gingeRS

i'm gonna be getting rid of the RS in a few weeks , and i'm looking to buy an oil burner, as i'm commuting alot further to work

it needs to be sporty..ish, have A/C etc. and have pretty good performance

my mate has a skoda VRS which is a cracking car but not really my cup of tea

have thought of a few

seat leon FR 150 bhp diesel
golf mk4 gttdi 130 bhp
focus tdci sport. only 115bhp though

dont know much about peugeots. do they do a sport diesel

anyone on here got one, or know someone who has one

opinions please

cheers

rory

Phil

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A quick chip on the Seat/Golf 150 can see nearly 200bhp and a hell of a lot of torque

B19-TRB

Focxus is a lovely car!

the new seat ibiza cupra thingy is a 1.9tdi & looks the tits!

gold's stu can tune to over 200hp easily!

St3V3_C

How much do you want to spend?

Wife has a passat 130 - goes really well, AFAIK that's the same engine in the golf, so that might get my vote.

I have driven a couple of the mondeos, and they seem to have loads of lag compared to the VW, so perhaps avoid them.

gingeRS

dunno

fancy a nearly new car so prob around the 10k mark

getting so fed up of leaks, rust etc

and 45mpg sounds good to me

Mint FRST

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Got a o4 Leon Cupra TDi, good all round package with reasonable performance. Get the REVO remap like mine and you be suprised what other motors you can see off! Around 200Bhp and 50+ mpg no matter how hard you drive it!

You want the latest FR+ with Cupra R body styling. Oh there not too bad round the track either!

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gingeRS

mmmmmm

i like that

thats the one i was looking at

is the focus tdci, old model, as tuneable as the VAG engined cars?

gingeRS

just looked at the seat used cars selection

those fr's are a bit pricey from a dealer

may have to go private

Ian Godney

I bought a Golf 150 PD a couple of months ago , had it custom mapped at Jabbasport and it's 221bhp and 335Lb ft torque it goes like stink , and with 19" wheels it looks quite good as well


The Seats are nice also , the cars not what I sit on if you know what I mean

gingeRS

i get confused with golfs

which model has the 150 bhp pd engine?

the only ones i can find are gt tdi's which have the 130 bhp engine

damn vw's

Ian Godney

Most are badged up as GTi's , they should be advertised as a 150 though , not as many of these about , they have plastic wood trim , most have 3 headreasts in the back (but mines got 2 ??) and a front mounted intercooler and lowered suspension , apart from this they are the same as a 130

RichardPON

Rory,

The GT TDi is availble with loads of different power outputs, right up to GTTDi180.

10k will buy you a very nice GT TDI (that's what I nearly bought).

Get it chipped by Rob, and they make for a hugely fast car! It'd be quicker point to point that your S2 by a mile!

Ian Godney

I havent seen a 180 yet ? The new shape ones are 160's , in my shape of golf the most they do is a 150 , saying that when mine went on the rollers it was 168bhp as standard , I paid Ł8800 for mine about 2 months ago , it does put a quite a few cars to shame , not bad for an oil burner

gingeRS

i prefer the look of the seat leon, but the fr's are too expensive

golfs are nice but they are also expensive and they all seem to have loads of miles on them

no way i'm paying 10k for a 4 or 5 year old car with 60k on it

whay didnt you buy the gt tdi in the end

wood trim sounds lovely

Ian Godney

the wood trim goes with my tartan slippers and its the same grain as my pipe

Dont let mileage put you off , they go for 250K plus with no problems , I wanted the 150 as they can be tuned more cause of the intercooler , mines a 02 plate , 60k miles they are out there cheaper , esspecially if you dont mind a 4 door , but I wanted a 2 door silver , all down to choice

RichardPON

Rory -purely because I didn't want to spend 8k (what I had at the time) on a high mileage older car.

I'd have no hesitation in buying one. In fact, my mum will probably be buying obe fairly soon.

Ian - I have seen a few 180s, and I believe the "Anniversary" edition was one as well.

Ian Godney

no the anni one was 150 , I looked at these but couldn't justify spending loads more for a body kit , never seen a 180 ??

RichardPON

Ian,

I stand corrected!

I thinkI was getting confused with something else, but yes, you are quite right.

Micky

I have a 150 bhp Golf,full leather seats,6 speed gearbox,ABS,traction control (that can be turned off by the flick of a switch ),disc's all round etc etc.Will do 132 mph tops,or 60 mpg at 70 mph all day,plus it will tow my S2 trackcar plus spares etc all day on the motorway at 65 -70mph (depending on coppers being near or not ) and I love the car.Buy 1,you wont be dissappointed.Regards Micky

Rich_w

Did you know that with the increased price of Diesel compared to Unleaded it can work out cheaper to buy a decent petrol engine. 45 mpg sounds great but if you paying 5-8p more per litre.

Its not as much as you think

Rob Virgo

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micky ,

didnt know you changed.how the crack lad.
still have the cheapo mondeo td ,great hack and 350 miles more to a tank than the 3dr and e20 less to fill.

rob

roybacer

I've got a 206 hdi, been re mapped, and on rollars got 130bhp, 225ft/lb tourqe, at santa pod got a 16.9 in the wet

they dont look to bad either



TBH, i'd go for the golf or Leon, but then the 206's cost 1/2 of what they do

For a decent 2.0 hdi (like mine) you'll be starting at 3-4k for a 99 higher miles model, about 6.5k for a 02 plate like mine, and then upwards on that the newer u get

They also brought out a hdi gti in 04, exactly the same car as a hdi, but with a 110bhp 1.6 16v all alloy derv engine

markk

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go with the vw group diesels - plenty of power , well reliable, dont touch teh bullshit figures that come from the serial port tuners get a proper live/custom remap for it , avoid the plug in crap like the french cars

roybacer

for the money they cost, the plug in tuning modules ar'nt actually that bad

Mine was live mapped and got slighty better results then the plug in unit i had b4 that

andyt

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Go for VW Bora mate mines a 1.9TDI Sport 115 bhp, got it chipped to 160brake fookin flying machine and i still 60+ MPG on the motorway



6speed box and a good size boot A/C sports interior, i put the RS4 wheels apart from that mate i would recommend these cars to any one 102 k and it still pulls like a train

BillyCabrio

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gingeRS, you have PM mate

peteh

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The 180bhp were the petrol turbo models, the diesel was 150bhp

fookin love the anniversary edition

ronf42

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fabia rs 130tdi same engine as the vw range cheapish to buy

markk

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i beg to differ , the amount of bad running faults on cars ive had all down to these serial port flash or plug in units you wouldnt believe m8