Colin
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Originally posted by mattk
thats what im saying, you will be paying a premium buying the car as deisels sell for around £500 more than petrols?
Can be more than that, ive seen 1.8T golf's for £k's less than a tdi equivlent.
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Joe
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Buying a Diesel to do a 6 mile round trip seems a bit silly.
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mattk
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 In that case Id get a 1.8T
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Colin
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Ok maybe a Grand.........after looking on AT. 2001 GTi 1.8T is about £4k, 2001 1.9 GT tdi is about £5k.
So a grand cheaper to buy, then cheaper fuel, & not just a few pence any more petrols about 10p a litre cheaper now days in some garages.
Road tax will be a bit cheaper, 135 / 220?
But you'd still be cheaper with a Petrol, youd need to keep the car a long time to see any advantage doing that sort of mileage.
Im sticking about 35k on mine over 18 months then selling it, its done its job, went well & looked well to boot. But with the mileage I do its probably saved me a couple hundred quid......maybe  
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Mark.W
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i know this sounds a bit silly but i want power but don't want it to be thirsty,i know it sounds stupid but i don't know what to go for if i go for another petrol car.
some of you may remember me talking about the 1.8 sri but some ppl say they are not even that quick & the tax is silly money.
[Edited on 15-06-2008 by wooly101uk]
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Colin
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No1 reason I like having a diesel just now is I can get away with filling the tank once a week, with a petrol car id be making 2 trips a week (im quite a lazy k'ent & cant be doing with that!) it would just put my whole week off balance.....its all about the ying & the yang
[Edited on 15-06-2008 by Colin]
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mattk
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get a 1.8T golf then same attributes as the TDi but its cheaper to buy, and with your milage cheaper to run
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by wooly101uk
i know this sounds a bit silly but i want power but don't want it to be thirsty,i know it sounds stupid but i don't know what to go for if i go for another petrol car.
some of you may remember me talking about the 1.8 sri but some ppl say they are not even that quick & the tax is silly money.
[Edited on 15-06-2008 by wooly101uk]
Im just trying to speak from experience.....been there with both petrol & diesel....covering both large miles & small. If I was doing 3 miles either way to work it would be a petrol hands down!!
You'll get 10-15mpg more from a diesel but it will hit you harder in the pocket to begin with. So your either a grand more upfront or a couple quid a week more in fuel.
Diesels are great but have their place imo.....................hense why all the 6yr old ones have 100k+ on them!
[Edited on 15-06-2008 by Colin]
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mattk
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I bought one cause I have the Cardiff run to do every few weeks, and with my job and having no single place of work I could be 2 miles from home or 50 miles from home, Ive put 13k on it since october
I do alot of miles, I like the Torque and the 6 gears and that but in traffic it can get very thirsty
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chunk89
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any 1 got a picture of one of these golfs with a exhaust system on it? looking for a few ideas and just cant see any of it looking good without replacing the back bumper. help please
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modded_corsa
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r32 style?
bout a 3inch round inward rolled pipe each side
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chunk89
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but you need to bumper to match it dont u? or is that what you were on about
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modded_corsa
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yeh need bumper to match but suits the shape of the golfs quite subtle imo
http://www.millteksport.com/media/images/features/r32.style/1.lg.jpg
[Edited on 15-06-2008 by modded_corsa]
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chunk89
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but no one got any pics of a standard bumper?
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chunk89
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wit exhasut obv
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Colin
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Jusgt get a twin milltek & a 4MO lower bumper spoiler.
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chunk89
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where can i get them from?
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Colin
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by chunk89
where can i get them from?
Ebay
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