Sportline 0-60

kawolsky wrote: We also use it for days out and as Saunton beach is only 5 minutes from home

git!

I love my van for everything it does at work and play but when it comes to 0-60 times and whatnot, it is a van after all (albeit a pretty amazing one!!) so I know in acceleration it performs like an average diesel hatchback, nothing more.  And in the handling stakes, let's be honest....

Tony M wrote: Tim the gas wrote:   But when is a van not "just a van".  I own and have the use of 2 other vehicles at my disposal but I spend most of my  time in the "van" . It's what I earn my living in and so consequently it's what gets the most use. That's why I chose to buy a 174 with all the options - because i spend more time in it than any other vehicle i own. How many other people on here are the same as me ? Now if it wasn't my own van and it was supplied by say "an employer" then I can see the other side of it I suppose. Years ago when I worked for the gas board nothing pissed me off more than being stuck behind some old bastard out for a sunday drive (during the week) and not having the power to overtake them because the "employer" had bought the most basic aneamic cheapest van on the market. (MK1 & 2 Transhits,Leyland Sherpa's,Viva vans etc) and ............breathe.....            ....Rant over. Seriously though my "van" is my car also. My Sportline was my work van (i'm a dryliner) and my personal vehicle. I'd always get comments like "that's too good for work" and "I wouldn't bring that on site if it was mine." Why would I want to drive a 1.9DCi Laguna at weekends when I had a Sportline? To be honest, cars really don't interest me. If I had bottomless pockets, i'd buy a new Sportline, take it to a racing team somewhere that specialise in diesels, and spend thousands on tuning & suspension and have one hell of a van. I can't think of any car i'd have over a van. I'm waiting on delivery of a Caddy Maxi Sportline now so i'm searching the internet for some nice bits for that when it comes.

Yeah i'm the same.  I LOVE MY VAN and i've often said to my missus that if i won the lottery I
would buy myself a brand new Sportline van and do the same.
Wheels,suspension, engine performance etc.
I would rather have that than a Ferrari/Porsche etc.        More practical as well.

And it's funny when you blow away the odd car here and there
Some people out there don't realise how fast they are,  after all it's just a van -  how come it just blew me away ?***???   

Another thing - it would be completely empty - no tools or heavy shite in the load bay for
maximum mapped performance. 

I'm in the market for a new van for my son - been thinking about a Sportline Caddy also - keep the
tax bill low and all that.

I missed out on the Sportline T5 as I bought my van in 2004 before it was launched otherwise
that's what i'd have now.     My van is still too good to sell at the moment and I don't relish
spending out another £25k + on a new Sportline at the moment.

downhiller wrote: Yeah.  Get it right.  It's "a broken van" :( :P

Yeah.  Get it right.  It's "a broken van" :( :P

if anyone asked me the 0-60 time on my van, i'd reply 'it's a van' :)

I never really screamed the tits off my Sportline for fear of something like that happening.

I've timed my un-chipped 174 at 9.4ish when empty, using both an iphone app, and manual stopwatch, timing to indicated 63ish for a 0-60, not 0-62 time.

quoted figures by most manufacturers are bollocks.

The Rev is right, when I got my 3.0 jag the quoted 0-60 was 6.6 seconds or thereabouts but I nearly goosed the gearbox, clutch and engine trying to verify this on the first day....strange burning smells all round! (jag is now for sale btw...everything works honest!)

I thought all the performance figures for the vw vans were taken with a certain amount of payload in them for some reason. I'm sure when you looked at the figures for the older version it has an asterix by the figure and below in small print it said with 50% payload, or maybe this was just for the fuel economy figures?