GTI 0-100 km/h

[aljobar]

Here's a shameless plug for a video I uploaded today. A very respectable 0-100 time of roughly 5.7 (ish) seconds. It's got me wondering how this is comparable to other owners out there. Anyone else timed an acceleration run?

EDIT: I should probably mention that I have an APR Stage 1 upgrade and HP intake. It was also ever so slightly downhill, which I guess gave me about a third of a second or so. hooray for gravity!

[JohnA]

edit

sorry, didnt notice this was the polo section

[kawabanga]

Great performance and good use of manual shift...
I guess that using S mode the time would have been worse...

[pologti18t]

How did you time it?

[aljobar]

How did you time it?

When I trimmed the video down to size before uploading it, the editing program gives you the exact time of the video. For example, it was at 49.50 seconds when I started accelerating and I paused it as I hit 100 at 55.13 seconds, giving me a time of 5.63s between the two.

[Ryan_R]

Keep in mind 100 on the MDI doesn't equal 100 (hence why I always drive on the freeway at a displayed 108kph).

Nice run though - looks very undramatic from that video.

[Azzamataz]

Here's a shameless plug for a video I uploaded today. A very respectable 0-100 time of roughly 5.7 (ish) seconds. It's got me wondering how this is comparable to other owners out there. Anyone else timed an acceleration run?

EDIT: I should probably mention that I have an APR Stage 1 upgrade and HP intake. It was also ever so slightly downhill, which I guess gave me about a third of a second or so. hooray for gravity!

Imagine if it was a 16 deg day instead of 31

[Ryan_R]

Thought I'd have a go in my 1.4TSI Golf as a comparison:

[RoknRob]

Great performance and good use of manual shift...
I guess that using S mode the time would have been worse...

How about it, aljobar? A repeat in S mode for comparison?

[aljobar]

I'll give it a whirl tomorrow. Think of it as a virtual drag race Personally I dislike the Sport mode. It shifts far too late. The stock turbo runs out of puff if you rev it too high. It's better to shirt up a bit earlier and take advantage of the big torque

[pologti18t]

How about it, aljobar? A repeat in S mode for comparison?

Surely it should accelerate just as hard in D as in S from a standing start.

[MJW]

In "D" mode the DSG changes earlier than in "S" mode. Aside from that "S" mode is really only handy if you want to stay within your power band rpm. Only time I have used "S" mode (with launch control) was against a clubby R8......& wasn't he surprised!!!

Surely it should accelerate just as hard in D as in S from a standing start.

[RoknRob]

Surely it should accelerate just as hard in D as in S from a standing start.

Also, put the shifter from D into S and your idle speed increases (like it does in Manual mode). Seems more ready to "pounce", than in D.

[gavs]

In S the gearbox is waiting in gear, in D it's sitting in neutral, hence the hesitation. It's more noticeable on hills after the hill hold Releases itself.

[Ryan_R]

That doesn't sound right (have never heard of the car sitting in nuetral, but rather the clutch is engaged - even the next gear is preselected with the clutch engaged). Just in S it's prepared to dump the clutch for a quick start and shift at the optimum revs, whereas in D it's moreorless in comfort/eco mode and has to interpret your throttle inputs instead of assuming you want to go as fast as possible.