Golf R /RD

[Running Man]

I'd of gone for the GTi but the running costs of the GTD are a massive bonus. Similar (albeit nit as good) performance, same looks but £20 a year road tax and 60mpg is the big big draw factor.

Similar looks not the same.  The purity of the GTI is in the detail.

[Thornster]

Like many I weighed up the GTI/GTD.

No doubt the GTD will be cheaper to run, but even doing 15-20k miles per year I've still gone for the GTI, accepting I'm paying for the 'feel' of the GTI more than any real world performance gain.

For me it was about the ability of the car to make me grin (not saying the GTD won't - just not as much!), the wide power band, and the red themed interior which makes the GTI feel that little bit sporty & special inside.


On the subject or a Golf RD - I can't see it, surely easier to introduce a GTD PP first?

[mcmaddy]

I'd of gone for the GTi but the running costs of the GTD are a massive bonus. Similar (albeit nit as good) performance, same looks but £20 a year road tax and 60mpg is the big big draw factor.

Similar looks not the same.  The purity of the GTI is in the detail.

Its exactly the same car apart from a stupid red line at the front and worse looking alloys!!!

[Jimble]

I'd of gone for the GTi but the running costs of the GTD are a massive bonus. Similar (albeit nit as good) performance, same looks but £20 a year road tax and 60mpg is the big big draw factor.

Similar looks not the same.  The purity of the GTI is in the detail.

Its exactly the same car apart from a stupid red line at the front and worse looking alloys!!!

  

[matchboy]

I'd of gone for the GTi but the running costs of the GTD are a massive bonus. Similar (albeit nit as good) performance, same looks but £20 a year road tax and 60mpg is the big big draw factor.

Similar looks not the same.  The purity of the GTI is in the detail.

Its exactly the same car apart from a stupid red line at the front and worse looking alloys!!!

Exactly the same car yet the GTI is a lot quicker.  Yep, you're right. 

[Gryzor]

Its exactly the same car apart from a stupid red line at the front and worse looking alloys!!!

... is quite possibly one of the least thought out posts I've read on here since joining!

[Bill_the_Bear]

Guys, he is specifically talking ONLY about the looks, and he is right. They are the same apart from the colour of the line, the alloys (and the exhaust).

[Thornster]

Guys, he is specifically talking ONLY about the looks, and he is right. They are the same apart from the colour of the line, the alloys (and the exhaust).

......and the red brake callipers and better looking interior 

[Gryzor]

Guys, he is specifically talking ONLY about the looks, and he is right. They are the same apart from the colour of the line, the alloys (and the exhaust).

... and the badges on the wings, the model badge itself, the rear diffuser, the red brake calipers, and the red-themed interior!  So not really exactly the same car at all!

[Bill_the_Bear]

Guys, he is specifically talking ONLY about the looks, and he is right. They are the same apart from the colour of the line, the alloys (and the exhaust).

......and the red brake callipers and better looking interior 

Oh yes, forgot the callipers!

So not really exactly the same car at all!

It really depends how you're looking at this.  If you compare the GTI and the GTD to each other and look for each small difference you'd say this yes.  But a fairer way of looking at it is to compare the GTI to the standard Golf, then the GTD to the standard Gold and think about how those two comparisons might be different, in which case the GTI and GTD look very similar!  Why is this fairer?  Because when you see a GTI on the road you don't line it up with a GTD and say "wow the GTI looks better" you line it up with a standard Golf and say "wow the GTI looks better".

So I really think you can't say they are that different.  Case in point, I passed two mk6 GTDs in the last hour in Cambridge (anyone driving a black one or a blue one?) and as they might have switched alloys I didn't know for sure they were GTDs not GTIs until I got pretty close.  Was clear from a mile off they were not normal Golfs though.

All that said we're talking about looks and this excludes the much more important performance so... limited value in the comparison...