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Golf 1.6tdi dsg

  • 30-04-2013 8:57pm
    #1
    blingrhino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭


    Looking at one of these for the mrs and just wondering would it be very slow . ?I.e auto and a 1.6.105bhp I presume ?2011.
    I've heard they are a great auto .


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  • #2
    Matthewjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Matthewjohn


    It would be a little slow but it does depend on what your used to.


  • #3
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    We have a 1.6tdi 105 in an octavia manual and its not slow not fast either I wouldn't really consider it underpowered. The dsg is not like a conventional auto and so it shouldn't make it any slower than a manual. I suppose it also depends what car your coming from as you may consider it very fast or slow when comparing it to your current car.


  • #4
    blingrhino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭blingrhino


    520d


  • #5
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    blingrhino wrote: »
    520d

    It's going to fell slow tbh with you coming from a 520d. Good difference in power there. The 1.6 has adequate power that's it its not fast. Put can comfortably travel along at 120kph and drive normally I think the main place you would find a big difference is overtaking. You could always test drive one and see what you think.


  • #6
    Foxhole Norman
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    I can't see why you'd ever want to go from a 520D to a 1.6 Golf. The 1.6 is grand for typical driving but I found the 1.9 (same HP and pulls a bit better in the mid range revs) to be sluggish when attempting to overtake at around 90-100Kph, it certainly won't have anywhere near the same pull the 5er has.


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  • #7
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,712 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    I delivered an A3 1.6Tdi S-Tronic to a customer last week. Same engine/gearbox combo as the Golf 1.6Tdi DSG.

    It's pretty nippy a low ish speeds, so fine around town. Didn't feel a massive amount slower than my 520d, but it was only a short journey and max speed around 60 km/h.

    Where it will lose out big time to the 520 is acceleration from higher (motorway) speeds. The 5 still has plenty left in the tank, but you could tell the 1.6Tdi was beginning to run out of steam at higher speeds.


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