New PB, but is at a WR???

[Ryan90GTI]

Challenge accepted....

We have a winner! Is that in a GTi?

[itavaltalainen]

Nah! That was my old GTD, DSG though.

[Exonian]

That's from a car that can still do 0-60 in 7.6 seconds and 140+ mph - pretty incredible what these modern cars are capable of really.

Good to hear the Polo has been restored back to former glory 

After reading Brenbo’s post from today it got me pondering whilst cutting the grass this afternoon that as you say there, it’s amazing what these modern cars can do.

Brenbo’s post reminded me of why I still tend to drive with average fuel consumption on the MFD much of the time if I’m just ambling around. It’s a habit instilled in my younger life driving mk1 and mk2 GTIs when the MFD (or MFI back then) was a novelty for that class of car which was gestated during the 70’s fuel crisis.
It was a curiosity back then to flick through watching the oil get up to temp (the oil temps the modern GTIs run at would have instilled panic back then!) and see the sometimes wildly optimistic fuel consumption from the journey.
Old habits die hard.

But as Sootchucker says, these modern cars are amazing on fuel for their performance.
My old mk2 GTIs with just 112bhp in a lightish shell would average low to mid thirties running four star in mixed driving, and the VR6’s I had (which were very well run in second hand examples as there was no way I could have afforded a new one back then) with 174bhp(?) never got near 30mpg unless on a deliberate economy run.
So Mrs N’s Polo 150 TSI above has half the cubic capacity, a very similar 0-60 time to the 2.8 litre mk3 Golf and double the fuel economy yet weighs more I expect!

300PS 4WD Golfs were the stuff dreams were made of back then, the best we could do was hope to one day afford a ur-quattro...

[Jim_mk7.5]

That's from a car that can still do 0-60 in 7.6 seconds and 140+ mph - pretty incredible what these modern cars are capable of really.

But as Sootchucker says, these modern cars are amazing on fuel for their performance.
My old mk2 GTIs with just 112bhp in a lightish shell would average low to mid thirties running four star in mixed driving, and the VR6’s I had (which were very well run in second hand examples as there was no way I could have afforded a new one back then) with 174bhp(?) never got near 30mpg unless on a deliberate economy run.
So Mrs N’s Polo 150 TSI above has half the cubic capacity, a very similar 0-60 time to the 2.8 litre mk3 Golf and double the fuel economy yet weighs more I expect!

300PS 4WD Golfs were the stuff dreams were made of back then, the best we could do was hope to one day afford a ur-quattro...

My mate had a '97 VR6 back in the day which he got when it was about a year or so old, I can remember going with him to collect it - what a car back then, facelift 3dr manual in Dragon green with optional Recaro seats and climatronic. He swapped it after a few years for a Mk4 4 Motion which was pretty disappointing sound wise and not as fun to drive.

[Exonian]

My mate had a '97 VR6 back in the day which he got when it was about a year or so old, I can remember going with him to collect it - what a car back then, facelift 3dr manual in Dragon green with optional Recaro seats and climatronic. He swapped it after a few years for a Mk4 4 Motion which was pretty disappointing sound wise and not as fun to drive.

Ahh, my second VR6 was a Dragon Green facelift. Though mine was just standard spec and had done loads of miles when I got it. I was covering minimal mileage at the time so it made sense to buy a highish mileage car, clean it back up to make it look new again, perform a few mods to keep me entertained then sell it when another project came along.
This Dragon VR6 was by far the highest mileage one I’d ever bought though!
It was bought off Andrew from Volkswizard and was very tidy but he’d had trouble shifting it on so was quite cheap.

After a while I went try a mk4 V6 4Mo and came away very disappointed. It totally lacked any character despite promising an awful lot on paper. Fast but sterile and had to be really wound up to make it go fast.
I ended up buying a 2001 Leon Cupra 1.8T instead (picked up a mint 2 year old one in Imperial Blue) which was a far better drivers car than VW GTI’s etc of that time and supplemented it with a mk2 Golf GTI 16v.

