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Offline gazmondo35

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golf gti vs golf gti pp
« on: 16 January 2014, 21:58 »
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Offline V5Ade

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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2014, 23:28 »
I don't think any real conclusion could be made unless they both had the same gearbox. Are there many people who are going to use a MKVII on track anyway?
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Offline ramjet

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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #2 on: 17 January 2014, 00:08 »
I hope people get the idea that a real car has to be a manual. This proves it and it's faster too although only with 10 hp more.  :laugh:
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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2014, 06:56 »
Quote from: ramjet on 17 January 2014, 00:08
I hope people get the idea that a real car has to be a manual. This proves it and it's faster too although only with 10 hp more.  :laugh:

How does this prove that manual is faster than a DSG? (Which it isn't by the way) The manual only did it 1.6 seconds quicker with a limited slip differential & 10 more BHP over the DSG non PP. If it was a DSG with PP then it would have been the same or probably quicker than the manual PP. The differential on the PP is amazing for tracks as the reviewer kept saying.

I agree that this test is stupid however as they should have used the same gearbox in both cars. How does it measure the improvement of the PP when the gearbox difference would have affected the results?
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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2014, 08:33 »
Not watched it (in work so can't access youchoob) but...

Would it not prove that if performance is the only consideration in your decision making process and you could only afford either the PP or DSG, then the PP is the way to go?

Apart from that, as said - it's a pretty useless test, lol!
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Offline Geomets

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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2014, 10:24 »
Not to mention that the PP had 19" wheels that perform better on track. This test is not a test at all.
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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2014, 10:27 »
Quote from: Geomets on 17 January 2014, 10:24
Not to mention that the PP had 19" wheels that perform better on track. This test is not a test at all.

Pretty sure 18" wheels are better suited to 'performance' driving?

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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #7 on: 17 January 2014, 13:10 »
The fact that a DSG is supposedly quicker, and the PP car was on slower 19" wheels, suggests that the PP makes a big difference (more so than the 2 seconds shown).

However, the test is pointless as the cars should have been identical other than the PP in order for a fair comparison  :rolleyes:
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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #8 on: 17 January 2014, 13:44 »
+1 on 19's being slower.

& +1 on the test needing to be identical.

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Re: golf gti vs golf gti pp
« Reply #9 on: 17 January 2014, 15:40 »
Quote from: Geomets on 17 January 2014, 10:24
19" wheels that perform better on track.

Do they? And why might that be?
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