The TPU UK Clubhouse

[phill]

Man what idiot decided to go into work in black trouser, black shirt and black jumper?? (mine)
You just need some lovely V8 or turbo noise to spice up your journey Phil.
I do find commuting on motorway boring aswell tbh to the point I just start talking to myself and commentating on people crap driving and then when I get bored I just speed up or start singing to the songs playing from my USB drive.(got android unit installed in my car now, real game changer to enjoying music a lot more)

If only I could afford one!! I wouldn't say no to a RS4 or RS6 but that's not going to happen on my current wages :crying: Even then, I do wonder if I would enjoy it or not because of how roads are.. As @infrared pointed out, too many cameras and idiots and people on the roads now to be making any sort of fun with the cars.. Need to go to track days now to get any sort of fun I think but even then, still need to be careful as idiots about there too

My Cupra R does me ok.. Manages 400 miles or so on a tank on a long journey, I can't complain for a 1.8T petrol I have meant to get it tuned and the turbo down pipe replaced but that's not going to happen sadly soon Lord knows I miss my fast cars

 

[kurosagi01]

If only I could afford one!! I wouldn't say no to a RS4 or RS6 but that's not going to happen on my current wages :crying: Even then, I do wonder if I would enjoy it or not because of how roads are.. As @infrared pointed out, too many cameras and idiots and people on the roads now to be making any sort of fun with the cars.. Need to go to track days now to get any sort of fun I think but even then, still need to be careful as idiots about there too

My Cupra R does me ok.. Manages 400 miles or so on a tank on a long journey, I can't complain for a 1.8T petrol I have meant to get it tuned and the turbo down pipe replaced but that's not going to happen sadly soon Lord knows I miss my fast cars

I have a mate with the "stage 2" package on his 1.8T cupra R and he's surprised it hasn't thrown a piston yet lol but then he said the car just has too much torque in the lower rev range making it have no traction in 1st gear and 2nd gear.
The car makes 280bhp or something I believe?
The motorway is probably the most refined bit of road we have compared to all smaller roads that get patched up and then get f*cked again.

 

[infrared]

Cupras are cool, mucho respect to those little 1.8T rockets lol

 

[dorsetknob]

Hey Freedom what were you doing at 13:45 GMT on 22 August,

Spoiler

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...r-cyclist-who-headbutted-pedestrian-to-ground

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Hey Freedom what were you doing at 13:45 GMT on 22 August,

Spoiler

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...r-cyclist-who-headbutted-pedestrian-to-ground

Not yellow enough to be me. Sorry to disappoint you. Though it looks like he jumped a red so he's a bit of a muppet anyway

:EDIT:

I mean if the cyclist had right of way but the guy ran across the street anyway and almost knocked the cyclist off then shouted a few expletives at the cyclist for almost killing him then yeah - the man in the suit deserved to be twatted.

 

[phill]

I have a mate with the "stage 2" package on his 1.8T cupra R and he's surprised it hasn't thrown a piston yet lol but then he said the car just has too much torque in the lower rev range making it have no traction in 1st gear and 2nd gear.
The car makes 280bhp or something I believe?
The motorway is probably the most refined bit of road we have compared to all smaller roads that get patched up and then get f*cked again.

Cupras are cool, mucho respect to those little 1.8T rockets lol

Mines stock for the moment, I've just had a new back box and centre put on as it needed replacing. I think if the turbo down pipe goes, I'll get a sports cat fitted and get the car mapped. I don't need balls out power, getting the power down sucks as @kurosagi01 mentions for his mates car, it's bloody horrific... Slight bit of grease or damp or both, it's not something you can drive fast really...

Oh our UK roads are a bloody mess.. I drive the motorways a lot and bloody hell I always seem to find the ruts that the lorries go in.. Drives me bloody crazy! Sadly they never do really fix anything as quick fixes just rip apart after a little while and when they do re-tarmac something, it takes them 6 months and miles of tail backs to do 5 foot properly... It just sucks...

 

[kurosagi01]

Well here is my view now with the new android head unit from Eonon(China special).

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Well here is my view now with the new android head unit from Eonon(China special).
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How much that cost you in total? And how much did it cost you to install?

 

[kurosagi01]

How much that cost you in total? And how much did it cost you to install?

Bought it on a "back to school" offer on Eonon website, it was £244 with the sale and installed it with my older brother help on a Friday evening. Took about 2 hours with pre installing the harness into the head unit, disconnect the negative car battery and then removing the old unit and routing the GPS under the vents,USB and wifi antenna to the glove box.
Just pry off the vents and 2 screws and then pull the old unit out towards you, unplug the cables and then reverse the order job done. Lot easier than the Peugeot 206 at least on the Mazda.

 

[HUSKIE]

Here's mine.

7'' slim android fully touch screen with satnav and reverse parking camera( bought £70 brand new) installed on my reg 56 small 2 door hatchback. I installed no problem at all. Asked garage for the price they said £200+ wowowie! So I did install. not the best looking. still waiting for the surround trim to look beautiful.

 

[kurosagi01]

Being able to use sat-nav/google maps is a bonus for me since i've always used my phone for sat-nav, being that it is always up to date with the quickest and most efficient route. My 208 GTI sat nav took me the front way to get into Excel arena in london and tried to take me the same way back out, where as google will take you through the route that probably direct lorries, through the back way going through the Docklands area, m25 and then m1.

Yeah I wouldn't want pay that much for someone to install head unit unless it was dashboard of a merc or something...

