What are GTi6's like as daily drivers?

[miles]

If it get's hot in traffic then the Rad is on it's last leg's or the system needs a flush thru, Never had one run hot and those who know me know I've had loads, even in 205's with smaller rad's they do not run hot at all.
On a run as said you can see 40 ish to the gallon so it's only slightly behind the HDI's but with another 70 odd BHP it's not bad going, round town is where it goes down but everything does.
Oil change's and servicing is less than the HDI plus it's done at higher mileage's so cost per mile isn't that different.

[RetroPug]

If it get's hot in traffic then the Rad is on it's last leg's or the system needs a flush thru, Never had one run hot and those who know me know I've had loads, even in 205's with smaller rad's they do not run hot at all.

Or the headgasket isn't sealing properly and combustion gasses are getting into the coolant.

Miles is right, with a good rad, well-maintained cooling system and working fans they will get up to operating temp quite fast but won't overheat.

I suggest a Nissens radiator along with a flush-through and thermostat replacement for peace of mind if the car is still on the original rad.

[Alan_M]

consistent 32mpg+ from mine, never got hot in traffic, never failed to get me to work, has newman cams soon to be mapped on throttlebodies

I'm intrigued to know how you get on with 'those' cams on a GTi6 engine. The few, standard GTi6s I've driven just felt flat, particularly in comparison to the old Mi16.

[welshpug]

thats just because they arent peaky like an mi16 can be, with yhe cams its just fatter curves everywhere by its feel, ive timed them properly too unlike most pt81's etc.