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  1. Hi all - it's been a 12 month search but finally purchased a lupo GTI off a nice guy in newcastle I wonder if any previous owners on here? - sure I remember seeing the plate on her once upon a time. 95k miles, KW V1 suspension, Kam racing system - seems to have been pretty well looked after. EML and ABS light on, and few scratches but drives well and looks clean Cheers
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  2. My best result yet. Can't believe a 20+ year old car just seems to be getting better with age, SDIs are like a fine wine 😆. Filled up after 580 miles and the fuel light hadn't even come on. It would have easily done 600+ on the tank taking it to the line. Maybe the warm temperatures are helping. Flatter terrain than my usual routes through the Scottish Highlands, but not totally devoid of some hills either. I reckon 90mpg might actually be possible on a very flat route, perhaps with some weight shedding, I even had the windows down the whole journey...
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  3. I've found that with the TDI flavour engine (1.2/1.4), the torsion number (in VCDS) seems to affect the economy. But I don't know why. It also affects the emissions. I'm convinced it works in the same way as the timing position of the injection pump on the SDI (and other style VE pump diesel engines). I guess that the start of injection is in effect fixed by the position of the cam lobe (on TDI) and the pump cam lobes in the VE pump. But the timing is "variable" as set by the ECU... I get how it works, kinda, but can't explain why changing it has such an effect. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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  4. I had a (much newer!) 1.2 TDI Polo Bluemotion for a while a few years back, and I could never get anywhere near the 83mpg (combined!) figure it claimed. (I did manage mid seventies ish once with it, but it was an effort...). The SDI hits its combined/mixed-driving figure (64mpg) with ease, and I'm managing to regularly beat the "open road/highways" figure of 78mpg now. I think you are right about it it being one of the most efficient combustion-engine cars on the road in the UK (aside from imported 3Ls). I can't think of any others that better it?...and I've looked
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