Golf R -v- Golf GTI

[adzy]

I think 3dr looks crap compared to 5 dr - reminds me of a pizza delivery car

Waiting for avalanche of abuse from 3dr owners.......

True Lol......... oops

[walbjj]

i thought hot hatches have traditionally always been 3 doors. a 5 door just looks like a mpv to me, bread van. a 3 door is where its at

[adzy]

Bread vans had 3 doors MPV's and bread vans hmmmmm...... Would be interesting seeing the world through your eyes Lol

[Finance_Analyst]

Horses for courses I guess...

Although in any car or SUV, the 3dr is always the "poorer" cousin of the 5dr equivalent.

Which is why pizza delivery cars and driving school cars are always 3dr - cos they are cheaper to buy!

The argument that a 3dr is more sporty is kinda moot - you want a sports car, get a proper one which was designed from the ground up as a sports car. This discussion is similar to those soccer mums who drive Beema X5s and Range Rover Sports who claim that their SUV handles like a sports car so their car is the best of both worlds.

At the end of the day, I can summarise this discussion by comparing to it to paying to see a Minogue but only getting Danni....

[sh|tbmxrider]

You forgot one factor.

Dirt road driving. AWD feels much more stable than FWD

How often would a Golf R, or a GTI, or a Scirocco see any thing that resembles a dirt road, gravel driveways aside?

[Transporter]

Once could be enough and when it saves you, it's worth it.

[sh|tbmxrider]

Once could be enough and when it saves you, it's worth it.

I dunno about you, but I have found my days of barreling down a unknown dirt road (in some unexpected circumstance, driving hard enough to be getting towards the dynamic limit of the car I am driving) are lurking deep in my teenage years....

[shakespeare]

Now you are talking, but you are right - stock vs stock is a good comparison. There is a motor lap time comparo here (stock cars):

https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/hp...0VP6yGKQ#gid=0

unfortunately its not up to date for 2011.

Post of the Year!!! Awesome link mate

[Fab_R]

wow.. what a marathon.. RB FTW.. but it looks wrong on a GTI

Yeah agree, looks rubbish!

[Corey_R]

Ok but really I cannot understand how or why one GTI owner let along two would say that unless they're lacking any motor skills and can only use the accelerator in the one position.

Maybe they installed the SprintBooster