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Waterwerks 2010 VIP Night / Saturday Preview
July 18th at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, WA: 2010 Waterwerks NW VW Audi show. Show goers can expect to see some of the finest examples of German metal in the PacNW. VW of America will be on hand to show off the new Jetta (as in all-new, redesigned), an autocross course, SPL Sound Off (courtesy of Audio Control and Car Toys), APR, Stasis Engineering… See More, Achtuning, and more…. Car Toys’ Aftershock Mobile Sound Stage will also be on-hand to provide the soundtrack for the show. More photos to come after the show tomorrow… Should be a good one. Don’t wait for the photos, stop by the show and see for yourself!
Wayne’s O2 Sensor Angle Block
I’ve had a “check engine” light (CEL) on in my GTI for something like two years or so now. The MK4 uses many sensors in order to maximize the efficiency of the 1.8L turbo motor. This ends up being both a good thing and a bad thing. It’s great because I get about 37 mpg in the city, and 30 highway. But it’s also bad, because these little sensors also go bad, and sometimes with a disturbing frequency. Bad sensors result in annoying CELs.
I use Ross Tech’s VAG Com to check the error codes, then hop over to the VWVortex forums and research what the various error codes mean. Most codes are fairly common among the Volkswagen tuning community, so using the ‘Tex’s forum search, I can usually come up with a few threads that lead to a solution. My most recent reoccurring CEL battle was giving me these results in VAG Com:
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VWVortex PacNW Forum Alki GTG
This past Tuesday, a few VWVortex members from the PacNW forum met up at Alki beach for a little GTG. It was my first time making it out to one of these events, and I look forward to the next one. Quite a few cool cars (and owners) made it out, and the weather was brisk, but at least it wasn’t raining. The Alki Beach boat launch has an amazing view of the city’s sky line. Next time I’ll have to make sure to bring the Nikon and a tripod as i only brought the Samsung point-n-click with me. Click the image below to check out the gallery.