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Offline celica

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it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« on: May 03, 2009, 06:00:44 pm »
it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?

i'm not asking which is best, but which would you prefer to own?
both have it's pro's and con's as covered, but which would you go for?
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2009, 06:46:10 pm »
when i bought mine i had the choice of both (same price too), and i now own an edition 30  :happy2:
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2009, 06:49:09 pm »
R32 for me  :ashamed:
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2009, 06:55:24 pm »
ED30 all the way for me but I may be a little biased  :confused:

£500 = BYE BYE R32  :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2009, 07:31:13 pm »
Love the sound of the R32, but it's ED30 all the way for me, they are so more easy to tune. :happy2:
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2009, 07:40:59 pm »
Love my Ed30 on the same principle as the other's there easy to tune for the money   :happy2:  That said though when its payed off I plan to buy a 2nd hand Deep blue pearl mk5 32 to have as another toy  :evilgrin: love the sound of them  :love:
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2009, 08:26:24 pm »
Id have both tbh, both quality cars
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2009, 08:28:05 pm »
Yea,

The sound to me on the R32 of a V6 is just breathtakingly staggering  :surprised:

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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2009, 08:45:36 pm »
I was looking for a new car for the wife (& a bit of a toy for me) hence the GTI looking.

The R32 was not really an option (not because of anything financial) but once looking at Golf's an ED30 became more and more appealing.

Its a great car & I think it will stay with us for a long long time & given that it is a special (not limited) edition I feel it will always have a bit of kudos on the road & retain cash well.
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2009, 08:46:33 pm »
Love both of them but its the ed30 for me. If the R came with over 300bhp and a little less weight then it would be the R :happy2:
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2009, 09:01:14 pm »
They're both great cars, but quite different to drive   :happy2:

It depends what you want from your car, and the roads you drive on most  -

the Ed 30 is tuneable, lighter and more "chuckable", cheaper to run, has turbo punch at motorway speeds  :wink:

the R32 sounds great, has superb traction,  is completely surefooted in nearly all conditions and grips like supreglue  :laugh:   
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2009, 09:24:18 pm »
Another problem is that you can't hear the R32 engine all that well anyway once the windows are up, the air-con on and the tunes coming out of the speakers.

Having said all this though, should my engine decide to go bang next week I'd seriously consider putting an R32/3.2 A3 engine into my Golf's engine bay and use it with the FWD set up (okay, I may be in dreamland here but for the costs involved in 2.0 rebuild vs second hand V6 I think it would be a possibility and I like to be a little left field).
TDI front springs and R32 brakes to handle the weight, GTI nose and R32 rear - does it for me!!!!

Okay, it's just a dream!!!  :grin:
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or e
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2009, 09:27:09 pm »
R32 ... though I bought an Ed 30.

When I got the Ed 30 the R32 was silly expensive, terrible on fuel and with road tax from hell (or at least soon to be!)

The situation is now reversed for purchase price and they are far more appealing to me.  I could put up with the fuel bills and tax if saving 7 K on the car in the first place ....

The noise and 4wd is very, very appealing .... that said I spent £500 on a remap which turns the Ed30 into something you can't get for that money in an R32 ...  :evilgrin:

I think in time the Ed30 will be more sought after .... but I'd love an R32.  Both are superb.
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2009, 09:27:53 pm »
My mate just popped round this evening in his new(ish) '58 plate black R32.

Sorely tempted but its the Edition 30 for me.
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Re: it may be a little biased on the gti forum, but which do you prefer r32 or ed30?
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2009, 09:28:47 pm »
Actually R32 with twin turbos  :evilgrin:

i know its a MK4 but you get the idea  http://colorgolfsigns.com/173

swallow my knob  :laugh:
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