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191 VW Golf petrol, yay or nay

BuboBubo · 2018-10-14 09:01:15

Looking to change my old MK5 next year (March) and would like to stick with petrol - but... 1 litre petrol! That's all I can find :( I drive approx 50 km per day, currently have a 1.6 petrol, and occasionally pull a small single axle trailer. The Golf I have is very capable of doing that imo. Unless 1 litre engines have…

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#102 23-01-2019 9:58pm

Rusky rusky

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DaveyDave wrote: »

I thought the 1.2 idled at around 900rpm? The 1 litre is around 1,000rpm.

The 1.0 def ab 900ish, the 1.2 I think is below 700. Will check over w/e as my wife drives the 1.2

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#103 23-01-2019 9:59pm

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Gael23 wrote: »

Would you change out of a 1.2 into it?

I did, as the 1.2 was discontinued.

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