cbentley
New member
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Hey, I'm pretty new to this forum, the Mk7, and the enthusiast community in general, so I figured making a quick build thread would be a great way to get acquainted with everything, and also to keep a log of everything I do to this car over the next few years.
I'm a mechanical engineering student. I've always been interested in cars but didn't really have the means to get involved all that much. So for the first half of my degree, I saved up over my work terms, and this is the end result: my new (to me) GTI that I've been breaking in for the last few months.
In the few months since buying it, I've:
I bought it mid-winter, so I kept it on the Austins and the (low tread) all seasons I bought it with for the rest of the season. Promptly swapped to a set of Prets and Firehawk Indy 500's at the first sign of melting snow. I don't have much of a reference, but to me, the grip feels incredible.
I attended my first track day over the weekend at TMP Cayuga, just to spectate. Even just being a passenger for a couple laps I had a great time, but I'm looking forward to getting in the driver's seat myself. So the next few weeks are going to be getting this thing track-ready. Due to my lack of experience I'm not interested in adding power just yet, but I'm focusing on brakes first. Coincidentally, a GTI on stock (non-PP) brakes, just like mine, lost brakes at the end of the straight, and ended up halfway up the embankment, shutting down the track for the better part of an hour. I don't want to be that guy. Currently looking into R1 Carbon GEOMETs.
So yup. Not all that much to say right now. But going forward I hope to document all the changes here. Knowing me... there will probably be more than a few.
I'm a mechanical engineering student. I've always been interested in cars but didn't really have the means to get involved all that much. So for the first half of my degree, I saved up over my work terms, and this is the end result: my new (to me) GTI that I've been breaking in for the last few months.
In the few months since buying it, I've:
- taught myself stick on it (had to have the sales rep drive it home for me )
- put thousands of km's on it in the Rockies
- received my first ever speeding ticket
- driven across the country to Ontario, and
- met a whole bunch of really cool enthusiasts with really cool stories.
I bought it mid-winter, so I kept it on the Austins and the (low tread) all seasons I bought it with for the rest of the season. Promptly swapped to a set of Prets and Firehawk Indy 500's at the first sign of melting snow. I don't have much of a reference, but to me, the grip feels incredible.
I attended my first track day over the weekend at TMP Cayuga, just to spectate. Even just being a passenger for a couple laps I had a great time, but I'm looking forward to getting in the driver's seat myself. So the next few weeks are going to be getting this thing track-ready. Due to my lack of experience I'm not interested in adding power just yet, but I'm focusing on brakes first. Coincidentally, a GTI on stock (non-PP) brakes, just like mine, lost brakes at the end of the straight, and ended up halfway up the embankment, shutting down the track for the better part of an hour. I don't want to be that guy. Currently looking into R1 Carbon GEOMETs.
So yup. Not all that much to say right now. But going forward I hope to document all the changes here. Knowing me... there will probably be more than a few.
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