R32's are boring on the mk4, they feel calm and not exciting, even when ragged the nuts off! On a straight, my 1.8T keeps up with a r32-mk4 and the owner always looks sad and disappointed. Even though s/he has 65bhp more, but the way we produce power and the torque we deliver makes us quite close in a straight line.
Fuel is sh!te, its nothing special, plus a test was done, r23-260bhp and 1.8T-260bhp, round the ring the 1.8T was quicker
But not by much, for me 1.8T wins hands down in fuel, performance and tunability.
R32 wins in noise and having an outdated engine which was the bomb many moons ago as it was revolutionary in its time to fit a colossus v6 in such a small space with that displacement. Now turbo's run the streets and outrun them
Plus for the price they sell and buy at the r32 you can get so much more car for that money, some r32's still sell for £9500, for that I could get a S3, or the new mk2 LCR which will humiliate it so much for that price! Not to mention all the other cr@p you can buy or mod to easily outrun it.
