RE: My First Car: VW Polo G40
Discussion
Podie said:
housen said:
terrible review of a g40
you bought a dog
a dog is a dog with or without a supercharger
what a load of s
t
my g40 was a 1 owner minter and had 0 problems with it
if you want to hear about g40s ask me
You realise this was posted in 2008, right?you bought a dog
a dog is a dog with or without a supercharger
what a load of s
t my g40 was a 1 owner minter and had 0 problems with it
if you want to hear about g40s ask me
i bought a dog ,,,,that happened to be a g40 ,,,,doesnt do any justice
I agree the faults the G40 had (you can see from my username I was/am a G40 fanboy) as a 'supercharged' shopping trolley, compared back in the day to the R5, pug 205 1.6gti and Cit AX GT. It was never a MK1 golf GTI competition.
It's main problem was the UK cars had smaller servo's than their German G40 brothers. The only difference in the braking system between a UK MK1 golf and a UK G40 was in fact a smaller servo due to the manifold and TB boost return setup on the right hand side of the engine bay. The German G40 had the same braking efficiency as a Golf, due to the brake cylinder and servo located on the left instead.
The Anti roll bar was comedy, providing everything from steering, braking and accelerating. The Mk1 golf had proper wishbones.
It's quite funny that lurking on the G40 forum as alot of the same age old questions and advice keep coming round almost annually as more and more younger drivers find out about these little gems. The wider availability now of the full wishbone subframes setup, originally salzmann were the only supplier and at over a grand too! There cheaper now and UK proven.
A G40 now, with 256mm brakes and a wishbone setup is now considered a better equal to the MK1 Golf and 100kg lighter to boot!
Their faults were as much their charm too!
That and the noise, ohh the noise 
It's main problem was the UK cars had smaller servo's than their German G40 brothers. The only difference in the braking system between a UK MK1 golf and a UK G40 was in fact a smaller servo due to the manifold and TB boost return setup on the right hand side of the engine bay. The German G40 had the same braking efficiency as a Golf, due to the brake cylinder and servo located on the left instead.
The Anti roll bar was comedy, providing everything from steering, braking and accelerating. The Mk1 golf had proper wishbones.
It's quite funny that lurking on the G40 forum as alot of the same age old questions and advice keep coming round almost annually as more and more younger drivers find out about these little gems. The wider availability now of the full wishbone subframes setup, originally salzmann were the only supplier and at over a grand too! There cheaper now and UK proven.
A G40 now, with 256mm brakes and a wishbone setup is now considered a better equal to the MK1 Golf and 100kg lighter to boot!
Their faults were as much their charm too!
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