17-08-2012, 11:43 AM
(17-08-2012, 11:20 AM)chrisrallye Wrote: I think its his car and he can do with it as he wants, some people dont like mine and say i has spent to much money on it, but i dont care as it is my car i have it how i like it and a lot more people like it it.I Love your car though, Its amazing but needs either more power down low or something so you can hit the magic 10,000rpm
Yeah i know what you mean about everything when its stripped just love the sound and the noise of everything.
(17-08-2012, 11:32 AM)Ruan Wrote: It's true though, a stock car will NEVER feel as alive and responsive to every input as a stripped one...
I just used to love the way my DT with the SLIGHTEST throttle input would pick up - you put a passenger or an interior in, you don't feel it - it's all numbed, it's just not as alive as a stripped out one... For all I care stripping it could make it SLOWER, kill the planet, cost me more etc... I'd still do it if it made it feel like it does.
Anyone who disagrees hasn't driven a stripped car that drives well...
Surely my car is the ultimate in arse about faceness - it's a stripped diesel 306 which is good for cruising with it's VNT, doesn't really like revving, does 55mpg - yet it's got bucket seats, tough engine mounts, an offensive exhaust and red wheels and breaks down a lot... Yet it somehow just works for me and I love it the way it is... the best part is I have a GTi6 for a "comfortable reliable daily"... Yes I do like things a bit backwards... Same as my sexuality I suppose?
Agreed.
Oh and for all the haters it appears stripping the car has improved my MPG by at least 10%, maybe 15-20% will know for sure after a couple of full tanks.