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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Ginge 35Edition on 16 February 2012, 16:14

Title: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Ginge 35Edition on 16 February 2012, 16:14

Hi All

First time in a while that my mate and have been able to get our motors together:-

(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i477/Ginge35Edition/SidebySide.jpg)

(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i477/Ginge35Edition/Rear35FR.jpg)

(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i477/Ginge35Edition/P1020139.jpg)

(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i477/Ginge35Edition/P1020133.jpg)

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Edi35 on 16 February 2012, 16:22

Your ED35 looks great  :cool:. Not a fan of the Leon in this guise last one was much nicer. Front end of the Leon looks really high off the ground compared  :sick: I have driven a Leon recently and it drives very similarly to the Golf but the interior really let's it down.

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Ginge 35Edition on 16 February 2012, 16:34

Cheers, I really like them both but my hearts always been with VW. Previous cars:-
MK 2 GTi 8v Big Bumper
MK 3 GTi 8v
Mk 5  S SDi
MK 5 GT 140
Scirocco GT 140 TDi

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: dubber36 on 16 February 2012, 16:37

Quote from: Edi35 on 16 February 2012, 16:22

I have driven a Leon recently and it drives very similarly to the Golf but the interior really let's it down.

I'll echo that. I drove a FR 2.0 TFSI DSG recently, and whilst it was a cracking car, it was let down by it's interior. You'd feel pretty short changed in the Leon compared to the Mk5 Golf it dates back to, let alone a Mk6.

I used to have a Mk4 Golf GTI and changed it for a Leon Cupra in 2002. I gained 30 PS, another cog in the gearbox and a few other extras, but the quality of the interior felt like a step backwards.

Having said that, I guess it's all reflected in the price.

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Mr GTD on 16 February 2012, 18:22

Very nice....liking them both!

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Neil gti on 16 February 2012, 19:06

Whats going on with the front bumper on the Seat ! looks like its got a pet lip  :grin:

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Snoopy on 16 February 2012, 19:10

Im not a fan of the mk2 leon much prefer the mk1 myself.
I like the mk1 leon over the mk4 golf too as it does not have the problem of touch feal plastics degrading and turning into a sticky nasty pealing mess. The mk1 having the audi A3 dashboard i also liked.
The mk2 leon is why i own a mk6 golf it was just too Mr potato head looking for me and had far too many blind spots. Im looking forward to seeing what the new leon eventually turns out like. Apart from that the leon is actually better painted and engineering finished than the Golf imo just the interior plastics are inferior feeling. But then you could probably buy 1.5+ FRs for the price of an Ed35 :grin:

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: sundaydriver on 16 February 2012, 19:12

That's a nice looking ED35, not keen on the Leon though. :sick:

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Murrayedition35 on 16 February 2012, 19:17

Like your ED35 mate looks  :cool:

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: bobbarley on 16 February 2012, 19:27

Very nice, lot better looking than the Seat  :cool:

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: dubber36 on 16 February 2012, 20:24

I wonder what the comments would be if this was a Seat forum?  :laugh:

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: Edi35 on 16 February 2012, 20:35

Quote from: dubber36 on 16 February 2012, 20:24

I wonder what the comments would be if this was a Seat forum?  :laugh:

Probably state the obvious like I did  :grin: styling too restrained and look at the price for a better quality interior  :laugh:

Title: Re: Ed35 vs FR
Post by: SRGTD on 16 February 2012, 21:07

Like the revised style of rear lights on the Leon; not as much as my LED's, but like them, nonetheless.