Recent content by Turbo

So, to open the tailgate, there is not a direct mechanical link. When you flip the VW badge, you're triggering a switch that then causes the latch to be released. The tailgate latch on my GTI is intermittently not working. I sometimes have to flip the lever several times before the latch...

The stock woofer on the front driver's side door is blown. I am just going to order a replacement woofer from the dealer for $18. A couple of questions: 1) Any reason to order a second one and replace the passenger side woofer too? Will there be a matching problem with the sound? 2) I've...

Every morning, or after the car has been sitting for a while, when I drive off and turn to the left I hear a squeak from the front right. It sounds like a like a brake squeal, but I'm not braking and my brakes don't make noise when I do hit them. After a few tight left turns, the sound goes...

In April I had a little fender bender that required the replacement of the driver's side HID assembly. After the repair I went for a night drive and noticed that my headlights weren't aligned very high so I didn't have very good forward visibility. When I got home I turned my headlights on and...

I was replacing a registration sticker on my windshield using a flat-blade windshield scraper. There was some glue residue left that I was trying to remove from the glass. I'd scrape some off, wipe the razor clean then scrape the next bit off. After repeating this sequence several times I...

A friend at work came running asking if I had my camera. He said “you’re gonna want to shoot this. There’s a 4x4 Rolls Royce with flowers all over it coming down the road.” My first reaction was “huh?” Anyway, sure enough, this sight came down the road. These were shot about 100 yards away...

Didn't see a Hufeisen/Denver photo thread so I thought I'd start one. OK everyone, post 'em if you've got 'em. Let's see them all. Let's see them in stock condition, painted, powdercoated, muddy, clean, dusty, wet, curbed, whatever. Post your pics. Note: I know many on this forum don't care...

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/03/worlds_most_exp_1.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/us/politics/28license.html Is this guy a member on this forum?

I pulled into the parking garage at my dentist’s office today and the sun hit my car just right so that this was projected on the wall in front of me.

Aperture 2 came out a week or two ago (there's a 30 day free trial at http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/ if you want to try it out). Anyway, in terms of Aperture 1.x vs. Lightroom--Lightroom wins. Now Aperture 2.0 is a new beast. Anyone here spent much time using Aperture 2? I'm 5 days...

I did an autocross novice school at the track (Driveway Austin) today to prepare me for my first autocross event tomorrow. Holy crap that was fun!!! I got 16 runs on the track today. 10 of them with me driving with an instructor riding shotgun, 3 with the instructors driving me around, and 3...

This election has longer lasting ramifications than the Presidential election this Fall. I voted, twice: http://apps.dot.state.tx.us/services/vehicle_titles_and_registration/vote_plate.htm

So I was doing a little DIY work on my GTI. I removed the front driver's side wheel and then removed the wheel well liner. As soon as I got the liner out I saw on the floor a little rubber cap (see attached pics). I'm 99% certain that was not there before I started. At first I thought it was...

The short version: How hard is it to remove the front air dam/bumper so I can bend back a buckle in the driver's side fender? The long version: On December 2, I was shooting pictures of SAbroSO's and my GTIs when SAbroSO noticed that I had a cracked sidemarker. I examined the paint in the...