which will you be buying next?

[ACID]

Be genuine...should be interesting to get a cross section of our community. try and give reasons as well please.

personally i have just bought a new seat leon 110bhp Tdi. Best of both worlds it's economical and i can still give it some welly when i want to

i know its a bit of a cheat adding Diesel & Turbo Diesel but i would have never bought a plain Diesel!

[Aido]

Have gone for petrol currently have a Megane cab but want to get an IS200 Sports next, went for a drive in a M3 the other day and very nice but couldn't afford the petrol for 300 miles a week

[norad97]

Sorry if i had my way i would have the Audi RS4 or RS6

See ya boy racers this is the daddy, forget ur M3, novas, subarus etc
This beats them all, failing that the Audi 2.5TDI would beat most motors, and in the tests when on the test track doing 135mph it was still giving 35MPG NICE!!!!!
Apparently u can get 155mph limited with only a slight mod of a chip and gives a nice 200+ bhp from ur diesel

Now thats wicked

Cheers
Richie

[molacka]

Well last week I got rid of a Mazda MX3 V6 cos it was costing a fortune in petrol (20-25 MPG) for an Audi A4 Quattro TDi (40-45 MPG).
The other reason for getting rid was my impending father hood and a need for more space in the car for pram, nappies, child seat, etc, etc.
Have to admit, I miss the acceleration, but not the stiffened sport suspension, used to feel every bump on the road.

[norad97]

hey molacka

Why dont u chip it then the acceleration would be better along with top speed and torque?

Also adding a performance free flow airfilter would help too

Still rather have a German diesel e.g VW/Audi then anyother around!! the most refine out

Cheers

Richie

[molacka]

I only got the car last week so I haven't had a chance to look into getting a chip fitted yet. I heard there was a boost adjuster which can improve off the mark performance, but I'm really more concerned with economy at the moment (and the wife bitches when I drive fast)
Anyway I'm happy with the car as it is at the moment as I haven't seen another Audi the same colour as mine (metalic neon green)

[Aido]

Originally posted by norad97
Sorry if i had my way i would have the Audi RS4 or RS6

One of the guys at work has an RS6 estate, scared the living shit out of me when we went out in that, no estate should be that fast...

[norad97]

yeah u know what i mean!!

LOL a m8 went to the local audi garage and test drove the RS6 he apparently came back litterally shaking and not literally but u know what i mean needing new underwhere, touching cloth lolol

Yep at 440BHP thats quick and apprently its weird cause when u drive it its how u put ur foot down is how wuick u go, sounds weid but when ur in a normal car u put ur foot down say half way and it takes a little bit before its upto the spead int he postion u got ur foot in, but with that its instant lol

hard to expalain but hopefully u catch my drift

Cheers

Richie

[norad97]

oh and here is the spec

Audi RS4 = 0-62 4.7secs top 155mph limited can get 180 no probs

Audi RS6 = 0-62 4.5secs top 155 mph limited can get 180 no probs +


quote for RS6
V8 spark-ignition engine, five-valve technology, biturbo, two light-alloy cylinder heads both with double overhead camshafts (DOHC), inlet camshaft adjustment, three inlet valves, two sodium-cooled exhaust valves

Bore
84.5 mm

Stroke
93 mm

Displacement
4.2 liters (4172 cc)

Compression Ratio
9.3:1

Cylinder block
N/A

Crankshaft
N/A

Cylinder head
Aluminum alloy

Valve Train
Roller cam followers with hydraulic compensation / 5 valves per cylinder

Turbochargers
Two turbochargers

Firing Order
N/A

Lubrication System
N/A

Cooling System
N/A

Fuel/Ignition System
N/A

Engine Management
Fully electronic sequential multipoint injection with air-mass measurement, mapped ignition with solid-state high-voltage distribution, camshaft adjustment, cylinder-bank selective exhaust-gas temperature control, coordinated torque control

Fuel Requirement
Unleaded Super Plus, 98 RON (95 RON with slight reduction in performance)

Emission System
Two air-gap-insulated tubular manifolds, two underbonnet primary catalytic converters, two underfloor main converters, cylinder-bank selective lambda control with two heated oxygen sensors

CO2 mass emission, g/km
N/A

Engine weight
N/A

Power
331 Kw / 460 horsepower @ 5700-6400 rpm

Torque
560 Nm @ 1,950 to 5,600 rpm

Max speed
250 km/h (governed)

Enough said

cheers

Richie

[Crossman]

It's got to be a Turbo Diesel for me...

I've been diddling with French Diesels\Turbo Diesels for about 4 years now and would not go back to a normally aspirated diesel.

I've had:

106 Diesel
205 Diesel
309 Turbo Diesel
306 HDI Turbo Diesel

and currently got a Citroen ZX Volcane TurboD tuned to about 110bhp, I know they can go further but that’s enough for me.

Just drove a BMW 330d the other day, that has to be the best all round car I have ever driven. Fast, luxurious, economical, refined... shame about the £17k price tag.

Next car will definitely be a direct injection turbo diesel, but it will be German, probably a 320d, 530d, A3 TDI or VW Golf GT TDI.

And of course diesels run on other cheaper fuels ;-)

Crossman.

[urbsy]

For day to day running I have a new 03 peugeot 206hdi.
I cant praise the car enough , 70 mpg and is quite nippy when it needs to be.
Beats the 53 mile to the tankfull that the modified evo does.

[coin-op]

Originally posted by urbanmiffs

Beats the 53 mile to the tankfull that the modified evo does.

Jaysus urbsy - how big is the tank (just to get an Idea of the MPG - like it really matters, that's why you have a day to day clanky)

[God is a DJ]

should be getting my first car in early july (proivding i pass my test) - petrol ford focus 1.6

DJ

[urbsy]

Originally posted by coin-op
Jaysus urbsy - how big is the tank (just to get an Idea of the MPG - like it really matters, that's why you have a day to day clanky)

If I was to say that you couldn't pour petrol down the drain faster then it uses it may give you some sort of idea m8

The figures are that it will hold about 52 litres , but I have never managed to get that much into the tank.

For the last week or so I have had use of a 355 (a sales car) and it is a lot better on fuel then the evo , but a bigger pig to drive.

urbsy

[kerrboy]

Originally posted by Crossman


and currently got a Citroen ZX Volcane TurboD tuned to about 110bhp, I know they can go further but that’s enough for me.

crossman, tell me more. thats what i'm running. just bought another one for spares so i'll have a spare engine to tinker with.

cheers

kerrboy

[Crossman]

Well,

If you don't have a Bosch injection pump then forget it, the Lucas ones are crap to say the least.

Alot of it is trial and error (best to avoid the error part ). There is a guide, I will try to find it, it is basically the same as what van akken (or whatever they are called) charge about £700 for, but they include an intercooler I believe.

The 3 main steps are; increase the boost pressure (not too much or bang goes your engine), tweak fuelling and a better air flow.

In my more imature days (still havn't grown up), I used to have a 205 with a 1.9 turbo diesel lump in it (tight squeeze with the intercooler on) and I had 121bhp out of that with a bigger intercooler, exhaust, air filter etc..., and there is a 306 doing the rounds with 135bhp or something so there is big room for performance increases, but I can't imagine the reliability being up to much at that power output. Even the 205 at 121bhp, it used to kick out a load of black smoke when you floored it, and I think the rings were shot when I got rid of it. Now all I want is something smooth, understated but a bit nippy... I've had it at 112bhp for 30,000 miles now and runs sweeter than when I bought it...


Crossman.