Mk5 Golf Sdi

Buzby · Post by **Buzby** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:12 am

My cars been at the dealers for a interior water leak for over a week and Ive been loaned a mk5 SDI golf.

I cant believe how sssslllooowww a new car could be. The difference the turbo makes on a diesel is like night and day. Its got no acceleration at all it 'gathers momentum' , and its really unrefined with it.. The funny thing is Ive been in a sdi polo and it seemed 'nippy' compared to it.

But it is better than walking..

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:35 am

Its faster downhill

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:46 am

whats the spec on that, now, then?
(and how many miles has it done, perhaps the ecu is in some kind of odd running-in mode)

gathering momentum heh... like the ol' mk3 did... point it down a straight road, flatten the pedal and wait for the needle to slowly - but surely - creep upwards

Buzby · Post by **Buzby** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:08 pm

Think its done 9000 miles, looking at it though the mk5 is a bit of a bloater..

and 70bhp aint a lot for a car of that size.

I want my polo baacckkk..

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:26 pm

funny, my astra must be about as heavy, has 69hp (officially) and an (almost) diesel-like amount of torque... feels quick enough... enough spunk to keep up with a mentalist in a year-old 1.4 zetec fiesta three-up with bags across the cambrians. you didn't used to own a GT by any chance did you?

(nah, it'll be inherent dieselness and poor setup, probably - having driven a lightweight-looking Kangoo with allegedly similar amounts of power on paper, but couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding in real life)