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« on: December 27, 2006, 09:52:21 PM »
Hi Everyone,

New member here - found out about the forum through SETuning.  

I live in Colorado Springs with two VAG cars - I drive a 2002 Audi TT ALMS Edition in Misano Red and my wife drives a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg in Offroad Gray.  

Looking forward to contributing.

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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2006, 10:01:27 PM »
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two VAG cars - I drive a 2002 Audi TT ALMS Edition in Misano Red and my wife drives a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg in Offroad Gray.  



You drive two of my most favorite cars :thumbup:

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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2006, 10:02:47 PM »
Welcome to the group!
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2006, 10:04:30 PM »
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two VAG cars - I drive a 2002 Audi TT ALMS Edition in Misano Red and my wife drives a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg in Offroad Gray.  



You drive two of my most favorite cars :thumbup:

Welcome


Thanks - they are definitely a lot of fun  :thumbup:
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« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2006, 10:38:48 PM »
Fuckin A man, glad to see a TT in the group now. Welcome.
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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2006, 11:35:39 PM »
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Fuckin A man, glad to see a TT in the group now. Welcome.

Thanks - here are a couple pics of the TT:

Right after I got it and my first coats of Zaino  :mrgreen::


The interior.  The ALMS edition with the Misano Red exterior has a two tone interior with "Silver" (read: light gray) leather:


And my first SOLOII autocross (at World Arena) - I basically figured out I'm not as good of a driver as I thought.  I came in something like 123rd out of 137  :-(  

On a positive note, I was on all season tires then and I still beat 14 other cars (one a C5 Corvette and one a C6 Corvette).  It was a blast and I would highly suggest it to anyone - not too hard on your car and little risk of anything bad happening.  I'll be at the next race on January 14th at the PPCC Centennial Campus - if anyone else will be there let me know!


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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2006, 12:00:26 AM »
Some of the Touareg looking out over Garden of the Gods right after we got it (and after its first Zaino'ing too  :mrgreen:):





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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2006, 12:24:29 AM »
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I'll be at the next race on January 14th at the PPCC Centennial Campus - if anyone else will be there let me know!

-Rich


I should be there, with this:



Stop by and say "Hi!"
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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2006, 12:37:15 AM »
welcome to the group
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« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2006, 01:04:40 AM »
Welcome, ALMS TT's rock!
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« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2006, 06:40:35 AM »
Right on.  We've been TT-less for... well... since 2002.  :P  (Right?)

Welcome to the club.  Roll on out to a GTG so people can put a face to a car to a screen name to a name.  It's a lot to remember.

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« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2006, 07:09:49 AM »
Hello and welcome!  :mrgreen:
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« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2006, 07:41:54 AM »
Nice toys, welcome :mrgreen:
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« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2006, 07:51:27 AM »
As the "New Member Greeter", it is my pleasure to Welcome you to the club....

You're in for a ride..... Thanks for not making your first post a "for sale" post. That kind gesture will go a long way around here.

Nice looking cars by the way.... my wife loves the Toureg's and I'm an avid fan of anything car that is made in Germany!!

What ever you do, don't piss off Barry, He'll threaten to kick you in the nuts. That is, if he can swindle his way out the house (by claiming to get pizza or go to King Soopers).
Additionally, you'll notice that just about everyone here has some sort of a sense of humor (albeit a few people are very sarcastic and have a plethoric amount of cynicism)....
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« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2006, 08:30:27 AM »
Welcome! I'll be at the autocross too. I haven't decided if I am driving yet or not, but I'll be there to run registration in the morning. :beer:
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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2006, 08:37:03 AM »
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As the "New Member Greeter", it is my pleasure to Welcome you to the club....

You're in for a ride..... Thanks for not making your first post a "for sale" post. That kind gesture will go a long way around here.

Nice looking cars by the way.... my wife loves the Toureg's and I'm an avid fan of anything car that is made in Germany!!

