What car do you drive? Previous cars?

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ced381
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Volkswagen CC '09 2.0TSi 6MT.

Here in Vettel's spot @ Montreal.
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Previously owned a Jetta Mk5 '06 2.5L 5MT, a Golf Mk4 '06 2.0L 5MT, & a Jetta Mk2 '92 1.8L 5MT.
'09 Volkswagen CC Sportline 2.0TSI 'Jennie'

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AnthonyG
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German license plate in Montreal?
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Not exactly - German plates must follow a certain order (go figure :lol: ):
1) first one to three positions: Registration city / county, all letters
2) next one to two positions: letters
3) next one to four positions: numbers
Vanity plates are pretty boring here...
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ced381
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Look at it in a mirror...
'09 Volkswagen CC Sportline 2.0TSI 'Jennie'

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Duke
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Golf GTI MK5 ~250bhp 8)

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ced381
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Duke wrote:Golf GTI MK5 ~250bhp 8)
2.0T? Chipped?
'09 Volkswagen CC Sportline 2.0TSI 'Jennie'

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Duke
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Yep :)

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What company chipped your car? Having any clutch issue so far?

I'm thinking of getting Unitronic Stage 1+ eventually (260HP / 295LB-FT), but I heard the original clutch can't withstand the additional torque load and burns out after ~10,000 km... :(
'09 Volkswagen CC Sportline 2.0TSI 'Jennie'

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Can't remember the name but it was just a plug-in standard map (not Bluefin or Superchips). I've been running it over a year and its been fine. I think stage 1 remaps don't really require any changes to clutch, cooling, etc as long as you are reasonably sympathetic to the car. One thing that did make a massive difference was the Whiteline antilift kit - it makes the front end much more planted and is very noticeable on track (tracked mine 4-5 times on a set of 16s).

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Currently

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Past:
2008 Pontiac G8
2004 Infiniti G35 Coupe
1994 Ford Lightning 12.85@105 MPH at 4200lb Naturally Aspirated
1989 Mustang LX 5.0 11.65@116 MPH at 3000lb Supercharged
1986 Buick Grand National Next to the Boss, the best car I ever owned....

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2013 Subaru Outback, with paddle shifters of course. :D
Per ardua ad astra

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A black 2003 Ford Fiesta and prior to that a 2002 Fiat Punto which I ended up scrapping after numerous incidents :evil:

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As some might identify from my profile pic, I own a Lotus Exige S2, model year 2005 (yeah, the one without drive-by-wire and traction control 8)) with some mods, precisely race cat & exhaust, light battery, racing oil pan and supercharger+charge-cooler kit by Bemani (~275bhp), which is quite a lot considering it only weighs give or take 900kg.

I regularly track the car or drive in the Alps here in Switzerland. I've also done a few long trips, most notebly Zurich to the South of France (St. Tropez) and driving pretty much every mountain-pass along the way, including passes like the Col d'Iseran (highest mountain pass in the Alps) and the Montecarlo Rally course (Col de Turini). Took me around 17 hours straight (I did it in one go) while doing it. When I did this route for the first time in 2011, I took some inspiration from TopGear, when they did their search for finding the best driving roads (Season 10, Episode 1).

I've owned this car now for 7 years.

Other cars I've owned (nothing special) are a BMW 328i, Citroen C2 and a Smart ( :oops:) for my daily drives. Looking to buy myself a new daily drive next year... At some point, I might also eventually decide to part with the Lotus.

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Multi21SebMulti21
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Well what a coincidence - I'm a 2005 S2 Exige owner as well! I absolutely love this car to bits! So much fun.

Point and squirt, just how I like it...

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2007 Nissan Micra :mrgreen:


Student's car. Not my choice.