So I woke up Sunday morning extremely excited. A short drive later I arrived at the driveway of a shadow blue R32, not the colour and spec I wanted but manual transmission so fit the bill nicely as a method of dipping my toe in the V6 water.
It wasn't a very well specced offering so didn't feel much different in terms of cabin presence. Flicked the ignition, feul pump primed and that throaty V6 sparked into life.... goosebumps.
Nipping through the tiny village it called home it was hard to open the car up at first plus it needed to get up to temp anyway. First thoughts whilst gliding along was the throttle response is much more urgent as the power is there right away and not waiting for the turbo to spool up. The brakes were also far better, think I nearly sent my fiance into the windscreen at one junction.
I escaped the confines of the village and was met with a B road I am familiar with, queue the orchestra!! The noise was lovely but I was a little underwhelmed with its pace. I knew the power delivery would be completely different but I also expected the car to feel more lively than my standard MK5 GTI. After a few miles of the V6 on full chat it was time to return back to the village.
I test drove the car to draw a conclusion, it just wasn't the conclusion I had hoped for. Now I am left scratching my head wondering where to go next. My GTI has just flew through another MOT so I could go down the stage 1/2 route or sell up and pick up an Ed30/S3 so I have the K04'd unit to start with