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Interesting quote. You would never see a statement like that on a show like Today Tonight/Current Affairs. Consumers don't want to hear that stuff.Originally Posted by Transporter
The bellow is not my quote, but I believe in it and there is an advice in it, to those who always look for the cheapest price.
John Ruskin - Common law of business balance;
“There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person’s lawful prey. It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money — that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot — it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”
Granted, there are some people that do charge the higher price and still deliver crap.
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It doesn't surprise me. The population is getting dumber.
Put it simply; people who are more intelligent, have fewer babies and because the intelligence is part genetic, the IQ of population is dropping.
So, eventually, we will flood the planet with crap.
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Oh god. So true!It doesn't surprise me. The population is getting dumber.
Put it simply; people who are more intelligent, have fewer babies and because the intelligence is part genetic, the IQ of population is dropping.
So, eventually, we will flood the planet with crap.
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MY 13 Tiguan 155TSI | Pepper Grey | DSG | Leather | RVC | RNS510 | ACC | 18" New York Wheels -SOLD
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A couple of updates....
Had the ECU reflashed this week with the latest Viezu stage 2 tune and there's a noticeable improvement over their previous "performance" level tune.
Low end pick-up is a lot better and more punch in the top end also. So it's an all-round improvement.
I'm still waiting for the ECU to fully adapt and to get my "old" intake back on then I'll put it on the dyno.
The other "small" mod is a new antenna. I've been hunting for one that I like for ages and managed to score this custom engineered CNC machined antenna. Sorry this is a 1-off. I think it looks schmick
Last edited by tigger73; 02-11-2013 at 10:55 AM.
2017 Tiguan Sportline - Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline
2016 Scirocco R, stage 1, 205kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's Scirocco R Build
2013 Tiguan 155TSI, stage 1, 144kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 155TSI Build
2011 Tiguan 125TSI, Stage 2+, 152kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 125TSI Build
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Now the car is running a lot closer to where I want it I'm going to put it back on the dyno. Booked in for next Tuesday...
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2017 Tiguan Sportline - Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline
2016 Scirocco R, stage 1, 205kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's Scirocco R Build
2013 Tiguan 155TSI, stage 1, 144kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 155TSI Build
2011 Tiguan 125TSI, Stage 2+, 152kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 125TSI Build
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Latest mod arrived today - 2 cans of plasti-dip
Only thing to do now is work out where to spray it
2017 Tiguan Sportline - Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline
2016 Scirocco R, stage 1, 205kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's Scirocco R Build
2013 Tiguan 155TSI, stage 1, 144kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 155TSI Build
2011 Tiguan 125TSI, Stage 2+, 152kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 125TSI Build
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Haha ! What a predicament! But, yeah, I want to plastidip something too. 'Something' being the operative word...
Did you make your dynamometer date the other day?
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Previous: MY10 Tiguan 2.0TSI, Silver Leaf, APR StgII tune + many mod's
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Yes I'm going to have a go at plasti-dipping the bottom grey plastic trims - just to see how they come up and if it will match in with the car a little better.
Will post some pics once I'm done. I was hoping to get to it tomorrow but not sure if it's going to get bumped to next weekend now.
Long story here. Was hoping that the car would be making 150+kwaw but looks like there's a bit more work to do here - either that or trying to find out why my car is not behaving. So at the moment we're trying to work out if it is a dyno / tune / hardware issue to explain the results that I've got to date.
Once it's all sorted I will post an update but at the moment it's still a work in progress (unfortunately).
2017 Tiguan Sportline - Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline
2016 Scirocco R, stage 1, 205kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's Scirocco R Build
2013 Tiguan 155TSI, stage 1, 144kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 155TSI Build
2011 Tiguan 125TSI, Stage 2+, 152kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 125TSI Build
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Well didn't get to the plasti-dipping on the weekend.... instead got collared into pulling half the shed out to find Christmas decorations and then putting the Christmas tree up. And then put my millinery skills to use making alterations to karate uniforms amongst other things.
Oh well maybe next weekend.
Though tonight I've run a VCDS throttle body alignment as I've noticed the car is a bit jerky when coming off the throttle since the last time the ECU was out of the car. Will see if that fixes anything.
2017 Tiguan Sportline - Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline
2016 Scirocco R, stage 1, 205kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's Scirocco R Build
2013 Tiguan 155TSI, stage 1, 144kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 155TSI Build
2011 Tiguan 125TSI, Stage 2+, 152kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 125TSI Build
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Well it appears that running the throttle body alignment seems to have done the trick. No jerks when I come off the throttle now - it's a lot smoother.
Seems to be a recommended procedure whenever disconnecting the battery/ECU to run this short procedure from Ross-Tech:
Turn the key on but do not start the car.
[Select]
[01 - Engine]
[Basic Settings - 04]
Group 060
[Go!]
It should say "Basic Settings: OFF" on the top of your screen.
Click [ON/OFF/Next] to turn on Basic Settings.
It should now say "Basic Settings: ON" on the top of your screen. Once you do this you will see the top right display say ADP RUN. The TB adaptation is being done as soon as you switched basic settings on. You will see the values change and hear the TB cycle for the first few seconds then it will stop. Leave it in Basic Settings for about 30 seconds.
Click [ON/OFF/Next] to turn off Basic Settings.
It should now say "Basic Settings: OFF" on the top of your screen
Click the [Done, Go Back] button and you're all set.
Be sure not to touch the accelerator and make sure the engine is NOT running when you do this!
2017 Tiguan Sportline - Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline
2016 Scirocco R, stage 1, 205kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's Scirocco R Build
2013 Tiguan 155TSI, stage 1, 144kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 155TSI Build
2011 Tiguan 125TSI, Stage 2+, 152kwaw (sold) - Tigger73's 125TSI Build
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