Slightly disappointed with my Mk7 GTI

[LSBristol]

I also gather there's a very big difference between the two from outside the car, but I'm yet to trust anybody to drive it so I can hear...

I find the sound of my TCR to be just right, not too noisy but nice and deep. It's useful too, when I have to pick my OH up from a night out with her mates, she can hear me arriving, saves her having to wait outside the pub!

  

[Ej1749]

 I went to look at a Golf R at the weekend and it had a straight piped valvetronic Armytrix exhaust... The inner child in me came out. Holy sh!ttt! Great thing is that it does quieten down a lot when the valves are closed, still loudish though. Safe to say, I was not disappointed with the sound it made 

[sjw]

Can get a better sound in the cabin by turning the soundaktor off and folding the back seats down lol

[madstaff]

Gone are the days of wanting a noisy exhaust, at 52 I much prefer a quieter ride to be able to take orders off the Mrs and listening to the radio. 

Had noisy exhausts before and they quickly become tiresome after the novelty wears off.

[Ej1749]

Gone are the days of wanting a noisy exhaust, at 52 I much prefer a quieter ride to be able to take orders off the Mrs and listening to the radio. 

Had noisy exhausts before and they quickly become tiresome after the novelty wears off.

I only love the loud noise if you can switch it off haha. I couldn't turn up to a meeting in straight piped Golf R. In 2017 I made that mistake with a previous car and had to creep out of clients car parks with zero throttle... very embarrassing

[symonh2000]

Gone are the days of wanting a noisy exhaust, at 52 I much prefer a quieter ride to be able to take orders off the Mrs and listening to the radio. 

Had noisy exhausts before and they quickly become tiresome after the novelty wears off.

Noisy exhausts on 4 cylinder cars don't really do it for me either.

A nice tuneful 5 or more cylinders is a bit different, but with a 4 you can quite easy make the car sound like a Barryboys Vauxhall Corsa.