Just bought a GTI - is it chipped?

[Poached]

But mr egbutt nosher seems to have a long standing vendetta against the steering arrangement, perhaps he'd like a golf with a ships wheel with some chains running to a rudder?

I've noticed a recurring theme with Egbutt's views on the Gti too! I'm wondering why he is even on the forum, as it is named golfgtiforum.co.uk and yet he seems to hate the damn things....

To be fair I don't have many good things to say about the Mk6 golf and I'm still here 

I think the mk5 GTI with DSG is a great blend of shopping car / commuter / fun in an affordable package.

On paper the MK6 is surely the engine to go for in comparison to TFSI...but I agree performance/price ratio is better with MK5 GTI.

The MK6 prices are falling though.

[gogzyb]

Hi all,

I contacted the previous owner of the Golf GTI, who advised that he had it remapped by Revo to 241bhp and 358Nm of torque... that explains why it goes like sh*t off a shovel!

I timed my 0-60 at 6.1 secs on the first run and 6.0 secs on the second and at Craig airfield, I accelerated from 0-100mph in 10.4 secs - these figures seem astonishing for a remapped bog standard GTI!

I'll put some pics up, because I also found out the Recaro bucket seats that are in my car are very rare and were a £1,500 optional extra when the car was new.

So on the basis of the above, I would strongly recommend Revo as an outfit to remap your car!

[MS1COYS]

Hi all,

I contacted the previous owner of the Golf GTI, who advised that he had it remapped by Revo to 241bhp and 358Nm of torque... that explains why it goes like sh*t off a shovel!

I timed my 0-60 at 6.1 secs on the first run and 6.0 secs on the second and at Craig airfield, I accelerated from 0-100mph in 10.4 secs - these figures seem astonishing for a remapped bog standard GTI!

I'll put some pics up, because I also found out the Recaro bucket seats that are in my car are very rare and were a £1,500 optional extra when the car was new.

So on the basis of the above, I would strongly recommend Revo as an outfit to remap your car!

That explains a lot. Although I'm very surprised at the 0-100mph time, my Gti is nearing 300bhp and only managed 0-100mph in 10.66 seconds.

 

[Rhyso]

The MK6 is hampered by crap engine management which makes it awkward to tune tidy 

[dTEA]

Hi all,

I contacted the previous owner of the Golf GTI, who advised that he had it remapped by Revo to 241bhp and 358Nm of torque... that explains why it goes like sh*t off a shovel!

I timed my 0-60 at 6.1 secs on the first run and 6.0 secs on the second and at Craig airfield, I accelerated from 0-100mph in 10.4 secs - these figures seem astonishing for a remapped bog standard GTI!

I'll put some pics up, because I also found out the Recaro bucket seats that are in my car are very rare and were a £1,500 optional extra when the car was new.

So on the basis of the above, I would strongly recommend Revo as an outfit to remap your car!

  result!! n those seats are seriously lush.

[Hurdy]

Hi all,

I contacted the previous owner of the Golf GTI, who advised that he had it remapped by Revo to 241bhp and 358Nm of torque... that explains why it goes like sh*t off a shovel!

I timed my 0-60 at 6.1 secs on the first run and 6.0 secs on the second and at Craig airfield, I accelerated from 0-100mph in 10.4 secs - these figures seem astonishing for a remapped bog standard GTI!

I'll put some pics up, because I also found out the Recaro bucket seats that are in my car are very rare and were a £1,500 optional extra when the car was new.

So on the basis of the above, I would strongly recommend Revo as an outfit to remap your car!

That explains a lot. Although I'm very surprised at the 0-100mph time, my Gti is nearing 300bhp and only managed 0-100mph in 10.66 seconds.

 

Gogzyb, that makes your car 60-100mph in 4.4seconds!!!

That is unbelievably fast, especially considering that my 379bhp/500nm 4WD, DSG car only does 0-60mph in 3.9 seconds and yet only manages the 60-100mph in 4.9 seconds!!

Your power to weight is around 172bhp/ton given a weight of 1,400kg

Mine power to weight is 250bhp/ton given its known weight of 1,520kg

[MS1COYS]

Hi all,

I contacted the previous owner of the Golf GTI, who advised that he had it remapped by Revo to 241bhp and 358Nm of torque... that explains why it goes like sh*t off a shovel!

I timed my 0-60 at 6.1 secs on the first run and 6.0 secs on the second and at Craig airfield, I accelerated from 0-100mph in 10.4 secs - these figures seem astonishing for a remapped bog standard GTI!

I'll put some pics up, because I also found out the Recaro bucket seats that are in my car are very rare and were a £1,500 optional extra when the car was new.

So on the basis of the above, I would strongly recommend Revo as an outfit to remap your car!

That explains a lot. Although I'm very surprised at the 0-100mph time, my Gti is nearing 300bhp and only managed 0-100mph in 10.66 seconds.

 

Gogzyb, that makes your car 60-100mph in 4.4seconds!!!

That is unbelievably fast, especially considering that my 379bhp/500nm 4WD, DSG car only does 0-60mph in 3.9 seconds and yet only manages the 60-100mph in 4.9 seconds!!

Your power to weight is around 172bhp/ton given a weight of 1,400kg

Mine power to weight is 250bhp/ton given its known weight of 1,520kg

You beat me to it. My 60-100mph is 5.36 seconds. So I'm somewhat dubious of these times, but either way sounds like an epic car.