What comes first, show or go??

[rayray086]

In my opinion, handling and show over go. I wouldn't worry about go because your never going to be very fast anyway.

This is me too.

[Smead]

Go.

Its a pain to keep your car at a show standard if its your daily

[dylan8]

show (but not mint clean because thats impossible) if i had a fast car I bet I would have lost my license or killed myself/someone by now.
might look for something a with a bit of go over the next few years now i feel like I have learnt a lot more about the road/other drivers, but itll always be about the look for me

[Gusman]

I think it depends on what you've got car-wise and what you think it needs more of. For me with my 77TSI with sports pack, it looks ok standard but needs a bit more go, so that's where the money's heading first. But at the end of the day, I want both right now dammit

[Buller_Scott]

i voted go.

that being said, i've come on a long journey since VW ownership. from now on, first mods arent going to be remapping/ intake etc, but rather:
- suspension (gotta have balance via heigh adjustment)
- tyres (gotta have grip, no point in wasting whatever torque there is)
- brakes

i'll always appreciate a nice, low, good looking car - but for my own purposes, i love flying under the radar in a car that no one notices at all.

[mikinoz]

I spend most of my money just keeping it running let alone adding 'go'!

[kaanage]

I'm surprised by all the "go" votes here - the general forum discussion (drop/slam/wide/LED/HID/low) would have led me to expect "show" would be the go (so to speak)

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Just to clarify, I would regard "go" as including going around corners, not just in a straight line

[Driven Threads]

i voted go.

i'll always appreciate a nice, low, good looking car - but for my own purposes, i love flying under the radar in a car that no one notices at all.

Agreed. I love how cars can look aesthetically...but for me and my car...

I voted go!

I daily and track my car and enjoy driving it hard.

Most of mods I have done have been performance orientated rather than cosmetic.

[Finance_Analyst]

I think there are two analogies I can use for this discussion.

1. Why some ppl (e.g. real estate agents and property developers) prefer a crappy BMW 320i or Mercedes C200 to a Golf GTI or R for the badge is all about show. So assuming none of us are in that boat, it would be GO.

2. Would you rather marry someone dependable, reliable who will be there for richer or poorer, sickness and heath etc etc (but obviously love and have passion for) or choose the drop dead hot woman (with supermodel looks) you meet at the bar, knowing that she is an absolute air head, has been around more than the town bike and has an IQ of 10?

These analogies pretty much conjure up what I thought about when I saw this post.....

[Stan]

Go - hence my front subframe swap to make a homebuilt GTI out of a 1.6 golf

oh, and stop - big brakes....