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Offline N-Wales_vr6

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Are R32s slow?
« on: 29 January 2004, 22:49 »
Just got myself a spankin metallic blue R32 on Project Gotham only to get a hard time off Civic type R's !!!!  :o Not happy!!! Please one of you lucky puppies who has a real life one tell me ITS JUST A GAME AND THEY KICK IT ROYALLY!!!!!! A guy's gotta dream!!!  ::)
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Offline simon123

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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #1 on: 29 January 2004, 22:59 »
i don't have an R32 myself but cos of the weight of the mk4 its bound to be slow for the engine size. i don't no any figures but i would think that the civic is much lighter therefore quicker off the mark :-[ but the golf looks and sounds nicer so .............
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Offline antgti

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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #2 on: 30 January 2004, 14:12 »
my mate has got a type-r and he got a pasting when he tried to race an r32 off the lights, make no mistake R32's are quick as feck
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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #3 on: 30 January 2004, 14:26 »
R32 0-60=6.6 seconds
Type-R 0-60=6.8 seconds

According to what car

but according to the manufacturers they are both 0-62 in 6.6

so either way its really close, but i'd take the r32 speed and Comfort  can't argue with that!
« Last Edit: 03 February 2004, 09:17 by Mk2Gti8v »
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Offline topher

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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #4 on: 30 January 2004, 18:43 »
but isnt the type R 2wd ? R32 would absolutely walk it on the track.
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Offline dorsetdumplin

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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #5 on: 30 January 2004, 19:05 »
R32's have style..........

not like that boy racer jap crap!!!!!
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Offline S11EPS

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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #6 on: 30 January 2004, 19:08 »
In a word, no, the 32 is not by any means slow.

Too much onus is placed 0-60 times, as they don't tell the whole story.

The golf is an admittedly heavy car, and the car has the inertia of a 4 wheel drive system to overcome, none of which blights the Type R.

Love him or hate, Jeremy Clarkson knows his cars, and he gets to drive plenty of machinery that we all dream about - the R32 is his favourite hot hatch, and I'm sure that's not without reason.
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Offline N-Wales_vr6

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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #7 on: 30 January 2004, 22:59 »
 ;D Wahoo!!!! There is a god!!! Just spoke to a friend of mine who's got a Mitsi Evo 7 and he was left for dead ON BENDS chasing an R32 but Evo's turbo had the advantage on the straights BUT he was impressed by the way it kept with him!! A rematch is on the cards and i will desperately try to bum a ride!!!!  8) Will keep you posted chaps but methinks the x box is closest to owning an R32 for a while!! Will have to slum it in the vr a bit longer!!  :P
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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #8 on: 30 January 2004, 23:17 »
The R32 also has the sweetness of the 4 motion drivetrain ;D
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Re:Are R32s slow?
« Reply #9 on: 30 January 2004, 23:32 »
not to mention the twin exit exhaust... which can cause orgasms at 50 paces
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