Toms306s Project - Fodge!

[Toms306]

Sooooooooooo....thought I'd better update this lol.

After the turbo hassle it all ended well and works fine.....albeit a bit laggier than before.

The noise/vibration that I assumed to be a failing DMF has also dissapeared....maybe this was the turbo?? :?

And it will be getting RR'd next Thursday.... :think: So we'll find out exactly how much power it has, or rather 'hasn't' got.


Now, I'm not sure what to do next. Seeing as it's not actually broken.....I could keep it. However insurance is the main issue atm. Its temp insured atm......I'm not sure whether to swap it onto the nad policy and try and insure the nad as a second car. BUT Elephant won't allow me any intercooler modifictaion, so I'd have to swap my nice big one for a standard 1.8turbo one (due to the new piping, 130tdi one would be a pita to refit).

Now it turnos out I've spent nearly a grand on mods and service parts for this car.....I know, I couldn't belivev the calculator when I worked it out so had to use the old fashoined method and it came out the same! hock:

I wish I hadn't spent that much, but I know I won't get that back from selling the golf so I'm thinking I should keep it.....even though insurance will be ra*e (well I'm expecting about £400 extra on top of the NAD policy, then like £400 to insure the NAD as second car too as I use both cars every day atm).

Then of course on the other hand, I'm going to try and get a job at my local garage as I'm almost done with college........meaning no commuting milage......so i could buy a nice petrol again instead.

I don't really know what to do. I'm not looking for answers or opinions on this btw (as I know they'd all be 'buy a 306' which really isn't the most financially sensible option), just stating where I am with the project.

Also...heres an 'odd one out' pic at the resi at the EA meet as project threads get boring without pics (thanks wingnutz for the pic lol).