What did you do to your Polo today?

[pog]

I always laugh when you lot talk about turbo upgrades. That's thousands I'd much rather put aside to buy something properly fast, rather than a 'hot hatch' with some BIG limitations (no LSD standard, very nose heavy, tiny turbo etc.) requiring big cash to swap out.

Horses for courses... but still... you guys make me lol

I'm going to have to agree here. I don't mind doing a few minor mods such as PD160, TIP and Chip, but I wouldn't go as far as a full turbo swap. By all means, if you got the funds, all good, but at the end of the day, it would be best to just buy something with a great platform to begin with.

[vwthunder]

I always laugh when you lot talk about turbo upgrades.

Horses for courses... but still... you guys make me lol

Well it depends how much you love your car, I think i will be loyal to VW for quite a long time hopefully

You could mod a MK5 GTI, but whenit breaks it will cost you big $$$, even more if DSG and I gues a polo is lighter

I dont remember driving a car as fun as a the little polo, and im sure a lot of people will agree

[kabel]

I may be getting my Polo GTI back in a few months ..... if I do, I will be chasing 300kw atw ...... ..... and will do all it takes to get there .... why? just because it can be done ....

In the immortal words of Jeremy C .... " how hard can it be" ....

More power to you for having a dream and chasing it .
Good luck.....follow your instincts !

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I dont remember driving a car as fun as a the little polo, and im sure a lot of people will agree

See, you *really* mustn't have driven many cars if that's the case.

Don't get me wrong, my Polo is great... but it has no zazz... no heart.

Compared to my old Mx5, sure the Polo is quicker in a straight line.... but the Mx5 just oozed personality. Same with the WRX I had before that.

As I describe the Polo to my partner, it just doesn't have a soul.

[noone]

Have you been in Anthony's Polo? I think the stock Polo and a chipped Polo on good suspension are 2 completely different cars. Hopefully I'll get to prove this at a track day soon.

I went for a little drive the other day with my tyres on a good handling pressure rather than a soft, comfortable pressure. The thing flew to say the least. I was tailing a bike for a few kms and I think he was a little frustrated by not being able to pull away in the twisties.

I loved my little Polo before, but with the widened stance (or wider wheels, or heavier wheels) the thing just nails corners. It has to be a love affair as any upgrades and even maintaining the little beast is not cheap...

Each to their own, but if you don't love it, sell it and get what you want...

[Stuwey]

I dont remember driving a car as fun as a the little polo, and im sure a lot of people will agree

You need to get yourself a properly fast old mini. Try 600kgs with 150hp. I will NEVER have as much fun in any car as I did with that.

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You're missing my point. Sure they can handle well once sorted out with the appropriate handling package, and sure that will likely change the feel of the car... I don't see how it will give it a soul.

I don't know what it is, but the Polo just doesn't have an X-factor like other cars have. For example, the Clio Sport definitely has it (and not because it handles better, it's just much more alive... as much as it has many downfalls, it just feels like a pet dog, as opposed to the robot feeling of the Polo).

And yes, the point you make... if I don't love it I should sell it, well... that's the plan... eventually. In the meantime the Polo is filling the job of 'cheap but fun car while I sort out my property portfolio' after which the Polo will retire and be replaced with an Evo (XI by then I hope).

[DeanB]

You're missing my point. Sure they can handle well once sorted out with the appropriate handling package, and sure that will likely change the feel of the car... I don't see how it will give it a soul.

Maybe you need to change your music tastes ... you can always add some soul !

[Whubbsie]

See, you *really* mustn't have driven many cars if that's the case.

Don't get me wrong, my Polo is great... but it has no zazz... no heart.

Compared to my old Mx5, sure the Polo is quicker in a straight line.... but the Mx5 just oozed personality. Same with the WRX I had before that.

As I describe the Polo to my partner, it just doesn't have a soul.

I totally get what you are saying mate but I think in the end what you are talking about comes down to personal taste.

I personally love my polo I think it has heaps of character and soul despite the flaws, and if I had the money I would do many a stupid things to it that would not be "cost effective" over buying something more capable like the WRX.... worse still what I would spend on my slow arse GLD mk1 before forking out for a Mx5 which is a great handling car but looks like half a dildo on wheels.

Don't get me wrong I'd drive the **** out of them if I found myself on some nice twisties and was give a chance but sure as hell wouldn't invest any time, money or emotion in owning one.... on the other hand that EVO you are talking about ...well thats a totally different story.

just saying soul/x-factor you feel is lacking in one car isn't necessarily lacking for someone else.
and expect to butt heads when you mention that in a forum about said car

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just saying soul/x-factor you feel is lacking in one car isn't necessarily lacking for someone else.
and expect to butt heads when you mention that in a forum about said car

I completely agree with that, and I'm sure there are some people who feel very differently about their Polo's. I can definitely see what is lovable about them, but somehow they just don't give me that x-factor.

Horses for courses.... my opinion is certainly not the common opinion here on a forum about the said model I still think its a great car (hence why I bought it... it was the best car for the price/performance/size/age etc. that I was after), but just not the car that I'll look back as being the most lovable I've owned.

But it's interesting to see just what cars we do get attached to. Beyond our first car (which is a given, everyone loves their first car no matter how horrible it was.... and my 1982 Celica Hatchback was most certainly a bucket of excrement, but one that I still love to this day), it's fairly random what we get attached to the most out of our cars.