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(24-09-2012, 10:18 AM)cwspellowe Wrote: Lol, Tom in epic defending VW to the hilt shocker!

This reliability argument really does my tits in.

And finally Tom, you say the Xsi is crap and people should have just spent more and got a gti.. Why then did you get a 130? Is that not the pd equivalent of buying an Xsi..? Wink

Its not about defending anything. I bought a shit Golf that had had a hard life, theyre not all like it, silver one was perfect.

And as I've said numerous times in this thread, no car that I've owned has been reliable, theyre all shit cos I'm unlucky, must have broken several mirrors in my youth. But saying that, so far 2 out of 2 major breakdowns stranding me at the side of the road were caused by 306s, incidently both 1.4 TUs. Atleast the Golf had the courtesy to drive me home when that broke!

I've actually still spent more fixing 3 306s (4th had no faults, 1.8ftw!) than fixing 2 golfs! Gearbox, clutch, headgasket, brake shoes/cables, rad hoses, fan relay/coolant temp sensors, lambda sensor etc etc!! And before you say about the cams and lifters, I sold the previous ones with faults too, thats just listing what I actually spent.

And also, no, getting a PD130 instead of 150 was for reliability (which I know know is as bad as pugs) and less lag, 150s are pretty laggy bottom end...as I found out when adding the ARL turbo.
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Number 9 - by Toms306 - 13-09-2012, 06:22 PM
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