Fuel Cost no object; which Cupra would you buy? PD160 or 180?

[Steve_B]

I drive a diesel Saab 9-3 and a petrol Leon Cupra. Out of the two the Leon is much better to drive, the Saab,
which has been remapped by Hirsche to 175BHp, but like all diesels has no go under 1500 rpm and with a 4500
rpm rev limit I always find I'm having to changing gear which is a problem I don't have in the Leon

Overall I find the Leon the better car to drive, until it comes to filling it up

 

[gorebrush]

bah none of you seem to be reading what i'm saying.

I'll leave you all to it. At the end of the day, this is just another sodding diesel vs petrol debate.

 

[muddyboots]

What did you expect, this thread was only ever going to go this way !

 

[gorebrush]

Touché

 

[muddyboots]

PS I'm on your side

 

[Nath.]

Fuel Cost no object................ibiza cupra petrol

fuel cost considered.................leon fr diesel as the idiza cupra is way to stiff for my local roads

 

[gazjones]

petrol for me if fuel is no object quiet on the motorway engine wise nice sound if you give it some stick can be remapped to silly torque figures for a petrol. but the tdi is good if you doig lots of miles

 

[rashcupra]

you really dont have to revv the **** out of the 1.8t petrol to overtake standard or remapped!!!

 

[Mr Cellotape]

As above. I leaning more towards the PD160 as I've read a few reviews that despite being a diesel its still the lighter and better car. I know this could open up a whole debate but what I really want to know is that as running costs aren't really that important does the PD160 justify the additional £1200 price tag?

When I bought my Cupra TDI it was the same cost for both the 1.8T and the PD160, so I went the way of the dark stuff because I was doing a lot of mileage at the time.

 

[rashcupra]

but if you had more money and wernt doing as many miles you would have a 1.8t

 

[gorebrush]

I've done 7K in 4 months, so i'm quite pleased with the move to the Dark Stuff myself

 

[Dario]

1.8 t

the fun starts over 4000 rpm

 

[Diablo559]

does the diesel not keep its value more when it comes to selling.

 

[KaraK]

does the diesel not keep its value more when it comes to selling.

they do have slightly higher re-sale - but this is largely offset by the fact that they cost more in the first place.

Personally I'd go Petrol + re-map if running costs aren't an issue.

 

[rashcupra]

1.8 t

the fun starts over 4000 rpm

4000rpm my turbo kicks in at about 2-1/2 3000rpm thats when my fun starts!

 

[gorebrush]

my fun ends about 4000rpm lol

 

[rashcupra]

tdi

 

[mpm1987]

my fun ends about 4000rpm lol

same here, but its good fun while it lasts, and we get an extra gear!

 

[rashcupra]

not anouther petrol vs diesel thread !!!!!!!!! we know the out come

 

[Nath.]

yeah, petrol's better diesel's cheeper