How fast are diesels then?

jrw · Post by **jrw** » Sat May 15, 2004 5:12 pm

Well said. Each to there own if you want a Skoda, Seat or VW. Who cares as long as they like it!

Just dont buy a Fix Or Repair Daily or a Fix It Again Tomorrow

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:43 pm

hmm.. so tempting to test drive a Seat 130 sport or the Polo 130 when it comes out!

i think that the Seat's looks very good

Cheers
Aaron

SilvaGTI · Post by **SilvaGTI** » Mon May 17, 2004 5:48 pm

I'm keen so see how good the new Seat Ibiza Cupra Diesel is. Given engine out of the Golf tuned up to 160bhp plus sports suspension it should make for a seriously hot diesel hatch. It looks wicked aswell.
Only downside is it's likely to cost around 15k which is a lot of green for a small hatchback.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:47 am

160BHP?!

GTi beating then!?!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed May 19, 2004 9:53 am

HOT HOT hatch i presume!

SilvaGTI · Post by **SilvaGTI** » Thu May 20, 2004 7:09 pm

Yeah, sounds like it's gonna be really good. There's gonna be diesel and petrol versions of Seat's new Ibiza cupra. Both with engines out of the previous model of golf as far as i know. Either the 1.8 Turbo 5 cylinder tuned 180bhp or the 1.9 Turbo-diesel putting out 160 bhp. i've got a feeling that given both of these outputs the diesel may well work out to be faster, given it's likely higher torque output, under most circumstances.

No doubt it'll still sound like a tractor tho

Pauli · Post by **Pauli** » Thu May 20, 2004 10:56 pm

I have beaten MK4 16v's and MK5 GTI's before, both GTI's where from a 70mph start on the motorway, I have not raced a GTI from a standin start.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Fri May 21, 2004 8:11 am

on paper i think the Gti has 0-60 of 8.7seconds.
sumthing like 9secs for your TDI?

Golf engines in a lighter Ibiza body makes sense!

fast car!
prices will be sky high?

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sun May 23, 2004 12:26 am

you might as well throw VWs factory figs in the bin. They always understate power and performance for insurance reasons.

You can knock a good second on the vRS 0-60 with a good driver.

(this is because the times are averaged over a number of runs and done with a half load)

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun May 23, 2004 11:04 am

KarlM wrote:you might as well throw VWs factory figs in the bin. They always understate power and performance for insurance reasons.

yah i agree with that. on paper my 1.4CL mk4 does 0-60 in 14.9secs. i did it in 13.5 with 3ppl on board!

Crisis · Post by **Crisis** » Sun May 23, 2004 11:18 am

12.9 seconds. Thats the 1.4 TDi range.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 8:56 pm

this girl at my work complained about the noise of her VW Golf V 2.0 SDi.
is is because diesels run at higher pressure than petrols?
cus my 1.2 12v purrs and her SDi rattles like a tractor!

any suggestions to cure that noise?

Cheers
Aaron

jrw · Post by **jrw** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:58 pm

Yeah buy a TDI!!!

SDI's are useless and pointless IMO

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:09 am

Sdi are slow as well

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:03 pm

2 friends that had SEAT Arosa TDi's were running the same 1/4 mile times as Lupo GTis.

So the 1.9 TDi should massicre most petrol polos