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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: SKAVIA on 16 March 2008, 11:28
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Never realised DSG made such a difference!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gmMNRQ1GJ3o&feature=related
:drool:
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never mess with a dsg! :wink:
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Phew... Thought we had anothe DSG V Manual discussion about to kick off. DSG all the way baby !!!
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Surprised how the Astra Sri wasn't too far behind the DSG and looked quicker than the GTI.
That's worrying!
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah "the chaos theory" vxr astra :sick: designed not for the family in mind with lack of doors option.
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....That Japanese vid is a classic and is still good seeing it yet again! :cool: Very funny! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: - Five Star Laughs!
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah vxr thingy
Well they did say it's 200bhp so it's the same power as an sri.
And the vxr goes round corners just fine, just hold on to the steering wheel and you'll be fine. And in terms of performance, the vxr is quicker than the GTI manual, DSG and the R32 :wink:
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And the vxr goes round corners just fine
and anyone can try for themselves on Vauxhall's VXR Track Day :grin: :grin:
http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vx/microsite/vxrtrackday/vxr_trackday.html
A great half day for only £95 ...
All I will add is that I was glad to get back in my GTi after last years :laugh: :laugh: :evil: :drool:
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And the vxr goes round corners just fine
and anyone can try for themselves on Vauxhall's VXR Track Day :grin: :grin:
http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vx/microsite/vxrtrackday/vxr_trackday.html
A great half day for only £95 ...
All I will add is that I was glad to get back in my GTi after last years :laugh: :laugh: :evil: :drool:
Well, the vxr does hold the record for it's class around the Ring and is the quickest hatch around the Top Gear track, so it can't be too bad!
Anyway, I hope your right in being glad to get back in the GTI since I'm awaiting delivery of one :wink:
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and is the quickest hatch around the Top Gear track, so it can't be too bad!
and can you quote me what Jeremy Clarkson thought of it on Top Gear :laugh: :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDZonrA2Dw
To be honest I quite like the VXR's, just like the GTi better :smug:
PS Well done on your choice ... you'll love the GTI ... no straightjacket needed for the GTi !!
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People really shouldn't take as red everything that Clarkson says, he is a prat.
Without going on about it as it really doesn't matter, the Astra given to TopGear was
a pre- production VXR which had the old SRI chassis. Vauxhall have since lived to
regret ever giving this to Clarkson to review because it wasn't close to the actual model
eventually produced.
Any figures given out for the VXR or lap times prove that it is a very very capable car.
I've had mine for two years and some of the rubbish people come out with, usually second
hand, is so annoying. It really is an amazingly quick car in all situations.
But still, I've chopped it in for a Monza Black GTI on 18"s, and I can't wait! :smiley:
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But still, I've chopped it in for a Monza Black GTI on 18"s, and I can't wait! :smiley:
See all good things come to an end :wink:
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah vxr thingy
And the vxr goes round corners just fine, just hold on to the steering wheel and you'll be fine. And in terms of performance, the vxr is quicker than the GTI manual, DSG and the R32 :wink:
What about the ED30 though...? :wink: :wink: :wink: Think the DisAstra will have it's work cut out there.. And yes I am a fan of the VXR, nearly went for one. Just not a fan of the interior.. :sick:
As for Top Gear track. I think you'll find the R32 was a good 2.5 - 3 secs faster than the VXR. Pre-production model or not..
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SRi chassis? Hmm.. at the end of the day it's an Astra I'm sure it's the same chassis :lipsrsealed:
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Actually, I think your find the R32 and it's 4wd was 0.5s quicker.
1.32.5 compared to 1.33.0
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Actually, Im going to give up at this point.
I'll keep everyone happy by just saying that the VXR along with the Meg, ST, Leon etc etc is absolutely crap compared to the Golf GTI.
I guess I was a bit naive to think people on this forum, even though performance wise all the above cars are quicker than a GTI, would be any different to any other forum.
I love VW, I can't wait to get my GTI and the VXR is rubbish :wink:
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Actually, Im going to give up at this point.
I'll keep everyone happy by just saying that the VXR along with the Meg, ST, Leon etc etc is absolutely crap compared to the Golf GTI.
I guess I was a bit naive to think people on this forum, even though performance wise all the above cars are quicker than a GTI, would be any different to any other forum.