What ever you do, don't piss off Barry, He'll threaten to kick you in the nuts. That is, if he can swindle his way out the house (by claiming to get pizza or go to King Soopers).
Additionally, you'll notice that just about everyone here has some sort of a sense of humor (albeit a few people are very sarcastic and have a plethoric amount of cynicism)....

Sweet - thanks for the advice  :cool:

-Rich
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« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2006, 08:39:38 AM »
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I'll be at the next race on January 14th at the PPCC Centennial Campus - if anyone else will be there let me know!

-Rich


I should be there, with this:



Stop by and say "Hi!"

That's awesome - I'll definitely stop by and say hi.  And the quote in your sig could not be more accurate  :mrgreen:

-Rich
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« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2006, 08:40:17 AM »
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Welcome! I'll be at the autocross too. I haven't decided if I am driving yet or not, but I'll be there to run registration in the morning. :beer:


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« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2006, 08:55:38 AM »
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welcome to the group

Thanks!



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Welcome, ALMS TT's rock!

Thanks - it took forever to find one, especially with low miles in good condition.  I was really lucky and ended up actually finding one in the Springs that had been driven by a 50 year old woman.  The car was mint inside and out except she had curbed every wheel  :-(  But, that is easily fixable.



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Right on. We've been TT-less for... well... since 2002.  (Right?)

Welcome to the club. Roll on out to a GTG so people can put a face to a car to a screen name to a name. It's a lot to remember.

-Nicholas

I'll definitely have to make it out to a GTG.  Probably not in the next few weeks, but hopefully soon.



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Hello and welcome!  :mrgreen:

Thanks!



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Nice toys, welcome :mrgreen:

Thanks!



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Welcome! I'll be at the autocross too. I haven't decided if I am driving yet or not, but I'll be there to run registration in the morning.:beer:

Cool - see you at check in.  

-Rich
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« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2006, 09:14:24 AM »
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As the "New Member Greeter", it is my pleasure to Welcome you to the club....
You forgot "self appointed" lol  ;-)
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« Reply #20 on: December 28, 2006, 09:17:24 AM »
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As the "New Member Greeter", it is my pleasure to Welcome you to the club....
You forgot "self appointed" lol  ;-)


Negative Ghost-rider.... you guys (& gals) "dubbed" me with that one.... :P
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« Reply #21 on: December 28, 2006, 09:19:44 AM »
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As the "New Member Greeter", it is my pleasure to Welcome you to the club....
You forgot "self appointed" lol  ;-)


Negative Ghost-rider.... you guys (& gals) "dubbed" me with that one.... :P
What ITH were we thinking?!  :mrgreen:  :P
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« Reply #22 on: December 28, 2006, 09:23:53 AM »
Glad to see ya made it over here Rich!

The TT looks amazing, i've always loved the ALMS edition

The T-Reg is one of my fav's too.

It was good talking to ya yesterday!


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« Reply #23 on: December 28, 2006, 09:44:50 AM »
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Glad to see ya made it over here Rich!

The TT looks amazing, i've always loved the ALMS edition

The T-Reg is one of my fav's too.

It was good talking to ya yesterday!


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Thanks - been looking for a new German car forum.  I think this will work perfectly.

And thanks again for all your advice yesterday - looking forward to lots of mods with the TT  :mrgreen:  The really sad thing is I actually think I dreamed about the new fly wheel last night  :banghead: :mrgreen:

-Rich
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« Reply #24 on: December 28, 2006, 10:36:38 AM »
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As the "New Member Greeter", it is my pleasure to Welcome you to the club....

You're in for a ride..... Thanks for not making your first post a "for sale" post. That kind gesture will go a long way around here.

Nice looking cars by the way.... my wife loves the Toureg's and I'm an avid fan of anything car that is made in Germany!!

