Picked up the vee yday

[R20 CWH]

further to http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=194555

i picked it up yesterday.

put 200 miles on it already, really impressed with it. The pick up from 20 in 3rd then all the way up the gears is great. Absolutely 100% immaculate inside and love the comfortable driving position.

Cruise control not as guid as the clio as it doesnt tell you what speed its set at on the dash, but is still guid. For a vee im averaging 43mpg for the 200 iv done and iv been on a variety of roads with that, so pretty happy with that.

Bit of a tank to park, but bar that i love it, the vee is nice and smooth and the revs build nicely with a quality (can a diesel be that) engine note.

 

[Christopher]

good stuff mate.

4motion?

 

[R20 CWH]

good stuff mate.

4motion?

nah just fron wheel drive, the 4 motion buses were petrol only. The audi a4 had the v6 with the 4 motion system, pah to that, just weighs it down

:rasp:

in gear i reckon it would at very very least stay level with a 172/182, due to the 370 Nm torque at 2200rpm


off the line isnt anything immense though.

 

[Andy]

good stuff mate.

4motion?

nah just fron wheel drive, the 4 motion buses were petrol only. The audi a4 had the v6 with the 4 motion system, pah to that, just weighs it down

:rasp:

in gear i reckon it would at very very least stay level with a 172/182, due to the 370 Nm torque at 2200rpm


off the line isnt anything immense though.

It's not cheapass 4Motion in A4s be'atch! It's Quattro.

Never forget that.

 

[R20 CWH]

aye blah blah blah....extra 200kgs of shite that it is

 

[Andy]

aye blah blah blah....extra 200kgs of s**te that it is

Remind me to hurt you later.

 

[Christopher]

lol!

 

[Mike_182]

in gear i reckon it would at very very least stay level with a 172/182, due to the 370 Nm torque at 2200rpm

Sorry, I just cried laughing.

My old man has a D5 S80 with similar torque and power, and it couldn't keep up if it's life depended on it - admittedly heavier than the 'Couldn'taffordanAudi' but you'd need a significant boost in power to manage it still IMHO...

Nice though, not to my taste but hey - if you like it, just don't turn into one of those idiots that thinks because they've got the bigger diesel engine they're the fastest thing on the road!

 

[TomS]

Nice motor that

 

[R20 CWH]

the judgements are based on the in gear and given i own both which you dont then i dont think there would be a problem keeping up.

370 Nm torque is a fair bit of shove. with remap it will be about 430 ish and circa 200bhp, so hardly rubbish!

lol at the couldnt afford an audi, there rubbish, ask Andy A4 :rasp:

as for the D5 units, theyv bags of torque as well.

 

[R20 CWH]

aye blah blah blah....extra 200kgs of s**te that it is

Remind me to hurt you later.

k china

 

[Mike_182]

the judgements are based on the in gear and given i own both which you dont then i dont think there would be a problem keeping up.

370 Nm torque is a fair bit of shove. with remap it will be about 430 ish and circa 200bhp, so hardly rubbish!

lol at the couldnt afford an audi, there rubbish, ask Andy A4 :rasp:

as for the D5 units, theyv bags of torque as well.

It depends, if you're in the same gear then yeah, no question - but then how many times does Mr Sales Executive who tries to race pull alongside and say "I'm in 4th, you're only allowed to be in 4th as well!"? He doesn't, you just drop it to 3rd and gun it - and I think it'll be done.

 

[R20 CWH]

perhaps, i had a bit of a blast against my mate in his remapped bora (150 to 190bhp )and it was close, albeit it never passed, he did keep up

off the line the clio wins by a country mile, no doubts on that one!

 

[Leeshez]

nice

 

[JoelDee]

 

[tommyboy]

nice motor

 

[R20 CWH]

another 100 miles under its belt, the 2-3k band is where its at.

dies on its erse at 4k, so no point in going beyond that. had some b road blasts and it was a bit more nibble, i must be getting used to her!!

 

[Ross M]

nice one

 

[R20 CWH]

aye ill give ye a shot ross, see how it feels compared to the 2.2 i-cdti

 

[Ross M]

look forward to it. its got near enough the same torque

 

[R20 CWH]

500 miles now, 42mpg.

what was all that crap about being uneconomical??