my 'sleeper' this morning:
While driving on a private road in a non-descript place, I was approaching my favourite bend; a long 270 degree sweeper with an advisory speed limit of 50kph. I know the absolute limit I can do through there at the moment is 110kph.
The Renault driver behind me seemed to believe he would be able to do it just as quick as that old blue POS that had been holding him up. He clearly and concisely communicated this opinion by driving as close to my rear end as physically possible.
So I happily approached the bend at motorway speed (130kph on this particular Mexican runway), let off the accelerator to lower my speed to 105kph (much to the dismay of the surrender monkey) and turned in.
Old A3: couple thousand euro
KW V3's: ~1500 euro
TT front suspension: ~500 euro
The scene in my rear-view mirror: Priceless!
François panicked as he realised I wasn't going to brake at all. He slammed on his brakes, nearly ended up in the hedge surrounding the bend, followed by a crawl through the bend at the advised 50kph. After the bend, he demurely got into the slow lane and stayed there while he looked for a petrol station to buy a fresh pair of pantalons.
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