Is it me or is the new polo loud?!?

did you learn in?

Also, 60hp is plenty enough..

No, it really isnt.

So, mind explaining why 60hp isnt enough?

Also, 60hp is plenty enough..

Possible solutions:
> Needs a service
> Needs cambelt/chain adjusted/changed
> Drive with the radio on
> Dont rev it so high..

What year polo have you got, and what year car did you learn in?

Also, 60hp is plenty enough..

Smallest car / engine I own is a 3.0 litre V8. It makes about 150bhp and that isn't really enough. Biggest thing I've got at the moment is a 4.2 straight six which makes about 240bhp (it's basically a detuned e-type engine in a 4 door saloon) - now that's just about enough to keep me entertained.

You can't make decent progress in a car with 60bhp. That's not even enough grunt to get out of it's own way, never mind overtake anything.

I've no idea what any of my cars do to the gallon. Frankly I couldn't give a toss either.

You can make perfectly decent progress with 60bhp. Overtaking is a chore on a single-carriageway, but in my experience if you're having to overtake a lot of cars, you won't gain much advantage anyway because the roads are presumably busy. Except on the motorway, journeys where I've been constantly overtaking stuff rarely get me to my destination any faster than if I didn't bother - the cars usually end up behind me at the lights/ a roundabout. Obviously it's different if a car is going very slowly or it's just one car slowing you down on a clear road, but usually a 60bhp will handle that fine, just in a little more time than something more powerful.

If you work the gears, there's plenty of grunt to maintain a good speed even with hills, and on the flat there's no problem whatsoever cruising at 85.

Clearly you like to drive and you like your powerful cars and MPG doesn't bother you: great. Good for you. But posting fatuous comments about how everyone needs massive engines isn't really helpful to a seventeen year-old complaining about cabin noise. A lot of people are concerned about price and MPG, and don't have the time, money, inclination or ability to have a fleet of classic cars which they maintain themselves. If that floats your boat, I'm very happy for you, but don't sneer at people who aren't too fussed.

All the above is from my experience of the 60hp car I first drove, my instructor's when I was learning and my current car (both in the 90s bhp-wise), and the many journeys I've had in much faster cars.

Sorry dude, but anything with a tiny engine is a waste of money.
The idea you can make reasonable progress with 60bhp is utter nonsense. With that little grunt it'll have a crap chassis, be noisy on the motorway as it'll be pretty much flat out at motorway cruising speeds, which won't make for a relaxing drive in the slightest.

You need at least 2.5 litres under the bonnet to cruise in any degree of comfort.

I've had everything from an '83 1.3 litre MG metro, via a Porsche 911 to a 5.3 litre Jaguar XJ12 and about 50 other things in between, so i'd like to think I've got enough experience to know what's worth buying and what isn't.

You want to rock round in a 1 point bugger all litre engined car, go for it. But let's not pretend it's useful for anything more than popping down the shops.

You have enough experience to form a very subjective opinion on cars based on your personal viewpoint, which is all you've done.

If you want to regularly cruise in massive comfort down the motorway, a 60bhp car is not for you, no. But the idea that it's "not useful for anything more than popping down the shops" is just ridiculous. When I had a 1ltr it was perfectly happy cruising at 60 along country roads near my house, and driving at 80 on the motorway for a few hours every now and then. Sure, it was noisy, but it coped just fine. If I could manage a sustained 80mph (and it could have done more - that's just my general motorway cruising speed) in my old car, how the hell is the "idea that you can make reasonable progress in a 1ltr" total "nonsense"? Could you tell me how I was failing to "make progress"?

I'm sorry but I just think you're exaggerating massively. The only things a 1ltr can't really do are afford much comfort at high speeds, overtake regularly on a single-carriageway, and give you loads of fun. But a 1ltr can still be a useful car fulfilling all the practical functions of something bigger.

Less than 2.0 litres and less than 6 cylinders is a waste of raw materials.

???

Why would you think that?

6 cylinders are more generally used for high power cars, and 6 cylinders are designed to work most efficiently at high revs.

A straight 5 is much much better suited to road driving.

Everyone should stop complaining about the lack of power that some cars have, there is a reason that people make cars with low power, because they are cheap to make, cheap to buy and cheap to run.

There is nothing wrong with having 60hp if you're happy with it, personally I wouldn't be, but I think for some people it would be fine.

A 1 litre hatchback is nothing more than a shopping trolley. They aren't meant for much more than going down asda and dropping the kids off at school.

If that's all you want a car for then go ahead and buy one. For anything else, there's better things to buy.

A 1 litre hatchback is so glacially slow to accelerate it's dangerous. You can't really expect an engine to lug a ton and a half worth of ****box around when it'd be much more at home in a generator powering the lights on a construction site.

Less than 2.0 litres and less than 6 cylinders is a waste of raw materials.