Hello all!

I've been reading lots of posts, and decided that it was time to say 'hi'.

Purchased a 19000km old GTI (red) around 10 days ago from a VW dealer.

Been loving it so far, as I moved up from a much slower car (Suzuki Swift).

Anyway I am not new to turbo scenes but been getting lots of good information from you guys. Quite different from Japanese Turbos in terms of chipping (rather than just using boost controller), sounds like a more complicated setup in a single chipping which is awesome!

I've got some questions on my car, if you guys would care to answer.

1) My gearbox has a slight whirring noise (not whine or grind, cannot hear over audio. Audible when alone) when I am doing between 40-55km coasting down on 4th gear. I can hear it slightly when I am accelerating slowly from 40-55km (I think rev is around 1500-1900rpm), but once past that stage the car is quiet and does not seem to have that noise. If I accelerate hard, I cannot hear that noise either. Other gears seem to be fine. I've been searching for this. The noise goes away with clutch down. Does not make that noise in any other gears. I have no problem otherwise with good gear engaging with positive feel etc.

2) where is the gearbox oil dipstick? I looked everywhere (just in case it's got anything to do with low gearbox oil) under bonnet! The car has been serviced at 17000km.

3) Anyone got a short shifter installed, and which brand and how much did it cost?

4) I am studying REVO chip at the moment, just bit scared as I still have VW factory warranty until Feb 09 and don't want to loose it too early. Any REVO owners here with feedback? [a lot of them seem to have APR, some GIAC]


Anyway, nice to meet you all! It's an awesome vehicle, and for amount of power it produces, looks like I can almost do 600km / tank on daily commute! 70% city, 30% highway.