was about to join the A130 dual carrigeway tonight on the way back from work but had to stop at the lights, i was going to come in on the right and there was a little chav in his pug 106 GTi beside me. normally the pug would be a good challenge on my Mk1 so i thought i'd see how the turbo compares. we come off the lights together and i'm hardly pressing the accelerator and already starting to outrun the pug, i eventually get bored and kick it all the way down in second and smack it into 3rd and i'm cracking 100mph in no time, look in the mirror and i could barely see the pug! damn this thing is quick! i love it!!! :-D
damn i love this turbo thing :)
Oct 27, 2004
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work but had to stop at the
his pug 106 GTi beside
how the turbo compares. we
already starting to outrun
smack it into 3rd and i'm
pug! damn this thing is
Just go careful in it!
Peter
-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."
that was careful :)
actually that's the only time i put my boot down all day! went out at lunch and around town it feels to damn quick! so tend to just tape the accelerator between gears :)
lunch and around town it feels
How responsive is it off boost? Or do you just not drive it off boost (like turbo cars are supposed to be driven :-)) ?
Peter
-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."
Peter, you're scaring me, next you'll be asking what the MPG is like? :)
it pulls well off boost, feels really torquey untill it opens up and the turbo punches me in the back and woooosh! :)
it's great around town off boost, you can pull away from most cars off boost hehe
but had to stop at the
pug 106 GTi beside
the turbo compares. we
already starting to outrun
smack it into 3rd and i'm
damn this thing is
Yep, it is nice pressing a pedal and leaving the mortals behind, isn't it?
Have fun !
:-)
Tom De Moor
Oh indeed - nothing like watching the traction control light come on when you boot it in second and the boost snaps in...
Happy days......
Peter
-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."
boot it in second
traction control? na don't have that. tis for wimps :)
Traction control is for girls... (c;
Douglas
What's traction control?
I got ESP on the quattro, apparently it even slows the engine down if you get out of control, also applies the anti lock brakes to individual wheels when the car starts to oversteer/understeer, sounds like a cool thing, you can turn it off though :)
Unlikely, the OFF button on most traction control systems rarely does actually that...
It merely tells the car that there's a loony at the wheel, so get ready with the airbags!
the airbags!
LOL
like my dad's volvo with it's STC s*it, the manual goes into great detial on what it does when it's on but under off all it says is 'this turns it off, but don't turn it off' pretty much :)
The system on most Mercs can be turned off, but as soon as you do something fun, it turns it back on then slaps you on the wrist.
On the proper powerful ones, you can't turn it off, heh!
My 19 has a steering wheel, 3 pedals and a handbrake. Works just as well ;)
-- Chet
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mine does.... Much better on though as it'll brake a spinning wheel letting you get power down sooner - ace on country roads...
on what it does when it's
pretty much :)
The pre-crash recorder also records whether it was on or off when the airbags triggered...
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