Golf R -v- Golf GTI

[Corey_R]

Yeah... I haven't had the interwebs at home for the last two weeks, and peeps keep on talking about frogs outside of business hours

[dave_r]

lol no excuse mate!

[adzy]

Lmao Dave... the Golf R's are getting upset

[dave_r]

It's ok, I've replaced my R badging for GTI items so I can be cool. Just gotta swing past somewhere that sells small red pinstripe tape so I can finish the job

[Corey_R]

Are you going to do the red pin stripe on the grill, or along the side of the car? You know, something more like this:

[adzy]

It's ok, I've replaced my R badging for GTI items so I can be cool. Just gotta swing past somewhere that sells small red pinstripe tape so I can finish the job

Remember to try and ditch 116kg's while your at it!

[dave_r]

We'll I'm already a lightweight model so half way to evening the odds anyways

Corey I'm not cool enough for that sorta striping, we'll just stick with the grill!

[Mountainman]

It's been discussed many times I'm pretty sure. The WRX gets to 100km/h in 2nd gear whereas the GTI/R needs to shift into third to hit the hundred mark. That affects the time quite a bit I would imagine

Not true The WRX does 14.3km/h/1000rpm in 2nd gear and is only doing 93km/h at the 6500 redline. The only way it will see 100 is on the typically inaccurate speedo when taking it to the cutout. It's actually lower geared than a GTI in 1st gear which along with its superior AWD system helps give it more grunt off the line. Interestingly I notice that when "Wheels" tested the 2 door R back in Oct 2010 they did 111km/h in 2nd gear at 7000rpm. So which one should have the fewer gear change advantage? In Oct 2010 "Wheels" did 0-100 in 6.63 secs and 0-400m in 14.6 secs in the R. In 2005 they did 0-100 in 6.6 and 0-400m in 14.8 in the Forester XT. Same weight, a bit less power and torque but much lower geared in 1st/2nd/3rd. They even did identical times in a 4speed auto Forester XT the year before.

I'm not trying to "knock" the R here - I find it so refreshing to have something refined and tastefully finished like it on offer for the price after years of Jap stuff, but what else could you expect with less power, less torque and considerably more weight?

[Ideo]

We'll I'm already a lightweight model so half way to evening the odds anyways

Corey I'm not cool enough for that sorta striping, we'll just stick with the grill!

Have your thought about putting a small hole in the sump, so you can get the true GTI experience of wondering where all your oil is going?

[sabloke]

Have your thought about putting a small hole in the sump, so you can get the true GTI experience of wondering where all your oil is going?

Ha ha, that is gold!!!

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