VW TDi’s - wow

[cDc]

Was driving today on some nice 60mph limit roads and there was an older VW golf, me and an st24 mondeo all cruising at 60 noticed a car behind the mondeo but couldnt tell what it was -
then when he had the chance he comes past the lot of us like a bloody steam train ive rarely seen anything go past me like that before it was shifting to say the least - in fact the only other time Ive paused and thought "woah that thing moves" was when a 172 floored it past me once i think!! what was it? a VW Bora TDI not sure of the spec but it was a new reg!

 

[teady172]

Itll be a Bora TDI PD 130BHP!

Very fast and flexible overtaker!

 

[Rich-D]

Aye, them diesels can bl00dy shift!

They just have bucket loads of torque, so the mid-range punch for overtaking is awesome.

 

[lofty]

they are a realy shocker arent they, i dont know why its always the boras that seem to throw up the suprises, i believe its the same engine in the badly named golf GTTDi, but i suppose its easily mistaken for a normal GTi,

im sure they produce an astonishing amount of torque 250ft/lbs or so!

 

[lofty]

they are a real shocker arent they, i dont know why its always the Boras that seem to throw up the suprises, i believe its the same engine in the badly named golf GTTDi, and therefore Audis Seats etc but i suppose its easily mistaken for a normal GTi,

they produce an astonishing amount of torque 250ft/lbs or so!

 

[Adams_16v]

I once raced a Passat TDI, the newish ones in my 1.4 RT. He was only pulling away a bit on the straights believe it or not. But I was nailing the car to the limit. Eventually got some good speed off a sharpish corner and managed to overtake him on a hill. Very very close though.

My dads got a Golf GT TDI (think theres a PD somewhere on there too) and it doesnt half shift, but the Passat are quite a bit heavier.

 

[teady172]

Could have been the non PD variant, 110BHP, not much of a goer compared to the new diesel engines!

 

[r_hutton]

my dad used to own a citroen xantia 2 litre TD and that really threw you back in your seats! especailly if the engines done under 3k

 

[matt4478]

Yeh, my bros got a new Golf GT TDi PD150 - it shifts like you wouldnt believe! Any gear - it just pulls like a train... Im scared to race against him in the 172! If I lost, hed never let it drop!

Matt

 

[teady172]

Race him ya wimp!

2nd gear 25/30 mph, all the way to 100, on paper you should take it quite easily! Its only as fast as the 1.8T in a straight line sprint!

 

[Paranoia]

Be very wary of any VW Golf sitting low (20mm)sporting 16" Montreal II alloys with smoked rear lights. If its badged as a TDi and its on a EX51(92)plate theres a very good chance its a TDi PD (Pumpe Duse). This autobahn bruiser creates 150bhp, hits 60 in 8.4 and has a massive 236lbs tourque on tap (Porsche Boxter s 225lbs)plus this Golf hits max tourqe at a lowly 1900 revs meaning terrific mid-range punch. You have been warned.

 

[Eddd]

And dont believe the top speed figures published in the car mags. The diesels are probably 10mph faster than stated.

This goes for the Audi and VW ones anyway.