newbie here. just sold my audi TT 225 coupe wich was tuned to 288bhp. started looking at the mk5 gti as i needed a practical car but something to have fun in on a weekend etc. so i had a few test drives in the gti. handling i thought was pretty good power not bad, so after 4 test drives decided to start specing my order, 18's , xenons, armrest , leather because i didnt like the check cloth. then got some prices for the sills and rear bumper painting, front valance painting , then a price from AMD for a remap £820 inc vat FFS thats expensive. basically to get the car how i wanted and with the extra insurance for a modified car it was getting expensive.
so i think an r32, dont really like the grille as much as the Gti, but the rest of the car is more finished, so on friday i went for a test drive at wakefield vw. took it to the post office roundabout at haigh, if anyone knows it. anyway asked the salesman (who is an old friend) if i could give some pan handle, he says go ahead. all i could think was frick me this thing is ace, the chassis is balanced perfectly. it does handle better than the gti. and the bonus for me is in standard form its got everything i want, xenons , 18's , plain design trim, a decent amount of power, superb handling, nice soundtrack.
i suppose the bad point is 27 mpg as opposed to the gti's 37mpg but i dont do alot of miles and a remaped Gti will be down to low 30's after a remap.
as for power alot of r32's that have being rolling roaded are putting out 260+bhp in standard form