I love VW, I can't wait to get my GTI and the VXR is rubbish :wink:
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Was merely stating the correct facts mate, The R32 ran a 130.4 See here mate... http://youtube.com/watch?v=xjtTuBTJYSc
The GTI is slower than the cars mentioned, I agree, as will most of the other chaps on here. Nobody has said different. I was just saying that the Ed30 is a better comparison with the VXR.. Chill! :wink:
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Actually, Im going to give up at this point.
I'll keep everyone happy by just saying that the VXR along with the Meg, ST, Leon etc etc is absolutely crap compared to the Golf GTI.
I guess I was a bit naive to think people on this forum, even though performance wise all the above cars are quicker than a GTI, would be any different to any other forum.
I love VW, I can't wait to get my GTI and the VXR is rubbish :wink:
Finally you have become one with the collective :rolleyes: :evil:
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Actually, Im going to give up at this point.
I'll keep everyone happy by just saying that the VXR along with the Meg, ST, Leon etc etc is absolutely crap compared to the Golf GTI.
I guess I was a bit naive to think people on this forum, even though performance wise all the above cars are quicker than a GTI, would be any different to any other forum.
I love VW, I can't wait to get my GTI and the VXR is rubbish :wink:
Finally you have become one with the collective :rolleyes: :evil:
:grin: :grin: :wink:
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Actually, I think your find the R32 and it's 4wd was 0.5s quicker.
1.32.5 compared to 1.33.0
That was the old R32! The new one was about 3.5secs quicker than the old one.
VXR eat my dust!! :evil:
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Actually, I think your find the R32 and it's 4wd was 0.5s quicker.
1.32.5 compared to 1.33.0
That was the old R32! The new one was about 3.5secs quicker than the old one.
VXR eat my dust!! :evil:
Yep that's true.
But since my vxr was £8k cheaper new than an R32 and does 31mpg over 27k miles, I wouldn't swap :tongue:
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Actually, I think your find the R32 and it's 4wd was 0.5s quicker.
1.32.5 compared to 1.33.0
That was the old R32! The new one was about 3.5secs quicker than the old one.
VXR eat my dust!! :evil:
Yep that's true.
But since my vxr was £8k cheaper new than an R32 and does 31mpg over 27k miles, I wouldn't swap :tongue:
If money was the most important thing... we wouldnt have cars at all. :undecided:
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cheers for the post, but that was posted 18 months ago - newbies eh!
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cheers for the post, but that was posted 18 months ago - newbies eh!
:tongue:
Anyway, the threads been hijacked so should now be titled VXR v GTI!
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah vxr thingy
Well they did say it's 200bhp so it's the same power as an sri.
And the vxr goes round corners just fine, just hold on to the steering wheel and you'll be fine. And in terms of performance, the vxr is quicker than the GTI manual, DSG and the R32 :wink:
Not that much quicker and one you forgot to include, the ed30, and yes many a spin with a vxr and no worries at all, please also bear in mind the vxr was designed mainly for track whereas the golf was designed to be an all rounder!
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah vxr thingy
Well they did say it's 200bhp so it's the same power as an sri.
And the vxr goes round corners just fine, just hold on to the steering wheel and you'll be fine. And in terms of performance, the vxr is quicker than the GTI manual, DSG and the R32 :wink:
Not that much quicker and one you forgot to include, the ed30, and yes many a spin with a vxr and no worries at all, please also bear in mind the vxr was designed mainly for track whereas the golf was designed to be an all rounder!
Don't think the vxr was ever designed with the track in mind :shocked:
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah vxr thingy
Well they did say it's 200bhp so it's the same power as an sri.
And the vxr goes round corners just fine, just hold on to the steering wheel and you'll be fine. And in terms of performance, the vxr is quicker than the GTI manual, DSG and the R32 :wink:
The VXR badge is meant to lean more toward track/touring car useage rather than road although would agree partially that's not always the case!!! :rolleyes:
Not that much quicker and one you forgot to include, the ed30, and yes many a spin with a vxr and no worries at all, please also bear in mind the vxr was designed mainly for track whereas the golf was designed to be an all rounder!
Don't think the vxr was ever designed with the track in mind :shocked:
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If you batter a vxr and gti along the same stretch of back road the gti will always come out top all down to a better chassis.
