Grrr, Black Cars

[THE_Liam]

Well obviously not anything...but a heavy octavia with a standard 1.8t....yep.

Heavy like a GT TDI you mean? The Skoda is 90 kilos heavier than yours, not much difference really? Difference is, yours probably pulls nearly as hard, but it's only quick if you don't have to change gear. Like I say, I can go from 10 mph to 80 mph in one gear, it's far faster than a remapped 130 because you may well have 170bhp (which the majority agree is the most you can get from a mapped 130 if you want to keep a decent torque curve. Oh, and not blow stuff up like turbos), but you only have it in one big lump, then you have to change gear. You forget Tom, I've driven a lot of cars, probably 10+ 130 TDIs and 10+ 1.8Ts, have you even driven a 1.8T? You said you gave a 1.8T Golf a shock, but was he even trying? My mate has a Bora 130 with a Jabba remap (not some random one off the Internet), when I told him what you said he just laughed and shook his head...

Don't get me wrong, your Golf is pretty decent, very economical and I'm sure it's pretty nippy, probably quicker than a 150 1.8T even (like the one you put it against) but it won't stay with a 180, fact. And even if it would, you've spent a lot of money and blown up a turbo to draw level with a standard car you could have bought for £1500-£2000 less. And let's not even talk about mine with a remap, new turbo and induction eh?