 

[phill]

I'm the same @kurosagi01, I use my phone sometimes when I'm unsure of the route I'm going.. Seems to be updated each time I use it, now with a speed reference... I'm not sure how much of this goes back to Google or whoever would use the data but... Gets you thinking a bit Well sometimes... lol

 

[kurosagi01]

I'm the same @kurosagi01, I use my phone sometimes when I'm unsure of the route I'm going.. Seems to be updated each time I use it, now with a speed reference... I'm not sure how much of this goes back to Google or whoever would use the data but... Gets you thinking a bit Well sometimes... lol

I have all those "disabled" on my account from day 1, the only thing on is youtube.
I've been going to Excel arena for Comiccon for past few years now consistently I should really know the route by now but I don't. I know I need get onto the m25 after the m1 but can't remember whether I need to use the route to take to Gatwick or Heathrow..then just follow it until I reach the side of London near the Docklands area where I can recall which lanes I need to be in to get in and out at least.

 

[phill]

I don't think I've ever bothered changing them to be honest.. As much as it can be of help, it's probably just as much a pain in the rear....

How's everyone's Thursdays going so far?

 

[kurosagi01]

Slow really, not as cold as past few days but it is manageable at the moment.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Its going to be a warm weekend.

 

[phill]

It's been an interesting week for the weather.. That said, I'm glad I managed to get the grass cut before the rain earlier this week..

Well tomorrow if Friday... Soooooo looking forward to the weekend

 

[FreedomEclipse]

bah, my powered USB 3 hub since ive had since 2013 has decided It was time to clock out. I think it happened earlier in the week but I tried plugging in a USB stick today and Its completely gone. A replacement powered USB 3 hub is pricey and Teknet dont sell the same model no more.

Looking at a TP-Link UH-700. guy on ebay has scuffed up pre-owned one and im trying to lowball him for it lol. I dont want to be paying £30+ for one. thats just stupid.

 

[phill]

I hope that you can get a replacement How many USB 3 devices do you connect in? Is there enough on your motherboard?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Yeah I bought one for £4 after using my nectar card points.

Same UH-700. the guy with the pre-owned one wasn't willing to play ball. His one was scuffed up. Came with no cables, no box and no warranty. Tp-link have a 2 year warranty on these things and from what I read on reviews. That's worth having.

Guy wanted £23 originally. I offered him £15 due to the circumstances.. He came back with £20 then later on £18.50 when I offered him £16. My original hope was that he just wanted to get rid of the of it and would accept the offer.

The one I bought is new and cost £25 before nectar card points kicked in. I still had to pay for postage though

My pc case has usb 3 ports but that's still quite a stretch away. I had my previous USB hub velcroed to the side of my desk an arms length away so it was more a convenience thing then having to get out of my seat each time to plug and unplug stuff

 

[phill]

Yeah I bought one for £4 after using my nectar card points.

Same UH-700. the guy with the pre-owned one wasn't willing to play ball. His one was scuffed up. Came with no cables, no box and no warranty. Tp-link have a 2 year warranty on these things and from what I read on reviews. That's worth having.

Guy wanted £23 originally. I offered him £15 due to the circumstances.. He came back with £20 then later on £18.50 when I offered him £16. My original hope was that he just wanted to get rid of the of it and would accept the offer.

The one I bought is new and cost £25 before nectar card points kicked in. I still had to pay for postage though

My pc case has usb 3 ports but that's still quite a stretch away. I had my previous USB hub velcroed to the side of my desk an arms length away so it was more a convenience thing then having to get out of my seat each time to plug and unplug stuff

You just have to love Ebay at times don't you?? lol

I can understand the requirement for the hub now I try to keep my PC on my desk, that said, I need to actually put it in a case to be honest... That does seem like a lot of work but recently it's been playing up and I've no idea what the heck is going on with it.. I blame the board I have because I hope to crikey it's not the CPU lol That said, I might put a thread up and see what suggestions come back.. That said, I've no money really for any PC hardware but where there's a will I suppose lol

How's your Friday going @FreedomEclipse ? It's nice and sunny here today at the moment, soon to be going home time which is always a welcomed thing for me.. lol

 

[FreedomEclipse]

my 760T is too big to keep on my desk - it has its own desk near my desk though Slow friday. didnt get out of bed till 12pm.

 

[kurosagi01]

So this year is the year has so far been dominated by:
-Brexit - Get this at the GF parents house
-Hong Kong protest and now riots - Get this at home from the parents
-Gender/LGBT/neutral equality is now somehow influencing media and how people treat..people in general?
-Climate change talk *don't have problem with this one*
-Donald Trump being Donald Trump

Nobody gave two toss about it until recently, it's insane that it is now even more relevant than it has been over the years.

 

[phill]

It seems my good sir that the world has gone finally bat ^%$" crazy.... I can't understand it myself....

I do wonder sometimes if the media is just there to stir crap up and then for everything else just to make it even more stupid than ever.. I'll have to find a picture that I saw on Facebook a little while ago, was brilliant for what spreads ^%" the most......

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

Spoiler

So this year is the year has so far been dominated by:
-Brexit - Get this at the GF parents house
-Hong Kong protest and now riots - Get this at home from the parents
-Gender/LGBT/neutral equality is now somehow influencing media and how people treat..people in general?
-Climate change talk *don't have problem with this one*
-Donald Trump being Donald Trump

Nobody gave two toss about it until recently, it's insane that it is now even more relevant than it has been over the years.

I blame the stories making good clickbait...

Obama making stuff like the affordable care act is boring... Brexit=Drama Trump=Drama Climate change=Drama

Good clickbait drama gets the normies interested