The Official I regret getting my 77TSI thanks to the GTI

**Allegiance** · 03-12-2010, 07:09 PM

I sat in one of the new GTI's today, wow what a car. Especially given the price difference, I do now regret getting the 77TSI.

**Ralfi** · 03-12-2010, 07:12 PM

This was always going to happen.

But, yours is the official coty & you've got yours already, whereas many of the GTI buyers won't be getting theirs for a long while it seems.

(hope that helps).

**FJ Steve** · 03-12-2010, 08:12 PM

I tried to convince my wife to agree to rescind the contract on our 77TSI, but she was adamant that it (77TSI) was going to suit her daily needs. If she needed a "rush" of adrenalin...she'd just take the keys to the .:R32 and hammer that (like she has for the past 2 1/5 years)

**Buller_Scott** · 03-12-2010, 10:04 PM

wait till that supercharger flap starts ****ing up, especially after a tune....

then, you're gonna wish you'd held onto the 77tsi.

listen, they're not the fastest cars in the world (unless you go the way of one member in the mk6 section, who has moderator approval to take 0-100 times in built up traffic- a first for vw watercooled)...

but the 77 tsi is a damn fine car.

i thrash my car. i am not shy about posting p00fter-f4g ass battles on here, but one thing ive found recently, in heavy driving conditions over black spur, 3 times in the last 10 days...

power is awesome. straight line, especially.

but if you really want to be fast get the following sorted.... then, you wont even want a bigger turbo:

-tune
-uprate your springs
-uprate your dampers
-get engine mount to reduce engine pitch under hard acceleration
-front control arm rear bushes (****...... most people wont do this, because it's a lot of $$$ to get done, for a little rubber thing half the size of your palm... seriously, the bushes were the next best mod i ever did, apart from my tune.... you can actually feel the road surface through the steering wheel- WIN).
-rear axle beam lock bushes.

by the time you get that stuff done, you wont even worry about more power or torque... given the ridiculously beautiful weight distribution of the 77tsi, with the above mods, you'll be one gnarly mother****er in the hills..... which is where it counts.

straight line is for f4gs... they can go cruise up chapel street. mod your car for corners.

cheers,

scotty

**Hail22** · 03-12-2010, 10:53 PM

I had the choice to get the Polo GTI and so far i have heard a lot of people say my TSI is a lot more practical, i am a diver...i need a practical car, if i got the GTI i would be very pissed off with the sand etc and having to be all cotton handed with the interior which wouldn't allow me to enjoy the ride.

To be honest i love my 77TSI, enjoy the overheating however...twincharge in such a small compartment....yeahhhh,

**dave_r** · 03-12-2010, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Allegiance

Especially given the price difference, I do now regret getting the 77TSI.

The missus would love flappy paddles and more noise and power etc etc but she loves her 77TSI and there is also the extra cost required. There is always something better/newer/etc

Originally Posted by FJ Steve

If she needed a "rush" of adrenalin...she'd just take the keys to the .:R32 and hammer that (like she has for the past 2 1/5 years)

Haha smart woman! I made my insurance named only so she can't touch it until she's over 30 anyway

**Kane-St-Kane** · 04-12-2010, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by Hail22

To be honest i love my 77TSI, enjoy the overheating however...twincharge in such a small compartment....yeahhhh,

I smell sour grapes.... No wait, that reeks of it.

If the engine overheats I will hardly care - Warranties exist for a reason and I'm sure that VW would not release a car with issues big enough to taint the brand.

I just googled 'POLO GTI OVERHEATING' and nothing came up except for something about a Prius (which happened to be linked from a review of the New Polo GTI).

Theories are great, especially when they make us feel better about such a large purchase.... but some proof would be nice.

**Allegiance** · 04-12-2010, 06:43 AM

Don't get me wrong guys, I do love my TSI, especially over the Impreza I used to have. It's just the GTI really did seem like a little beast of a car.

-tune
-uprate your springs
-uprate your dampers
-get engine mount to reduce engine pitch under hard acceleration
-front control arm rear bushes (****...... most people wont do this, because it's a lot of $$$ to get done, for a little rubber thing half the size of your palm... seriously, the bushes were the next best mod i ever did, apart from my tune.... you can actually feel the road surface through the steering wheel- WIN).
-rear axle beam lock bushes.

Thanks for the suggestions, I will look into these, I am still waiting for APR to release the tune though!