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  • 14-08-2008 2:07pm
    #1
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭


    have a 02 reg gt tdi vw golf, 130bhp remapped to 170 bhp
    not happy with cars performance and a lot going wrong with it that i want to change....
    any ideas on what to go for next, want to stay diesel and only want to pay around E 15,0000. want to stay vw though.... cheers in advance


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  • #2
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,122 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    '05 / '06 Mk V 2.0 140BHP diesel with DSG. 4-motion would be great if you can find one. Remap it.

    Huge improvement on your car in every way

    Lotus Elan turbo for sale:

    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/lotus-elan-turbo/38336785

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  • #3
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    minxie1 wrote: »
    have a 02 reg gt tdi vw golf, 130bhp remapped to 170 bhp
    not happy with cars performance and a lot going wrong with it that i want to change....
    any ideas on what to go for next, want to stay diesel and only want to pay around E 15,0000. want to stay vw though.... cheers in advance

    I presume you meant one less zero on that figure.
    You're limiting yourself to staying with VW diesel. You know yourself what's out there, why ask?


  • #4
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    Seat Ibiza Cupra TDI PD 160 maybe?
    http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/638757.htm


  • #5
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    Or a nice Anniversary Golf PD150
    http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/548611.htm
    http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/634522.htm


  • #6
    victor1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭victor1


    mazda rx8 either comfort 190bhp of exclusive 231bhp
    toyota celica vvtL 190bhp
    had/have driven both-excellent cars


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  • #7
    cjt156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    And, co-incidentally, both VW diesels...


  • #8
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    Not sure of your budget but this is nice too...
    http://vagdrivers.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=18069


  • #9
    Money Shot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Money Shot


    minxie1 wrote: »
    , want to stay diesel and want to stay vw though....

    Why would you want to stay VW if the your current VW is giving you so much trouble ? That would be my cue to try something different. IMO, VW aint all that anyway.


  • #10
    voxpop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭voxpop


    it will be pretty tough to get a sportier diesel that is also a VW for your budget. A passat will be slower than the golf and a mkV will be too expensive. Think your left with another 130 or 150 MkIv Golf - maybe slightly newer reg.


  • #11
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    unkel wrote: »
    '05 / '06 Mk V 2.0 140BHP diesel with DSG. 4-motion would be great if you can find one. Remap it.

    Huge improvement on your car in every way
    how much would you pay for one of these...
    another question can i take chip out of car that i have and use on another???


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  • #12
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    Biro wrote: »
    I presume you meant one less zero on that figure.
    You're limiting yourself to staying with VW diesel. You know yourself what's out there, why ask?
    yes sorry meant E15,000
    i know whats out there, just looking for peoples opinions.
    would like another vw but if somethinh takes my eye, who knows


  • #13
    siralfalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭siralfalot


    this will look better than any equivalent VW, be faster and more powerful than any equivalent VW, be just as easy on Diesel as any equivalent VW, be just as, if not more reliabable as any equivalent VW, and most importantly, half the price of any equivalent VW

    its a no brainer!! :p


  • #14
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    siralfalot wrote: »
    this will look better than any equivalent VW, be faster and more powerful than any equivalent VW, be just as easy on Diesel as any equivalent VW, be just as, if not more reliabable as any equivalent VW, and most importantly, half the price of any equivalent VW

    its a no brainer!! :p
    aint it lovely.....:)


  • #15
    siralfalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭siralfalot


    minxie1 wrote: »
    aint it lovely.....:)

    seriously, it is. I've met Ken, the owner and been in the car, its ICE system is amazing and it has some fantastic upgrades. if i could get herselfs 01 Bravo sold, I'd have it on the drive beside my own, I would then have the 2 best specced 2.4 156s in the country :D;)


  • #16
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    siralfalot wrote: »
    seriously, it is. I've met Ken, the owner and been in the car, its ICE system is amazing and it has some fantastic upgrades. if i could get herselfs 01 Bravo sold, I'd have it on the drive beside my own, I would then have the 2 best specced 2.4 156s in the country :D;)
    ICE system??? am afraid i have no idea what this is......:(


  • #17
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    Either of my suggestions interest you?

    ICE = In Car Entertainment


  • #18
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Did he drop the price of that Alfa by around 6k?! If anyone wants to buy my 156 1.6 from me for 7-8K I'd be on that in a flash! Magnificant car and engine.


  • #19
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    fletch wrote: »
    Either of my suggestions interest you?

    ICE = In Car Entertainment
    thanks fletch.. learned something new...:)
    dont like the look of the seat,(sorry):(
    have been looking at a few highlines on the net some are going for ridiculous prices!!!:eek:
    not many 130 bhps around. not looking into imports at all. issues regarding 2nd hand warranties over here...


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