erm nope doubt it coz my mk 3 easily out handles my old mk2 16v which was on a J plate and i had it in 1996 with only 45k on the clock, the mk2 wasnt lowered tho, and it did handle well, just not as well as the lowered mk 3... and that is a fact my man!
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erm nope doubt it coz my mk 3 easily out barges my old mk2 16v which was on a J plate and i had it in 1996 with only 45k on the clock, the mk2 wasnt lowered and I can hardly remember how it went, and it did handle well, I just can't remember how well it handled as my addled mind struggles to remember past my current car or the last few months... and that is a fact my man.
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The opinions Kells is touting are only that, OPINIONS and only his own, poorly informed, rose-tinted opinions.
How many articles are there out there commenting on how poor the Golf3 is vs the Golf2, both from the time and also more recent?
A LOT.
The car was bloated and soggy.
Anyone kidding themselves that the G3 handles well, especially on cheap, nasty coilovers (that's under about £800 for the set), with a massive drop isn't driving hard enough to be able to tell and probably hasn't experienced a car either fresh out of the box, or properly modified that actually handles. Coilovers are not necessary to make a car handle and the hottuning ones are a downgrade over fresh OE spec struts. The only 'benefit' you are getting is a lower ride height, but that brings a huge range of issues with it.
From what he's said Kells has a car history most of us would try and keep quiet about - trying to objectively assess the handling of cars is never going to be a strong point, coming from someone who thinks late Ford Escorts handled better than a greased blamange on teflon.