Evening folks,

Due to a new baby, I'm in on New Year's Eve. Heartbeat is on and to stop myself from going crackers, I am trying to find a website I once saw with loads of performance cars and their performance stats on. It included in gear acceleration, bhp per ton etc and I am sure it had the Mk1 Octavia vRS on it.

If anyone knows of such a site, could you let me know please as it would help me solve a disagreement/point to prove with a friend. He reckons that I would keep up in my standard vRS with his 03 Civic Type R on a blast across the moors round Whitby. Until we get a free Saturday morning and a reasonably dry day, I will try to use facts and figures to prove that I wouldn't have a chance as he will out accelerate and out corner me most of the time.

Cheers and Happy New Year.

Wasn't Evo online magazine was it -

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Sorry, wrong site. Just gives quickie reviews without in-gear etc times.

Still a good read though.

Can't help with the website but having driven a type-r and octy vrs on the same day, and owning a vrs I think your mate is right - I know on "paper" the honda has the edge but on the road I don't think there's anything in it.

Top speed is the same I think and there was only a few fractions of a second on the 0-60.

I'd never shy away from having a go with one anyway if the opportunity came up - I like having turbo boost from 2500rpm and not having to rev the knackers off it to 6k+ before anything much happens

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Thanks for that, as you said not what I was after but still interesting.

......I think your mate is right ...

We shall see in due course I guess. Mind you, we will have to be quick as he is trading it in for a new Mk2 Octavia 4x4 Diesel in Feb. This is down to me constantly going on about how great Skodas are. The power of persuasion eh?

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