On a similar note, I drove the Golf to work, ~50 miles round-trip and 90% freeway. It gets about 19mpg cruising at 75. Rides great, and the Unitronic catted downpipe clawed back a lot of refinement lost by the Trackslag. Uni DP into the Remus and this thing actually sounds good, valves open or closed.
Want to shoutout the Ringer Racing Stage 4 clutch and 23-lb flywheel. Really a nice feeling clutch from mile one. The SMF gives the car a cool character and is still totally usable and drivable. The flywheel was the point in the build I was most worried about affecting daily drivability, but there was no need.
This thing still works as a Golf! I can't stop driving it, the Cayman is sitting. It's so fast, it puts the power down like a monster, it's still fairly refined, still changes modes and its character like the stock car. And all I wanna do is look at it. Mk7 forever.
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