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Offline Adam T7

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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #50 on: 11 January 2023, 21:11 »
Every time I see a Leon I always think of the Golf advert from a few years ago comparing other cars to the benchmark - ‘it’s just like a Golf’
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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #51 on: 11 January 2023, 21:29 »
The Leon's just feel cheap in comparison to a Golf, hard scratchy plastic everywhere, church pew seats, gimmicky features. There's a reason they cost less, good car if you know you don't need the refinement.
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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #52 on: 11 January 2023, 21:32 »
Looks are of course subjective but look what you get. Golf R engine, great seats and brakes, and with a manual!
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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #53 on: 12 January 2023, 16:53 »
Agreed on the Cupra.
Granted, if you don’t like the look of them then you’ll probably never gel with the car.
And if you spend your days sat scratching interior plastics then you’re not going to love a Leon. Or most other cars in the class.

Look past that and you’ve got all the good bits of the Golf mk7 range in one package as a great drivers car that’s also very solidly built and doesn’t have any more or less reliability issues than a Golf mk7(.5)

Or an Octavia vRS?

The 308 GTI is an interesting suggestion though. A bit different, looks good, should be fun.
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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #55 on: 12 January 2023, 18:08 »
Didn’t know you could get the Megane for that sort of money…

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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #56 on: 12 January 2023, 18:21 »
Wasn't there an aluminium sub frame too?

IMHO the ultimate Mk7 is the TCR... rolled up all of the good bits into one kick ass package.

Yeah fully understand you, and the clear 'imho' but it was only DSG, I would have been happy to pick one up but couldn't have my last ice car as a DSG.  Although it may be the superior box I wonder if they would have sold more if manual?

DSg didn't appeal to me..... I think the TCR was always likely to be a relatively limited production run, so VW went with the common denominators that sold well in the GTi range, as in DSg & 5 door. Posssibly why they dropped the 3 door TCR early on and it never appeared in the Mk8?
3dr was dropped from the entire golf range so wasn't just the TCR where you couldn't get one. VW were never going to do a 3dr mk8
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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #57 on: 12 January 2023, 18:45 »
Wasn't there an aluminium sub frame too?

IMHO the ultimate Mk7 is the TCR... rolled up all of the good bits into one kick ass package.

Yeah fully understand you, and the clear 'imho' but it was only DSG, I would have been happy to pick one up but couldn't have my last ice car as a DSG.  Although it may be the superior box I wonder if they would have sold more if manual?

DSg didn't appeal to me..... I think the TCR was always likely to be a relatively limited production run, so VW went with the common denominators that sold well in the GTi range, as in DSg & 5 door. Posssibly why they dropped the 3 door TCR early on and it never appeared in the Mk8?
3dr was dropped from the entire golf range so wasn't just the TCR where you couldn't get one. VW were never going to do a 3dr mk8

Obviously, we were discussing the TCR configuration and I pointed out how "VW went with the common denominators that sold well in the GTi range" and why the range changed at this point in time! :)

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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #58 on: 12 January 2023, 18:52 »
Didn’t know you could get the Megane for that sort of money…

Having driven one of these, they do handle well, faster steering than the GTi, it felt heavier than I expected, but then it is a 5 door hatch? Nice seats, but cheap interior plastics if you had a look around the cabin.

Personally I would buy one of these over a 308, I think they have more of a following among hot hatch enthusiasts.

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Re: Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.
« Reply #59 on: 12 January 2023, 18:58 »
I did look at Cupra's before going for my Golf.

I don't regret it to be honest. The Golf already struggles to get it's power down at times, the Cupra would be worse.

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