Hybrid Mk1?

[425i]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyot...spagenameZWDVW

I wonder if this would fit in a Mk1 golf?
A golf Mk1 is about half the weight of the donor car

[gldgti]

umm.... what about batteries (yes, i did read the listing, but it does say "half cut".)

i'm sure the prius' weight has a lot to do with it carrying a load of batteries.

you would still get better fuel milage if you swapped in a little polo 1.4TDi (euro version of a few years back)... in that car it gets about 4.3l/100km... not to mention faster!

however - there is a guy in the US that converted his mk1 diesel to hybrid - towed a trailer with batteries onboard! it was mainly an experiment, and i think he said his milage was about the same as with the normal diesel engine (since he was towing a trailer load of batt's the whole time)

[Preen59]

Dude, don't get yourself into that.

The prius' engines are crap. They get faults in them that the dealers can't diagnose, so they replace the entire engine and gearbox assembly.

Put a 2.0L TDI in a Mk1. then you'll get better fuel economy than a prius and it won't be a heavy heap of sh*t.

That'd be cool.

[425i]

Oh sh*t you mean I should take mine back

[Preen59]

Oh sh*t you mean I should take mine back

Probably i was a bit bias'd, but i'm not lying.

I just don't like the prius either.

[425i]

Thats ok
I got the prius because the lease per month is less than the fuel bill per month of the Discovery.
I was spending so much on fuel that I had to stop work on the Mk1!
There are a few cars i would like to own in my life and with the fuel burn of the Prius maybe I will have a chance of doing that.
Eventually when I finish the MK1 I wouldnt mind a ratted 1958 - 1960 Fin car
just because they are so stupidly extreme.
Plus imagine how a Mk1 and a rat Finned car would lokk parked next to each other.

Actually I meant to thank you for the tip in your resto thread on the sump baffle. I bought one a few months back and it seems like a nice bit of kit

NIck

[Preen59]

Thats ok
I got the prius because the lease per month is less than the fuel bill per month of the Discovery.
I was spending so much on fuel that I had to stop work on the Mk1!
There are a few cars i would like to own in my life and with the fuel burn of the Prius maybe I will have a chance of doing that.
Eventually when I finish the MK1 I wouldnt mind a ratted 1958 - 1960 Fin car
just because they are so stupidly extreme.
Plus imagine how a Mk1 and a rat Finned car would lokk parked next to each other.

Actually I meant to thank you for the tip in your resto thread on the sump baffle. I bought one a few months back and it seems like a nice bit of kit

NIck

Woah thats a pretty big saving.

Yeah that would be cool to own something like that eventually.

Glad to hear i could be of some help with the windage tray, they were an absolute steal for 40 bucks!