Scirocco Central

OK... we all know we've got one of the best looking cars on the road & it's got performance to match (speaking for the 2.0 TSI boys anyhoos ) but what sold you initially... be honest

Hands up for me... I was as shallow as they come... I saw it last September when VAG had a fleet car showday at work & fell head over heels in lust with the looks of it.... & thank the lord it had the grunt & the handling to match

How about you ? Are you as shallow as me or to give a classic metaphor would you do a minger so long as she went like the clappers ?

Shooms,

came from a modded GTi running 255-260 BHP so was a tad disappointed to see the roc launch with "only" 200 BHP, I feel they should of gone with a K04 equipped engine from the off. As I have mentioned on other threads, having driven APS's highly modded edition 30 running 330BHP even my Milltek equipped remapped rocco does not feel too fast. I do also find it a tad awkward from certain angles, beautiful from others.

The thing that sold it to me was the heritage of the original MK1 roc and the fact that it was a completely fresh look for VW. Its not completely new look though, you do see similarities with the older model civic hatch (flame me on that if you like) and also the C30 Volvo.

Still loving it though for now, until I take the plunge on a K04 upgrade that is

shooms wrote: How about you ? Are you as shallow as me or to give a classic metaphor would you do a minger so long as she went like the clappers ?

That sentence just made my day ha ha

I bought mine because of how it looked to be honest as, its not the fastest car you can buy for the money but its more about the complete package

i went for perfomance given the rave reviews in the handling department, ride height and lack of grunt (compared to K04 power) did niggle but both resolved now, car does looks stunning from some angles but certain views of the rear makes it look a bit awkard, its a car that does have knickers as well as a fur coat

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Looks were the clincher, but 200 BHP was the entry requirement

The performance did leave me a little cold when I got to finally drive it and will be adding bluefin to hopefully rectify this at the earliest opportunity.

It was the looks that swung it for myself and it does look great.

i cant really cast a vote on this one, as i bought it for the looks but they needed improving (in my eyes), but also because of the tuning (improvement needed again lol) that is available for it, as the standard 200bhp is ok i suppose but its so easy to get close to the 300bhp mark with the standard turbo.

Looks...as I generally don't care much about performance...I mean a stop-signal is still a stop signal, no matter how fast your car can pull...you are bound to get the other soon. Same as driving on the highway...maximum speed is maximum speed, no matter how fast you care pulls up to 100km/h in those few less/extra seconds...but that's me...looks like Im the only one with a 1.4 TSI...

Looks, (high-)tech, performance...

Jimmyb wrote:looks like Im the only one with a 1.4 TSI...

You're not the only one. I also got a 1.4 TSI. But I live in Norway and here the 2.0 is ridiculously exspensive (starting at about £41,000 ). My roc is "only" £35,000 with some extras..
I saw the Scirocco for the first time a early morning, half asleep on the bus to work, in october last year. Never woken up that fast before!!! It was love at first sight!! So definitively looks that did it for me. And now I own that exact car! (It was a demo car at the local VW dealership).

DjIceT wrote:

Jimmyb wrote:looks like Im the only one with a 1.4 TSI...

You're not the only one. I also got a 1.4 TSI. But I live in Norway and here the 2.0 is ridiculously exspensive (starting at about £41,000 ). My roc is "only" £35,000 with some extras..
I saw the Scirocco for the first time a early morning, half asleep on the bus to work, in october last year. Never woken up that fast before!!! It was love at first sight!! So definitively looks that did it for me. And now I own that exact car! (It was a demo car at the local VW dealership).

O...wow...I had to pay 6000 euro more for 1.4 to 2.5 few seconds extra....no thank you...I rather save some pocket money, at 1) ordering and 2) Gas on the longer run, to invest it and get some more money to finally buy my mercedes...

[quote="Jimmyb"]Looks...Same as driving on the highway...maximum speed is maximum speed, u]looks[/u] quote]

What's a maximum speed on the highway

AL1874 wrote:

Jimmyb wrote:Looks...Same as driving on the highway...maximum speed is maximum speed, u]looks[/u] quote]

What's a maximum speed on the highway

Here only 100 to 120 KM/H...at some pieces only 80 KM/H...Admitted I drive 20 KM/H more....

Out here it is as fast as you car will go, so about 148 mph

But obviously it's only when road and weather conditions allow.

AL1874 wrote:Out here it is as fast as you car will go, so about 148 mph

But obviously it's only when road and weather conditions allow.

Yeah...you know how the dutch are...