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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #45 on: March 20, 2012, 05:08:04 pm »
Thought the ed30 handled better?  :signLOL:

It might well do but he attacked the roundabouts faster than I was doing (I am getting old!)  :signLOL:
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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #46 on: March 20, 2012, 05:09:40 pm »
I like my R32 coz it's the King Of The Golfs!

I now have my fingers in my ears and am singing loudly so as not to hear any arguments against this stone cold fact... :P

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #47 on: March 20, 2012, 05:38:08 pm »
Don't forget the Mk4 R32! Much better car than the Mk5 R32, and a single turbo can be put on for £4k, and 340bhp.  :drool:

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #48 on: March 20, 2012, 05:39:56 pm »
Don't forget the Mk4 R32! Much better car than the Mk5 R32, and a single turbo can be put on for £4k, and 340bhp.  :drool:

Better built maybe but far worse chassis wise.

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #49 on: March 20, 2012, 05:40:17 pm »
I like my R32 coz it's the King Of The Golfs!

I now have my fingers in my ears and am singing loudly so as not to hear any arguments against this stone cold fact... :P

Thought the Golf R was king of the golfs having an extra 20 ponies over the R32 and being put on bit of a diet compared to R32 :signLOL:
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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #50 on: March 20, 2012, 05:42:09 pm »
Don't forget the Mk4 R32! Much better car than the Mk5 R32, and a single turbo can be put on for £4k, and 340bhp.  :drool:

Thats like putting a racing Jockey on a Shire Horse tho  :booty:

And a stage 2 ED30 will still show the R32 its tailpipes  :signLOL: even with a lower price tag and only £1600 in tuning for ED30  :booty:

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #51 on: March 20, 2012, 06:06:09 pm »

Better built, better looking, nicer interior, nicer wheels, not as heavy........ cracking motors! The mk5 R32 is to the R brand what the Mk 4 GTi was to the GTi name  :signLOL:

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #52 on: March 20, 2012, 06:20:51 pm »

Better built, better looking, nicer interior, nicer wheels, not as heavy........ cracking motors! The mk5 R32 is to the R brand what the Mk 4 GTi was to the GTi name  :signLOL:

Whoahh I loved my MK4 GTI althought it was not the best handling car  :P
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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #53 on: March 20, 2012, 06:38:44 pm »

Better built, better looking, nicer interior, nicer wheels, not as heavy........ cracking motors! The mk5 R32 is to the R brand what the Mk 4 GTi was to the GTi name  :signLOL:

Whoahh I loved my MK4 GTI althought it was not the best handling car  :P

I loved mine as well, I had the 1.8T, but it shouldn't have been called a GTi. It was nothing more than a luxury warm hatch.

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #54 on: March 20, 2012, 07:03:08 pm »

Better built, better looking, nicer interior, nicer wheels, not as heavy........ cracking motors! The mk5 R32 is to the R brand what the Mk 4 GTi was to the GTi name  :signLOL:

Whoahh I loved my MK4 GTI althought it was not the best handling car  :P

I loved mine as well, I had the 1.8T, but it shouldn't have been called a GTi. It was nothing more than a luxury warm hatch.

Yes true, mine lasted 6 days before it went to Jabba for stage 1 (203bhp) then later it got a stainless exhaust (lasted 6 weeks then take off) too boomy for me.

 
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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #55 on: March 20, 2012, 07:39:01 pm »
I like my R32 coz it's the King Of The Golfs!

I now have my fingers in my ears and am singing loudly so as not to hear any arguments against this stone cold fact... :P

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #56 on: March 20, 2012, 08:12:49 pm »
I thought the MKIV 1.8 turbo was alright, well the 180 bhp version anyway.

What was an absolute disgrace is the 2.0 8 valve version they did with 115 bhp.
How they could call this a Gti I will never know.

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #57 on: March 20, 2012, 08:24:42 pm »
Everyone swears by the build quality of the 1.8T

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #58 on: March 20, 2012, 08:38:32 pm »
Everyone swears by the build quality of the 1.8T

It's far from bullet proof, largely due to their age. Lots of issues with split vac. pipes etc etc. Ask nick from R-Tech, he will have seen all the issues first hand.

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Re: GT, GTI, ED30, R32 - Why?
« Reply #59 on: March 20, 2012, 08:50:44 pm »
The TDI anniversary was the one to get out of the MK4 GTI, 1.8T sucks  :signLOL:

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