Am I the only one paranoid?

So I love this forum, but I think that it as well as my previous shitty experience with my last car has made me paranoid. Every noise, every vibration, every little thing puts my in a state of fear. I'm just so damn paranoid that my turbo is gonna blow up or my tranny is gonna break. My tranny shifts good and acts like it should (even tho I hate the clutch feel as well as the gating of the shifter) but the gear whine scares the shit out of me. I've never had a car have it before and I know it seems to be common among legacies. IDK, it just freaks me out. The turbo is what really scares me tho. I'm religious on changing my oil, have zero burnoff (knock on wood), and aside from the horrendous stock tune, it seems to work like it should. Normally, I wouldn't care if the snail blew, but they way they've designed it so that shards of metal get sent into the engine is a bit unnerving. Am I the only one?

 

All this ends up making me want to modify even more. It makes me want to get rid of the vf40 for a 68HTA turbo. It makes me want to get rid of the TMIC for a FMIC so that there is less chance of an explosive turbo throwing stuff into my engine. Those two things make me need more mods like fueling and exhaust mods. And the chances of me getting the stock turbo inlet off without effing it up, it slim, so I'll need one of those too. I bought this car to do very minimal mods and now, I want to go stage 3.

 

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I'm a paranoid type of guy myself. With my car, in life, it's just how I can be. So yes, I know how you feel.

I hear you coldradio. The more time I spend hearing about other people's problems, the more I freak out.

 

All I can do is just enjoy it. Worrying about it does jack sh*t and even if it is going to blow, I might as well enjoy it while it still works.

 

I too though have the tranny whine.. What is up with that? Is it a sign of future problems?

i'm just got the car and i'm hella paranoid ....i barely drive the thing....i just drive the car that makes noises i'm use to ...lol

 

i know it doesn't make much sense....lmao

i've got paranoia as well.. i look over my shoulder often

(nothing to do with driving)

My drug problem makes me paranoid... uhh, what I meant to say was, when I'm not hearing any "noises" I think something is wrong with my LGT.

im paranoid, but than my car keeps throwing codes so i have reason to be paranoid. this cars is being a hassle. Its my fault for not getting it checked out by a mechanic before buying it.

The voices in my head make me paranoid.

 

 

And hungry.

 

They also make me speed.

"Glass half empty" yada yada yada:rolleyes:

You have good reason to be paranoid, these cars are built out of crap. They are also very sensitive - I mean you used the wrong brand of oil and BLAMMO!!1

 

As I have said before many times, the surprising thing is when any of them actually run.

half empty?

it means it's not full enough

half empty?

it means it's not full enough

 

Yes, it means you've only seen half the problems you can have in a GT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jeesh:spin:

Remember , just because your paranoid does not mean everyone is NOT out to get you.

I have started walking every where.

And the next think I am going to hear is:

"I can't even go pee by myself ...anymore..."

 

By the way "noises" and CELs are bad...

I used to be really paranoid about cars and then had two kids. I guess the worry moved on.

^ Sounds about right!

jeezus christ! start riding your bike then. or if you are so paranoid sell it and get a civic!! or maybe you just have bad luck with cars.

 

I"ve had mine since new and have 160k on it. change the oil religiously too and changed out my turbo at 98k as a preventative measure. my clutch went around 90k and that's it!

 

 

 

As I have said before many times, the surprising thing is when any of them actually run.

 

rao sometimes i can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. this is one of those times.

Why does your car actually run

Paranoid? Not at all. I know this is a pay to play game, and if something breaks I need to pay to get it fixed. Just enjoy the car.

it's got 160k on it don't it?

 

 

 

Why does your car actually run

Just enjoy the car.

i would. if it stopped throwing codes as a stock vehicle.

^That's just crazt talk! Get the codes checked out, fix them and live on.

Your car has a built-in code reading system. I'm not sure the steps for the 05, since it's different than the 06, but it's on the forum, so do a search. Or buy a $15 VAG-COM cable, hook it up to your laptop and run Romraider with your car on. You can then check numerous parameters and watch in real time how your car is running. You can also download Learning View, which will give you a snapshot of any codes being thrown, as well as checking your AFR's and see if your car has learned to pull timing under various MAF readings and engine load numbers in all RPM/load ranges.

i have a code reader. its a p0303. cyl 3 misfire. Pulled plug. it looks fine. going to swap inj to the 2nd cyl and see if it moves there. then ill try coil pack after that.