Anyone see Fifth gear?

[MAW73]

Funnily enough, I had a new Cupra R get all racey with me on the way home from work last night, down the A3 towards Oxshott.

I could see him in the distance happily driving along in the middle lane until I shot passed overtaking him. Obviously this piss@d him off and he took the bait and was straight into the third lane and got all racey up behind me, tailgating me at 115mph + until I turned off a Oxshott.

It was a one of those bright yellow Cupra R's with black alloys in case someome seems him about down that way ( the Numpty )!
 
p.s. I did wish I was sitting in a Golf R at that point..... but at least he didn't pass me! 

[gooseuk]

Out of the two i would go for the cupra r.

Since i have an mk2 fr i just prefar the looks to the golf. Just looks more like a hot hatch than the golfs do.

But thats me i am young lol.

Either way you cant go wrong there both quick and look really nice.

But i do question the price of that R at the moment. I surpose i would need to drive it to see if its worth it.

[R32UK]

Just shows how hard it is to compete with 4wd. Imagine the difference in the wet * a remap. I do like the the look of the Seat though, just not a big fan of the feel inside

[PenguinGTI]

Yeah it is the inside that lets it down for me too. The GTI has a brilliant interior - in fact the entire mk6 range has a nice interior. I suppose though that the Cupra was originally competing with the mk5 so it will be a bit dated by now.

Exterior wise still looks exciting I reckon.

The golf seems to be the polar opposite. Brilliant on the inside but a tad dull on the outside if I'm honest. But maybe I'm biased cause I reckon the GTI is spot on!

[MAW73]

Yeah it is the inside that lets it down for me too. The GTI has a brilliant interior - in fact the entire mk6 range has a nice interior. I suppose though that the Cupra was originally competing with the mk5 so it will be a bit dated by now.

Exterior wise still looks exciting I reckon.

The golf seems to be the polar opposite. Brilliant on the inside but a tad dull on the outside if I'm honest. But maybe I'm biased cause I reckon the GTI is spot on!

The Cupra R shape and sportiness is pretty much spot on. But + 1 with regard to the inside..... to many hard plastics inside. Not a patch on the GTI's classy and refined interior.

[AlanD]

Money no object the Golf R will always have it but which ever way you look at it £5k is a lot of money.

Id rather have S3 over both any day though 

[R32UK]

Money no object the Golf R will always have it but which ever way you look at it £5k is a lot of money.

Id rather have S3 over both any day though 

Problem is.. if you have an s3, everytime you see and rs3 you will wish you had spent a little more. Wont have that trouble with the golf r

[am1w]

Money no object the Golf R will always have it but which ever way you look at it £5k is a lot of money.
Id rather have S3 over both any day though 

Problem is.. if you have an s3, everytime you see and rs3 you will wish you had spent a little more. Wont have that trouble with the golf r

I've driven an S3 and a Golf R. The R is so much better to look at, has a much better ride and is a better drive. No contest I am sorry happy to say.

[AlanD]

Better to look at I disagree with to be honest. Not driven and R so cant really compare

[Hartside]

I was sorely tempted for an S3 when I bought the GTI. Only issue is that it is showing it's age a bit now in handling and looks. Still a cracking car though.