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General => General discussion => Topic started by: alikit on 07 January 2005, 10:15

Title: GTi vs TDi
Post by: alikit on 07 January 2005, 10:15

Hi,

Always loved golf and am now going to get one  :smiley:. Looking at the MK3 5dr models, and just want to know the differences between the GTi 8v and TDi versions....

Ali

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: mrwotto on 07 January 2005, 10:19

think they put out about the same power mate, and therefore will have similar performance, the main advantage of the tdi will obviously be economy.

Hope this helps a bit!

paul

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: gibby on 07 January 2005, 10:39

I think the GTi will have more spec to it as opposed to the TDi, I always thought that the TDi mk3 was just a diesel golf rather than a diesel GTi (if you get what I mean) as it seems the diesels started to get badged as GTi's on the mk4 e.g the PD150's. I will say this though, I once followed a mk3 TDi home one night out of Leeds and I have to say it was very smokey but it couldn't half shift !  :grin:

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: alikit on 13 January 2005, 22:03

Thanks muchly for the info - am now looking for a mk3 diesel tdi - but man are they rare, only one on ebay and its a bit beaten up, and none in autotrader - anyone suggest anywhere else to look?

Cheers! Ali

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: gibby on 14 January 2005, 11:23

You could try the classifieds on performance vw and the golf + websites  :undecided:

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: piggy on 14 January 2005, 11:45

Could try www.fish4.co.uk which has all of the local classified ads from various local papers.

It's better than having to buy all the local rags  :smiley:

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: alikit on 16 January 2005, 01:02

Cheers for the tips  :kiss:

Have been looking around lots and I keep seeing people advertising CL TDi and GL TDi's, now I'm pretty sure that these are only TD's, but can I find anywhere online that lets me know the specs of these cars - can anyone help me please - either knowledge of the specs, or somewhere that might say....I would be eternally grateful  :smiley:

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: DubFan on 16 January 2005, 04:07

Anyone remember seeing Fifth Gear about a year ago when they took a Mk3 TDI and put in a 50Bhp Nitrous kit?

It really moved well, and then they gave it away in a competition.

Title: Re: GTi vs TDi
Post by: frosticles on 21 January 2005, 21:35

Just go for the MK4. Makes so much sense and is wickedly FAST.............. :grin: