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Old 2nd May 2008, 21:44   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by robbo51 View Post
More responsive??
Have you driven a diesel?
Peak torque is 2000 rpm..so how can petrol be more responsive?
I have driven a petrol and found it to be lacking...it felt flat in comparison.
The only way I could get it to go was to thrash it to death and even then it felt slower..
The diesel is smooth, quiet and pulls well in all gears.
The Honda 2.2 pulls like a train when the turbo kicks in! (1800-3500 revs)

And yes - I drove the 1.8 also as a courtsey car when mine was in the dealers once... and it was horrible - I just kept waiting for something to kick in! lol
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