--DAN--
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
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Right, as I'm getting married next year I need to save a bit of money here and there. So I've decided to sell the Cup and buy something thats a bit cheaper to run and insure. I quite fancy the Lupo GTi, but don't know much about them, do any of you lot know anything about them and how do you rate them.
I'm looking to spend around 8k. What else would you recommend in that price range?
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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JR the man to talk too as he has a lupo.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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Lupo sport TDI
same interiour as the gti
cheaper
handles as well
as fast as the gti
i had the choice of both and i went for the sport, granted the gti looks nicer, but if yoru comparing them back to back the sport wins it IMO
dont like the 6 speed box in the gti either
mattb also works for vw and has driven the gti and im sure wasnt that impressed buy it
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Mug shot
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Registered: 13th Sep 02
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polo gtis or much nicer imo
[Edited on 29-08-2004 by Mug shot]
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
JR the man to talk too as he has a lupo.
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Mug shot
polo gtis or much nicers imo
are ridden with problems though
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--DAN--
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Nice one, I'll look at the TDi's aswell then.
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jr
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--DAN--
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Very nice
Whats fuel consumption like?
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jr
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Originally posted by corsa-dan
Very nice
Whats fuel consumption like?
to £10 it does 180 miles and that with me not being partically gentle driving it
if you stuck it in 5th all the time, and dont drive it like i do with the turbo boosting up all the time i reckon 200 is easily achiavble
book mpg is 79
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--DAN--
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 Thats easily double what I'm getting in the Cup.
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jr
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Originally posted by corsa-dan
Thats easily double what I'm getting in the Cup.
there very good, but also a fast little car
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koolkorsa
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Registered: 15th Jun 03
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Parkers says the 1.4 lupo sport tdi does 0-60 in 11.9. The 1.6 gti does it in 8 seconds.
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CORSA NUT
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I think they are nice cars  Hard to find secod hand though 
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Karen
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Registered: 9th Jul 03
Location: Edinburgh
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A WV garage at my bit has a blue and a silver GTI for sale
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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i've driven JR's little lupo and its all about torque very nice to drive and pulls like a train...shocked me when i was following in my 2ltr 
i am considering getting a TDI sport
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Recaro1
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IIRC theres only like 500 GTi's in the country.
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Matt H
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i learned to drive in a lupo tdi sport & i nearly bought 1!
there quite nippy to if you floor them & the torque seems to be always there & theres quite alot of it
or get a seat arosa tdi sport
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Recaro1
IIRC theres only like 500 GTi's in the country.
cant be right, we have had about 20 in our bromley dealership
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by matt h
i learned to drive in a lupo tdi sport & i nearly bought 1!
there quite nippy to if you floor them & the torque seems to be always there & theres quite alot of it
or get a seat arosa tdi sport
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by koolkorsa
Parkers says the 1.4 lupo sport tdi does 0-60 in 11.9. The 1.6 gti does it in 8 seconds.
Everywhere ive looked gives the same figures...but ive still heard off a number of people that the tdi sport is just as fast.
Would be interesting to find out why people are sayin this?
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Sxi04
quote:
Originally posted by koolkorsa
Parkers says the 1.4 lupo sport tdi does 0-60 in 11.9. The 1.6 gti does it in 8 seconds.
Everywhere ive looked gives the same figures...but ive still heard off a number of people that the tdi sport is just as fast.
Would be interesting to find out why people are sayin this?
if yu drive a tdi and a gti back to back the tdi feels alot quicker
granted when i tested them i wasnt on a motorway, so the tdi feels quicker as it was a stop start jorney, so the turbo was on boost alot of the time
but ask lee mitchell and halfpint how quick it was when i overtook them on the way to southend,
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koolkorsa
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do seat do the same engine in the arosa?
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by koolkorsa
do seat do the same engine in the arosa?
believ they also do the AMF engine in the arosa, not 100% sure, i no for a fact its in the audi a2 though
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OGX
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Registered: 14th Oct 03
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How much is a Lupo Gti anyways new and a few years old?
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