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standard they're only like 8.1s 0-60..not that impressive for a turbo

but it would still whip a gti.

turbo a gti then teach it a lesson

yeh theyre not that impressive standard, plus it was of the lights, its a turbo so it must have had turbo lag.

bring back the ole Xr3i (Essex rust-bucket), my dad's mates one used to dust his Golf mk3 GTI, probably the fastest thing around at the time (apart from the renault 5 turb's )

-Ben-

apart from R5 Turbs break every half a mile

olop_chris wrote:apart from R5 Turbs break every half a mile

agreed
if i had a pound for everytime someone says in a sales advert for one 'needs new turbo' or 'turbo recently replaced' i'd be into a tidy sum of money by now

-Ben-

ha yeah, a mate of mine sold his R5 turbo last week, and when the buyer got it home it had already broken! typical eh!

Is this thread still running?!

Steve

andyg wrote:its 8.7 0-100km in the manual

8.9

all depends if you have a fat bird in the passenger seat, those figures are guestimates

-Ben-

I agree, what the book says and what you can actually do it in are usually two different things.

ModifiedMadness: Instead of being smug and posting a pic of what it says in your manual, perhaps should have noticed the revision stamp on the reverse. There are 2 different manuals kicking about, one relates to the older ARC engine, the other the ARY.

I wasn't being smug, if you'd have said that in the first place I'd have known.

I didn't know there was two versions, I also don't think there is a revision stamp on my manual and it's the AVY engine.

Now you've posted that one as well I know that the newer ones are 8.7 and the older ones 8.9

Even so, they're quicker than VW say, which shows they need a new test driver

As I say, I wasn't being smug just posting the information available to me, any idea where I can get the other one from (with the 8.7)

these posts are like magnets to know-it-all's (not you Tom )

-Ben-

Alright

My friend works at Listers VW so I will ask about the manual but I think it has to go through parts as a special order, I tried to get hold of an original brochure and they are out of print now (ebay best option) so I think chances are the older manuals are too.

polopowah: magnets for trolls too, stiring things up.

Ok cheers mate, that way I will have the lot