johnhara1
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My bro has a Astra CDTi 150 and it is pretty quick, my mothers BMW 320D feels quicker to me though.
Had an indicated 140mph coming back from London last yr. The Merc i was racing beat me though lol
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scottyp1989
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Originally posted by mwg
Mine was fine before mapping also  I don't take it personally, it just baffles me as to how you come to that conclusion. I can see with the 1.9 PD TDI's cos they literally are on off with the power but not with the 2.0s 
i agree with this, my PD is all or nothing basically but the 2.0 in the A3 i drive is very good
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AndyKent
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My 1.9 PD isn't all or nothing
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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is it just nothing by any chance
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John
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None of the 1.9 PD's I've had have been all or nothing either, there isn't that much difference between the PD and the CR tbh.
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AndyKent
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Its nothing in first gear tbf, but after that goes pretty well.
Mapped now which is miles better, but even before that I'd never describe it as all or nothing.
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scottyp1989
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ye ok my choices of words were probly wrong but you know what i mean as you have one
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djgritt
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My old 2.0 PD 170 was fine, had perfectly useable power - drove the CR 140 as a courtesy car while mine was in for service and it felt pretty much the same albeit a bit slower and a bit smoother...
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Hammer
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Soooooo what would you class as a decent performance diesel nowadays for under 20k 
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mwg
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MK3 Golf 1.9D
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Mike GSi
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Has the new Saab been mentioned? the one with the new V6 Twin turbo diesel.
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AndyKent
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No, but then I don't think many would class a Saab as a performance car.
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Mike GSi
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We're not on the subject of performance cars though Never realised a Gold TDi was a performance car :s
The Saab has a high performance diesel engine hence why i suggested it.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
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Originally posted by antnee
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Yes.
Weighs less without the turbo etc.
17s to 60 compaired to 8.4! 97 top end to 134 for the MK4
Mk3 golf was the shittest ever made. Fact
Are you for real? the Mk3's were built a million times better than the Mk4's, and I'm speaking from a lot of experience from both myself and someone that runs a VW shop.
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Eck
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Originally posted by AndyKent
No, but then I don't think many would class a Saab as a performance car.
Yeah, because that is relevant in this performance diesel thread
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Fro
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Originally posted by Graham88
You have an Audi A3 don't you? Is it standard? I was referring more to Seats/Golfs etc I can imagine Audis are designed alot better, smoke out the back of a 30k car can't be good for business!
Engines are shared across the group.
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AndyKent
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Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by AndyKent
No, but then I don't think many would class a Saab as a performance car.
Yeah, because that is relevant in this performance diesel thread
TBF, he seemed to be making a serious suggestion, whilst the rest of us were just arguing
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John
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Originally posted by fro-dizzle
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Originally posted by Graham88
You have an Audi A3 don't you? Is it standard? I was referring more to Seats/Golfs etc I can imagine Audis are designed alot better, smoke out the back of a 30k car can't be good for business!
Engines are shared across the group.
So are most of the other parts.
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mwg
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is this still going
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
is this still going
Still don't know what car to buy 
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