3 door vs 5 door GTI weight difference?

[Dux]

I see.

What are the advantages of 3-door? It looks like visibility is better, and does look a little nicer. Anything else? Clearly as we've seen above weight is not enough of a difference to matter.

[team_v]

I see.

What are the advantages of 3-door? It looks like visibility is better, and does look a little nicer. Anything else? Clearly as we've seen above weight is not enough of a difference to matter.

Generalla longer door which means the B pillar isn't right on your shoulder so you get more visibility and easier shoulder checking.

Also exterior looks.

[AndrewBurns]

Yeah basically it's a tradeoff of looks and visibility vs practicality.

[pologti18t]

The biggest advantage was the price saving of the 3 door.
Otherwise... Australians like 5 door hatches...not 3 doors

[BLN355]

The only thing that gives me the *****s about the 3dr is, being a short armed bigger built bloke and trying to grab the seat belt when I get in is on occasion quite a mission. Gotta be a contortionist and feel as though a trip to the local chiropractor is in order after it lol

[alexaescht]

Gotta be a contortionist and feel as though a trip to the local chiropractor is in order after it lol

Sounds like my friend's Brera, except you need to be a contortionist to do anything with it.

[Dux]

The only thing that gives me the *****s about the 3dr is, being a short armed bigger built bloke and trying to grab the seat belt when I get in is on occasion quite a mission. Gotta be a contortionist and feel as though a trip to the local chiropractor is in order after it lol

Good point - I love the feature on most high-end (ie, BMW) cars where looms push the belt towards you. Even the Toyota 86 has manual ones you can pull out to hold the belt in place.

[THE_EGG]

The only thing that gives me the *****s about the 3dr is, being a short armed bigger built bloke and trying to grab the seat belt when I get in is on occasion quite a mission. Gotta be a contortionist and feel as though a trip to the local chiropractor is in order after it lol

I have the same issue with my car. I don't know whether the bolstering is shaped like my car but instead of putting the seat-belt fully retracted, have you tried leaving it looped on the bolstering of the backrest of the seat? It works for my car but I generally only do it if I've got sore muscles from tennis or something in case the cloth wears more quickly from the seat-belt rubbing on the seat.