Is (as of a week ago), 205 BHP, 225 lb.ft (Dyno’d) and, despite being (officially) worth less than a Mantovani Xmas CD box set, makes me grin like a loon every time I drive it 
Still does 33 MPG when driven sensibly too.
Me likey, muchly.
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Try as he did, he couldn’t break it.
A ride around the back roads of Kimpton! An experience I’ll never forget 
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The Vanessa equivalent of hi-fi fora cars perhaps ?
Did that last Friday eve. Car has changed, roads and Pete haven’t. 
You want to try it in a Beetle 
I’d be more concerned with the suspension than the engine, if I was you… 
It was perfectly balanced. Heavy engine in the back, and two athletic folk up front.
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Immortal car is immortal.
Did you get a dyno run before?
I did.
Did you have work done on it, as it came in at 167, which is a bit high for standard (150) ?
I blame that Phil chappie
Nope. Bone stock AFAIK, unless previous owner did something. Unlikely. though; maybe it’s just nice and loose at 300k miles!
Apparently, the engine was in excellent condition and they reckoned it wasn’t that unusual to see 300K examples !!!
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The 1.8T is reckoned to be very reliable and it’s been regularly serviced every 10k miles, the last 170k or so by Phil of this parish.
I was always careful to warn it up before giving it any beans.
It didn’t feel that quick when I drove It…
…mind you, it did have me, Pete, Guy and his Mrs in it at the time 
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Ah so it was a stretch limo then (that wasn’t stretched before you lot got into it).
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Told you the engine pulled like a train.
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How many custard pies to the mile were you getting in?
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