Up to 100ish mph a remapped Furb would give a standard Octy a reasonable run for it's money, even in the right gear, but ONLY if not already driving at some speed.

I'd have thought a remapped turbo-petrol car will make VERY short work of most turbodiesels

The Mk2 Octy seems to be a lot more torqued up as well so it would probably be an even bigger difference.

Personally I just think people should enjoy their cars, depending on the variation of driver skills/level of madness on public roads/being bothered any car can 'beat' any other car.

Not saying it isn't fun trying though

:iagree:

i know my car is slower than a 2.0 fabia but i live witht his fact and get on with my life

Altea 1510Kg

octavia 1400Kg

not that great a difference' date=' only 1 passenger or was it the wind was blowing in the wrong direction? [/quote']

:confused: I thought the vRS was 1415kg and the Altea 1446kg.

i got ym figures from parkers.co.uk for an altea sport 2.0 tdi(as they don't list anything better yet) and the 2.0tfsi octavia hatch.

apologies if the figures are wrong

i got ym figures from parkers.co.uk for an altea sport 2.0 tdi(as they don't list anything better yet) and the 2.0tfsi octavia hatch.

apologies if the figures are wrong

no worries. Nerd boy here got his figures off the manufacturers websites.

Obviously the vRS was quicker 0-60 but it's also 20% quicker 30-70 through the gears than the diesel :eek: ... What I don't understand is that I can keep up with a 180bhp mk1 Octy vRS (in gear) in my 2.0 TDI 140 so why is the 170 bhp MkII vRS version of my car so much slower than the MkII Petrol vRS.

It is'nt... 30-70 though the gears means cogging it down, it's NOT a measure of in gear acceleration but overtaking ability!

A diesel isn