My first VR6 was an early one in Windsor Blue with the hideous blue interiors of the time! I never really gelled with that car for some reason but it carried a lot of kudos in its day. I much preferred the Polo G40 I had prior to that which was huge fun.
The first VR6 got sold when I had a massive increase in mileage when my grandmother was terminally ill and I had regular 240 mile round trips, so that led on to my first foray into TDI tuning which was a new thing back in 1998!
The TDI was replaced by a mk2 Golf GTI 8V when my mileage dropped to bugger all again and that led to on the Dragon Green VR6 when I managed to contract glandular fever which put me out of action for ages and was unable to manage the heavy non assisted steering on the mk2 GTI.

[Jim_mk7.5]

My mate had a '97 VR6 back in the day which he got when it was about a year or so old, I can remember going with him to collect it - what a car back then, facelift 3dr manual in Dragon green with optional Recaro seats and climatronic. He swapped it after a few years for a Mk4 4 Motion which was pretty disappointing sound wise and not as fun to drive.

Ahh, my second VR6 was a Dragon Green facelift. Though mine was just standard spec and had done loads of miles when I got it. I was covering minimal mileage at the time so it made sense to buy a highish mileage car, clean it back up to make it look new again, perform a few mods to keep me entertained then sell it when another project came along.
This Dragon VR6 was by far the highest mileage one I’d ever bought though!
It was bought off Andrew from Volkswizard and was very tidy but he’d had trouble shifting it on so was quite cheap.

After a while I went try a mk4 V6 4Mo and came away very disappointed. It totally lacked any character despite promising an awful lot on paper. Fast but sterile and had to be really wound up to make it go fast.
I ended up buying a 2001 Leon Cupra 1.8T instead (picked up a mint 2 year old one in Imperial Blue) which was a far better drivers car than VW GTI’s etc of that time and supplemented it with a mk2 Golf GTI 16v.

My first VR6 was an early one in Windsor Blue with the hideous blue interiors of the time! I never really gelled with that car for some reason but it carried a lot of kudos in its day. I much preferred the Polo G40 I had prior to that which was huge fun.
The first VR6 got sold when I had a massive increase in mileage when my grandmother was terminally ill and I had regular 240 mile round trips, so that led on to my first foray into TDI tuning which was a new thing back in 1998!
The TDI was replaced by a mk2 Golf GTI 8V when my mileage dropped to bugger all again and that led to on the Dragon Green VR6 when I managed to contract glandular fever which put me out of action for ages and was unable to manage the heavy non assisted steering on the mk2 GTI.

A fair old history you have! VR6 sounded so good, my mate fitted an induction kit to his and the noise was unbelievable. Always wanted a G40 Polo, my first car was a J Reg Polo Coupe, unfortunately in a horrible green with a 1.0 engine and less than 50bhp! Adding some15" Corrado wheels didn't help the acceleration 

[jv]

Exon is such a VW fanboy! Great history 
No pictures included though 

[Exonian]

A fair old history you have! VR6 sounded so good, my mate fitted an induction kit to his and the noise was unbelievable. Always wanted a G40 Polo, my first car was a J Reg Polo Coupe, unfortunately in a horrible green with a 1.0 engine and less than 50bhp! Adding some15" Corrado wheels didn't help the acceleration 

That barely scratches the surface of my car history!

What size tyres did you run to squeeze 15” wheels on a Polo of that generation? 

I had Calypso Green Polo GT of the same age which I ran as a second car for years. I bought it off a mate for £600, his wife had owned it from new. No mods on that car though.
Ok, I put a Momo steering wheel in it but other than that...

Exon is such a VW fanboy! Great history 
No pictures included though 

My car history could have a forum of its own!

Pics? Nah, I learnt from the best!   

[king monkey]

I’ll throw my mpg hat into the ring. Nothing like yours. Drive from Manchester to Suffolk. Car was packed to the rafters too so very pleased. 500 mile range too!

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[Exonian]

I’ll throw my mpg hat into the ring. Nothing like yours. Drive from Manchester to Suffolk. Car was packed to the rafters too so very pleased. 500 mile range too!

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Some of those random ad links after postimage photos don’t half make me smile.

Good effort on the MPG btw, not bad in an R