5th gear?!?

i_am_ray · Post by **i_am_ray** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:56 pm

lol well then can u just agree with me?
parkers guide isnt right to most cars, most people here do more than 94 in their 1.0 litre polo.
thats all im tryin 2 say

lol

enimadrummer · Post by **enimadrummer** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:48 am

Right well,
After all this talk about the top speed speed of a 1.0 polo...
I was on the M25 tonight, no cars in sight so thought i would put it to the test...
Seems that Parkers guide is right after all.
Top speed on flat road at 5000 rpm was 90... on my speedo(but taking into account my 17s thats more like 96-99).
It would not accelerate past this unless i was going downhill and even then it would only get to max 100 on my speedo and this was pushing 5800 revs...never any more than that and i dont know how you pushed it past that coz i was brickin it going past 5000 rpm! Felt like it was gunna fall apart

Anyway, nuffs enough
Hope that clears that up

Chris

djsimmy · Post by **djsimmy** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:48 am

i_am_ray wrote:i neva knew speedos wer innacurate :S
how far off are they?
and yer mine does 110 quite easily
of course the rev counter is in the red the whole time lol, but still, im young and silly so im sure i'll get over it.

most ive got is 115mph

so wots rong wiv my gears do ya think?

115... thats bull s**t man

i hit 110 in mine and it hits the limmiter!

i_am_ray · Post by **i_am_ray** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:39 pm

ive definately had mine at more than 5000 revs though, but it was when the gearbox was on its way out so i think it was over revving.
havent tried any motorways with my new gearbox, i'll try 1 soon n let ya no how it goes.

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:27 pm

i_am_ray wrote: but it was when the gearbox was on its way out.

thats what happens when you thrash the t**s off it

-Ben-

DannyMk5 · Post by **DannyMk5** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:31 pm

maybe it has an automatic pop out thing and puts it into neutral for when your going too fast lol

i_am_ray · Post by **i_am_ray** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:29 pm

lol nah the pop out thing was cuz my gearbox was fallin apart, my new ones fine

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:12 pm

Jumping out of gear is generally dying gearbox.

Number one cause of dying gearbox is poor driving technique.

If you've killed a gearbox, the rest of the car can't be that much better.

enimadrummer · Post by **enimadrummer** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:01 pm

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:32 am

omicron wrote:Jumping out of gear is generally dying gearbox.

Number one cause of dying gearbox is poor driving technique.

If you've killed a gearbox, the rest of the car can't be that much better.

theres some truth in that, but remember that MK5's have a known weakness in the Gearbox department.

-Ben-

i_am_ray · Post by **i_am_ray** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:26 pm

yeah i think your right to an extent, i did use to pull away faster than i should, and try and change gear quick to maximise speed.
but now i have the new gear box i can see a massive difference, my old gearbox was never like this so i know it was already on its way out and i just sped the process up.
it wasnt just because of me, it was already sh|t.
it used to sound weird even when i bought it.

yeah im sure your all going to make up some other saying how buyin a car that sounds sh|t is a sign im an idiot.
but i dont care, i love my care, n yeh i paid out a bit for a new gearbox but it runs great, n every1 hoo gets in it are shocked at what a nice car it is for a 17 yr old.

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:05 am

still so young....and so much to learn

glad your happy with the car though

-Ben-