MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: suave on January 27, 2012, 09:10:58 pm

Title: Power retention?
Post by: suave on January 27, 2012, 09:10:58 pm

After reading recent thread about driving your car very little is it also a case of the GTI losing power as it gets older?

Does a higher mileage example not have it's initial/intended bhp and does it lose performance?

I do tend to keep my Golfs a few years and tot the miles up with daily driver.

Thanks

Title: Re: Power retention?
Post by: Nodz on January 27, 2012, 09:22:32 pm

Mines an 05plate GTI on 64k and was running 194.7bhp on the rolling road in October so mine hasn't lost anything at all. Got another one in 2 weeks so find out if there's any difference then

Title: Re: Power retention?
Post by: suave on January 27, 2012, 09:25:23 pm

Glad to hear - mine is also 05 and I hope it's still fit as yours.

Btw your rear badge looks great - is it colour coded??

Title: Re: Power retention?
Post by: ukdub on January 27, 2012, 10:00:17 pm

Mines an 05 plate as well with over 115k on the clock,  last time on the RR it made 340bhp.  So ive gained 140bhp over the last 7 years :laugh:  Still on the original clutch as well  :happy2:

Title: Re: Power retention?
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on January 27, 2012, 10:32:30 pm

A properly maintained / looked after GTI engine should live to see big mileage (probably 200+k miles). Only when the mileage gets up there do you need to worry about losing power.  :happy2:

Title: Re: Power retention?
Post by: Nodz on January 28, 2012, 02:48:36 pm

Quote from: suave on January 27, 2012, 09:25:23 pm

Glad to hear - mine is also 05 and I hope it's still fit as yours.

Btw your rear badge looks great - is it colour coded??

Thanks :happy2: Yeah it's the later style MK5 one which I took apart and sprayed.

It should be, as said above as long as its looked after all should be fine