what have you done to your car today ?

[iammooks]

my dilemma for the last year lol

working from home has been a god send

I've kept an eye out for Cupra Rs on eBay, but lucky for me they don't come up much unless they're being broken. To be honest I like the efficiency and fuel consumption of my diesel but always feel like I'm missing out on something.

With all the money I've sunk into my FR though, the missus would destroy me if I bought another Leon and not the Transporter I'd been talking about building into a camper.


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[Rich.T]

Dont feel like your missing out bud.
The diesel is way more torquier.
I miss my cupra D. Had the 150 and got it remapped to 180hp. Could pull a house down.

I bought my R last February. The thing with it is, it doesn't really start to get lairy untill its past 2.5k rpm and in reality thats when you normally change gear.
Id does go absolutely ape sh!t above 3k lol but in normal use, it doesnt happen when popping to the shops if you know what i mean.

Id have another Cupra d in a heatbeat.

Rich

 

[Yellow fr]

I’d swap my fr for a cupra r in a heartbeat


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[Rich.T]

Im not wanting to put the Cupra r down but what makes it so great over the FRd?

 

[iammooks]

Dont feel like your missing out bud.
The diesel is way more torquier.
I miss my cupra D. Had the 150 and got it remapped to 180hp. Could pull a house down.

I bought my R last February. The thing with it is, it doesn't really start to get lairy untill its past 2.5k rpm and in reality thats when you normally change gear.
Id does go absolutely ape sh!t above 3k lol but in normal use, it doesnt happen when popping to the shops if you know what i mean.

Id have another Cupra d in a heatbeat.

Rich

That's a relief... The torque in the TDI is what I've really come to love - pulls in pretty much any gear... I've not driven anything petrol in years but given how busy the roads are these days, handling is what does it for me - hence the current obsession with bushes.

I'll have to borrow someone's Cupra sometime though - you know, for research...


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[Rich.T]

When were allowed out to play again. Find one for sale and take it for a test drive you know, for research.

 

[Manic172]

When lock down ends I was thinking I might do a Leon mk1 get together at my workshop... get some drinks and a bbq going etc.

 

[bruceR]

If you’re ever up through Dundee give me a shout


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[MoToJoJo]

That's a relief... The torque in the TDI is what I've really come to love - pulls in pretty much any gear... I've not driven anything petrol in years but given how busy the roads are these days, handling is what does it for me - hence the current obsession with bushes.

If Manic does the meet up I'll take you out in my TDI, see if the handling suits your taste (just got to refit the lower strut brace, change the upper strut brace n refresh the top mounts)

 

[Rich.T]

When lock down ends I was thinking I might do a Leon mk1 get together at my workshop... get some drinks and a bbq going etc.

Gaybridge park.

 

[iammooks]

If Manic does the meet up I'll take you out in my TDI, see if the handling suits your taste (just got to refit the lower strut brace, change the upper strut brace n refresh the top mounts)

Just about to do my top mount bushes and bearings - if the lockdown carries on like this, I'll have finally got round to the control arm bushes, steering rack and dogbone mount by the time everyone can get together.

Would definitely be good to hear how different things affect handling - you can spend a fortune and still not get things just right.


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[Sl1ced]

Top Mounts have made a massive difference for me. Mine were beyond ******


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[Manic172]

Gaybridge park.

Good shout I can walk there from my flat lol.. where you from @Rich.T .. (Gadebridge park)

 

[Connor H]

When lock down ends I was thinking I might do a Leon mk1 get together at my workshop... get some drinks and a bbq going etc.

Well up for this

 

[Rich.T]

Good shout I can walk there from my flat lol.. where you from @Rich.T .. (Gadebridge park)

Im from St.Albans originally.
I did 3 years NVQ car repairs at Hemel colledge.
For a few years in the evenings i spent my miss spent youth at Gadebridge park carpark .
It was all Mk2 Escorts, capris, GTIs GTEs etc etc back then.
Would have been probably 91 to 93, so a long time ago.
Happy memories

 

[Manic172]

Im from St.Albans originally.
I did 3 years NVQ car repairs at Hemel colledge.
For a few years in the evenings i spent my miss spent youth at Gadebridge park carpark .
It was all Mk2 Escorts, capris, GTIs GTEs etc etc back then.
Would have been probably 91 to 93, so a long time ago.
Happy memories

Haha I was just in secondy school then lol.

 

[iammooks]

Haha I was just in secondy school then lol.

Yup - but that still makes you old...


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[Sl1ced]

Yup - but that still makes you old...


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I had only been alive a few years then and I already feel old lol


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[Rich.T]

Were the last generation to appreciate and enjoy the internal combustion engine.

Count your blessings

 

[Gokiwi64]

I left secondary school in 1979.........................