13-06-2012, 09:15 AM
c.a.r. Wrote:There'll always be the diesel vs. petrol debate, but ultimately the latter are more fun to drive. You can't hoon a diesel, it just feels wrong. Even revving it out feels wrong.
Yes you can carry vast amounts of speed and the acceleration is quite astonishing, and whilst they make great 'everyday' commutor cars they most certainly aren't the bread and butter of performance or indeed fun.
Not been in a decent one? A decent what? 12 year old Peugeot on old technology?
What you're saying just proves once again, you have no idea...
And don't start on 150 CDTis - they're utter dogwank - same as PD150s, the new TDi CommonRails - none of them rev, they're all modern Direct Injection bullshit, huge lump of torque at 2700rpm and nothing else until tail off at the e-governor.
I can quite happily wring mines neck, sit at 4500-5500rpm with power there... I OWN a GTi6 remember, I've driven both, and trust me, my rattly old 1970s technology indirect injection turbodiesel is a significant amount more fun.
Ask a few people who've been in mine or a few of the other peoples cars on here which aren't just a stage 1 tune... They're not your OEM factory 150hp Commonrail Turbo... You're also trying to compare to your Focus, which is a 115hp first gen Delphi CR system - they are truly shit also.
