(16-08-2012, 12:02 PM)c.a.r. Wrote: Yes but they compete to win championships and are only road legal to comply with the regulations. Yours is a road car for...driving in.

What will your mates say when they ask for a lift and you haven't got any bloody seats?!

(16-08-2012, 03:29 PM)c.a.r. Wrote: I can appreciate fully stripping, caging and prepping your interior if the car is a dedicated track toy (a'la Jonny S16, Ben306 Rallye)

What I can't understand is doing this to your daily driver. I just don't get it.

Just saying. Stripping a perfectly good GTi6 seems like you're removing a little bit of its' charm. The whole appeal of a hot-hatch is that it is both quick and practical. Now yours is still practical, but only in the same way as a Ford Transit Connect / Astravan. Only not economical. IMO, if you wanted a car with two seats, to be fast, to strip down to the bare essentials and use everyday, you should've got a Toyota MR2 or similar...Boosted MX5 maybe...

(16-08-2012, 08:12 PM)darrenjlobb Wrote: Because a stripped car drives total win compared to a stock car....And I only drive my car on the road as live miles from any tracks, why wouldnt I run it stripped?!

I couldnt care less about creature comforts, I purely own a peugeot to drive hard / abuse...not to cruise to the shops in "comfort" altho I do....

Ed, dont you have a daily car, and your 6? In which case, why make the 6 comftable / lovely, surely thats the entire point of having a daily..so you can go all out on the "rag" car?

(16-08-2012, 08:32 PM)Poodle Wrote:

(16-08-2012, 10:59 AM)ginge191 Wrote: Becuase RaceCar

/thread

Not quite; Because DumDum.

(17-08-2012, 06:01 AM)Poodle Wrote: Although i'm eating more than ever now i'm not smoking, don't think ill be allowed back in Chris' car.

(17-08-2012, 09:24 AM)Jonny b Wrote: I am building my car for a purpose same as I know chris is, to go as fast as possible in a set situation, be that on the way to work or on track,

(17-08-2012, 10:19 AM)Poodle Wrote:

No, just no. If i was going to spend that much money on something for driving pleasure, it would be entirely custom-made, because that's what i like. That's what i mean, it's pretty clear modifying just isn't your thing. I mean, LOL at your description of the teggy, i suppose as a standard car it is relatively spartan, but still way more than i require for sure. Plus it's not made to my exact specification, therefore not adequate.

Get what i mean yet?

(17-08-2012, 10:21 AM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Also Ed why do you have a "comfortable" daily and then a more comfortable "weekend toy"? seems a bit arse about face.

(17-08-2012, 11:20 AM)chrisrallye Wrote: I think its his car and he can do with it as he wants, some people dont like mine and say i has spent to much money on it, but i dont care as it is my car i have it how i like it and a lot more people like it it.
Yeah i know what you mean about everything when its stripped just love the sound and the noise of everything.

(17-08-2012, 11:32 AM)Ruan Wrote: It's true though, a stock car will NEVER feel as alive and responsive to every input as a stripped one...

I just used to love the way my DT with the SLIGHTEST throttle input would pick up - you put a passenger or an interior in, you don't feel it - it's all numbed, it's just not as alive as a stripped out one... For all I care stripping it could make it SLOWER, kill the planet, cost me more etc... I'd still do it if it made it feel like it does.

Anyone who disagrees hasn't driven a stripped car that drives well...

Surely my car is the ultimate in arse about faceness - it's a stripped diesel 306 which is good for cruising with it's VNT, doesn't really like revving, does 55mpg - yet it's got bucket seats, tough engine mounts, an offensive exhaust and red wheels and breaks down a lot... Yet it somehow just works for me and I love it the way it is... the best part is I have a GTi6 for a "comfortable reliable daily"... Yes I do like things a bit backwards... Same as my sexuality I suppose?

(18-08-2012, 07:28 PM)thethorne Wrote: I love this car.. was act looking for a white gti befor i bought my cossack 6
Keep the updates and pictures coming

(20-08-2012, 08:23 AM)Ed Doe Wrote: Not trying to stir; I genuinely don't know; can you polish and wax a non-lacquered surface?

(20-08-2012, 03:27 PM)Alee83 Wrote:

(20-08-2012, 08:23 AM)Ed Doe Wrote: Not trying to stir; I genuinely don't know; can you polish and wax a non-lacquered surface?

Of course you can Ed, you can polish, glaze and wax any painted metal surface!

(20-08-2012, 08:04 AM)c.a.r. Wrote: Got any plans to paint the lower half of the side-skirts? I'm guessing it's a phase 2 skirt that has that black section, but it would make the whole car look better if you could just give it a quick blow-over in body colour.

tis looking good though fella.

(20-08-2012, 08:23 AM)Ed Doe Wrote: Needs the '6' badge on the side next to 'gti' And it DESPARATELY needs lows, but looking really nice

(20-08-2012, 10:56 AM)thethorne Wrote: Looking good mate really likiing this car.

(20-08-2012, 08:23 PM)4WayDiablo Wrote: really does need smashing square in the face with a lowering stick ever so slightly lol looks bloody awesome though!

(24-08-2012, 04:06 PM)Niall Wrote: Why on earth are you removing the rear liners? Please dont tell me for weight saving?

(24-08-2012, 04:19 PM)Jonny b Wrote: Ha ha awaits a river in my car thread!! Don't remove liners bud, trust me it's not good lol

(24-08-2012, 04:24 PM)Matt Wrote: My front end is covers in rust, because some tit took the arch liners out