Probably asked a lot - Pirelli vs R32

[Tamiyoman]

Plus you get bigger brakes standard, cooler blue dials, the better body kit, rear central exhaust... Cool chequered aluminium interior, xenons, 4wd, gorgeous v6 sound...

Damn, anyone wanna buy a stage 2 Eddie..

Brakes yes, dials no thanks, body kits look very similar to Ed30 (only 2 models you can differentiate from std Golf GTI's), centre exhaust not a fan (Hence when I got TBE BCS i stuck with std look not centre (centre exhaust looks a bit chav to me, but ETTO), prefer the retro look ED30 interior, Xenons I have (as do a lot of ED30's), 4WD is a big miss, if my Ed30 was 4wd I would not be saving for a Golf R  , V6 sound I dont miss (Had a Golf VR6 previously).

 

[E30Dom]

Each to their own aye...

[GarethB]

Plus you get bigger brakes standard, cooler blue dials, the better body kit, rear central exhaust... Cool chequered aluminium interior, xenons, 4wd, gorgeous v6 sound...

Damn, anyone wanna buy a stage 2 Eddie..

Thought i'd chip in on this.

Brakes - good, but they are only there as standard due to the fact that the R32 weighs more than the moon!
Dials - no thanks, prefer the GTI
'Better' body kit - IMO the GTI has a nicer front end, but agree with the rear
Exhaust - tiny as standard, needs aftermarket
Interior aluminium - no thanks, prefer the GTI

IMO both are great cars for various reasons. definitely an ETTO job

Not many R32s could stick with your Ed30 Dom 

[tommy_a]

The argument about speed between the ed30 and r32 is irrelevant!

If you want to just go really fast, but look like most other golfs on the road then you get a gti/ed30. If you want to stand out and have a big presence on the road you get the R32!

For me when I got my R32 I thought about the ed30 as it is the better choice for speed, but the R32 is the next level! Not for just speed but for the complete package it gives. When you get in and start it up you know your in something special!

I had a stg1 2010 Leon cupra before this and it would monster the R32 pretty much everywhere! It was faster and more nimble, and alot more fun to drive. But it comes nowhere near to the R32! I loved mine and miss it more each day! :( Hopefully ill have it back looking great soon!!

[E30Dom]

It wasn't the top of the range Golf for nothing

[Tamiyoman]

The argument about speed between the ed30 and r32 is irrelevant!

If you want to just go really fast, but look like most other golfs on the road then you get a gti/ed30. If you want to stand out and have a big presence on the road you get the R32!

For me when I got my R32 I thought about the ed30 as it is the better choice for speed, but the R32 is the next level! Not for just speed but for the complete package it gives. When you get in and start it up you know your in something special!

I had a stg1 2010 Leon cupra before this and it would monster the R32 pretty much everywhere! It was faster and more nimble, and alot more fun to drive. But it comes nowhere near to the R32! I loved mine and miss it more each day! :( Hopefully ill have it back looking great soon!!

But an R32 does not stand out visually   (only from behind with centre exhaust), otherwise to me they look just like an Eddie or a Pirelli, I only notice them and think "Its an Edition 30", then notice its just an R32 lump, only other time I notice them is when they pull up at side of me and I can hear the engine screaming trying to keep up  

[Tamiyoman]

It wasn't the top of the range Golf for nothing

Yup and then they dropped it and replaced the heavy lump with a more powerful Edition 30 engine and called it Golf R

[Greeners]

My Dads bigger than your Dad!! 

[skard]

I take it all threads about GTI v R32 end up like this?

We should just forget them and get an S3 for 4WD or a Cupra for a fast FWD?

Yawn.

[sub39h]

It wasn't the top of the range Golf for nothing

Yup and then they dropped it and replaced the heavy lump with a more powerful Edition 30 engine and called it Golf R

because stringent emissions laws had nothing to do with it? i read the R was meant to be an R36 originally. the 2.0T was a 2nd choice for the top of the range engine 

[Saintsteve]

What a load of utter Bollocks.

[Action jackson]

The original topic was which ones better. Not faster. The op never asked the speed question, if he wanted all out power I don't think he wouldnt  of asked the question In the first place as we all know it's the Eddie. I think general consensus is the r as a daily is hard to beat, plus feels more of an occasion when you drive it. Never going to be the quickest golf but an absolute expert at everything you want out of a car+ the rumble of the engine.
Drive both, your emotions will take care of the rest

[Tamiyoman]

My Dads bigger than your Dad!!  

Unless he is 6' 5" he aint  

These eddie v Lump topics are great fun 

[Greeners]

My Dads bigger than your Dad!!  

Unless he is 6' 5" he aint  

These eddie v Lump topics are great fun 

But surely if you say 6' 5'' I have to say 6' 6''........... 

[Portent]

For the sake of clarity I'm really not bothered which is faster in a straight line. They are both more than quick enough for me and I'll usually have the family on board. But thanks so far :)