Tigger73's 125TSI Tiguan Build Thread

[tigger73]

Probably he has already done some research on supercharger kits too

Ramee I'm not doing a MCM on this one - it's going to stay stock.... apart from a couple of cosmetic enhancements maybe.

[Ramee]

Ramee I'm not doing a MCM on this one - it's going to stay stock.... apart from a couple of cosmetic enhancements maybe.

Good plan! Anyway congrats on new car! It looks good and quite comfortable I think but I am not quite sure about the handling department, last time when I drove one felt like a boat may be you can do something about that!

[tigger73]

Totally un-car related though some of you may appreciate it, here's a photo summary of my last 2 months backyard/DIY "project".

The "before" shot:


And then the "project" begins:

[Ramee]

Totally un-car related though some of you may appreciate it, here's a photo summary of my last 2 months backyard/DIY "project".

Super nice! and hard work if you did it alone. But little bird told me this is the punishment you got from wifey after she found out about this build thread jk Nice work

[tigger73]

Super nice! and hard work if you did it alone. But little bird told me this is the punishment you got from wifey after she found out about this build thread jk Nice work

Yeah pretty much finished playing with the Tig and had to find something else to do. The only thing I didn't do was dig out the hole. There were 4.5 semi tipper loads of dirt taken out of the back yard. Still got some paving and tidy up the rest of the yard but kids are swimming and the wife is (mostly) happy. Well off my back for a bit at least....

Oh and if anyone else is considering that it might be a good idea to DIY a pool in your back yard my recommendation is don't - just go and pay someone to do it for you!!!!

[tigger73]

Something that has surprised me a bit in this whole process of advertising/selling the Tig is finding out what other people actually think of the car vs. what I believed they thought of it.

Going back to the first couple of times when I turned up at the hot hatch group and got sideways looks to now when that same group of people have a totally different opinion. The Tig has earned a lot of respect

It's not just the fact the it can keep a lot of hot hatches honest on a run through the hills - it's more the way it does it. While the hatches are scrabbling for traction out of a corner, the Tig just hunkers down and gets the job done. It may lose out a bit at the top end to the K04 cars, however up to 80 km/hr is where it works best which by the way is what the speed limit is.

So for real-world on-road performance the Tig is hard to beat.

[Adam86]

nice work... so the above ground pool is not below ground/at ground level.
what did you do to reinforce the sides during backfill around the pool? or is it not backfilled?

[tigger73]

nice work... so the above ground pool is not below ground/at ground level.
what did you do to reinforce the sides during backfill around the pool? or is it not backfilled?

Adam,

The pool is at a height so that when we build a deck out from the rear of the house and put coping/paving around the pool it will be at the correct height (allowing for a slight drop-off from the pool for drainage). So at the moment it does sit up a bit but when it's all finished (in a couple of years) it'll be right

The backfill around the pool is a cement treated sand which gets watered in and sets hard. The main reason for this is that when the liner gets changed in ~15 years time that the pool maintains its shape when all the water is drained out.

If you are thinking about DIYing a pool I'd also get a few quotes for getting someone to do the installation. I had a bit of help along the way from my dad and father-in-law but it's a seriously big job and not something I'd do again in a hurry!

[tigger73]

Well Tig got collected tonight and has gone to it's new home

Here's a couple of my favourites pictures and a few last shots:

[Ozrodent]

sniff, it'll be missed