MK3 GTI 8V OR 16V OR VR6?

[Wayne]

It doesn't get used that much 

Thats lucky then, saying that I only did 101miles last month

[dom]

It doesn't get used that much 

Thats lucky then, saying that I only did 101miles last month

  I've already done over 200 miles this month!

[joff GTI]

8v pro`s - cheap , reliable , mpg , cons - slow slow slow...

  http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=121567.0 8v is quicker mid range than a 16v

that really doesn`t make any sense , how can it 7.8 secs to get from 30-70 & 8.2 secs 30-50?! have i misread it...

[Khare]

8v pro`s - cheap , reliable , mpg , cons - slow slow slow...

  http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=121567.0 8v is quicker mid range than a 16v

that really doesn`t make any sense , how can it 7.8 secs to get from 30-70 & 8.2 secs 30-50?! have i misread it...

Tests are done in different gears.

[joff GTI]

8v pro`s - cheap , reliable , mpg , cons - slow slow slow...

  http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=121567.0 8v is quicker mid range than a 16v

that really doesn`t make any sense , how can it 7.8 secs to get from 30-70 & 8.2 secs 30-50?! have i misread it...

Tests are done in different gears.

at the end of the day my 16v has smoked many an 8v thats all i need to know.. 

[Jimmy Filth]

8v pro`s - cheap , reliable , mpg , cons - slow slow slow...

  http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=121567.0 8v is quicker mid range than a 16v

that really doesn`t make any sense , how can it 7.8 secs to get from 30-70 & 8.2 secs 30-50?! have i misread it...

Tests are done in different gears.

at the end of the day my 16v has smoked many an 8v thats all i need to know.. 

As I'm sure a VR6 would do to yours.  I'm not sure the power is in question 

[Wayne]

It doesn't get used that much 

Thats lucky then, saying that I only did 101miles last month

  I've already done over 200 miles this month!

  4 so far for me, 101miles in the car last month was balanced out by cycling 314miles

[vw golf dubber]

anything but an 8v

[tdi_blu]

I really think the 8v gets way to much flank for what the car actually is.Its only 115bhp it was never going to be a rocket but it isnt slow either.8v and 16v 0-60 are vertually the same if anythink I would say the 8v might just nick it due the 16v doesnt really open up till it hits the higher revs I agree once it does the 16v comes into its own but its should do its 35bhp more.The VR6 sounds great when you boot it cant beat the sound of that V6 but thats it really I still think that there is very little between the the 16v and the VR if the VR didnt sound the way it did they wouldnt be as popular as they are.

[dom]

I really think the 8v gets way to much flank for what the car actually is.Its only 115bhp it was never going to be a rocket but it isnt slow either.8v and 16v 0-60 are vertually the same if anythink I would say the 8v might just nick it due the 16v doesnt really open up till it hits the higher revs I agree once it does the 16v comes into its own but its should do its 35bhp more.The VR6 sounds great when you boot it cant beat the sound of that V6 but thats it really I still think that there is very little between the the 16v and the VR if the VR didnt sound the way it did they wouldnt be as popular as they are.

A straight line race between an 8v and 16v would be decided by the driver tbh, if you nailed every gear change in an 8v and whoever was in the 16v fluffed one then that could decide it!