Golf 1.9TDi (Variant aka Estate), approx 9 years old
nice! some of the best engines ever made - the Italians were quick to discover and buy loads of GTDs - I bought one, 5 door hatch or saloon, I can`t really tell the difference (brand new, yessiree) it was a dream, 1.6 lots of smoke when you give it welly though - naughty me
but one just HAD to play with the turbo - lots of lag, so, you go to second gear, go real slow, then just place your foot to the floor and wait, slow move forward, slight accelleration, then loads of smoke and she took off like a GTI - I was on the motorway once minding my own business, doing 70 and was follwing the same pack of cars, for the last 20 miles at night, all was normal and quiet.
Just then, a large BMW 5 came slowly cruising by with the Registration ATP - so, naturally, thinking they were pilots, I gently pulled out into the outside (fast lane) crept up nice and easy, dropped to fourth and floored the mother - in a . . .deluge of diesel smoke I burned up to about 110 - suddenly the nice grey BMW was on my tail with a little blue light flashing in the window screen - unmarked car murrs, cost me best part of a £100 in fine! AND he was an Inspector, still, rather serious fun I guess.
but easy, easy 60 miles to the Imperial Gallon, combined - nice!