The 5 Best Chassis Upgrades For Your Mk5 Golf Platform
Posted by Awesome on 10th Dec 2019
Awesome GTI Blog – The 5 Best Chassis Upgrades For Your Mk5 Golf Platform
The Mk5 Golf GTI was a highly significant car for VW, perhaps one of the most important in its long existence. The previous generation had certainly marked a departure from the fairly unloved Mk3, yet the fourth gen wasn't exactly without its problems or its detractors, with a series of niggling faults (central locking and dash lights, anyone?) serving to sully what was otherwise a very capable package. The Mk5 was a
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Performance German Day Report
22nd Jul 2019
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Performance German Day 2019A brand new event for
2019, PGD promised to deliver some of the best German cars in the UK, combined
with big trade support and an open pit lane track format – and with Awesome as
headline sponsors, it didn’t disappointBy 10am Castle Combe was bustling and the caliber of cars on
display had to be seen to be believed. Every performance model of German car
seemed to be catered for and it was great to see Audi RS6s parked next to
Porsche GT3 RSs, C63 AMG
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Haldex Servicing - Why and When?
Posted by Al Brown @ Awesome on 14th Feb 2019
If you have a small VAG '4wd' car; Whether it's a TT Quattro, an S3, a Golf 4motion, or an Octavia 4x4, the chances are your car uses the Haldex four wheel drive system.
Unlike traditional four wheel drive systems, this allows the vehicle to return similar fuel consumption to that of a front wheel drive when driving in a relaxed manner such as cruising along on the motorway, but with the grip of an all wheel drive car when it's needed!
In this blog, we will attemp
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