12/24/2018 - REWIND
So for those that don't already know - this past christmas eve something truly amazing happened, I was/am still so very humbled - I was selected as the recipient of the Unitronic Grand Prize Giveaway over on the MK7 International page!
.. I was in quite a rut when it came to cars, depressed even. You can see in my timeline here where my activity/documentation dropped off the map. My good friend nominated me as I didn't even enter the contest - didn't feel I deserved anything - still so truly humbled that this has happened!
It took a while to decide which car would be the recipient of all these wonderful Unitronic go-fast bits, and I ultimately decided BOTH our R and this #justagolf would share in the prize! You can follow here to see which parts I chose for the 1.8T and why, and you can follow my (short) progress record of things I've done to the R in it's separate thread.
12/25/2018 - My thank-you 'letter' to everyone
Mike Mo to VW MK7 Golf - GTI - R - MQB
December 25, 2018 ·
I don’t even know where to begin.. My wife and I are truly humbled to have been awarded the Unitronic Stage 2 grand prize announced this Christmas Eve! We would like to thank Pat, Marc, and John for their amazing generosity and support within this group over the years! Thank you Domenico Paldino and the rest of the VERY hard working admins of this page/group. I’ve been a part of this group since it’s infancy before the MK7s even hit our shore, and have watched it grow from a handful of people to what it is today - truly amazing! And a special heartfelt thank-you to someone my wife and I consider family - Will Ko
We met Will about 3.5 years ago at one of the largest VW car shows in Canada where we travelled over 1500kms to attend, and Will was one of the first to recognize me from the fb groups and welcome me with open arms. We’ve since gone back every year, and each year Will gathers the local R group together as a special welcome for many of us who travel from far away to the Great Canadian Volkswagen show.
A little about us for those that don’t know - I fell in love with VWs with the purchase of my first car - a 1979 Mars Red GTI back in 1995 (I paid $1100 Canadian Pesos), and have since owned many other Volkswagen’s. My wife caught the bug - pun intended, as her father’s first twenty or so cars were VW beetles. Her fondness for water-cooled VWs grew when we started dating, and she traded in her Mini for a MK5 GTI in 2011.
We came into the MK7 family literally by accident, as in 2015 our then 2013 MK6 R had been involved in a hit-and-run so we bought our 2016 R as a replacement and never looked back. With our family growing, our need for another safe and reliable vehicle was paramount so I had to let go of my MK1 Cabriolet to help fund the purchase of our MK7 golf.
Never able to leave anything stock, I’ve wanted very much to tune our cars and have had my eye on Unitronic’s offerings since they first announced their tunes a few years ago, but since adulting is sometimes hard I’ve had to forego many luxuries in favour of family and life responsibilities. This past year had been especially tight with the loss of over 4 months of income leading up to Christmas, so I sold many car parts I had stashed up including an is20 ��. There weren’t going to be any car parts under the tree this year. To top it all off our garage door broke about an hour before the announcement of the Unitronic prize was made ��������*
. In summary I’m still in shock. Like Dom said, it’s incredible to think of going from nothing (no tune) to having Stage 2 and all the supporting mods! �� I’m still shaking with excitement! Thank you to all who were a part of this in some way, including all those who sent warm wishes and congratulations - thank you, it means a lot to this family!
TLDR - Thanks John, Pat, Marc and everyone at Unitronic, thanks Domenico and the rest of the team that keep this group strong and amazing! And thank you again From the bottom of my heart Will Ko for the nomination as I don’t think I would have even tossed my hat in the ring - so many deserving people out there!!Merry Christmas MK7 family
I’ll be sure to update the group once I install everything - prob won’t be until spring as my garage is waaay too cold during the winter
Thanks as well to everyone here on the Golf MK7 page (I'm sure there is a lot of crossover between members), but I really do appreciate all the support and kind words - stay tuned!
So for those that don't already know - this past christmas eve something truly amazing happened, I was/am still so very humbled - I was selected as the recipient of the Unitronic Grand Prize Giveaway over on the MK7 International page!
.. I was in quite a rut when it came to cars, depressed even. You can see in my timeline here where my activity/documentation dropped off the map. My good friend nominated me as I didn't even enter the contest - didn't feel I deserved anything - still so truly humbled that this has happened!
It took a while to decide which car would be the recipient of all these wonderful Unitronic go-fast bits, and I ultimately decided BOTH our R and this #justagolf would share in the prize! You can follow here to see which parts I chose for the 1.8T and why, and you can follow my (short) progress record of things I've done to the R in it's separate thread.
12/25/2018 - My thank-you 'letter' to everyone
Mike Mo to VW MK7 Golf - GTI - R - MQB
December 25, 2018 ·
I don’t even know where to begin.. My wife and I are truly humbled to have been awarded the Unitronic Stage 2 grand prize announced this Christmas Eve! We would like to thank Pat, Marc, and John for their amazing generosity and support within this group over the years! Thank you Domenico Paldino and the rest of the VERY hard working admins of this page/group. I’ve been a part of this group since it’s infancy before the MK7s even hit our shore, and have watched it grow from a handful of people to what it is today - truly amazing! And a special heartfelt thank-you to someone my wife and I consider family - Will Ko
We met Will about 3.5 years ago at one of the largest VW car shows in Canada where we travelled over 1500kms to attend, and Will was one of the first to recognize me from the fb groups and welcome me with open arms. We’ve since gone back every year, and each year Will gathers the local R group together as a special welcome for many of us who travel from far away to the Great Canadian Volkswagen show.A little about us for those that don’t know - I fell in love with VWs with the purchase of my first car - a 1979 Mars Red GTI back in 1995 (I paid $1100 Canadian Pesos), and have since owned many other Volkswagen’s. My wife caught the bug - pun intended, as her father’s first twenty or so cars were VW beetles. Her fondness for water-cooled VWs grew when we started dating, and she traded in her Mini for a MK5 GTI in 2011.
We came into the MK7 family literally by accident, as in 2015 our then 2013 MK6 R had been involved in a hit-and-run so we bought our 2016 R as a replacement and never looked back. With our family growing, our need for another safe and reliable vehicle was paramount so I had to let go of my MK1 Cabriolet to help fund the purchase of our MK7 golf.
Never able to leave anything stock, I’ve wanted very much to tune our cars and have had my eye on Unitronic’s offerings since they first announced their tunes a few years ago, but since adulting is sometimes hard I’ve had to forego many luxuries in favour of family and life responsibilities. This past year had been especially tight with the loss of over 4 months of income leading up to Christmas, so I sold many car parts I had stashed up including an is20 ��. There weren’t going to be any car parts under the tree this year. To top it all off our garage door broke about an hour before the announcement of the Unitronic prize was made ��������*
. In summary I’m still in shock. Like Dom said, it’s incredible to think of going from nothing (no tune) to having Stage 2 and all the supporting mods! �� I’m still shaking with excitement! Thank you to all who were a part of this in some way, including all those who sent warm wishes and congratulations - thank you, it means a lot to this family! TLDR - Thanks John, Pat, Marc and everyone at Unitronic, thanks Domenico and the rest of the team that keep this group strong and amazing! And thank you again From the bottom of my heart Will Ko for the nomination as I don’t think I would have even tossed my hat in the ring - so many deserving people out there!!
Merry Christmas MK7 family I’ll be sure to update the group once I install everything - prob won’t be until spring as my garage is waaay too cold during the winter
Thanks as well to everyone here on the Golf MK7 page (I'm sure there is a lot of crossover between members), but I really do appreciate all the support and kind words - stay tuned!
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