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There is no replacement for displacement. A turbo is a clumsy way of extracting power with poor off boost performance and a brutal rush of power when turbo kicks in - not what you want mid corner. Also 1.8T is characterless - engine sounds like any other car while a VR6 sounds like a thoroughbred. As for reliability - I quote those who race these engines and they call them "bulletproof" - I quote mechanics who look after VR6s driven by people who red line them all the time and again they are amazed by the abuse they can take. A V6 4motion is no quicker than a VR6 apart from off the line in th
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Main dealers are notoriously bad at getting first registration details wrong so ignore that - if it's green it isn't a Highline!
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Cheers Tommy. It was an ex VAG UK press car too [gulp] http://www.volkswizard.co.uk/images/cars/vento/curb_smile_9143_190.jpg [ Edited Thu Nov 25 2004, 12:18AM ]
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Another Andrew and another Vento eh? Believe me I was very unhappy as I really loved that car and had only just sorted all the faults out. Still I have another lined up in Indian Red, 94/M with 67k miles. Promise to not do wet track days in that!
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This happened at Mallory Park TSR track day on 21/11/04. Ran wide at Gerrards, did a dance with a Mk4, decided to not hit Mk4 but hit tyre wall, mounted tyre wall and left car with back end about 4 ft in air and a fair bit shorter. I'm not proud of this sheer waste of a fine car but please see this as a warning as to what can happen at track days. [ Edited ]