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Got one at last - Silver 2006

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VWKD:
For those interested.. I did a little drag race on a private dual carriage way on my way to drop the car off at the spay shop for colour coding the other night and....

We did 0-120 and I'd say the Mk5 Petrol GTI was about 5 meters ahead of the Mk4 TDI 150 nothing to shout about really, we then had a bit of cat and mouse for the next 20 miles to the spray shop and not a lot in it really the TDI was never gonna get past TFSI but not as clear cut as I'd of liked.  Think a new DV is called for to see if that makes any difference.

I'm not totally disappointed as I love the TDI and will miss it big time when it goes, the torque on it is truly phenomenal whether the PO had tinkered with it and it is running more than 150 is a possibility ... looks wise they don't compare IMO have always found the MK4 GTI a bit bland to look at and probably my least favourite of all the MK's and the MK5 possibly my fave though the Mk1 is hard to top. As a car to drive the TDI is really effortless, I've owned all previous  MK's in GTI form and they really don't compare driving wise they were possibly more fun but everytime I put my foot down in the TDI at 1000 revs in 4th and see how quick it picks up always brings a smile to my face.. it certainly made me a lazy driver and am taking time to adjust to the fun of petrol driving again and all those extra revs to play with and dropping into 3rd and letting rip :driver:


Have to say one of the main downers was that the Mk5 was showing 18.2mpg when we arrived at the spray shop and the TDI 41.2mpg good job the MK5 looks soooo sweet is all I can say :)

 

swf7y:
I think you need to remap the beast! Stage 1, no other mods... You'll love the extra power and torque and soon forget about the derv...  :driver:

Richn83:
That is suprising, might be worth getting the GTI logged to give it a health check, also what fuel are you running it on? is it 95 or 99 ron, as that could be making a difference as the TFSI is tuned to 200ps on 98 fuel and will pull timing back on 95 ron to avoid knock.  If the fuel and DV arent up to scratch that could explain the lack of performnace over the derv. but it could just be that the torque and a lighter car makes it near equal in drag race, but once you get into the twisties the longer rev range lighter front end and better chassis of the mk5 should make for a more interesting comparison.

alan_n:
looks tidy fella! got to love a silver mk5  :love:

VWKD:
Picked up car last night from Spray shop and  :love:

Need to get some decent pics rather than my rubbish phone ones but the Gloss black Zorst surround looks sweet.





Hopefully get some decent pics at the weekend weather permitting... I hate winter dark mornings and nights

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