2017 VW Alltrack - Nimble9's first Euro Car aka the DadWagon

If you have a Tacoma I have a solution for more bikes

https://squareonecreations.com/collections/sideride-bike-mounts-1/products/sideride-bike-mounts

Also Thule T2 pro has add ons too

 

LOL! We've chatted about your solution before. But were on the fence because of my BakFlip.

 

Oh that's right!

The mounting is the issue IIRC. My vote is Thule, 1up, then Kuat. Only because my friend who works at a bike shop sold Kuat stuff and had their hitch rack (old NV I think) and it had a ton of annoying issues and he sold is ASAP at a loss.

Here's a baller $1400 Kashima Coated Kuat rack!

https://www.kuat.com/product/piston-pro-x/

 

That's really bling! I like the integrated tail lights!

I think they improved a lot of the issues with the 2.0. But who knows.

Great... now I'm going to be watching YouTube reviews on all of these tonight. LOL!

 

Haha or you can be like me and wait for a used one to pop up for a good deal locally!

 

Love this car

 

Hmm... that is the best advice ever.

 

It's how I've been able to build my vehicles and afford all of my hobbies while still investing and saving lol.

Used everything!!!

 

Played around with spacing up the bike rack to keep it level.

measured some things and then drew some stuff in CAD.





Spacers:



1up Bike Rack Cap - I measured their flat ones and added a radius to hopefully cut down on wind noise



Edit: If you notice my front rain guards missing, it's because they keep popping out. I emailed weathertech last week and they were going to send me some tape but I still haven't received any. It looks goofy af without them lol

 

Well cleaned up the intake a bit.

Here’s the Integrated Engineering kit they told me they don’t sell….



Here’s the cleaned up IE intake. I added some edge trim to clean up the edges a bit



Silicone coolant reroute installed, added some better foam to the bottom of the intake, and moved the breather hose to above the shroud since it fit way better there.



New filter should be here this week and then any engine mods should be done for a while.

Also, shitty pic of the coolant T because I never trust these and hopefully this stays happy and not cracked or leaking

 

Well, after all, it is a...Golf

 

Just read about Top Tier Gas and I'm super lucky that my local rutters down the street is Top Tier rated.

https://www.toptiergas.com/toptier_detergent_gasoline/

We'll see if it'll help since these motors are direct injection

 

Sludge manufacturing plants!

 

When I get home, I'm going to see if I can find the pictures of the intake ports from when I did the valve cleaning on my wife's Passat. I can't remember the exact mileage, but it was over 111k. She primarily uses Costco gas and said she definitely felt a difference in the car after it was done.

 

Maybe at like 100k I'll come down there to get it done!

 

C'mon down! I'm much cheaper than the dealer!

 

And I'm sure you have awesome back roads around too!

 

There's a few nearby, but the better stuff is west of me.

 

After a weird incident this morning where I couldn't tell if a guy was drunk and pulled over but then either filmed me or yelled at me or tried to throw something at my car I'm now looking at dash cams.

Here's a good resource: https://www.vortexradar.com/best-dashcams/

https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/inde...al-camera-front-back-dash-cam-install.346944/

 

I have a Roav dashcam. Works fine for me. The Blackvue cams are supposed to be the bee's knees though.