How has the scene changed?

[pugtk]

How has the scene changed in the last couple of years?

I remember when I first had my 306, on theywhoshallnotbenamed  a stage 1 tune and fmic was about as far as tuning went

Then everyone went mad blowing rods out there blocks

Are some of the main members still playing with xuds?

Con67, darrenjlobb, ruan etc

[bashbarnard]

They are all still here. I used to keep an eye on .net back in the day never joined never posted. I remember doing my first stage one 8ish years ago with darrens videos.

[Seb_Ryan]

Con67 isnt aroud any more.. Not seen him on 306 forums for ages..

Iirc he was the first on .net to put an 11mm head on followed by darren?

I also remember the gt15 being the best turbo in the world as no one had gov modded them at that time haha

[darrenjlobb]

I am still here

And amongst other projects, the 306 will be making a return to the project section soon

In the meantime, I have a Eaton blown nad 305 that I should really post a project for! More of a "back to my roots" project!

[Toms306]

Back then people thought a laggy TD04 was the best turbo... Now its all about the VNT...

[toseland]

now its all about HDi

[DemonDriverDan]

It's changed loads, even in the 6 years I've been around. I caught the tale end of the guys from 2008 when S/Cing the 6 was new through into Darren's first work. Now what you guys get up to with the diesels is pretty impressive, I remember the first gov mod!

All this and I'm only 23...

[Toms306]

More about the GTi6 since they got cheap enough for tight ass diesel owners to buy...

[DemonDriverDan]

Cheap to buy but less cheap to run

[Toms306]

Were cheap enough to run when I had mine and petrol prices were stupidly low... Coming back up again now though I admit lol. Insurance wasn't bad either now we're getting old.

I was just thinking about this the other day though, back then there were a lot of us around a similar age with 1.4s...barely ever see a 1.4 or 18 year old joining up now...

[Paul_13]

I still see 2nd/3rd/4th hand, regurgitated pub talk being thrown around though

[DemonDriverDan]

I was just thinking about this the other day though, back then there were a lot of us around a similar age with 1.4s...barely ever see a 1.4 or 18 year old joining up now...

Good point. You and I both had 1.4s, Sam I think as well? I think the 306 has gone beyond the point that a 1.4 was considered acceptable for an 18 year old, they're worth even less now. I imagine they get bought mainly as cheap run arounds

[bashbarnard]

I never entertained the idea of a 1.4 306 when i was young. Just spent the three grand on insurance for a 205 CTI. Lol. I was dumb. All my 306s have been dervs. Wouldnt have it any other way.

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Also xud cambelt on my own car was one of my collage practicals to be a mechanic.

[Piggy]

Big boosted xud here, thanks to inspiration from the likes of Darren n Ru n Tom etv

[bashbarnard]

Big boosted xud here, thanks to inspiration from the likes of Darren n Ru n Tom etv

Same. I think i was pushed by darren as well to start with. Now im pushed by a want to beat piggy

[darrenjlobb]

Hehe, nothing wrong with friendly competition / banter.. We have all been there

I miss being as involved as I use to be with my own projects, but spend so much time on other projects for other people I keep missing the time, but the DervBus has been in / out of the 'shop a few times in the last few weeks, so give it time. A big cloud of smoke will return soon

[Toms306]

I was just thinking about this the other day though, back then there were a lot of us around a similar age with 1.4s...barely ever see a 1.4 or 18 year old joining up now...

Good point. You and I both had 1.4s, Sam I think as well? I think the 306 has gone beyond the point that a 1.4 was considered acceptable for an 18 year old, they're worth even less now. I imagine they get bought mainly as cheap run arounds

There were quite a few of us, you, I, Rowell, Wingnuts, Jamma, Jimmy, Gazzza, TomoP, Basher, -chapperz-, 4way, etc all had 1.4s, plus quite a few more that I've forgotten as well lol.

Then there was a few round our age with HDi's as well...wonder what happened to MadD, Burrell, Swanny, Luke, etc...

Odd how some people stuck around and other didn't, always interesting to see what people moved on to imo.

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I never entertained the idea of a 1.4 306 when i was young. Just spent the three grand on insurance for a 205 CTI. Lol. I was dumb. All my 306s have been dervs. Wouldnt have it any other way.

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Also xud cambelt on my own car was one of my collage practicals to be a mechanic.

Lol, my neighbour had a ph2 diablo XUD when I was learning to drive, I learnt in a 1.4 eco HDi 206... Watching him try to start that bugger in the morning and knowing how unbelievably slow the 1.4 hdi was I definitely wanted a petrol!! 1.4 petrol 306 actually felt quick after the 1.4 HDi.

