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Simply no. Just accept it from me before Robin comes back with a degree and rapes your arse. Sorry, I need to put a generic joke smiley in -

But does the plane take off?

Don't be so f**king dense Rich, I'm taking the piss. - Yeah Robin, I can't explain how nice the clutch feels and the weird feeling of security I got when properly caning it and abusing the clutch and knowing it was just going to work. Very very reassuring; a coil pack failing today is the second time we have ever had a component fail on that car in the 10's of K we've owned it and almost 4 years. It's been absolutely bullet proof; even with almost 50% more power than it left the factory with for all these years. Scirocco is looking like it's coming on well then; I too was worried when you said it might be the immob'. Defeats on those things is expensive and costly, without mentioning the time delay. I might still be about this week, but it's more of a case of SOS next month or come and see you. Bearing in mind all the same cars turn up to SOS every month I'm thinking I may come and see you. Not to mention your mum would probably love to see me more than once a year haha.

Sorry bro, missed a gear...

My car actually accelerates that quickly, unlike your thing which is all just wheel spin. My car is rapid bruv. K03s powah.

I cannot like or agree with that enough. Go buy a Leon; it will be the making of you.

f**k off fat boy, that's the most retarded shit I've ever heard. Stop trying to wind me up - What a cracking day! [bumlove for Phil] First of all I think it is only fair that I give Phil Miller all of the credit he deserves...Holy **** does he know what he is doing! I previously have not trusted anybody to touch my car ever, so I was incredibly dubious of going to some randomer who I'd never met before who made a lubricious claim that he would do my clutch for me at the side of the road in a couple of hours. But I had no choice; and his credentials seemed good enough seeing as he works for an independent VAG specialist. WOW am I impressed at his technical ability and knowledge; he tackled this clutch change as though it was a walk in the part. At no point did it seem any more daunting than changing a set of plugs! Totally professional and confident throughout; I am sure the two of us will keep each other busy with bits and pieces in the future. It's great to have met such a lovely bloke through the forum; ASN truly does being us all together [/bumlove for Phil] Together we knocked the whole thing out in about 4 hours and probably spent 3 hours of that actually working. There was a slight hitch though... The old clutch wasn't actually THAT worn, but the flywheel had obviously got VERY hot and the friction plate was crazed and cracked. Which is what was causing my creaky clutch pedal and occasional slipping. Our workshop and the master getting stuck in - We got the clutch all up and together and it felt EPIC; I was over the moon. So we had another coffee break and took it out for a test drive and to show Phil my man boost. We got a mile or so down the road and the car felt a bit slow, but I presumed this was due to ECU relearning and being reset from the disconnected battery. This is when disaster struck. EML on, misfire and no boost...This made me very sad and tremendously worried despite seeming very calm. IMMEDIATELY Phil said "Coilpack..." and we had a quick look under the bonnet; Phil suggested that when we got back the fault code would say intermittent misfire on cylinder 1. He was close! It was cylinder 4. So he gave me a coilpack off his own car, and we fitted mine to his and his misfired. So he sent me off with his coilpack on the promise I bought him a new one...What a legend! Post hoc ergo propter hoc I had decided that it was something we had done. Turns out coincidence is a mother ****er! The coil pack had just decided to give up after us doing the clutch haha! Man boost is now totally engaged and traction is pretty much limitless. Haldex...Pffft. Clutch feels epic, much more response from the car now and I am free to smash through the gears with total confidence. Couldn't be happier! Thank you to Customboy/Ranvir/Bobby for your amazing gift and supplying the clutch; and thank you to Phil for being awesome. - So next on the list, I've ordered a new set of coil packs, Phil has offered me a strong as **** low mileage actuator and I just need to get WMI fitted then I'm ready for my 250bhp target

