Hey Sharkie,
Could you guys please take this to pm's as its hardly on topic...
Thanks
Maybe you should spend some time researching the things you claim to know "for a fact"
So .... 210kw/420NM AWD Tiguan against a 188kw/330NM AWD R .... ???? .... with similar weights ..... smell those Tiguan rear lights .....
or a peaky pre 2009 169kw/320NM WRX and even late 195kw/340NM WRX .... ???
Since when will lesser power and similar weight & traction beat superior power .... ??? LMAO ... I mean against 210kw/420NM from an EA888 GTI engine .... really LMAO
Next time .... do a bit of research before you shoot down anything you don't know .... bet you didn't even know the difference between the R and GTI engines until a knowledgable person like WJ pointed it out ....
Last edited by Sharkie; 15-06-2010 at 09:22 AM.
Current: 2023 MY23 T-Roc R Lapiz Blue + Beats Audio + Black pack 2018 MY19 Golf R manual Lapiz Blue + DAP) 2018 MY18 Golf 110TSI (150TSI) Trendline manual White2014 Amarok TSI Red (tuned over 200kw + lots of extras) 2013 Up! manual Red 2017 Polo GTI manual Black Previous VWs and some others ...
Hey Sharkie,
Could you guys please take this to pm's as its hardly on topic...
Thanks
e-peen car wars. Hilarious.
After spending Sunday at the Winternats @ Willowbank, ALL production cars are slow...
2014 Skoda Yeti TDI Outdoor 4x4 | Audi Q3 CFGC repower | Darkside tune and Race Cams | Darkside dump pDPF | Wagner Comp IC | Snow Water Meth | Bilstein B6 H&R springs | Rays Homura 2x7 18 x 8" 255 Potenza Sports | Golf R subframe | Superpro sways and bushings | 034 engine mounts | MK6 GTI brakes |
Ya this thread is getting out of hand. I understand debates around facts (with evidence...not simply pulling them out of ones' a**)...but when we start criticizing and talking down to each other, I tend to ignore that persons comments all together.
Scirocco R - Candy White / DSG / Panoramic Roof / RNS510
Mods - HPA ECU & DSG Stage 2 / VWR Racing Intake / Akrapovic Slip-On Titanium Tips / Milltek DP / HPA Mounts / Superpro LCA / H&R Sport Springs / VMR V710 19x8.5 / Michelin PSS 255-35
Comparing stats on paper is nothing... acceleration and power means squat on a track if you can't stop and accelerate out of a corner. Suspension, wheel and brake setup means quite a bit more in my books, hence why my 1.6L NA Civic can pull faster lap times than most cars on the road including my GTI Pirelli
OT: I think a lot of people are getting too hyped up in the Golf R in my books, I don't think there was this much hype for the MKV R32 when it was released?
MKV GTI Pirelli
whatever happened to buying a car because YOU like it? who cares what people think, or if they drive a faster car...or if a Tiguan can beat a Ferrari 499 around the Nürburgring
Scirocco R - Candy White / DSG / Panoramic Roof / RNS510
Mods - HPA ECU & DSG Stage 2 / VWR Racing Intake / Akrapovic Slip-On Titanium Tips / Milltek DP / HPA Mounts / Superpro LCA / H&R Sport Springs / VMR V710 19x8.5 / Michelin PSS 255-35
Agree its off topic and it wasn't my intention .... I gave the opinion that the R standard was slower compared to our Tiguan based on the fact that I drove to the dealership in the Tiguan (all 210kw/420NM of it), testdrove the R (agreed with most of WJs comments) and then drove home in the Tiguan again. And there was no FWD v AWD argument to sway the opinion.
As far as I know that is a fair way to make a comparison .....
Then you get people who have no knowledge or experience in what the tuned VWs are capable of (or even what their stock specs are), unlike those of us who have done so many times (and I'm on my 4th tuned VW now) who ridicule a perfectly valid comparison.
I meant to say I suppose, that if I did get the R I ordered in Feb 2009 now, I would have driven it straight to APR (while the sale is on) and would have had it at 239kw/430NM ..... so as not to get embarrassed by my leadfooted wife at the lights ....
Last edited by Sharkie; 15-06-2010 at 10:23 AM.
Current: 2023 MY23 T-Roc R Lapiz Blue + Beats Audio + Black pack 2018 MY19 Golf R manual Lapiz Blue + DAP) 2018 MY18 Golf 110TSI (150TSI) Trendline manual White2014 Amarok TSI Red (tuned over 200kw + lots of extras) 2013 Up! manual Red 2017 Polo GTI manual Black Previous VWs and some others ...
That's the obvious solution Guy as they are fun in different ways!
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