Exclusivity

[AndyG]

The R mirrors aren't shiny they are Matt chrome and I love the blue lighting.This is the Gti forum and I've had a few so won't here a bad word against it.Most of us here with R's have been on here since our Gti days and will always have a great affection for it but the R is,I'm afraid a class above.I agree about the 4 exhausts though,2  in the middle like the mk6R would be to my preference.
It really is something to floor it and get up to legal speed limits without any fuss or wheel spin.
I wonder if the 6 R was more exclusive because the country was in a recession back then?

[am1w]

The R mirrors aren't shiny they are Matt chrome and I love the blue lighting.This is the Gti forum and I've had a few so won't here a bad word against it.Most of us here with R's have been on here since our Gti days and will always have a great affection for it but the R is,I'm afraid a class above.I agree about the 4 exhausts though,2  in the middle like the mk6R would be to my preference.
It really is something to floor it and get up to legal speed limits without any fuss or wheel spin.
I wonder if the 6 R was more exclusive because the country was in a recession back then?

I know this is the GTI forum, but there are not enough 7GTIs around. Us R and GTD owners spice up this forum!

Regarding the 6R, it too was a slow seller much like the 7GTI. The 6R did not have very good reviews and the 6GTI which was generally considered the better car by the press. I for one liked the 6R very much even though I had a 6GTI. Even today, the 6R really looks the business.

[Jackie Treehorn]

When there's a car on my mind I usually see loads of them, but whilst I waited for my GTI to arrive I think I saw two or three others. The rest nearly all seemed to be GTD or R, I don't even think I've seen that many regular MK7s or perhaps they just don't catch my eye.

For me the GTi PP was the one to get in the real world, it won over the R purely on styling. I really disliked the quad pipes, silver mirrors, R logo'd seats, blue LED interior.. There was a lot of talk about it being a real sleeper car, but I never understood that with four massive pipes and big shiny mirrors like an S3.

Each to their own clearly! I respect the R for the beast that it is and it's phenomenally capable, but for me it's the model in the lineup that doesn't really know what it is.

Utter bilge and tosh.

The poor GTI is a has been, a slow coach and a non-seller as it is not good enough anymore and the buying public recognise this as do VW.

The front is also horrid with that stupid red lipstick going through the headlights. How crass is that? Not to mention those stupid Ferrari Testarossa veins along the front bumper edges covering the fogs. What a pathetic wannabe attachment is that and so overdone, eh? Plus, those horrid plaid seats now look so last Tuesday and chav. (Sorry, but same for the GTD regarding the seat fabric. Though in that car they have got rid of the red so it looks less irritating and much more pleasant to the eye).

Sour grapes again.

@am1w
I can't be the only one on here that thinks you are a proper tool sometimes. Not sure of your age but honestly, do you ever go back and look at what you have written?

9000 posts so I'm sure you will reply as you clearly are a post count king

[am1w]

Ha, ha. Great to get a reaction.

Now be a kind tool yourself to kindly provide instructions on how you did your rear door plates to light up? Much wiring etc?

[RobS23GTI]

@ Jackie Treehorn - no your not the only one. It's just done to get a reaction, waste of time rising too it.
You always get these sorts on forums don't you.
There's one guy on the R forum who slates the car at every turn, I don't understand why he even has the car if it's so rubbish.
I don't know why people waste their time trolling.

[charv94]

When there's a car on my mind I usually see loads of them, but whilst I waited for my GTI to arrive I think I saw two or three others. The rest nearly all seemed to be GTD or R, I don't even think I've seen that many regular MK7s or perhaps they just don't catch my eye.

For me the GTi PP was the one to get in the real world, it won over the R purely on styling. I really disliked the quad pipes, silver mirrors, R logo'd seats, blue LED interior.. There was a lot of talk about it being a real sleeper car, but I never understood that with four massive pipes and big shiny mirrors like an S3.

Each to their own clearly! I respect the R for the beast that it is and it's phenomenally capable, but for me it's the model in the lineup that doesn't really know what it is.

Utter bilge and tosh.

The poor GTI is a has been, a slow coach and a non-seller as it is not good enough anymore and the buying public recognise this as do VW.

The front is also horrid with that stupid red lipstick going through the headlights. How crass is that? Not to mention those stupid Ferrari Testarossa veins along the front bumper edges covering the fogs. What a pathetic wannabe attachment is that and so overdone, eh? Plus, those horrid plaid seats now look so last Tuesday and chav. (Sorry, but same for the GTD regarding the seat fabric. Though in that car they have got rid of the red so it looks less irritating and much more pleasant to the eye).

Sour grapes again.

@am1w
I can't be the only one on here that thinks you are a proper tool sometimes. Not sure of your age but honestly, do you ever go back and look at what you have written?

9000 posts so I'm sure you will reply as you clearly are a post count king

I completely agree, sometimes reasonable and very helpful. But on this issue a complete tool. Very much a R fanatic which is fine, but i think he's just got something wrong with his idea of a GTI. Its not a slow coach, its not ugly in the slightest, i think the R is good looking from every angle, just like i think the GTI is.

[JC]

now gents, we are all entitled to our own opinion, and as long as we all play nice then thats cool.

and we all know,the mk2 will always be the best  from the mk3 onwards all the golfs have been getting fatter and fatter especially the mk5.75 ( in any format be it GTi GTD or R ) 

And sits, and waits 

[Tornado8]

I think that's enough willy waving now children The more slagging that goes on, the more entrenched people will become. Each person chooses the car that's right for them, end of surely 

[am1w]

now gents, we are all entitled to our own opinion, and as long as we all play nice then thats cool.

and we all know,the mk2 will always be the best  from the mk3 onwards all the golfs have been getting fatter and fatter especially the mk5.75 ( in any format be it GTi GTD or R ) 

And sits, and waits 

Mk2 was the bees knees!

I am just waiting for the Mk8 which I hope will be lighter than the Mk7, though I doubt it.
Will have to go for the Polo at this rate or even the Up! GTI.
At least I am getting slimmer and slimmer.

[caprigreen]

Nice bit of banter. All opinions should be respected but that's the model for world peace so lets be real. Anyway , I like the GTI as I like the heritage and can remember the early GTIs. Still have a MK2 and love it. I Like the style and looks more that the performance as I drive within the law and not on a track. When I hear all the talk about cant get the power down on the GTI so need the R i just think glad you don't live near me . Been on the Fire service 31 years so seen the downside of speed. Anyway buy what you like its all down to choice. They are all great cars