Manual GTI drivers -Which gear gives best 'push you to seat' experience?

[thirdwill]

A mate took me for a ride when he got his new car, and wanted to show what it could do
He plowed into the side of another car at 80ks when he missed a giveway sign.
Airbags went off and he passed out for 15sec... felt like a lifetime....

Since then, I've turned down a few offers when mates wanted to show me their new car for this reason.

Wow - Some scary stuff there!

Certainly my intention is not to cause danger or harm to anyone. The reason why i bought a gti was not for its speed, but its for refinement and 'all-roundedness' as Corey_R mentioned.

I was thinking more along the lines of the latest Golf ad on tv, where the Golf driver was driving the roadside assistance mechanic. And the mechanic asked the driver to give it some gas - as a demonstration of its grunt power. Im asking how to best do that short burst.

And, yes ive noticed 3rd gear 50 to 80 is pretty good too.

[nat225]

bring your friends and family to a legal drag strip and keep the public safe :p

[REXman]

Love the responses so far!!

Let's assume you can't buy another cat right now, shall we? LMAO

I would just creep in first to around 30kms/h then nail it through second gear.. Best way in most cars.

[guest12345]

I find 2nd gear the best to floor it. Flooring it on 1st gear just creates a ton of wheel spin. My car is slightly different, but overall it has good acceleration through all gears, especially 2nd.

[busytimmy]

Err, why don't you just *try* each gear and then formulate an opinion?

I may be tired, but damn this thread is stupid.