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Polos In Europe!
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:58 pm
by Mk4Mexican
Hey, i only just come back from holiday in france and i saw a fair few polos, but all but 2 of the 15 i saw, had the 16v body on them! i dont know why this is? even the skinny, small tyre ones had the body on! and none said 16v and some didnt even have the tinted rear lights! some said SDI, i dont know what this stands for. and some just didnt say anythin.
Sergio
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:31 pm
by Biddle
So they had the 16v bumpers and the small wheels. Perhaps that SDI badge stands for "Stupid Design Innit" in France. Just a theory.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:49 pm
by Redline
SDI : Standard Diesel Injection
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:58 pm
by Mk4Mexican
yeah, they were 16v lookalikes, but with steelies and hub caps, and most with yelloew indicators and no tinted rear lights, and a few said SDI, but none said 16v or 1.4 or 1.6, most of them were blank and only said POLO.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:01 pm
by jason11
umh strange but so r der french lol seems wat they eat frog legs lol
Re: Polos In Europe!
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:42 pm
by mmh
Mk4Mexican wrote:Hey, i only just come back from holiday in france and i saw a fair few polos, but all but 2 of the 15 i saw, had the 16v body on them! i dont know why this is? even the skinny, small tyre ones had the body on! and none said 16v and some didnt even have the tinted rear lights! some said SDI, i dont know what this stands for. and some just didnt say anythin.
Sergio
Yep same as in Amsterdam saw a few Polos all with 16v bumpers and steelies most were small engined 1.0 or 1.4l.
Maybe the Europeans get the good bumpers and here in the UK we get ripped off and have to buy our own

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:13 pm
by Dee-vub
yteh im pretty sure in europe, they all got the 16v bumpers, no matter what models they were.
us british get treated like mugs eh
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:22 pm
by ModifiedMadness
It's because we're snobs over here, we like to show that "my car is better than your's" etc
Good old British nature

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:24 pm
by DanDiesel
some of the first british valvers had skinny wheels and standard bumpers!!! and orange indicators and stuff so we definately get the rough stuff!!
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:27 pm
by olop_chris
Thats true, i saw about a million polos in spain in July, and they all pretty much had the valver kit on.
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:32 pm
by Biddle
All I saw while I was Spain was Leons

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:53 pm
by DanDiesel
when i was in malta, all i saw was polo saloons and seat cordobas, but i saw loadsa of normal polos and aswell!!
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:59 pm
by Mk4Mexican
yeahs, that what i'm saying! everything had steelies and the valver kit. thats unfair!
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:28 am
by NZ POM
G,day mates

Just to confuse you even more 99% of the polos in NZ arrived via japan even mine which has a wolfsburg chassis number. All 6n's have standard bumpers and orange indicators and skinny steel wheels,but the good news is they all have A/Con elec windows etc as standard,the only badge you'll find on it is POLO no matter what engine size or fuel type. Just thought i'd let you know

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:55 pm
by Mk4Mexican
Thats like the mainland europe ones! AIR CON is NEEDED!!!! big time, my mum n dad have air con, its the balls, plus never need to open windows in the summer!