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Blade,s Polo GTi 180 DSG
Sunglasses Ron:
--- Quote from: Janner_Sy on January 29, 2011, 11:49:52 pm ---not when they should buy the flag ship model instead. Buy a GTI for 20k add £500 remap and have R32/ed30 performance. Would cost you alot more to buy the R32. Same with the diesel guys, why pay extra for a CR170, when a CR140 will hit nearly 190hp with a £350 remap.
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It's all relative though Sy.. As you map the CR170 and get more than a mapped CR140.. I for one was drawn in to VAG cars by the fact that they were so tunable and generally understimate their power claims. Unlike Renault, Ford etc who struggle to actually make their claimed power.
Kind of glad I didn't opt for the S3 now, as I would have been pulling my hair out waiting for Revo to crack the new software.. :signLOL:
Sunglasses Ron:
--- Quote from: Rich on February 13, 2011, 08:00:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: RedRobin on January 30, 2011, 12:00:37 am ---
--- Quote from: Janner_Sy on January 29, 2011, 11:49:52 pm ---
not when they should buy the flag ship model instead. Buy a GTI for 20k add £500 remap and have R32/ed30 performance. Would cost you alot more to buy the R32. Same with the diesel guys, why pay extra for a CR170, when a CR140 will hit nearly 190hp with a £350 remap.
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....Of course. I should have realised this.
:happy2:
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Maybe also to prevent more warrenty issues ?
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Could be Rich, but most of the parts that are affected when mapping a car, are consumable parts (clutch, tyres, brakes etc). So not covered by warranty anyway..
--- Quote from: Janner_Sy on February 13, 2011, 07:45:53 pm ---got some performance figures for you here from EVO
no bad considering the others are more powerful by 11-30hp!! takes the mini up until 80mph before its extra 30hp allows it to beat the Polo. they should really have compared it to the normal Coop S though and not the Cooper S JCW
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Poor show from the VXR there.. :surprised: Thought they were quicker than that? :confused:
rdfcpete:
On paper those are very very respectable stats from a car like the Polo :happy2:
It seems to take a lot for a VAG car to impress Evo in terms of stars of late, although I'm a self confessed avid reader of theirs.
Sunglasses Ron:
From what I can gather, those times were done in the wet..
Janner_Sy:
that is true. Reading the review all the times were in the wet. They also said it would be easier to replicate that performance in the DSG as its idiot proof. With a manual you can easily feck it up in the wet.
They werent impressed with the polo in the wet for handling in comparison to the others, however were much happier with its dry handling in comparison
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