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Second UOA after 2.5 years/12K miles. Looks about the same. Lots of fuel here but this is almost exclusively short-tripped so no suprise there. This time I have HPL Euro 5W40 in and will be doing a 2 year OCI which should be between 6-8K miles is my guess and will do a UOA at that time to see...

I've spent some time in these in Australia and Brazil as a geologist. Great trucks just too bad we can't get them here in the U.S. Diesel. Go anywhere. Good ride. Nice interior. Way better than a Tacoma.

Ok, this thing needed it BAD. Sluggish/harsh shifting and rough torque coverter lock up said "it's time". I've had it just 3 years and did have the ZF 5 spd auto serviced at my shop when they did a bunch of other bits after purchase but it was a single drain/fill and new filter. Here I did 4x...

Needed to do the rear pads on the Passat W8 wagon this weekend to get it to pass state inspection this month, they were thin ut honeslty probably had another year or so in them as much as I drive this car (3K a year). Bent my Harbor Freight piston tool, the handle portion, so just cut it off...

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~100K mi UOA back from sample collected almost a month ago now (BS is slooow). Well, it's not pretty. This HPL Euro 5W40 had ~4K mi including 5x track days over a relatively short time period (~2 mos). These track days saw oil temps in the 270-280 deg F range for 20-45 min at a time. I have...

We bought this new on 1/19/2018, had to get it brought in from another dealer. All-in OTD was ~$44K and included some accessories I wanted. This was when these were fresh to market. This is the most expensive vehicle I have ever bought is is my wife's daily as well as our family hauler. This...

Our esteemed moderator, @wwillson, has suggested longer OCIs for my Sportwagen on the HPL Euro 5W40. Thinking on it, ~4K OCIs are only being driven my track time, not miles. For example, my last OCI was ~4.1K including 5 track days...the UOA is forthcoming but I can't see why it will look any...

So what is everyone's BITOG-related New Year's Resolutions my fellow BITOG malefactors? Mine: More memes More BINGO cards Don't get banned 🤣🤣🤣

Won their "tag some friends" post on FB a few weeks ago. Killer swag showed up today!

I would actually buy a shirt if they were ever made to raise money and clearly no logos without permission etc. but hey, this is the humor sub.

https://model3challenge.racing/ A bit of a different format but looks fun. One large issue for EVs on track is how to manage fires and many tracks don't allow EVs yet due to this.

What is this? With only 1 given I'm guessing an obscure forum feature?

As my wife and I sit having a few drinks listening to a GenX classic...INXS's KICK....it had me wondering what % of the BITOG-universe falls into that generational sweet-spot between the lame Boomers and participation-trophy loving Millenials...born from 1965-1979? 1972 here.

98.6K miles/5 years today. '18 Golf Sportwagen S w/4mo and DSG purchased new in November 2018 for $19.1K before TTL. General hard driving, hundreds of launches/drag runs, 15 track days. The rest is highway commuting/general daily use. Car consistently returns 30 mpg on highway trips and...

Needed to deal with a leaking oil pan drain plug on my Sportwagen...I was under it doing an after-track inspection. All good. But ever since I did the aluminum oil pan/thread-in aluminum magnetic plug, it's weeped. Yes...even with new crush washers. Torque is 25nM and I've been doing that with a...

Finally...class action settlement check for my out-of-warranty water pump repair came today for my 2018 Sportwagen. Water pumps on the MK7/MQB EA888.3 4 cylinders is a thing, they all seem to leak at some point and it was tough to get dealers to repair them under warranty b/c of course they...

Third DSG change on the Sportwagen. Shorter change interval this time with increasing track usage; Liquimoly DSG fluid out/in w/OE-equivalent filter. I get my kits from FCP so this is my second one so free using Lifetime Replacement Guarantee. Seeing the impacts of track use with the up-tick in...

Not sure if we have winter blends at the stations now but typically with my tune/mods I struggle on winter 93 due to the easier ignition so running 2-3 gallons of E85 sorts out the knock-retard. Here are 2 logs...1 with 93, 1 with E22 (2.5 gal of E to a 14.5 gal tank of 93). These are third gear...

Ate the inner left side rear track tire I had (corded) while others were "ok" and the tread depth should have gotten me a few more day so into the shop with a guy I know for an alignment. Sure enough, all toe was out. So basically zero toe up front, slight toe in out back. Front camber/caster is...