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  • Hybrid Mk1?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyot...spagenameZWDVW

    I wonder if this would fit in a Mk1 golf?
    A golf Mk1 is about half the weight of the donor car

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    umm.... what about batteries (yes, i did read the listing, but it does say "half cut".)

    i'm sure the prius' weight has a lot to do with it carrying a load of batteries.

    you would still get better fuel milage if you swapped in a little polo 1.4TDi (euro version of a few years back)... in that car it gets about 4.3l/100km... not to mention faster!

    however - there is a guy in the US that converted his mk1 diesel to hybrid - towed a trailer with batteries onboard! it was mainly an experiment, and i think he said his milage was about the same as with the normal diesel engine (since he was towing a trailer load of batt's the whole time)
    '07 Touareg V6 TDI with air suspension
    '98 Mk3 Cabriolet 2.0 8V
    '99 A4 Quattro 1.8T

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    • #3
      Dude, don't get yourself into that.

      The prius' engines are crap. They get faults in them that the dealers can't diagnose, so they replace the entire engine and gearbox assembly.

      Put a 2.0L TDI in a Mk1. then you'll get better fuel economy than a prius and it won't be a heavy heap of sh*t.

      That'd be cool.

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      • #4
        Oh sh*t you mean I should take mine back

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        • #5
          Originally posted by 425i View Post
          Oh sh*t you mean I should take mine back
          Probably i was a bit bias'd, but i'm not lying.

          I just don't like the prius either.

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          • #6
            Thats ok
            I got the prius because the lease per month is less than the fuel bill per month of the Discovery.
            I was spending so much on fuel that I had to stop work on the Mk1!
            There are a few cars i would like to own in my life and with the fuel burn of the Prius maybe I will have a chance of doing that.
            Eventually when I finish the MK1 I wouldnt mind a ratted 1958 - 1960 Fin car
            just because they are so stupidly extreme.
            Plus imagine how a Mk1 and a rat Finned car would lokk parked next to each other.

            Actually I meant to thank you for the tip in your resto thread on the sump baffle. I bought one a few months back and it seems like a nice bit of kit

            NIck

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            • #7
              Originally posted by 425i View Post
              Thats ok
              I got the prius because the lease per month is less than the fuel bill per month of the Discovery.
              I was spending so much on fuel that I had to stop work on the Mk1!
              There are a few cars i would like to own in my life and with the fuel burn of the Prius maybe I will have a chance of doing that.
              Eventually when I finish the MK1 I wouldnt mind a ratted 1958 - 1960 Fin car
              just because they are so stupidly extreme.
              Plus imagine how a Mk1 and a rat Finned car would lokk parked next to each other.

              Actually I meant to thank you for the tip in your resto thread on the sump baffle. I bought one a few months back and it seems like a nice bit of kit

              NIck
              Woah thats a pretty big saving.

              Yeah that would be cool to own something like that eventually.

              Glad to hear i could be of some help with the windage tray, they were an absolute steal for 40 bucks!

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