gatvol said:
I fear that it is a sad fact that no matter how fast a car you get, you get used to it within a couple of days an then want a faster one.
I think the only way past this is to get a car that is too fast for your driving skill so that it can actually scare you sometimes, as TVRs could.
Yup, you always want more power.
But, in reply to the other posts, I don't really see why there is a 140 vs 180 debate, it's not a huge difference. Now if could have bought a 3.0 V6 TDi I would have, just because I think it would make a lovely, silky smooth cruiser. The 140 is perfectly adequate and gives reasonable fuel economy. I did a Euro tour last year with some friends who rented a 140 manual from BMVS, we did 2500 miles and there were only two noticeable differences. Firstly, I could pull up the steep, high speed climbs (ie motorway) a bit easier. Lets say I could maintain 80mph, where as the 140 might drop back to 70mph. There was no real difference in the mountain twisty stuff. We obviously couldn't resist racing out of the toll booths from time to time, but again, there was very little difference. The 140 van had done 10,000 miles and my 180 had done about 1,000 miles by this point, so it's not exactly scientific :doh
The most obvious difference was fuel economy, we would both fill up at the same time, but when I needed fuel again, the 140 still had about 1/4 of a tank.
So, would I have a 140, of course. It does everything it needs to do, and if you don't tick the options box for DSG and 4Motion, you have a vehicle that is much better value for money. This will then have a knock on effect when you come to sell as a used vehicle, as it will be accessible to a much wider audience and actually become more desirable.
