I am driving the 81 GLI cabrio while my GTI is having a touch up at the moment. At 100 km/h its doing 2,400 RPM in 5th gear. Not much above idle. Definately worth fitting a 5 speed to mk 1s. :)
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I am driving the 81 GLI cabrio while my GTI is having a touch up at the moment. At 100 km/h its doing 2,400 RPM in 5th gear. Not much above idle. Definately worth fitting a 5 speed to mk 1s. :)
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Originally Posted by gtimk5
I was told by a salesman that 200 limited 3door golf GTI's coming late in the year.
Whoroo.
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Originally Posted by gtigrl
Well gtigrl I have done a lot of driving in my day [ started when I was 7 & went thru 8 cars before I had a license & later had semi-trailers ] I found that I wasn't doing the speed what the speedo said. I had it checked & found it to be 9% over read. Asked VW Aust & they said that they allow 10%, I told them that after some tyre wear that it would be, THEY would not me answer on this point.
Whoroo.
Yeah not that the road side speed checks are accurate but one I have been through registered my 100k at 92k..
Just used a GPS to check mine and with the speedo reading 100kph the GPS was saying 93! To do 110 as per the GPS I need a speedo reading of a 119!
I read somewhere (Old Timers' Disease has betrayed me where) that all Mk 5 Golf speedos read slightly fast. I've noticed that when I'm cruising @ 110kph on Bass Hwy the MFD tells me 110, the speedo tells me 110 but other cars (and even trucks :mad: ) still pass me. This really p*sses me off as I 've got just so much torque under my right foot at 1900rpm with the turbo on boost and I could leave them all for dead.
I believe it is all part of VWs road safety initiative, making the speedos read low.
I always do 10% over everywhere, which is probably about right.
Or put bigger wheels on ;)
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Originally Posted by gtigrl
I forgot to mention that when I had the speedo checked it was done with a professional [costing me $30] using a GPS & got it in writing for VW. Your figures of 100k's & the road side check saying 92k's is the same as the GPS used in my car, which = 9% over-read.
Whoroo.
i checked mine ive got a 5 speed high ratio in my mk1 and i was doing a tad over 2500rpm doing 100k???? does that sound ok????Quote:
Originally Posted by gtimk5
Sounds ok silverMK1. Its a hell of a lot nicer than a 4 speed! cheers.:)