polo TDI Advice

[j_lebis]

Hey guys,

A mate of mine has offered to sell me a 2008 vw Polo TDI 1.9L it only has 6,300km on the clock. He is asking $21,000ono for it just wondering if this seems like a reasonable price??

cant offer and more info at this point

anyway just thought I would throw it out there to see what you guys think


j

[Guest0608]

Sounds good to me, just have a look on the web and compare with others for sale, there will not be many about tho. If he's ya ,mate then it should be a good price!!.....VW....

[GoLfMan]

seems like a good price to me mate! Its basically a brand new car!

[noone]

Depends... The price sounds good, but do you want the Diesel?

If you plan on tuning, the Diesel has less potential (well... debatable) but if you just want a nice daily drive, the Diesel is good and the fuel economy is fantastic.

There is VW support in Tas, but be aware that getting spare parts and servicing after warranty is over will be more expensive being a Euro car.

Might be a bit off topic here...

[Ben_GTI]

Re: polo TDI Advice

You can tune diesels nicely, ask Golfman. They are nice cars, economical and for a good price I would buy one.

[GoLfMan]

If you plan on tuning, the Diesel has less potential (well... debatable) but if you just want a nice daily drive, the Diesel is good and the fuel economy is fantastic.

I beg to differ sir! (however I'm not going to turn this into a Diesel vs Petrol debate!)

plenty of stuff out there for the diesels, you just have to do more research! ie, less bolt on 'kit' stuff

With Gavin doing Custom Code on here, the possibilities and combination's are endless!

I say do it, but hell im biased

[j_lebis]

the car is on carsales now i believe,

im interested but might have to save up some dollars

thanks for the info

[Jmac]

You can tune diesels nicely, ask Golfman. They are nice cars, economical and for a good price I would buy one.

Yep i would buy one too, drove a tuned one the other day and liked it.
Cheers
Jmac

[noone]

You can tune diesels nicely, ask Golfman. They are nice cars, economical and for a good price I would buy one.

I beg to differ sir!

plenty of stuff out there for the diesels, you just have to do more research! ie, less bolt on 'kit' stuff

I should have expected backlash. I'm not saying they are gutless, but if power is your goal, I'd think that Petrol has it over Diesel for the Polo's. The words were 'less potential'.

[GoLfMan]

I should have expected backlash. I'm not saying they are gutless, but if power is your goal, I'd think that Petrol has it over Diesel for the Polo's. The words were 'less potential'.

depends on how much money you want to spend

200hpatw and 400+nm is VERY achievable

[Jarred]

either way, as a standard, or chipped car, they go really well, are easy to drive and get great economy. They're holding thier resale values really well too.

[pologti18t]

depends on how much money you want to spend

200hpatw and 400+nm is VERY achievable

150kw at the wheels? easily achievable? Even I don't believe that. Not from the old tech 1.9 in the Polo TDI

[Jarred]

it's basically, injector upgrade, exhaust and turbo upgrade. & chipping of course.

[GoLfMan]

150kw at the wheels? easily achievable? Even I don't believe that. Not from the old tech 1.9 in the Polo TDI

did I say easy??? I believe I said very. Re-read the quote!

and yes it is achievable. You tube it. There is a bloke pumping out 260fwhp from my engine.

just because its old tech doesnt mean its bad

[GoLfMan]

it's basically, injector upgrade, exhaust and turbo upgrade. & chipping of course.

that plus a decent FMIC