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Offline Exonian

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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #370 on: 20 September 2019, 19:42 »
Quote from: kmpowell on 20 September 2019, 16:25
The looks of the MK8 are going to be the least of a buyer’s worries, if the price of the new T-Roc R is anything to go by. £38.5k... before options!  :shocked:

You’re not wrong.
I had a quick nose at the Configurator the other day to compare it spec for spec with the Golf R and came away surprised, and not in a good way.
To be honest the only thing I can say is the AID is nicer in the T-Roc but other than that it’s Golf, Golf, Golf for me.

Quote from: Gtiless on 19 September 2019, 21:37
Im going to trade my 14 plate Gti for a 7.5 TCR next summer I hope-Im not liking the look of the MK8 up to now, although I agree with the comments about we haven't seen a performance version yet. I think I prefer to take my chances with a fully sorted runout model rather than the early "test edition".  :laugh:

There’s a lot to be said for that.
Especially with something as tech laden as a mk8 when you consider the deals available on the fully developed (and hardly a model that suffered a lot of issues) and well loaded mk7’s right now.

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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #371 on: 24 September 2019, 06:51 »
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #372 on: 24 September 2019, 08:51 »
Quote from: mcmaddy on 24 September 2019, 06:51
https://uk.motor1.com/news/372283/vw-golf-gti-spy-video/

To be fair, I'd have it with the camo! Sounds pretty similar, bit muted.
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« Reply #373 on: 24 September 2019, 12:16 »
It might be the angle of the shots or the distance they’re taken from but at least the rear wheels don’t look quite as inset on the mk8.
There, a positive at last! 
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #374 on: 24 September 2019, 12:43 »
Quote from: Exonian on 24 September 2019, 12:16
It might be the angle of the shots or the distance they’re taken from but at least the rear wheels don’t look quite as inset on the mk8.
There, a positive at last!

Yes, does look to be sat well on the Prets at least!
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #375 on: 24 September 2019, 13:05 »
Interesting it was being benchmarked against an i30n.  Bit of a feather in the cap of the Hyundai.
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« Reply #376 on: 24 September 2019, 13:40 »
Quote from: Splashalot on 24 September 2019, 13:05
Interesting it was being benchmarked against an i30n.  Bit of a feather in the cap of the Hyundai.

Trouble is if they spend all their time developing the chassis at the ‘Ring to outdo each other it’s going to end up at the expense of other things in general use at legal road speeds.
Back in the ‘80s Lotus and others were developing proper active ride suspension which could both handle extremely well and ride comfortably. This technology should have become cheaper and filtered down to mass markets long ago with modern microprocessors and build technology.

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Re: Mk 8 Golf
« Reply #377 on: 25 September 2019, 01:28 »
Hopefully the mk8 continues the mk 7/7.5 GTI's all-round excellence.  VW would be mad to chase the competition too far down the hardcore path, IMO.

Interestingly, in that clip on the first pass of the carousel the car looks over-damped - the rear suspension is jacking down terribly.  Hopefully that is resolved during testing.
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Re: Mk 8 Golf
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