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Rich:
RS is stunning from the outside, the cheap plasticy interior kills it ! :sad1:

candy turbo:

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--- Quote from: Hurdy on September 13, 2009, 01:39:59 pm ---A remapped RS gets 340bhp and 397lbft straight off. It would be a close call between the two when both remapped as the ED30 is around 100kg lighter. Give the ED30 a DSG and I'd suspect thaat the ED30 would still be the quicker point to point car. :wink:

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Totally agree John (and with Poverty).. Sorry CandyTurbo..  :wink:
The RS has been timed in many different tests now and and evrytime it is putting down 0-100mph times of around 14 secs, which is sloooooow for 300bhp (even if it is 1467kgs). As an comparison, I had mine timed by the same Racelogic V Box they used and ran a 11.1 sec 0-100mph. So would love to see what a mapped/TBE'd RS would do, but I think it would still struggle to shake off a DSG equipped Ed30 with the same mods, not to mention a Stage 2+ equipped one. As it was still behind the Mountune ST at 130mph when tested in EVO mag and that is 40bhp down on the RS.  :confused:
But as for a mapped ED30 vs Standard RS,  if both drivers are equal, in a straight line (obviously) the Ed30 should have the legs with reasonable ease. Same power and over 100kgs difference tells you that..  :wink:
Lovely car though, especially in white.. Really lloking forward to see what these Pumabuild / Jam Sport / Dream Science cars do when timed. But until they run a 12 sec 1/4 at Pod, i'll sleep ok for now..  :signLOL:

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i m not a figures type i like a car for how it drives and feels , i dont want a dsg , i dont care how many tenths of a second to 60 quiker the car is all im saying is that a standard RS feels quicker than my mapped ed 30 with gears :wink:
and i agree the interior is pants , apart from the seats  :happy2:

candy turbo:
i ll ask my mate if he can make it to the next pod meet , that should be interesting  :grin:

jhtrophy:

--- Quote from: edd666999 on September 11, 2009, 01:28:48 pm ---after looking at the r26 myself before going for the golf, apart from the only colour available seeming to be asbo yellow at the moment they dont quite meet the image of a golf gti.

 i loved the seats in the r26, it has a LSD, after a map its 260bhp, xenon's are standard, along with cruise control AND its cheaper. But when you down the pub explaining this you feel like....had i bought the golf all i would have needed to say is, yea i drive a gti. :signLOL:
cheaper? how much is a golf? friend of mine paid 17 new, dont know where you lot get this mith from, yeah its cheap for what you get but not cheaper, as for explaining the image! sorry i may get slated for this but golf gtis are driven by reps!!!!cos there soft, ed 30 with map, brakes, suspension and diff is a golf! cant compare a gti to the meg, rant over.



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Sunglasses Ron:
Yeah I appreciate that you may not take into account a few tenths here and there regarding performance of a car and focus more and how it drives and feels mate, as that is the most important thing when chosing a car after all. All I was trying to explain was that you said in your previous posts that the RS was by no means slower than a mapped Ed30 and if anything faster. Yet when it has been tested the times tell a different story.
I agree not everyone is in to 1/4 mile, 0-100 times etc. But the clock doesn't lie and a second or two difference on either test is a big difference on the road and when I say that I don't mean one will disappear into the hoizon difference. But it can be different as in a fair few car lengths etc, like say the difference between a standard GTI and standard Ed30 for example.. :wink:

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