3 Grand to spend, what would you do?

[barrym381]

or buy an early s3 

[GTi_James]

or mine for £2500 had a lot of work done to it to get it back to its former glory so that theres a solid base for mods, haven't done much to it but you'll get a smoother rear bumper thrown in for free lol

[Prawny]

 i've done enough trackdays, Nurburgring etc to know that I'll get more enjoyment from a torquey motor than one that has 300bhp and will do 150+mph.

Mate, you sound like a former petrol head that's just given up, laid down, and died.

I can't possibly see how a 300lbft soot chucker could ever give you more enjoyment than a petrol turbo car.

No offense to the tdi tuners out there, but a stage 1 1.8T with 210bhp / 250lbft  (nothing more than a £250 map) is going to be a far faster car, and far more enjoyable to drive than a mapped PD150 with 190bhp and 300lbft.

It's not all about peak figures, it's about delivery too. a 300lbft tdi has it all in one big lump then it jsut dies straight off again, no revs, no nice sound, just a quick poke then you're changing gear again.

Diesel is for agriculture and heavy haulage, petrol is for enjoyment.

Sounds like you've forgotten that

[Reesy23]

 i've done enough trackdays, Nurburgring etc to know that I'll get more enjoyment from a torquey motor than one that has 300bhp and will do 150+mph.

Mate, you sound like a former petrol head that's just given up, laid down, and died.

I can't possibly see how a 300lbft soot chucker could ever give you more enjoyment than a petrol turbo car.

No offense to the tdi tuners out there, but a stage 1 1.8T with 210bhp / 250lbft  (nothing more than a £250 map) is going to be a far faster car, and far more enjoyable to drive than a mapped PD150 with 190bhp and 300lbft.

It's not all about peak figures, it's about delivery too. a 300lbft tdi has it all in one big lump then it jsut dies straight off again, no revs, no nice sound, just a quick poke then you're changing gear again.

Diesel is for agriculture and heavy haulage, petrol is for enjoyment.

Sounds like you've forgotten that

For once prawn talks sense. a 1.8T with a k03 hybrid/k04/k04 hybrid (all within budget including supporting mods) will make close to/above/quite a bit above 300lbft of torque and you also get the bhp to go with it later in the rev range. Unless you plan of doing endurance stints at track days, dervs are no good.

[Prawny]

For once prawn talks sense.

What do you mean 'for once' you cheeky fecking youth!!!!

[asboGTI]

or buy an early 1.8t audi a3 quattro so you can run silly ppower and not have to do a haldex conversion 

[harlemex]

trouble then is, it technically speaking, wont be a golf 

[GTi_James]

trouble then is, it technically speaking, wont be a golf 

...yup, logically sound on that one 

[asboGTI]

trouble then is, it technically speaking, wont be a golf 

...yup, logically sound on that one 

Fine stick with a golf and struggle to keep the power down  jokes nah either way they are fun csrs

[golfyste]

For once prawn talks sense.

What do you mean 'for once' you cheeky fecking youth!!!!