Any VW GTI drivers?
Hi everyone! I'm driving a nice VW GTI (337 edition) with the 1.8 Turbo. Fun! Previously I owned 2 Miatas over 11 years. Now I'm thinking of trading up to an RX-8. If any of you once drove a GTI, how do they compare? Would the RX-8 be significantly more "fun-to-drive" than my GTI? Thanks!
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I owned a 2000 GTi VR6, it was a fun car but you can't even compare it to the 8, take one for a test drive and you'll know what I mean.
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Here is a pic for all you VW guys. This has to suck seriously.
http://www.lba.hu/poenoskepkockak/bi...ep=00013nk.jpg |
Re: Any VW GTI drivers?
Originally posted by Three37ny Hi everyone! I'm driving a nice VW GTI (337 edition) with the 1.8 Turbo. Fun! Previously I owned 2 Miatas over 11 years. Now I'm thinking of trading up to an RX-8. If any of you once drove a GTI, how do they compare? Would the RX-8 be significantly more "fun-to-drive" than my GTI? Thanks! |
SikRedRX-8:
arghhh, that really sucks ! But just a bunch of VW and Skoda-s as I see, no RX8 :) |
Well No GTI but I am coming down from an agittated hover due to a bad experience in a 2002 Passat W8!
I finally won a bid to get that POS repurchased under the VA lemon law! The following links chronical my tribulations with VW premier sedan (untill the intro of the Phaeton)! http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=725295 http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=916694 http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=907714 http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=869873 http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=942240 http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=839434 Those pics must be of all the flooding they had up north! |
Yeah, the W8 didn't go over very well... The Phaeton is going to flop even more miserably, I don't know what the hell VW was thinking with that one.
I think the pics are from a Czech lot, or somewhere near there in Europe. |
I just got rid of a 2000 VW GTI VR6. The car ran well except the suspension was just so sloppy. I felt like I was driving a big boat Caddy from the '70's everytime I went over bump. IMO, the car was top heavy and didn't handle corners as well as other hathbacks in it's class. Definitley a fun car nonetheless, but the VR6 could have put out more oommph back then.
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Any VW GTI drivers? i don't think so. they keep running those "drivers wanted" ads so i dont think they've found any yet. at least no long term ones anyway. turnover is really high. |
I still own a 95 GTI VR6, it was the fastest car I have owned till I got the 8. I sat in the 4wd GTi R32 at the car show in DC recently and fell in love with the seats. The R32 was my 2nd choice behind the 8, but I did not feel like waiting for it.
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What's with all this issy VR6 stuff, everyone knows the only real GTI is a 1.8T :p J/K By the way, aren't they going to be 2.0Ts this coming model year?
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Re: Any VW GTI drivers?
Originally posted by Three37ny Hi everyone! I'm driving a nice VW GTI (337 edition) with the 1.8 Turbo. Fun! Previously I owned 2 Miatas over 11 years. Now I'm thinking of trading up to an RX-8. If any of you once drove a GTI, how do they compare? Would the RX-8 be significantly more "fun-to-drive" than my GTI? Thanks! Original 2000: http://www.swankmonkey.com Second 2003: http://gti.swankmonkey.com I'm so glad to be back into a RWD car ;) |
Originally posted by zoom44 i don't think so. they keep running those "drivers wanted" ads so i dont think they've found any yet. at least no long term ones anyway. turnover is really high. |
I owned a '02 GTI. Absolutely LOVED the car.
But it was a piece of shit.... After having it only 1.5 years, 35K miles (yes, I drive a lot), and having it spew radiator fluid all over my garage and strand me in my own home (which I guess is better than some bad part of town), I traded it in (of course, I couldn't sell it). I was looking at 2 cars only: The RX8 and the Mini Cooper. Bought the Cooper, see other thread. jerij |
jerij, I'm sure you know andy at ross-tech, then ;) Ex 1.8T owner, now a mini S freak!
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My dad has an Audi TT Roadster, basically a GTI underneath. I can't stand the thing. The electronic throttle programming is sloppy; the shifter sucks; the throw of the clutch pedal is way too long; the brake pedal is neither firm enough to threshold brake nor close enough to the gas pedal for heel-n-toe downshifting; and it's developed a nasty couple of rattles that are more than a little annoying. But um yeah the top goes down and it's got a nice stereo...
Moral of the story: I'm never going to buy a VW product. |
Originally posted by SikRedRX-8 Here is a pic for all you VW guys. This has to suck seriously. http://www.lba.hu/poenoskepkockak/bi...ep=00013nk.jpg And I thought only the rotaries are prone to flooding:D |
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