I had a Mk7 GTI on test for a weekend and did 300 miles in it and loved it, this was not even a PP one just was so much fun and inspired confidence
My R decision was i like to tinker and for that i felt 4wd, i also have the olop
For me a GTI/GTD is such a great all rounder and if the R went for something less practical I could see one of these in its place
I wound a few people up on the Rocco forums about the mqb platform in recent weeks especially in respect to the Rocco R
People I know say whey do i never drive 3 Series or Mercs etc and oddly never appealed for day to day as the Golf does so much so well