« Reply #5 on: 14 January 2017, 13:55 »
I remember driving my GTI home from the dealer and not being particularly impressed with the feel of the car.
After a few weeks of driving, these feelings didn't go away, and it wasn't until I fitted a pedal box that the car actually felt like I expected a Golf GTI to feel.
Each to their own but I know what camp I'm in.
I felt like that too.
My initial thoughts were "this thing should have 258lb ft of torque, so where is it?"
Yes, fine, it felt like 230PS when nailing it but 99% of driving isn't nailing it, 99% of driving is using the torque curve to gain momentum, and that torque felt like it had gone AWOL at anything under 50% pedal depression. My poor legs aren't long enough to keep the pedal buried in the carpet so there was only one answer.
If you have legs like a giraffe or wear deep sea diving boots as leisure wear then you'll never experience a problem with mk7 Golf pedal travel.
If you've got legs like a primate (me) then you'll not be able to live without a PedalBox.
Aside from that a GTI is a truly great and underrated car.
And a GTD is only a whisker behind (plus looks a bit prettier in certain colours when both are on standard wheels to these old eyes).
£7.5k is a pretty remarkable deal though so that'll make the first year's depreciation quite palatable as most dealer deals seem to be in the £6 to £6.5k ballpark. But again, that depends on 'cost to change' if you're part ex'ing as the figures have to balance out somewhere. Oh, and having a close relative at VW can help I guess!
« Last Edit: 14 January 2017, 14:05 by Exonian »
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