I'd never have moved onto diesel if it wasn't for the 306 forums though...these guys pushed me to buy my first diesel...Golf...

[Seb_Ryan]

Thats a point.. Used to be loads of 1.4s on here..

What the hell happened to samass aswell? And dumdum was the first on here to push a hdi aswell past stage 1? Was like 165 bhp, wasnt that bodged for him either apart from the clutch cable lol

[Toms306]

Dum Dums black HDi is probably still the best 306 he's owned lol... Samass has a Volvo now iirc!

[DemonDriverDan]

I bought DumDum's suspension from his black HDi and put it on my 1.4, first thing I ever bought on any forum I think. Long time ago that was!

[Eeyore]

I think most of us grew up and started looking for power instead of fitting big exhaust and body kits. The diesel side of things people have started hitting bigger numbers recently with both xud and hdi. GTI6s are still pretty much SC and bodied but we are seeing more on standalone management and with custom super charger setups not just the lynx kits. More people are on track these days.

[Toms306]

I bought DumDum's suspension from his black HDi and put it on my 1.4, first thing I ever bought on any forum I think. Long time ago that was!

Do you remember August 3rd 2010? Chelmsford services...

[DemonDriverDan]

Do you remember August 3rd 2010? Chelmsford services...

That doesn't sound dodgy at all Yea, I remember that. Think those wheels got sold with the HDi

[Dum-Dum]

The scene has changed massively, there's far more dickheads than ever and not the good sort like Niall. They are all wankers into vaping and tight t shirts and financed cars. There's only little pockets of cool people who build stuff and don't just buy some soul less nearly new anonymous box. There is still a pocket of cool people here doing awesome things.

I had been fettling a bigger turbo onto my truck and now been persuaded to abandon that one and fit a f*ck off VNT.
I'll get lynched if own any more 306s

[Dave]

The dream lives on here too aswell

[toseland]

Big boosted xud here, thanks to inspiration from the likes of Darren n Ru n Tom etv

Same. I think i was pushed by darren as well to start with. Now im pushed by a want to beat piggy

get a half decent radiator and that's already more reliable bash mate lol.

In truth tho, the hdi is now where the xud was a few years ago.. it's in everything now good solid engine with diet cheap spares , more solid even in standard form than the XUD. More potential with the direct digital injection ad well in terms of finesse when tuning. 

Lots of silly modifications happening here

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I had been fettling a bigger turbo onto my truck and now been persuaded to abandon that one and fit a f*ck off VNT.
I'll get lynched if own any more 306s

You'll get lynched if you wreck any more 306's.

[procta]

yeah its all changed now, I have been with .net for 10 years now, and I remember when the stage one was the thing to do, and the HDI was still young and over 2k!
Now you have big builds and power, I wonder what will happen in another 5 years, as most of these cars are now all pushing close to 20 years old. Will people still push for power? or will people restore? who knows.

[WiNgNuTz]

I was just thinking about this the other day though, back then there were a lot of us around a similar age with 1.4s...barely ever see a 1.4 or 18 year old joining up now...

Good point. You and I both had 1.4s, Sam I think as well? I think the 306 has gone beyond the point that a 1.4 was considered acceptable for an 18 year old, they're worth even less now. I imagine they get bought mainly as cheap run arounds

There were quite a few of us, you, I, Rowell, Wingnuts, Jamma, Jimmy, Gazzza, TomoP, Basher, -chapperz-, 4way, etc all had 1.4s, plus quite a few more that I've forgotten as well lol.

Then there was a few round our age with HDi's as well...wonder what happened to MadD, Burrell, Swanny, Luke, etc...

Odd how some people stuck around and other didn't, always interesting to see what people moved on to imo.

And still people struggle to spell my username!

[Eeyore]

I'll get lynched if own ruin any more 306s

edited for accuracy.

[Niall]

The scene for me always has been just having good mates an enjoying the cars my self. I don't like the abuse that gets thrown about and i don't like the anti social behaviour.
Now unfortunately the scene seems to have gone to the latter. Everyone slags off everyone elses cars, people wave their dicks about showing off their car and people look down on you just because daddy hasn't bought you a 10 plate VXR or you haven't financed your self up to the eyeballs on a wanky vauxhall.
I blame Facebook for this. Every man and his dog has a Facebook car group which are all exactly the same and are purely used for selling a shitty backbox on 112 different (same) groups. All i see is one person who has screenshotted their original ad and copied it to all these groups. Its just boring.