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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 5:49 pm
by Ratty
My head hurts!
I apologise for that moment of complete buffoonery...many I be banished to the deep dank pits that are the Corsa forums for a whole day!
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 5:55 pm
by Speedlaw
Off you go then!
3 cyl. sound
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2003 4:13 pm
by tdisport
I can confirm that three cylinder engines sound beautiful. after all, its half a "six" so sounds similar to a six.
Have driven 3 three-cyl cars (Mine, 1.2 hire car and Mercedes Smart).
Out of all of them the Smart sounds the nicest as its petrol with a turbo and it sounds like a mini porsche boxster.
The 1.2 engine also sounds sweet. Mines OK but being diesel a bit rattly on idle. Still, was the only reason I chose that car over the more expensive 1.9 tdi.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2003 5:21 pm
by des_pd_ tdi
Yeah I agree with tdisport, the Smart engine does indeed sound the best even when trashed (I had one for a week, great fun). I'm actually looking at a town car and the new smart roadster is currently top of my list, it uses the same 3 cylinder turbo charged engine but spints to 60 as quick as my Tdi Sport.
Can't vouch for the 3 cylinder VW engines but VW wouldn't have spent so much money on development. I'm all for saving the environment so low emmision tdi's and fuel effiecient 3 cylinder engines are the way to go.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:24 am
by mole
Not heard a 3-cyl Polo, test drove the 1.2 3-cyl but didn't really hear it at the time. Mines a boring 4!
I must admit, my mates got a Brabus Smart, and it does sound lovely!
He ordered the Roadster at the Motorshow last year, and is expecting his test drive soon.