How fast are diesels then?

tornado_ally · Post by **tornado_ally** » Tue May 11, 2004 10:56 pm

This is the bit when the diesel heads persuade you to go for the czech or spanish option........... wait for it.......

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:18 pm

i dont like the skoda badge...

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:41 pm

whats the 0-60mph of the Ibiza 130? ive read in magazines that its 9.4 but Skoda is 9.6?

jrw · Post by **jrw** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:37 pm

Ive had 9 seconds to 60 and VW driver from Jan 2003 when it was reviewed says 9.4 secs for the Polo

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu May 13, 2004 8:27 am

did u time that 9 secs by mobile phone etc..? they tend to be less acurate, but 9 secs sounds good.. so 130 will be low 8s then?

jon_poloV · Post by **jon_poloV** » Thu May 13, 2004 9:11 am

those diesels are rapid! i was walking down the street and i saw on pull away from some traffic lights and i was well impressed apart from the dark smoke out the back. it flew!

rooboy · Post by **rooboy** » Thu May 13, 2004 10:16 am

tornado_ally wrote:This is the bit when the diesel heads persuade you to go for the czech or spanish option........... wait for it.......

Your already doing it for me......

If you don't like the Skoda badge (or is it the name/reputation that people still bang on about??), which does look a bit like a flying penis fair enough. There are loads of people who do and it's your money.
You could wait until there are some second hand polos on the market if you are deperate for VW emblem on the front of your car, as I am sure there will be enough buying it for that reason alone.

You would still be looking at Â£12000 from a dealer though.

now what can you buy for Â£12000..................

one of those new Zetec-S Fiestas

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu May 13, 2004 11:46 am

i dont like the styling of the Fabia either, its not just the badge!
anyway Polo 130s wont be in the second hand market....well till at least the end of the year!

jrw · Post by **jrw** » Thu May 13, 2004 6:52 pm

My mate was with me with his stopwatch when I got 9 seconds and I don't get any black smoke cos my mate was behind me most of the way back from inters!

I was gonna do the sprint Sunday afternoon but it rained!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:25 am

nice! 9 secs sounds good. i timed my mate in his mini cooper and got 7.4seconds, thats cooper S territory!

leonsmith · Post by **leonsmith** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:46 am

jon_poloV wrote:those diesels are rapid! i was walking down the street and i saw on pull away from some traffic lights and i was well impressed apart from the dark smoke out the back. it flew!

I kinda like the smoke from the back - it's great when you've got a tailgater right behind you - put your foot down and leave him in a cloud of soot

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:48 pm

tornado_ally wrote:This is the bit when the diesel heads persuade you to go for the czech or spanish option........... wait for it.......

I'm not saying a thing!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:21 pm

kinda like the smoke from the back - it's great when you've got a tailgater right behind you - put your foot down and leave him in a cloud of soot

Is that called "eat my dust"?
LOL

Carn · Post by **Carn** » Fri May 14, 2004 11:29 pm

Just a bit of useless info but here in South Africa for the 1st time this year the 1.9 TDI's are racing in the Polo Cup along with the 1.6 petrol cars.The TDI's motors have been tweaked to output approx 80kw and are well on the lap times of the tuned 1.6 petrols.For more info check out this link http://www.vw.co.za/ourworld/mediacentr ... toryID=113

Cheers

tornado_ally · Post by **tornado_ally** » Sat May 15, 2004 4:26 pm

Just to clarify, i have no problems with the Ibiza or the vRS as I've driven the Seat and my mate has the vRS and they are both really fast cars but its the engine that makes them that fast and pick up so much speed through the gears. However what the others are saying is that they want that engine in a Polo body shell. yeah it will cost a bit more but then again you can get a bit more when you come to sell it.

The other argument is not selling it all. When i spoke to the people at Inters who had these amazing cars they didn't care about resale values and they just wanted the car looking good and going fast. Dunno if any of you spoke to the silver VR6 just opposite the UK Polos stand but the chap spent 20K on the VR with some parts I cant even pronounce. I'dd like to be as care free for example take out the 1.4 and stick in a 225 TT engine, gear box and clutch, bolt on a supercharger and a nice sound system and fcuk worryin about selling it because.... wel who cares

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