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I'm currently on the look out for a Mk3 Golf estate diesel. These are very thin on the ground to say how common and throw away they once were. I used to have an AAZ TDI which I loved and shouldn't have got rid of. Are then non turbo diesels much worse than the TDI? Can you do anything with them to get a bit more power out of them?     |
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Davey
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Resident Tyre Nerd.
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Slow, otherwise reliable.
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus
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more likely to find a Mk4 and even then those are getting quite scarce.
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misteralz
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I may drive a Volkswagen, but I'm scene tax exempt!
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An SDI? They are absolutely woeful. I had one intermittently as a works van and it was borderline dangerous unladen. Fortunately the survey equipment I used was light! With a long run up you could hit an indicated 82mph. It ran on fresh air, but I'd rather walk.
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That's the predecessor to thr SDI badged engines, even slower.
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Yep seen that, I'm after a TDI!!!
But to me price is heavy on that to say it's been off the road for 12 years???
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May 10, 2024 13:06:15 GMT
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The non-turbo ones are astonishingly slow and not really any more economical.
They, and cars like them have become rare are they’ve all emigrated to Eastern Europe and West Africa as those guys know a solid workhorse when they see them.
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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May 13, 2024 11:03:46 GMT
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Shoot an offer at the company with the 1500 quider. Couple of my mates have bought a few bits from then under under the listed price, they are tight on space. Days of anything cheap are long gone unfortunately so £1500 doesnt shock me, especially if its standard and not messed with. Nothing worse than messing around with a car with cut springs and washers for camber for the sake of saving a few hundred.
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