Edition 30 Wheel Spin and Understeer

[Hurdy]

I'll have to look at what's on mine now. When it comes in next week. Here's hoping they are conti's!

[deanpoli]

Just to add to the other posts, I drive a standard GTI and it also does wheelspin going through round a abouts at high speed, and it also has continentals.

[Rog]

Boys get a R32 - apart from paying potentially £190 a year more to that gypsy thieving b&stard, c0ck sucking w&nker Gordon Brown you get the meanest sounding engine and permanent 4wd which means not a hint of wheel scrabble when cornering and accelerating.  I gaurantee that I'll beat you away from the lights anytime as long as you've had no sneaky mods done! Having said that I had my Mk5 standard Gti for just over a year and if I had the dosh I'd have kept her too!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Boys get a R32 - apart from paying potentially £190 a year more to that gypsy thieving b&stard, c0ck sucking w&nker Gordon Brown you get the meanest sounding engine and permanent 4wd which means not a hint of wheel scrabble when cornering and accelerating.

The R32 does NOT have permanent four wheel drive.  It has a part-time four wheel drive, and, under normal driving and road conditions, only sends power to the fronts, just like the GTI.  The rear axle is powered via the Haldex coupling and controller, and the sensation is actually quite unsettling.

And what about the 30% increase in fuel bills, for nigh-on identical performance!

[Hurdy]

I gaurantee that I'll beat you away from the lights anytime as long as you've had no sneaky mods done!

Looks like some kind of a challenge to me

Santa Pod here we come

[bmx]

in autocar hot hatch test last month the tested the r32 and gti and leon cupra (similar enough to the edition 30 for a comparison).

0 to 100 mph

R32 = 16.9 seconds
GTI = 16.9 seconds
leon cupra = 15.3 seconds

bedford aerodrome track lap times

R32 = 105.75 seconds
GTI = 105.60 seconds
leon cupra = 104.5 seconds

[Phil mcavity]

why oh why do they test the slower manual versions in these mags, what us DSG OWNERS wanna know is the seat i think will be the same time as a dsg gti

[illyun]

why oh why do they test the slower manual versions in these mags, what us DSG OWNERS wanna know is the seat i think will be the same time as a dsg gti

Exactly... also, why don't they test the Edition 30 against these machines.

[wantmygti]

I wonder whether DSG would actually improve lap times. Yes you accelerate quicker but you have ZERO engine braking for cornering. Just wonder what the overall effect on lap times would be.

[Rog]

Teutonic Tamer take a chill pill man!  When I bought my R32 the edition 30 wasn't around if it had been I might have gone for one.  I've owned both the Gti and the R32 and prefer my R32. Being a family man I've got a 5dr and if you crank one of the rear windows down abit the sound track from the engine alone is worth the premium.  I get only around 28 - 30 mpg with it though and with my Gti I use to average around 31 - 35 mpg ( on the way to work, not around town ) but as I do around 6 - 8000 miles a year there's cock all difference in fuel costs.