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I didn't know they had a bad reputation, actually. I guess the attraction is that it costs so little if you already have the hardware.

It's like the 20 year old broom that's only ever needed 4 new heads and 2 new handles Saw this today too, sadly I missed the 10 second run as I was packing up my tent!

Now I feel even more stupider

The pistons will still be acting as big air pumps, pumping cool-ish air through the exhaust system though surely? I'd have thought this would cool things down quite effectively... but I'm not an expert

/me keeps his fingers crossed for April 1st when all will be revealed

I think it would have been better without the word "supposedly" in there IMO

I was my brother's best man - and I'm the absolute LAST person you'd think of when you want someone charming and comfortable with public speaking So basically if I can pull it off, so can you. Just remember that it's a happy occasion, and everyone who will be there is on your side, and will laugh in all the right places and won't make you feel uncomfortable. I wrote my speech down in the weeks coming up to the wedding, it wasn't too much - 10 minutes maybe, with a couple of jokes and some nice stories. I printed off the script and used it as a prompter during the speech - of course you don't want to read from it word for word. Look at the web examples though, there are certain things you should say at the end, toasting the bridemades etc, but the structure can be up to you. Have fun!

"I think there's been two deaths in the OC this year, which is pretty high for a supposedly non-krooze mentality club." Nice comments from there

Well, she certainly needs a clean but I'm happy with the new wheels. Car feels more sporty already http://web.hisser.org/audi/newrims.jpg

Just come back from this... 170bhp to 220bhp so I'm a happy bunny now!

Yarp!

Went to a gig last night... didn't get home until 1am. Since I have a mapping session today in Bromsgrove that I need to get up early for I decided to stay up rather than risk going to bed

Well if you think about it, from a standing start, if you were to accelerate at 1m/s^2 then after a second you'd be doing 1 m/s, quite easy really. I've had a play with it and it's looking quite clever so far. Needs polishing but not bad for the price.

Old serial GPS units aren't likely to be updating anywhere near 20Hz though are they? I seem to remember getting an update every 2 seconds on one a few years back, so 0.5Hz 10 or 20Hz may be quite specialised.

For iPod Touch / iPhone users: http://dynolicious.com/ Don't imagine it's particularly accurate but might be good for comparing relative runs after tweaking things on the car. £7.50 in the iTunes Store so it won't break the bank either. I may just get this and have a play

Another quick Q - if I were to change the wheels from 16" to 18" would I need to keep the same offset of ET45?

It seems like a lot of people are using FSDs with Eibach springs with no ill effects. We'll see

I'm ISTP apparently - and reading the description it's got me down to a T! Very clever for just a few questions.

Let's have a engine install meet at Homer's I'm not too far away and can certainly help if needed.

How harsh was the ride afterwards?

I certainly wouldn't want to go too mad with anything, and anything I do would probably be reversed if I sold it, suspension wise. I will carry on having a think

My A6 is now out of warranty, and I've decided to keep it and perform some modifications to give it a new lease of life. It's going for a remap on saturday for more power, but I want to improve the handling as well. At the moment it really wallows around corners, especially when compared to the supra! I can get Koni FSD shocks for this car for not too much money, but they don't come with springs, so I am guessing that this would help the handling but not change the look of the car. http://www.larkspeed.com/index.pl?a=i&p=261721004003&part=5_Audi_A6_Saloon_KONI_FSD_Kits_Automatically_Adjusting_Shock_Absorbers However I have always thought the car looks very high (see pic) is it worth lowering the car even if I wasn't changing the wheels? Bit OT I know, but I know there's so much knowledge on here

Anyone fancy a re-map of their VAG group car on Saturday? Was just looking at getting my 2005 A6 done for an extra 40hp or so (and up to 100 more torques) and it turns out there's a rolling road/mapping day in Bromsgrove on Saturday. £250 for a full remap with before & after dyno runs. Can't be bad! http://www.chippeduk.com/ you can just turn up apparently.

Is there a reason you can't travel to a place to get this done?

PLX devices all in one display with AFR/EGT and fluid temp modules.