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah vxr thingy
Well they did say it's 200bhp so it's the same power as an sri.
And the vxr goes round corners just fine, just hold on to the steering wheel and you'll be fine. And in terms of performance, the vxr is quicker than the GTI manual, DSG and the R32 :wink:
The VXR badge is meant to lean more toward track/touring car useage rather than road although would agree partially that's not always the case!!! :rolleyes:
Not that much quicker and one you forgot to include, the ed30, and yes many a spin with a vxr and no worries at all, please also bear in mind the vxr was designed mainly for track whereas the golf was designed to be an all rounder!
Don't think the vxr was ever designed with the track in mind :shocked:
VXR I thought were designed more for track than road, would have to agree with SteveC re blasting both GTI and VXR along same back roads, the GTI's superior chassis will shine through :grin:
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....GTI vs VXR ? - Methinks it depends so much on the drivers. When I used to race bicycles, my custom made bike was capable of winning the Tour De France....But I wasn't!! :laugh:
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thats not a uk astra sri im sure of it, the only one that has simular performance is the one that cant handle round corners, forgot what its called............... oh yeah "the chaos theory" vxr astra :sick: designed not for the family in mind with lack of doors option.
VXR handles just fine.
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If you batter a vxr and gti along the same stretch of back road the gti will always come out top all down to a better chassis.
Yeh, the vxr is quicker around the TopGear track, much quicker around the Ring, but show it a stretch of back road and the GTI will murder it :grin: :grin: :grin:
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VXR is not a track focused car!! Dont be fooled by the advertising! It understeers like a girl... Great for sales reps blasting up and down the country, they can chuck all their crap inthe back and not have to worry about rattles as the whole thing rattles anyway.
Enough said :cool:
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Talking of rattles..............
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=26164.0
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :tongue:
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You will find a few golfs with rattles. Thankfully mine isnt one of them. I went to go see a VXR and it has the rattle option pre-ticked on the options booklet. They are so confident about the poor quality of their interior... they give you a free rattle if it doesnt! :grin:
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You'll find a few rattles in some vxr's. Thankfully mine isn't one of them either.
I went to see a R32, but was soooo disappointed that a 3.2ltr V6 with 4wd costing £8k more, was marginally
quicker than a 2ltr fwd Astra!!!
If I would have bought one, I would have had to spend half my time justifying why I did on car forums!
Sod that :grin: :grin: :wink: :evil:
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You'll find a few rattles in some vxr's. Thankfully mine isn't one of them either.
I went to see a R32, but was soooo disappointed that a 3.2ltr V6 with 4wd costing £8k more, was marginally
quicker than a 2ltr fwd Astra!!!
If I would have bought one, I would have had to spend half my time justifying why I did on car forums!
Sod that :grin: :grin: :wink: :evil:
3 sec round a small track is hardly marginally quicker. The only way an astra would keep up with an R32 is on a dead straight. In the wet if i was to look back for the astra I probably wouldnt be able to see it... Thats why I paid 8k more, and worth every penny :smug:
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3 sec round a small track is hardly marginally quicker. The only way an astra would keep up with an R32 is on a dead straight. In the wet if i was to look back for the astra I probably wouldnt be able to see it... Thats why I paid 8k more, and worth every penny :smug:
That's because it's in front of you, just left you at the lights :grin:
1 - 0 to the Puzzler :grin: :grin: :wink:
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3 sec round a small track is hardly marginally quicker. The only way an astra would keep up with an R32 is on a dead straight. In the wet if i was to look back for the astra I probably wouldnt be able to see it... Thats why I paid 8k more, and worth every penny :smug:
That's because it's in front of you, just left you at the lights :grin:
1 - 0 to the Puzzler :grin: :grin: :wink:
Haha!! Get a grip dude.. your comparing a R32 to a astra!! there is only one winner.. :rolleyes:
3-1 to the R32!! Its a hat-trick!! Full time!
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Call it a draw then :wink:
No good cheating and adding extra points.
You don't want points deducted again before you've even kicked a ball, surely :grin:
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Call it a draw then :wink:
No good cheating and adding extra points.
You don't want points deducted again before you've even kicked a ball, surely :grin:
Draw it is!!
Even if I was only using reverse gear :grin: :grin: