Best Engine/Performance option between a 1.8 20v and 2.0 model ???

[AlanD]

Oh yeah, well reminded about the oil, the 2.0 has a bit of a thing for oil, keep her topped up.

[tailor_mike]

tend to go threw it like the diesels do
was surprised about the mpg, only tend to put 20's in at a time (tight b*stard)
put a tenner in her couple of days ago and only got 35 mile!
gutted:(
but to be honest i have been driving it a little hard, as its a new toy:)
cant believe the engine being cold matters, but ill take your word for it, give it a try as 35 to a tenner seems well crap, my boxster does at least 50+
whats a full tank come in at nowadays price wise

[AlanD]

Engine being cold has really affected my MPG. I don't take it over 2500 rpm until its a 90 anyway.

Yeah, its not the best for town driving, i struggle to get decent MPG while driving in town with traffic etc. Motorway run and sensible-ish driving will give me 32-35 which is fine by me.

[Lennon]

Like aland says the mpg is really bad when the engine is cold.  I think 34mpg is quoted as the average, and is actually bang on what mine is since the last time I reset it.

Just another note to keep an eye on the oil.  Mine seems to need filling up every 6 weeks or so and I don't do a huge amount of miles in that time.  Before I noticed how much it used I had the Oil Warning message come up and the car ran like crap for a week after.

[faisalgti]

tend to go threw it like the diesels do
was surprised about the mpg, only tend to put 20's in at a time (tight b*stard)
put a tenner in her couple of days ago and only got 35 mile!
gutted:(
but to be honest i have been driving it a little hard, as its a new toy:)
cant believe the engine being cold matters, but ill take your word for it, give it a try as 35 to a tenner seems well crap, my boxster does at least 50+
whats a full tank come in at nowadays price wise

Costs about 50 or just under for Vpower and around 45 for normal fuel. I was using Vpower till i found this forum and was told its pretty pointless using it every week.

35miles for a tenna is ridiculous and i know what you mean about you just getting it and 'testing' the car in the first week or so. What i did was waited till the testing period was over and when i was driving it like normal then i was seeing how much it was consuming.

Also the 300 or less i was getting was before i was letting her warm up properly, ive started that this week so ill see if it gets any better

[tailor_mike]

Yeh, hopefully should be gettting around 50 to a tenner when i chill out with that right foot of mine 

just thought id post some pics of my new ride, took them this morning before work and its not been cleaned yet, but you get the picture.
Will be cleaning and polishing it this sunday 







Heres my Weekend toy, another German ride

[AlanD]

Looking good, not a huge fan of them wheels, just so common and I'm bored of them now. You said your changing them though argent you?

[tailor_mike]

yeh, me either m8.
look a bit too bling for me, alright on the black coloured golfs but not anything else
going for a set of 19" RS6's, i know there still a bit common, but not really after modifying too heavy.
got to think come re sale time what other ppl may like.

[inch]

get a little more pwr if ya remove the throttlebody coolant line....

[Ashmond]

is that true? Never heard of that? Is it just true of the na'd ones?