The Itty Bitty NOVA VW Committee

[Senor_Taylor]

Car did very well at my first autocross in it. The tires screamed and cried the whole time, but I was on pace for a podium finish, but my last run didn't count and I didn't realize until I left that I probably got a re run. Not sure what I want to do, but I'm a good set of tires and a sway bar from being extremely competitive in G Street, so I may do that.

Never heard back from Lindsay VW about the parts they were supposed to order to fix my car, so I'll be taking it the dealer in Tyson's that's 2 miles from where I'm moving in August. Changed my oil yesterday and found that i have TWO oil leaks. One small leak around the oil filter housing, and a pretty bad leak around my oil pan that caused significant oil coverage on the underside of the car and over some sensors and wires. Am I mad? Not yet. Am I disappointed? Absolutely. Why are the oil pans plastic? That's so dumb that it hurts me.

The list so far of issues with the car as as follows:
Door speaker blown, oil leak from pan and filter, LED lights flicker when starting the car in cold weather and once didn't even come on when I hit the switch, loud knocking/clacking noise from passenger side of the motor on cold starts, clutch grind/rattle when lifting the pedal 1mm from the floor (May be normal), scratches in the paint from when I took delivery that they will not address, shift knob is starting to come apart and irritates my hand, some other stuff that is less important and I'm forgetting now.