"SteveH" <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1i8g191.12ogm5pv1wdekN%steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tony R <tony.rickardno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> SteveH wrote:
>>
>> >>> 170bhp version of the 1.9JTD engine and the fancy Q2 LSD. That'll
be
>> >>> a
>> >>> storming performer, and I desperately want one.
>> >>>
>> >> Hmm, 170bhp? Storming?
>> >
>> > You've not drivenn a modern performance diesel, have you?
>>
>> It is all relative though and 170bhp diesels have been powering Leons,
>> Golfs and Audis for some time and now and aren't the most s****ting
>> versions of those cars.
>>
>> Punchy yes, storming? no :)
>
> Day to day, it'll be at least as quick as a 200bhp petrol version, just
> because you won't have to rev the guts out of it to make progress.
Hardly! The extra weight would make it more comparable to a 150bhp petrol.
A
200bhp petrol would kick its arse!
Each to his own!!
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