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Rollerz

UNU — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:18:31 +0000

Thank you to Mike Simonds (flickr) for the hookup on the rolling shots from this past weekend!

959

UNU — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:49:38 +0000

Got back from the first big trip with the Tiguan last night. She held up great and performed as expected.

The wife and I made the trip out to Rochester, NY to hang out with some of the WFSU crew for the 4th of July weekend. The weather was awesome, the food was awesome, the company was awesome! We couldn’t have asked for a better weekend!

Big thanks to MM5 (website) (flickr) for setting up the bees and taking some proper shots of the Tiguan.

Aligned

UNU — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:53:49 +0000

It has been ~4,000 miles since I put the Q7 wheels on the vehicle. I started washing the car the other day and decided to check how the tires were wearing. With no alignment done after lowering it, you can imagine how they were wearing. An alignment was needed but I never got one. Today, I got my first alignment, EVER. There I was wondered why I was only getting 6,000 miles out of my tires on my Rabbit when I had it!

I took it into Slims Alignment & Hot Rod Shop in Eastpointe, MI this morning at 8:00 AM ET. One hour and $100 later, it was aligned and ready to drive.

WOW, WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!

I will admit that I don’t know a whole lot about cars. One thing I do know for sure is that I will be getting an alignment whenever I touch the suspension on any vehicle from now on!

Anyone looking for a shop that does 100% quality work in Metro Detroit, I highly recommend Slims Alignment & Hot Rod Shop.

Tripped Out

UNU — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:06:10 +0000

This was the first time I have ever taken one of my vehicles up north for a camping trip. This is the first car that I have ever let one of my dogs in. The trip was nice. We got to go canoeing. It started raining while canoeing and didn’t let up at all. We decided to head back home early.

The Thule was awesome. Without it, there is no way we would have been able to fit everything inside of the Tiguan. It didn’t leak at all either.

Camping Mode

UNU — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:16:08 +0000

I decided to take the Q7s off and put the stock wheels back on for the trip up north (Oscoda, MI) next weekend.

I don’t want to risk it.

Photos will be posted when we get back.

Issue 164

UNU — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:58:01 +0000

If you are lucky enough to live in a country that has access to the June 2010 issue of PerformanceVW, go grab one.

Projekt-GIB is in it.

5:30 Meeting

UNU — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:42:06 +0000

Black Exhaust

UNU — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:22:33 +0000

I had always planned to black out the exhaust and exhaust tips, just never got around to doing it.

Well, I finally got around to doing it this past weekend. Looks much better in my opinion.

There was rust forming right behind the tips which I didn’t like anyways.

I used Rust-Oleum BBQ & Stove Paint

Top Shelf

UNU — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:22:21 +0000

Thule’d

UNU — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:00:31 +0000

I picked up a Thule 604 Ascent 1600 cargo box yesterday.

It fits perfectly on the OEM roof rack and does not interfere with the rear hatch when it is opened.

The extra 16 cubic feet of cargo space will come in handy on trips!