MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: WolverineMAc on March 04, 2014, 08:42:28 pm
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Deciding between 2012 ed 35 21,995 or new gti mk7 27,875 spec the same?
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ed 35 :happy2:
Golf R :wink:
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Mk7, I'd find it hard spending £20k+ on a previous model Golf, which itself had an engine from a previous model
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Deciding between 2012 ed 35 21,995 or new gti mk7 27,875 spec the same?
After Top Gear on Sunday night, I'd choose the MK7 with PP.
Seemed to go around corners like a Megane RS265 which is something VW have never really let the previous Golf GTI's achieve from factory.
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MK7 GTI PP. VW has upped it's game from the last generation.
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will probably be a used mk7 R for that sort of money in about 12-14 weeks :wink:
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You say rant but a 12 month old golf r at the mo is around 28k
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Currently 10% discount available on new golf
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Neither...Enjoy the '30 for a couple more years and get an ed40?
My money's on a detuned 'R' motor and PP as standard, my next car :happy2:
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I love both. But as above I'd hold out for the ed40, the way all the new models are looking should be very special :happy2:
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You need to look harder, I've recently seen Ed35 for £18k and mk7 gti in red non PP at £22k both from VW dealers
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I mention a golf r not ed 35. Ed 30 to Ed 35 would not be much of a change
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Then you need to change your title!!
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I mention a golf r not ed 35. Ed 30 to Ed 35 would not be much of a change
Looks pretty clear you asked about an ed35 or mk7 gti to me... :confused:
Deciding between 2012 ed 35 21,995 or new gti mk7 27,875 spec the same?
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I mention a golf r not ed 35. Ed 30 to Ed 35 would not be much of a change
Looks pretty clear you asked about an ed35 or mk7 gti to me... :confused:
Deciding between 2012 ed 35 21,995 or new gti mk7 27,875 spec the same?
:grin: :P
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ED35 everyday of the week
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Sorry keep flipping between the 3 models
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You'd be full on batsh*t crazy not to buy a 7 with PP.
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I've had an 05 GTI MK5, Two MK6 GTIs and now a MK7 GTI PP for the last three months.
The mk7 GTI lacks any 'limited edition' special touches BUT the drive absolutely knocks spots off any other Golf I've ever driven including quite a few with modified suspension.
I've owned at least one GTI of every incarnation since the mid/late 80s from a 1.8 MK1 right through with the only exception being the MK3 where I had two VR6s and an Ibiza GTI (same engine and front suspension to a mk3 GTI) and almost all of them modified to some degree.
The e-diff is amazing, you really have to drive it to appreciate it.
At 4:30 the other morning I took the GTI out and blasted it up a big dual carriageway hill local to me (having just finished an 11 hour night shift and wasn't feeling tired). I've driven up this hill dozens of times in all sorts of machinery over the years and even my old skool daily driver 8v GTI (which has on paper half the bhp and torque of the PP but weighs about half as much!) sitting on Bilstein & Eibach suspension (and brand new front tyres) will shed about 15 mph at the top of the hill through understeer where it bends viciously to the right and is off camber. Plenty of cars end up on their roofs on this bit of hill.
The GTI PP, well it just went up the hill with no drama and shoved its nose into the bend continuing with no drama. 'Meh' thinks I, it just made it too easy so I hit the gas half expecting to get a bit messy as the road was pretty dry but there was moisture in the air. No silly speeds were used and sixth gear only - and the GTI rather than understeering and shedding speed just tucked its nose in even further and blasted round like the bend wasn't there.
No oversteer, no understeer, no nothing, just grip and poise and nowhere near as much body roll as my MK5 (Koni suspension) or either of my MK6s (standard suspension but not so standard engine software).
I know plenty of people on here thumb their noses at the mk7, probably having never driven one, and indeed I was sceptical about the reviews the e-diff got when the first test drives were published despite having had a car on order solely on the premise of the VAQ e-diff having read up on it extensively.
My advice to anyone on here - test drive a mk7 GTI PP on a familiar bit of bendy road that you've driven in various different cars and then take a deep breath and dare to do things you just wouldn't do in those cars.
Obviously keeping it sensible and legal!!!!
To be honest though, it's nearly 12 months since I ordered the PP and if I was in the same boat again I'd be taking a close look at the Leon Cupra but I've never been a fan of the bigger slower spooling turbos in the ED30 or previous Cupras, R etc as by the time the turbo has spooled into the sweet spot you're doing well illegal speeds in the upper gears and that's just not for me. I'm getting old and just see it as unusable performance.
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A proper revue, agree about the special touches but point to point driven back to back it blew our 5 and 6 away and reason I went R, assume ed40 will be like a cupra r
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>20k is a lot of money for a previous generation vehicle.
The Golf didn't move on greatly between 2005 and 2012.
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I'd wait for the m7 Golf R