Copy and pasted off ASN. Long and short of it is my new clutch is here, it isn't BRAND new but it's about a week old. It's good for 350bhp and is much lighter than the dual mass setup I currently have so it will be much more responsive on and off the throttle as well as rev up a little lighter and quicker. All round a win win. Sooooo, on Wednesday night the clutch went on the A3 I was very very sad! I made a post on facebook saying the clutch was gone on the Audi and within 57 minutes of clutch related failings I had a barely used ABF flywheel, a VR6 friction plate and a VR6 pressure plate on its way to me from London. Courtesy of our very own Ranvir/Bobby/Customboy on the promise of a chilli and chips at the Ace. What a lovely bloke and a great friend! So I had a clutch; but nowhere to fit it. Step in Phil Miller, who offered to take a day off work to fit the clutch round at his place for me. What a hero! And for me that is what community and forums are all about; it's lovely that everybody pulls together in their time of need. What goes around comes around and all that jazz; and I'm very grateful to have these sorts of people around me. I can't thank you enough. I ordered the bolts up from VW, 6x ABF flywheel bolts (P/N90206103) and 6x VR6 friction plate bolts (P/NN10101001). The bolts arrived today so I went and picked them up and got a new release bearing whilst I was there, they didn't have a release arm so I'll have to risk that not being cracked. I was supposed to be going home to see my family and the COV boys next week, but what with all the **** that's going down with the car and me having a lot on my plate at work I am going to be fitting the clutch with Phil on Sunday morning I think.

Well go to any local auto factors, they all sell oil removing driveway cleaner

I can twist the ends now

Just buy new gravel?

Loving my Mo, I'm going to keep it.

You go to Halfords, and you buy Gunk driveway cleaner. /thread.

SO many retards, not enough hours in the day to correct them all. Prawn's given up caring now, he's just left me stood alone telling them all how wrong they are. If he was considerably quicker than you with 200 bhp he will be even quicker again with 350bhp...How is it so hard to see!

You'll be fine at that sort of level, I've had water come in the windows before on my old Discovery. As long as you've got an airbox and not just a cone filter and don't take your foot off the throttle you'll be ok for a second or two at that level. It won't even be as high as the alternator on a lot of vehicles.

You know when you're bored and just have a wank for the fun of it? Well I watch these instead - Oh yes.

Potential for it. I doubt it though, I am awesome. Is Anchorman the best film ever made?

This entire thread is just like talking to her indoors, I come on TF to try and get away from retards. Instead I just seem to stumble across more of them. Why is this?

I've been in one and driven one a couple of times, what you want to know? Dann2707whatever it is will probably be your best bet. I don't really care about the flywheel now I've got a complete clutch kit for free with a flywheel. I'd have had to of paid for a pressure plate anyway so I guess I've not lost out at all Might come and see the Scirocco next week whilst I am off, I'll drop you a text when I'm on my way back from Basingstoke and see if you're about. Could be worth stopping by for the afternoon and cleaning it to death if the weather is ok?

Bloody awesome, clutch is collected and will be with me by 11AM. And I've had an offer to have the clutch fitted for free by a friend of mine who works in an independent VAG garage. The long and short of it? This is what being on forums, being part of a scene and having a select group of friends all with their hearts in the right place is all about. When things like this happen it restores my faith in humanity, and it's the reason I love owning the cars I do and the friends I have.

Clutch went on the Audi 52 minutes ago, made one phone call to a friend of mine and TNT are collecting a lightened G60 flywheel and new VR6 clutch with pressure plate within the next 3 hours for delivery tomorrow before 11AM. All for free. f**k I love my friends.

Robin I need my flywheel, go buy me one. Prawn I need the clutch plate haha.

Dooooo ittttt!

Drop top E46's are so cheap here because they are driven by women, drug dealers, closet homosexuals and wankers. Haha! E46's in general have a really bad image here, anything other than a top spec M3 or CSL is "just a BMW" to most people. If you do come to the UK and for some reason find yourself in the South West you're welcome to stay at mine, also if you do buy something over here you're more than welcome to drop by our workshop to get it on the ramps. Our workshop is south west of London so a pretty central location within the south. It's also a 10 mile drive from Prawn so you could meet up with a few of us at once.

Sorry dude, best buddies and all that jazz. He doesn't even need to tell me, it's basically telepathic. You should come to the UK in your M3 and do a track day with us.