ADEY
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"Diesel is *****" (quote)God why did i get rid of my gti for a diesel....id rather be paying £40 a week for unleaded than £25 for deisel!!!
Oh well if you put it like that, I see what you are saying and now agree with you completely. I can only dream of having the debating skills and wit to match quotes such as the above and "Diesel is *****". You are clearly a motoring expert, and I bow to your superior knowledge.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit my friend. I don't like it Geoff. I have never proclaimed myself a motoring expert nor do I claim to have any 'superior knowledge'. I simply assert my beliefs.
To clarify: I hate diesel as it is a filthy repugnant fuel. Everytime I fill my wife's car up for her is something of an ordeal for me. The **** makes me gag. Diesel engines may have come along leaps and bounds within the past ten years but I still cannot abide the noise of diesel engines. I would rather make my presence unannounced when I arrive home in the evening instead of sounding like a Hackney waiting for a fare outside. Perhaps they may be more slightly more economical if driven with a light foot, but I believe that small turbo charged petrol engines are better.
By the way, the Audi performance figures for the 1.4TFSi and the 2.0 Taxi 140 are identical.
Yes, sorry, I forgot to take into account that you are basing your opinions on your experiences in a third-world country.
I don't suppose things are much better in Turkey either.
very good... who needs diesel? I can get 30mpg or close if I drive sensibly... but the car was made to enjoy... so heck with it! lolol
Pedro
I was always surprised at how Diesel-like my old A4 2.0t FSI sounded on idle.
Diesel is the future.
I'm thinking hydrogen power may outlive diesel, but agree that of late diesels whip the @rse out of the average petrol.
If you ever listen to a multi cylinder petrol its like music out of the tail pipes
If you ever listen to a multi cylinder petrol its like music out of the tail pipes
You think that the 4 pot petrol engines ( 4 is multi ) out there sound like music is coming out of their tail pipes? Jesus what kind of music do you like.
I don't understand why more people aren't buying this thing. It's brilliant.
http://www.whatcar.co.uk/car-review-performance.aspx?RT=583&ED=52912&U=0
Ever thought that they might not want one? lol!I don't understand why more people aren't buying this thing. It's brilliant.
Because then it would have been too close to the 2.0TFSi
The 2.0T is £3K more expensive the than the 1.4T so its hardly a small amount of money. Then by your logic a S3 is 'not far from paying the price of a 2.0T' as the different is almost the same. There is more to owning a car than just paying for the cost of it, theres insurance, road tax, service cost, fuel cost etc to consider in the long run and you are looking quite alot of money over the span of 2-3 years or however long you plan to keep the car for to maintain and run the car. I myself opted for the 1.4T when I can comfortably afford the 2.0T because I intend it for running around town where there will be alot stop/start and low speed driving, we have a A4 2.0T for other things.
From Audi's point of view they are trying to keep their prestige pricing so if you cant afford a £17k Audi, you would probably want to start looking at VW and Seats instead. Their engine profile designed so that engines dont overlap each other so create more distinction between the different engines. You have the 1.4T 125bhp, 1.8T 160bhp and the 2.0T 200bhp, you can clearly see the performance gap between each engine, the 1.4T cab easily do 150+bhp as proven by the upcoming A1 and the 1.8T will do 200bhp with a remap. If Audi was to tune the 1.4T to 150bhp or create a 1.6T which would probably have near 150+bhp then suddenly the 1.8T would seem reduntant and pointless.
So there are perfectly good reasons why people would choose smaller engine cars even if they can afford the higher spec'd engine.
Correct! This is why i opted for a 2.0TFSI quattro s-line rather than an S3. The S3 was in my price range but i just don't want the insurance costs and general running bills of owning one right now.
Looking at the mods he has planned, I guess he'd still be doing them even if he had bought an S3, so it has saved him money.
Bowfer how's the Beemer running? Are you happy with it? Do you find those big 19'' wheels make the ride uncomfy?