The I30N does sound epic in that link.... whether I could live with it as a daily though...
And that's why Golf GTI's are loved - because they aren't hardcore. They are nice road cars with no vices that are just as happy tootling to the supermarket or sitting in traffic as they are being ragged.
Agree. A hot hatch is a day to day car first and foremost. Most of the other hot hatches are too firm riding for daily use on UK roads. The golf is also a brilliant drive- it's the best hot hatch.
Its what said a few times, the Golf GTI/R is first car where not had to compromise comfort for performance and vice versa and though its seen there are more extreme performance cars out there, its usually with compromise and for your main demographic of driving that becomes tiresome,
Its great I can press the comfort button and have the DSG and Auto Hold do all the work for me on a slow commute and cruise a motorway in complete comfort and at the press of a button have the firmer suspension and steering when road is there to push along.
Sure we all been there and hence chose the GTI/R as the pure performance car in them situations simply becomes tiring and you fall out of love with it
So when I see a journo piece praising the merits of some cars performance I am always thinking thats great where you are driving it, I get it, but its still not a Golf GTI/R