It's been 6 years or some odd years in the making, but I finally gots me a new car. Sadly, it isn't an 8 - Fortunately I didn't trade the 8 in, it's had a special place in my heart for awhile, and was a great car despite it's many pitfalls it had due to being an 04 A4!

Probably won't be driving it too much anymore, just doing some minor work on it to get it nice and purdy to be sold off prviately rather than pull my pants down, bend over, and grab my ankles at the stealership.

New car is a 2012 GTI, and I must say, it is one helluvah car. No disrespect to any RX-8's anywhere and or the people that love/enjoy them, but I honestly can say I won't be looking back. I'll think about it, but I won't. It's just as much fun of a drive as the 8 (IMO) and it feels good again to have some torque at low rpm's

I'm very very glad I fell upon this forum when I got my car as its been such a great thing to have, a great community and a tooooooooon of info.

Anyway, what a long strange trip it's been rx8club.com, I know I've been lurking for the past few years and not posting, but it's time for me to be on my way, thanks for all the help and information through-out the years, its been invaluable.

Thanks!

 

Pictures of the gti or you don't have one.

but for real now you have the time to do a 13b REW swap so you can enjoy the 8 more than the gti

 

@Guy with the cutie of a girlfriend: I was just about to say that about the pictures. Lol.

@OP: Good luck with all your future endeavors.

 

Enjoy the GTI, they're great cars.

You may have enjoyed your 8 more if it wasn't an '04 automatic.

 

^

 

You had an 04 4 port automatic. Enough said

 

don't poke fun at him yet, he still has it

 

Poke fun. This is the internet and nothing bad will happen to you.

OP - I'm curious as to why you got an automatic to begin with.

Was any of your ankles broken while shopping for a car? I'm not making fun of you but that's the ONLY reason I bought an automatic Accord.

 

Bahahaha. I think that would be blasphemy on the golfmk6 forums. I don't want to be kicked out! But 13b REW...

Maybe I can convince the wife into just letting me keep the 8. It's not like I'll get THAT much out of it...'04 with 43k-ish miles, lots of hail damage (I rented a house for awhile with some friends and we didn't have a garage/covered parking...NEVER AGAIN.) And a discolored fog light, thankfully I didn't hand over my arm to the dealer to have fixed yet. Figured I could do a DIY fix, but after reading the thread.......no thx I'd break something



This is true I might have :D But it still was an 04. I would bring up how the engine was replaced and all the other trips to the dealer I had, but looking back on it, I don't care. It was a great car and we had our fun together! :D

@allothercommentsabouthavinganA4

No my ankles weren't broken, I wasn't high, or drunk, or impaired in anyway. It was the one with the best price/mileage on it. Got it in 06 with 18k miles, all the others were 05's or other 04's with 40-50k+ miles. I still wanted something of the bumper to bumper left, so I went with that. Looking back on that I should have just bucked up and gotten an M6, but oh wells. Whats done is done

Sidenote: The VW I went to had an 8 on its lot, I can't remember the year or mileage but I remember it being very low mileage, and it was M6. The idea of just getting that nagged me for a long time while I waited on getting my finances together, by the time I got back to the dealer and was ready to purchase (more than likely the gti anyway, it was a coin flip really, but more so in the GTI's favor) it was gone. Which I'm not surprised at all, they're fantastic vehicles and that one for the mileage, after you haggle them down a bit, would have been a steal.

 

One thing I am looking forward to though is the better MPG....wait for it...and the better OPG!

 

OPG?

Oil Per Gallon?

 

Yep!

 

Well I went the other way (VW to rx8). It was an 02 Jetta 1.8T. APR chipped, carbonio cai, h&r cup kit suspension with front and rear braces and larger diameter sway bars, with 17" wheels and some other stuff which got it up to around 235HP and 240TQ.

It was the best car I ever owned (drove like a go cart, it was fun, but still in no way shape or form would hug a curve like the 8 even after the suspension mods) until I got my 8, which is an 04 MT6 and has been perfect (no issues at all since purchase except had cap replacement). Every once in awhile I did look back (like you I kept the car until it finally died a few months ago) and I think you will too. Two totally different beasts with different strengths and weaknesses.

The aftermarket for the car (the VW) is incredible and there are serious gains to be had well within reasonable budget, just find a local APR shop, they can really hook you up. I used New German Performance Racing in Aberdeen, MD.

Congrats on the new car.

 

Oh and by died, I mean drove by a teenager for a year. It was too much for the 200,000 mile car

 

Lol.

 

Have fun. GTI is a great car. My brother has a MkV.
The rear suspension tuning is quite brilliant on that car and that FSI motor has a nice 'voice'.

Agility, response, and unity is not in the same class as RX-8 though.
This is obvious when you switch back to RX-8 after driving around in the GTI for a while.

Whenever I drive the RX-8 after shooting around in my Speed6, I'm reminded of the RX-8's brilliance with driver unity.

 

i have a VW cc. its no sports car but I like it as my DD. enjoy your VW op

 

Heck yeah, tuning these things is insane. Stage 1 with Carbino is ~800-900ish, for something ridiculous (tested and proven by APR) to gain like 55 HP, and 70ish torque? My jaw hit the floor. Then there's Stage 2, which is another 20ish gain again or so, and then you can of course go completely bonkers and get k04...

I never really pushed my RX-8 all that much, and I haven't had a chance to put the GTI through its paces, I'm not expecting it take the twisties aswell, but it should be just as fun and fairly inline with where the rx-8 is. It wasn't built for the straights

 

Good luck with the GTi. DO not look at any GOlf R's however - you will then need to trade up! I have a 2010 R3, wife wanted a 2011 GTi, bought her one, then the R came out - we now drive a 2012 R (and sometimes the R3).

All three are fabulous cars for the money - enjoy!

 

Good luck with the GTI. Post pics if you can.

 

I'm about to get off work and meet some friends up for fewdz. I'll snap some shots in the parking lot

 

GTI's are good cars

see ya

 

 

Sweet cars!

I guess it did happen since you posted pics.

 

Or I just got reeeeeeeeally lucky when dirving around town to spot one so I could snap pictures of it!