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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Das Auto on 26 August 2009, 15:45

Title: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: Das Auto on 26 August 2009, 15:45
Im just curious as to which rival hot hatches we will be able to smoke on the road and which ones we should quietly drive past incase of being smoked
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: Rhyso on 26 August 2009, 15:47
Im just curious as to which rival hot hatches we will be able to smoke on the road and which ones we should quietly drive past incase of being smoked

urm none seeing as the Golf has the least power out of the current batch of hot hatches lol
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: Das Auto on 26 August 2009, 15:49
Oh dear lol
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: rjwojcik on 26 August 2009, 15:50
It's not all about speed, it's what you've got that counts.  :wink:
Looked at some others but thought the Golf was the best overall package.
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: Rhyso on 26 August 2009, 15:51
Oh dear lol

remap would even things up  :evil:

It's not all about speed, it's what you've got that counts.  :wink:
Looked at some others but thought the Golf was the best overall package.

exactly - i'd still pick a Golf over a Megane, Focus etc etc  :smiley:
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: Das Auto on 26 August 2009, 15:53
obviously our GTI's look nicer but im talking about pace are we fater than focus st ?
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: matchboy on 26 August 2009, 15:54
30-70mph the golf beats the type r and the focus st.  its only off the line its slower.  mid range it is as good if not better than the rest (bar maybe the megane i think).  and anyway, chavs in st's and meganes only want to race the gti because they can't afford one!!
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: Das Auto on 26 August 2009, 15:56
30-70mph the golf beats the type r and the focus st.  its only off the line its slower.  mid range it is as good if not better than the rest (bar maybe the megane i think).  and anyway, chavs in st's and meganes only want to race the gti because they can't afford one!!

not bad vxr ??
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: matchboy on 26 August 2009, 15:57
i would imagine that is quicker.  but who cares if it is anyway, you have the badge and that's all that counts!  there is a thread with all the stats somewhere but i can't find it - can anyone else remember seeing that?  i think it was quoting a test evo mag had done?
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: jdjd on 26 August 2009, 16:09
Remap will even things up against any hothatch.  :shocked:
 However as to racing on the roads, Its all about the driver and how big your balls are. Direct speed counts for nothing. Its about how much speed you hold though corners / over round abouts.
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: R32UK on 26 August 2009, 16:54
The differences between all the hot hatches are very small on the road. Its more about how much risk you want to take to be honest.

I have driven against ST, R26, MPS, and CTR and left them for dead (see the infamous "who have you beat in your gti" for details :grin:). Usually because the route included a number of roundabouts... something that FWD cars are not a fan of :wink:

Revo (remap) will of course help the GTI to hold its own against many of the cars mentioned above, but its probably more important to train yourself as a better driver than to expect your car to do the work for you :wink:
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: GolfTi on 26 August 2009, 19:58
Don't know about faster.

But cooler. Much. :cool:
Title: Re: What will we be faster than ??
Post by: keelaw on 26 August 2009, 20:40
Its all about who's trying and who's not. I can smoke cars in a 1.0 litre aygo.

If the other car is trying then fair play I'll let them go by if they're going quick and I'll follow. If there's a copper around the corner then they'll get done not me!