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gti to ed30
« on: October 21, 2011, 07:07:22 pm »
currently driving a manual golf gti for the last year with revo stage 1 and love it, but always wanted  ed30, planning on getting one very soon, Has any one on here gone from a gti to a ed30 and wish the had not, due to more turbo lag or other reasons, thanks in advance

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2011, 07:09:16 pm »
If your car is running perfect wouldn't it work out cheaper to "upgrade" yours to Ed30 spec - colour code, new alloys, etc?

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2011, 07:13:11 pm »
Can't imagine its really worth it!!! Get an S3!
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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2011, 07:13:18 pm »
did this mate a few years ago, although a mapped GTI is definately more punchy at the very bottom of the rev range although a mapped ED30 could never be considered laggy IMHO. I recently drove my mates stg2 GTI and was really impressed how grunty it was, I think if it was me it would be down to how much to change that mattered the most

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2011, 07:14:04 pm »
Can't imagine its really worth it!!! Get an S3!

oops did that too :smiley:

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2011, 07:28:20 pm »
Had both, 2 normal  MK5 GTi's and always wanted the Eddy. Never looked back, glad i did and still am 3 years into Ed30 ownership later.

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2011, 07:33:43 pm »
Can't imagine its really worth it!!! Get an S3!

Found my mapped ed30 was more fun the my friends mapped S3

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2011, 07:58:01 pm »
Have to agree with a few posts on here, the S3 is a great car but its not worth £2-3k more than an edition 30, i had choice of both and test drove both and preferred both the look of the Ed30 and the interior, then again im not one for paying over the odds for a "Posh Golf"  :wink:
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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2011, 08:04:43 pm »
did this mate a few years ago, although a mapped GTI is definately more punchy at the very bottom of the rev range although a mapped ED30 could never be considered laggy IMHO. I recently drove my mates stg2 GTI and was really impressed how grunty it was, I think if it was me it would be down to how much to change that mattered the most
the ed 30 i am considering has also been mapped , I was just woried bout a lot more turbo lag, as i love the way my gti drives, do not feel any lag at all, my gti is a 2005 model and even though it has covered 99000 miles it drives like new, and uses no oil, engine is a 1, the ed30 i am looking at is  2007 model with much less milage, so thought it would be a good upgrade as i always wanted one, :smiley:

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2011, 08:09:13 pm »
Have to agree with a few posts on here, the S3 is a great car but its not worth £2-3k more than an edition 30, i had choice of both and test drove both and preferred both the look of the Ed30 and the interior, then again im not one for paying over the odds for a "Posh Golf"  :wink:

try a stg 2+ S3  :smiley: at least we can get the power down lol

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2011, 08:14:28 pm »
s3 is  great car but i need a 5 door, the ed 30 i have been looking at is priced at £11750, then i wil have to sel my gti for around the £6750 mark i guess, so £5000 upgrade lol, :scared:

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2011, 09:07:52 pm »
Nothing wrong with a 5 door S3 sportback  :drool:
That's what I'm currently on the lookout for :party:
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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2011, 09:10:16 pm »
Have to agree with a few posts on here, the S3 is a great car but its not worth £2-3k more than an edition 30, i had choice of both and test drove both and preferred both the look of the Ed30 and the interior, then again im not one for paying over the odds for a "Posh Golf"  :wink:

try a stg 2+ S3  :smiley: at least we can get the power down lol

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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2011, 09:14:48 pm »
Are u joking   :confused:
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Re: gti to ed30
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2011, 09:40:54 pm »
I can understand why you're looking to change as yours is approaching the 100k mark, is it worth £5k to change though as you'll be sat in an almost identical car and £5k lighter?