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has anyone got videos of there pologti doing 0-60 or 80 or whatever

its all good reading the facts, but these never seem to be true

whats anyone reckon the 0-80 of the gti is?

cheers

Jez,

my mate timed me doing 0-60 and showed a 7.9 but im not sure, only did it once so who knows

Fast enough.

Redline wrote:Fast enough.

is it though? does it not leave you wanting more?

jezmk4 wrote:

Redline wrote:Fast enough.

is it though? does it not leave you wanting more?

Well naturally I'd like it to run a standing 1/4 mile in 11 seconds.

But in the grand scheme of things I don't have a problem with it's perfomance.

For me the Polo is a good all round package. It handles well, it's got good equipment, it looks great and it's reasonably nippy. It's not an all out street racer, but it does a lot of things very well.

Above comments cover the Polo well, also very rare sight on the roads.

I timmed myself at 9 seconds to 60. I was gentle with it, prolly could have got a bit less.

I want somewhere legal to see the top end too.

Id be interested in everyone elses non exaggerated 0-60s.

Suppose it's down to how rough you are with the gears, and what revs you dump the clutch at. Getting a decent 60 time doesn't really go hand in hand with looking after your car

Steve

I done an 8.47 earlier but it's not as easy when you're starting and stopping the timer

Luckily the road was empty so I could stop and do it from standing, and yes it was a 60 road.

Gave it 2 attempts, the first had a lot of wheelspin on the start which was 8.55 then the 2nd had a little bit of spin which was the 8.47.

It would be interesting to do it properly though.

Hmm, interesting - what revs were you dropping the clutch at?

Steve

I've clocked a 0-60 in 7.7 secs timed by the passanger and me shouting when the speedo went past 60 this was when I had the original Michelin Pilots I could drop the clutch at 4,000 revs and it wouldn't wheel spin just take off. I can't do that now with Goodyear F1s or Yoks AVS Sports it just lights the tyres up. Don't know how accurate it was but it had almost no petrol and was a very cold night. The speedo was probaly out a little so maybe more like 8 secs to 60 which is close to vags figures who run the car with half a tank of petrol plus passanger and time it to 62mph

(Pilots were good off the line but the F1s are better in every other way)

[quote="Wardy"]Hmm, interesting - what revs were you dropping the clutch at?

Steve[/quote

Not too high really, but I think I need some new tyres (fronts definately) if I'd have chosen to earlier I could have taken a roundabout sideways, I only touched the gas a little bit, was good fun though

The revs were maybe 3-3.5k on the first and a bit less on the second.

I just tried last night on a long straight country road (slightly bumpy) and managed 8.31 Also got 90 out of 3rd gear