🔧 BUILD Jimbo's new DDD - Daily Dad Driver. V: 2019 VW Arteon SEL Premium R-Line

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Stopped by the dealer at lunch time yesterday, told the sales guy I didn't really want to waste his time, as I already viewed the car online and snuck over on a Sunday with the wife to check it out. Had all the gizmos and gadgets I wanted, so knew it'd be a solid car. Did a bunch of deep web diving and forum research, again, all positive. So the dealer came back and offered me a solid number, but a hair off of what I really wanted. Told them I'd go home and discuss it with the wife and follow-up. Texted him to see if he could sharpen the pencil a bit more, he came up with another $500, so it would net me $12k back in hand. Finished dinner, texted the salesman and said I'd be on my way. Drove over to the dealer and traded the Ram in last night. Bought the thing without even driving it :rofl:

The big driver towards the VW Arteon was the rear legroom. Set the driver seat in a comfortable position, then I hopped in the back. I had so much damn legroom. Cars.com reviews were all great for car seats. After buying it, swapped my sons booster seat bottom in, kid can kick his legs out and still not touch the back of my seat. Put my daughters rear-facing in (Clek Foonf - which is a big ol' bitch, but safe AF), and the passenger seat can be moved to a comfortable position, even for me, without it hitting the car seat back.

The color is called Manganese Grey Metallic, which has some good depth and works well with the body lines.

Drove the thing home, enjoying the comforts of the cooled seat and the back massage feature. I'm going to use that massage feature every fucking time I drive, it's amazing. I'm going to need to sit in this thing for an hour or two and finger-fuck all the gizmos and gadgets, learning what everything does. I'll also need to read up on the different drive modes and custom settings (suspension, steering, trans shifts, etc).

Current Mods/parts: mud flaps, 25% IRX window tint on the sides and back/25% on the windshield/50% on the sunroof, add-on homelink VW mirror (this bitch had everything, but no homelink), APR 93 octane tune, APR ignition coils, and one step colder NGK spark plugs. APR turbo inlet pipe, APR carbon fiber intake pipe, APR pex CAI, APR subframe insert, Rolloface 6 piston 14" front and rear brakes, H&R lowering springs, H&R rear sway bar, Moog rear sway bar links, 5mm spacers in the rear, 20x9 Vossen HF3 wheels with 255/35ZR20 Michelin PS4's, stock wheels with winter tires Vredestein Wintrac Pro, dynamic mirror turn signals, 2021 steering wheel and air bag. OE Roof bars and Inno Shadow 16 roof cargo box.

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Jimy Bilmo

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Love those Wintrac Pro's. Run those on my ISF.
I've used a ton of winter tires across my previous vehicles, and based on my research, I wanted to give these a go. I've been a big fan of their Quatrac's and Quatrac Pro's for folks that aren't looking to do multiple sets of tires. Those two ride super nice, quiet, and decent tread life. So I figured, what the hell, I'll get a dedicated set of their winters and run them.

I've had:

Blizzak's galore - probably 8 different iterations of them
One set of Continentals
Two sets of Dunlop's (one RFT)
One set of Pirelli's
 
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OEM roof bars and Inno roof box on for the upcoming road trip. Glad I took the time to fit everything today instead of making a last ditch effort Thursday evening. Came out great, everything went together as expected, sealed up the gaps with weatherstripping but I’ll probably throw some flex seal tape or gorilla tap over it to completely cover the gaps.

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where ya headed friend?
Nashville. Brother in law and his wife just moved down there. Thinking about leaving around 3-4am Friday, so the kids sleep most of the way. Just planning one stop for breakfast and topping off the tank. **stops may change depending on liquid intake of wife and kids** ?
 

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Nashville. Brother in law and his wife just moved down there. Thinking about leaving around 3-4am Friday, so the kids sleep most of the way. Just planning one stop for breakfast and topping off the tank. **stops may change depending on liquid intake of wife and kids** ?
Which route are you planning on taking? 65 or 57?
 

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65 construction is better than 57 construction + ISP.
Last time I went 65 you could jump from construction barrel to construction barrel, all the way to Indy, without touching the road.

65 through Indy is closed at 70, so have to take 465 bypass around the west side.

South of Indy to Louisville isn’t bad.
 

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