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Offline Fatandre

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R32. Man or auto?
« on: 10 May 2008, 18:36 »
I am planning on getting a R32 but I cannt decide if I should go for a manual or a auto one. What do you recommend

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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #1 on: 10 May 2008, 19:20 »
DSG no contest, if your going for the slow motion sorry 4wd golf, then get the dsg, the soundtrack is what sells the R and the burble of the sound of the throttle blipping on the paddles to go with is a real cocktail.
Also cus us boys in edition 30's need something to have a battle with  :wink:. Try it , before anyone says else. Much more fun imo.
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Offline bacillus

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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #2 on: 10 May 2008, 19:22 »
it's really a personal decision so try getting a test drive in both...
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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #3 on: 10 May 2008, 19:26 »
DSG no contest, if your going for the slow motion sorry 4wd golf, then get the dsg, the soundtrack is what sells the R and the burble of the sound of the throttle blipping on the paddles to go with is a real cocktail.
Also cus us boys in edition 30 need something to have a battle with  :wink:. Try it , before anyone says else. Much more fun imo.

Listen 2 you, us ED30 boys, its not that long ago you were disin the Ed30 as a waste of space, looks lke you've come to your senses :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #4 on: 10 May 2008, 19:29 »
i know, the blow to the head that hurdy gave me at santa pod must of worked  :wink:

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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #5 on: 10 May 2008, 19:39 »
the DSG in the R32 is fantastic, as said above the noise you get from the throttle blip is seriuosly addictive   :grin:
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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #6 on: 10 May 2008, 20:01 »
i know, the blow to the head that hurdy gave me at santa pod must of worked  :wink:

nice 1, glad you've changed your mind :tongue:
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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #7 on: 10 May 2008, 20:05 »
 have to say, purely because my ed30 has been run in and the 2 other ed30 's id driven before from dealers we both with very few miles on the clock it was hard to notice the difference apart from 60mph onwards. But this one i have is on steroids im sure of it!.4000 rpm is where i find the ed30 has another gear or feels it does comparing the two.

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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #8 on: 10 May 2008, 20:07 »
Totally agree, I had a regular GTi first also, and the main difference is that top end surge the bigger turbo gives :evil:, you should try it with a remap :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Re: R32. Man or auto?
« Reply #9 on: 10 May 2008, 20:12 »
Try the DSG, see if you can get on with it, no point asking other people if you dont like it