Hi all,

 

Quick question.

I had a test drive in a  2016 1.6 tdi SE estate.  I know that they're not sporty but it felt slow compared to my 1996 1.9 tdi audi estate despite the octavia having more torque and the same bhp.

Is there a way to check that everything is working as it should? 

I will try to test drive a couple of others to better compare. 

 

Thanks 

5 hours ago, treeshark said:

Hi all,

 

Quick question.

I had a test drive in a  2016 1.6 tdi SE estate.  I know that they're not sporty but it felt slow compared to my 1996 1.9 tdi audi estate despite the octavia having more torque and the same bhp.

Is there a way to check that everything is working as it should? 

I will try to test drive a couple of others to better compare. 

 

Thanks 

As you've suggested, one of the most practical approaches,  in the circumstances, is probably driving another same engine / drivetrain car.

 

You could run a scan of all modules, log boost and calculated torque and so on.  Get a passenger to time 0-60 or another performance metric to compare with what the car was reported in test drive reviews. 

 

Even take to a tuner and run on a dyno - but most of these suggestions are relatively impractical and unlikely scenarios to carry out on a test drive car available for sale.

 

Presumably the vendor would agree to you running a full scan but beyond that it gets tricky in the circumstances.