My polo is sooooo slow!

metz · Post by **metz** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:29 pm

been to visit madmatt 2day in a m8's car and noticed just how slow my polo really is....had a nice drive over to edwinstowe in mates Audi UR Quattro...it felt good to be able to overtake anything on the road on the way over.
The thing was stupidly quick, and even second gear was scary.
7 series bmw shot up behind me on a 40mph road and tried to barge past me when the road went to 60mph...bad idea..mwahahaha....floored the quattro and bye bye bmw

Anyone wanna pay my insurance if i buy one lol

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:39 pm

I know how you feel about being unsatisfied with your own car.

I've had my GTi 6months now and i'm just too used to the power. When i go out with my brother in his Type-R, i get pushed back into the seat and and the noise it makes is amazing. I took my mate out for a drive yesterday and was flooring it up to about 80mph and he was well impressed, but i felt like it was nothing.

I want more power but i love the shape and character of my polo, plus the fact i get to speak to you guys on the forum.

metz · Post by **metz** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:42 pm

I like uk-p loads but i think i may have to buy a coupe quattro next year...not turbo'd but still way faster than my polo will ever be.

I went to look at one before i got the polo and the only thing that stopped me buying it was the Â£1500 insurance premium. Maybe next year it will be more affordable
Also i'm trying to get my mate to come to curbrough with us so we can get his quattro on the track

hes having the bodywork done at the mo and is reluctant to take it with the tatty tornado pink paint.

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:51 pm

I got a Type R after having vw's since I could drive. They do make a fantastic noise @ 8500rpm but there will always something pleasing about the look/style of the Polo. I just picked up a mk3 GT for next to nothing so I'm lucky to have the best of both worlds now

Also means I can turn up to a polo show in a polo.

James.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:54 am

mmmmm

being a bit seduced by the looks of old audis right now

or maybe a mid 90s skoda or SEAT, seeing as they're related

still keeping it vw in spirit.. but power is nice

or, you could get a GT!
(or G40 THE SALOON!)

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:31 pm

Coming home today I was following an old biddy in a rover who did 25mph all the way through a mile and a half of 40 limit... first nice bit of straight I came to was just into the derestricted zone at the end of it, not a car in sight.. but on a very slight incline. Had to follow her all the way home because I didn't have the power to overtake

If I had the money for something more powerful, I think all I'd do is get a mk2 golf, 1.8 or GTi.. I love the whole old vw experience, but I agree, some power would be nice... along with big brakes, a servo, 5 doors, a bit of room inside, a well designed interior etc.. The only thing I have against golfs is that everyone has one.. but I'm sure I could live with that

CalvinGTI · Post by **CalvinGTI** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:56 pm

dont get a golf then !

Get a Polo gti GroovyCarrot ! LOL

There great, AND no-one really has them, ive only ever seen 3 others on the road, 2 black ones and a red one.

Mind you, people still call them golfs

*rolls eyez*

Calâ„¢

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:10 pm

I know what you mean. I'm driving everywhere in my saloon at the moment since the G is off the road.

It makes me feel like crying on the motorway when I floor it. By the time it's doing 70 I think "if I was in the G now I'd be doing about 130 by this point".

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:13 pm

CalvinGTI wrote:dont get a golf then !

Get a Polo gti GroovyCarrot ! LOL

There great, AND no-one really has them, ive only ever seen 3 others on the road, 2 black ones and a red one.

Mind you, people still call them golfs

*rolls eyez*

Calâ„¢

Yeah, I wouldn't mind one.. thing is, I prefer the older cars really. More DIY'able, and I think they tend to be a bit more interesting to drive, less perfect, more interesting little quirks

If there was such a thing as a mk2 coupe with a G40 engine and a nice spacious golf interior, I'd have it like a shot

CalvinGTI · Post by **CalvinGTI** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:39 pm

well my GTI will tide me over for the next 2 years, i promised myself i wasnt going to throw Grands at it, cos its simply not worth it.

After me Gti has been run into the ground haha im either getting an M3 Beemer or a Ferrari 348 TBs.

I know people will think Ferrari? yea right !! hah but there around Â£30k (same as M3) and ill have never made an insurance claim in my life. I dont understand why more people have got the 'now' cheaper Ferrari's

a 375bhp Ferrari would sound MINT to me

mwah But hey it might be a pipe dream, cos you just know that the insurance would KILL ya on a Ferrari, and then ud have to keep it utterly mint to hold its value etc etc.

So if i have to make do with an M3 Beemer, so be it :Â¬P i just hope the insurance isnt to severe !!

*sighs* lol

Calâ„¢

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:26 pm

thats why i like motorway downhills... woo! 3 figures!...... after clambering up the other side of the mountain hand-over-hand so it felt

groovy groovy groovy... dontcha know 25mph is 1st gear overtaking time with no limiter?

how about a mk2 golf with a reasonable engine (say regular 1.6)..?

Prash · Post by **Prash** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:45 pm

GroovyCarrot wrote: If I had the money for something more powerful, I think all I'd do is get a mk2 golf, 1.8 or GTi..

The mk2 gti's had 1.8litres engines, 8 and 16 valves, I initially though they had 2litres engines, just thought i'd let u know

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:02 pm

I know people will think Ferrari? yea right !! hah but there around Â£30k (same as M3) and ill have never made an insurance claim in my life. I dont understand why more people have got the 'now' cheaper Ferrari's

Well.. buying and insuring one isn't a pipe dream.. keeping it topped up with petrol and buying enough insanely expensive parts to keep it on the road when something major goes wrong every two months is a bit more of an issue

But still.. I think it'd be worth the challenge

The mk2 gti's had 1.8litres engines, 8 and 16 valves, I initially though they had 2litres engines, just thought i'd let u know

Yeah, I know, but there was also a 1.8 non-GTi golf.. one of my friends has one, first car, lucky git (17 with a group 12? eeeeee...). lovely machine, very powerful and "Golf GL" doesn't sound anything like as scary to an insurer as "Golf GTi"

groovy groovy groovy... dontcha know 25mph is 1st gear overtaking time with no limiter?

how about a mk2 golf with a reasonable engine (say regular 1.6)..?

Eeeee.. don't know about you, but personally I prefer my valves straight and my pistons in one well fitting piece

Problem with a golf is, even a 1.0 is an insurance group higher than my polo and is ridiculously underpowered, by the time you get to a 1.6 you're into group 9, which is hideous for an 18 year old with no NCB

After uni maybe... not until then.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:16 pm

that reminds me, need to get a cheque cut and posted for that AAU chip

if the 1.3 tales are anything to go by, 7000rpm rev limiter and much reduced top-end fall off, here we come

Prash · Post by **Prash** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:32 pm

Yeah, I know, but there was also a 1.8 non-GTi golf.. one of my friends has one, first car, lucky git (17 with a group 12? eeeeee...). lovely machine, very powerful and "Golf GL" doesn't sound anything like as scary to an insurer as "Golf GTi"

opps

, thanks for correcting me, must have just been an 8 valve version then ? was it the same engine just without the gti suspension etc ?