Quote Originally Posted by IchBautAuto View Post

.....I'm past the valves, flaps and speaker enhanced exhausts on new cars and really like the natural product where you can drive next to a patrol car and not raise any attention and yet get some roar when it matters.

You're in a good place with your upgrade when it's items like the exhaust that are your focus.
So true! Since my car is 100% a fun sunny day driver, I may keep the roar in it...and could easily throw the Miltek cans back on if I do want to take a road trip at some point. And yes, nice that my biggest issues now are the sound of the exhaust...at least for now!

And agreed on the piped in "open airbox" effect...my wife's car is a couple year old Mini Cooper S, and in Sport mode, it's got the "sound effects" through the front center speaker...I think the GTI's have this too.... That said, she loves the car and it is pretty zippy with the 2.0 turbo AWD...so I leave her car ALONE!

Also, an update on my shifter adjustments since you were kind enough to give some input...I did some more re-adjusting and have it pretty good right now. I did take it to the 10% throw decrease (from the 35% that it ships set to), and it's much better. Throw difference is minimal compared to the improvement in shifting confidence now. Still a little notchy, especially at lower speeds, but much more confident on that all-important 2nd-3rd shift that really had me nervous before. Hoping that a little more driving will help to break everything in too...really only 200 or so miles on the rebuilt trans at this point with all new Audi top end synchros, etc.

My only one to compare this to for reference was my C5 A6 sedan that I had with 200k miles and probably all original transmission and linkage...it was like stirring pudding with absolutely no feedback whatsoever on what gear you were in until you let the clutch out and gave it some throttle. I'll take a little notchy to know where I am compared to that any day.