I think that the combination of the 1st gen dsg and 1.9 tdi makes this golf a very nice car, the engine might outlast the gearbox but 1st gen dsg was actually pretty good. And it sure isn’t slow at changing gears!
Those blue and red dashboard lights truly made the best ambiance. I wish VW would bring it back and turn away from the super generic white LEDs nearly all cars have nowadays. Cars have no character anymore, this one still has it.
The performance are very good, looks like a 2.0 tdi 140ps as fast is it. it’s a stock 1.9? I remember that in most of the 1.9 tdi 130ps stock from factory, when they tried on dyno, they found more than 1 time 143ps against the original 130…
@ can, depend on the engine tuning, but generally now we have one or two more gear for a reason
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@@iRmazz96 gearboxes have more gears but not necessarily longer final drive. Mostly it's a thing because of smaller drops in rpm between gears and better modularity. Mostly it's just longest one that is used as a overdrive
@ we have more gears for efficiency his argument was right. There are no performance benefits from having a 9 speed trans instead of a 7 speed one. Lower rpm equals lower consumption
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@@v12-s65 lower rpms does not always equal to lower efficiency. If you drive in to low gear stress on the engine can be to much and ecu can supply the engine with more fuel but with no effect. Engines are more efficient at certain rpm that gearboxes with more gears can easily maintain because of smaller drops in rpm.
It was an incredibly fast gearbox for that time...
Even nowadays, at least myself I don't appreciate really a difference with some of the current fast automatic gearboxes
@@carlosnunezfernandez3384It's reliable this gearbox with these engine?
@@adrianbantinesti9219not really cause people don’t service them
@@adrianbantinesti9219 I have 310'000km on the DSG6 and no problems at all.
I think that the combination of the 1st gen dsg and 1.9 tdi makes this golf a very nice car, the engine might outlast the gearbox but 1st gen dsg was actually pretty good. And it sure isn’t slow at changing gears!
I had this car (manual, not automatic) from 2004 to 2008 and it was a great car!
Those blue and red dashboard lights truly made the best ambiance. I wish VW would bring it back and turn away from the super generic white LEDs nearly all cars have nowadays. Cars have no character anymore, this one still has it.
Oldie, but goodie!
Nice vid!
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The performance are very good, looks like a 2.0 tdi 140ps as fast is it. it’s a stock 1.9? I remember that in most of the 1.9 tdi 130ps stock from factory, when they tried on dyno, they found more than 1 time 143ps against the original 130…
consumptions are superb, with a longer gear you may achieve even better
To long gearing can affect consumption in a negative way
@ can, depend on the engine tuning, but generally now we have one or two more gear for a reason
@@iRmazz96 gearboxes have more gears but not necessarily longer final drive. Mostly it's a thing because of smaller drops in rpm between gears and better modularity. Mostly it's just longest one that is used as a overdrive
@ we have more gears for efficiency his argument was right. There are no performance benefits from having a 9 speed trans instead of a 7 speed one. Lower rpm equals lower consumption
@@v12-s65 lower rpms does not always equal to lower efficiency. If you drive in to low gear stress on the engine can be to much and ecu can supply the engine with more fuel but with no effect. Engines are more efficient at certain rpm that gearboxes with more gears can easily maintain because of smaller drops in rpm.
Amazing
Diesel car in USA! Extremely rare
This is in Germany but it has NJ plates for some reason? Also EU spec car
Why does it have American plates?
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Mucho desgaste para esos km , parece que tiene 350000 km
Wow
Good
Interesting that 20 years later you basically get that fuel economy out of a 1.5 TSI petrol.
yes but this gearbox is bit old, bit too high rpm at low speed, with golf 6 or 7 need much less fuel than golf 5.
Odo 137 000?! May be 1 137 000😁
Miles, probably!
@@viorelpalade9968it's in kilometres
cruising rpm seems to be quite high for a diesel
Golf V was indeed much shorter geared than modern cars.
No, man... not diesel. Petrol, please.
who the hell drives golf petrol :)
@@Corsa15DT Everyone. Diesel is for trucks, not cars. Learn it.
@@alexgouveia11 lpg is for cooking, petrol is for lawnmowers, diesel is for 🚗
Very loud unrefined diesel engine
booooo
The engine fits this car perfectly, low end torque and a fast gearbox.
If you want refinement buy something else
@@iRmazz96 u
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