What ever you do, don't piss off Barry, He'll threaten to kick you in the nuts. That is, if he can swindle his way out the house (by claiming to get pizza or go to King Soopers).
Additionally, you'll notice that just about everyone here has some sort of a sense of humor (albeit a few people are very sarcastic and have a plethoric amount of cynicism)....


all of that was fucking hilarious.

hello btw.
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« Reply #25 on: December 28, 2006, 10:37:41 AM »
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The really sad thing is I actually think I dreamed about the new fly wheel last night  :banghead: :mrgreen:
-Rich


lol I dreamt about my brakes last night too hahaha.....

thats pretty sad :(


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« Reply #26 on: December 28, 2006, 04:18:12 PM »
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Welcome! I'll be at the autocross too. I haven't decided if I am driving yet or not, but I'll be there to run registration in the morning. :beer:


Get Barry motivated and you might be able to pimp da' coupe (without heat... LMAO!!)
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« Reply #27 on: December 28, 2006, 05:22:31 PM »
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Welcome! I'll be at the autocross too. I haven't decided if I am driving yet or not, but I'll be there to run registration in the morning. :beer:


Get Barry motivated and you might be able to pimp da' coupe (without heat... LMAO!!)


I want my car, dammit.... but i gots no rubber.  :-(
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« Reply #28 on: December 28, 2006, 08:07:21 PM »
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.... but i gots no rubber.  :-(


wow, that's just way to easy. I'll pass on this one :giggle:
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« Reply #29 on: December 29, 2006, 09:08:03 AM »
that autocross stuff looks like fun!! i want to go watch!!
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« Reply #30 on: December 30, 2006, 02:13:23 PM »
Yeah, its pretty fun, especially when you start keeping track of how many cone's Nickle tags on each run...
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« Reply #31 on: December 30, 2006, 06:29:05 PM »
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Yeah, its pretty fun, especially when you start keeping track of how many cone's Nickle tags on each run...

That was one of the first tips I got - if you aren't knocking down any cones, you can go faster  :cool:

That, and smooth and steady is almost always faster.

The hardest part I had with the TT was keeping it on boost.  I had to make several first gear downshifts - if I had stickier tires I think I would have been able to keep it on boost without going to first.

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« Reply #32 on: December 30, 2006, 07:49:26 PM »
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That was one of the first tips I got - if you aren't knocking down any cones, you can go faster  :cool:

That, and smooth and steady is almost always faster.

The hardest part I had with the TT was keeping it on boost.  I had to make several first gear downshifts - if I had stickier tires I think I would have been able to keep it on boost without going to first.

-Rich



Doesn't the K03 make boost at idle? lol j/k ;)


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« Reply #33 on: December 31, 2006, 01:06:37 AM »
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That was one of the first tips I got - if you aren't knocking down any cones, you can go faster  :cool:

That, and smooth and steady is almost always faster.

The hardest part I had with the TT was keeping it on boost.  I had to make several first gear downshifts - if I had stickier tires I think I would have been able to keep it on boost without going to first.

-Rich



Doesn't the K03 make boost at idle? lol j/k ;)


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:mrgreen: I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the Revo programming will do that - want a test car? :mrgreen:

-Rich
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« Reply #34 on: December 31, 2006, 01:13:01 AM »
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That was one of the first tips I got - if you aren't knocking down any cones, you can go faster  :cool:

That, and smooth and steady is almost always faster.

The hardest part I had with the TT was keeping it on boost.  I had to make several first gear downshifts - if I had stickier tires I think I would have been able to keep it on boost without going to first.

-Rich



Doesn't the K03 make boost at idle? lol j/k ;)


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Actually, that brings up an interesting question and a good opportunity for me to learn (I'm fairly new to FI engines) - what is the difference between a K03 and a K04 turbo?  I believe the 225TT has a K04 while the 180TT has a K03 (I also know the 225 has slightly different engine internals and dual intercoolers mounted in the fenders, but I'm betting the K04 makes the biggest difference).

-Rich
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« Reply #35 on: January 02, 2007, 02:54:57 PM »
hello and welcome....... ........ hope you're ready!

NavyFam couldn't have said it better!  :P
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« Reply #36 on: January 02, 2007, 06:20:30 PM »
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NavyFam couldn't have said it better!  :P


Kelly, the names Juan...  :P
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