The K04 turbo in the edition 30 with a remap Will match those Cars for shear grunt of an m3 or rs4 or Porsche 911's etc . I was sceptical when was told but after seeing countless Video's on Youtube. Remap a standard GTi will get you Standard Edition30 performance. Have been out with Redrobins car and vis versa and both cars perform almost identically, and rolling road confirmed it bhp wise, but his Torque figures where 10% higher then mine with the aditional mods he has had done.
I would love to remap but, i truelly scared to go down that route, id either kill myself in the process, wanting to keep nailing it everytime id have the opertunity!!!.Also would mean id be chewing more fuel and shoot up my insurance premiums.
I have got into the habit of putting dsg in Manual and turning off the esp, and it still goes mentally from 40 to 90mph in a blink of an eye, and can catch you if your not prepared!!. Do it if you have the spare £ to do it.Everyone else hasnt said one negative point about doing it.
Its a cracking car , You wont be disapointed with it in any guise, manual or dsg, 3 or 5 door. Just get one as many extra's as its a buyers bargain market currently.