>the perfect daily does not exi-
>mqb platform that's nearly 20 years old>tiny car>touch sliders to do anything>30 year old iron block engine that they've not bothered to update when all competitors switched to aluminum block engines over a decade ago way worse than any newish kia
>>28798324That's not a 340i or 640i or S5
>>28798326Look, the diesel cheating fines wiped out any R and D. They’re only able to lie about their cars via marketing anymore. What more do you want?
>>28798326>>28798341the true beauty of the GTI is the price in yurop when leasing. sub 150 eurobux a month is great
>>28798348everyone who was selling diesels was lying on emissions testing the standards were unreasonable and required super frequent additions of urea that most customers weren't used to I was reading some car magazine article I wanna say about maybe a ram diesel truck and it needed urea top ups every 1000 miles while towing. VW should have reached out to government regulators and said the diesel standards were unreachable and were going to cause a huge problem, but on the other hand they were certainly targeted for reasons not fully explained (could have just been a government cash grab)but they do have porsche, a money printer going brrrr, so they have some money and they refuse to innovate at alltheir best recent innovation was bringing knobs back at Skoda
>>28798326>yep, old engines were best, solid iron block and not that flimsy aluminum bullshit that warps if you rev the engine past 3k >what's that, an engine that's still manufactured with an iron block? how dare they, iron block engines suck!You guys just complain for complaining's sake.
>>28798326VWs do suck, but claiming a Kia is any better is laughable
>>28798326>aluminum block enginesEnjoy changing your warped cylinder head.
>>28798326>30 year old iron block engine that they've not bothered to updateThat's exactly why I bought the carI also have 30 years worth of manufactured spares
>>28798451Same. Although mine's just started running super hot and drinking a lot, thinking water pump's gone, the bastard.
>>28798324That's not a 911
I'm something of an iron block enthusiast myself but I wouldn't be caught dead in a golf
used to have mk6 that I put stage 3 apr kit onit was pretty nice
>>28798324thats not a Toyota GR Corolla
>>28798574>a worse Golf R
That’s not a 6.4 liter V8 hemi
>>28798324>trannyverse kraut bullshit
>>28798324>>28798326This. I'd rather take a Kia k4
>>28798326so explain again what's outdated about the mqb platform retard-kun? you never answered me in the last thread.
>>28798324A ford focus st would be better as a daily for a hot hatchback.
>>28798779more like>trannyverse bullshit
>>28798832Hell no nigga. Drive a GTI anon, that DSG alone makes it a better daily than the Ford. The interior and suspension tuning on the GTI is better too. The only down side is the price, VW is getting too stingy for their namesake. The Golf R is pushing $50k these days
>>28798868>The only down side is the priceAnd thats why you pick the ST for daily driverIt's cheaper to buy, run and maintain than a GTI.I'd only suggest the GIT over a ST if that's your only car and the only one you plan to have.But the biggest point of having a daily driver like a hot hatchback is so you have something kind of fun and practical besides your main, fun, and expensive car.
GTI + remap = 300hp of kino daily fun
>>28798326>>30 year old iron block engine that they've not bothered to update
>>28799019since when does /o/ love modern slop instead of trusty old tech?its overbuilt and can make 3x as much hp as stock with ease
>>28799024One ray of hope in a computerized gay pile of shit isn't trusty old tech.
>>28798574I want one but it's hard to justify when I already have a perfectly good GTI.
>>28798324Pros:>LSD>spool time>quietness (for a small car)>fuel economyCons:>water pump. Not if but when.>turbo failures>FUCKED cooling system design/manifolds>cam follower failureDefinitely a good car if you're proactive and do your own work, otherwise it's a higher risk car when outside of warranty. Don't forget to get an aftermarket rear sway bar, as is required for any FWD car
>>28800418>turbo failuresthe is20s only had this up to early 2015, though the is38 has been a mess on the R. most mk7+ gtis have never had turbo issues. >cam followerthey fixed this after mk5. I'll concede the others though.
get that McDonald's strutted slow piece of shit out of my thread faggot
>>28800418>aftermarket rear sway bar,Do these actually work? Thought they cause more oversteer if not installed properly.
>>28800550It's highly dependant on how they set it up from the factory, I'm less familiar with the new model gti's but I'm assuming they're still configured with the 'safe' understeer configuration that they used to do, i.e. what basically any FWD car outside of a type r. FWD cars are much more likely to oversteer when adding a stiff sway bar to coilovers, typically on stock struts you're moving the handling balance towards oversteer but the car will still understeer at the limit overall>>28800538Yeah the turbo thing I think still happens on a fluke basis, I have a coworker who has a mk7 gti that had multimetal corrosion of the bearing, I saw some people online with it as well. Not super common per se but the turbo(+manifold) are really buried behind the engine so it's a real whore to replace
>>28800550having an oversteer prone fwd car is an advantage, because it's relatively easy to control. I put the fattest rear bar I could find on mine and it made it much more nimble especially low speed corner entry with very few downsides if you have even a little bit of car control skill.
>>28798324good all around, but isnt perfect in anything. solid daily shitbox, but boring as fuck. and im not even talking about spirited driving. everytihng from design standpoint - exterior, interior, to whole philosophy and engineering is solid but dull
>>28800550I put a thicker bar on my accord, that car desperately needed it. Way improved it it the parking lot, on-ramps, even through cross-winds. Should have come from the factory with a bigger rear bar for sure
>>28798357>but they do have porsche, a money printer going brrrr,Porsche just cost them billions of dollars with a retarded full send on e-trash
>>28798324the car of the Zoomer wojack face
>>28800673Accurate
>>28800858>nobody makes enthusiast cars anymore!!>nooo stop buying those affordable enthusiast cars!!!>>28800673/qa/ lost retard
>>28798324If you like a new car that acts like an used car, it’s great.Remember to have a bottle of oil near the thing at all times.
>>28801033mine has literally never consumed oil, this is some retarded FUD from over 20 years ago
>>28800858maybe in muttland, over here every muslim zoomer aims for a bmw (and ends up driving one the moment they turn 18 thanks to socialism)
>driving around with three empty seats
>>28801196the perfect personal transportation device is a scooter motorcycle. not a car or a truck. you use those things when you need to transport people or items but if you're only taking yourself to work or a party then all you need is a scooter motorcycle.
PlasticOilSump
Do you mutts not get the Clubsport model? The one with 300hp and stuff. That’s the real GTI. The base model is literally just a commuter
>>28801367Very interesting to call other models a commuter when Clubsport is automatic only
>>28801206What if its cold or rainy or your area is suddenly full of unsafe indian and venezuelan drivers?
>>28801206>The only ice he's ever seen in his life came out of a slurpee machine
>>28801373we don’t have a manual option at all in yurop. why would we. DCT is vastly superior in every way
>>28801382This is the purest proof that Golf buyers are just spreadsheet fags, and don't actually enjoy driving
>>28801385GTI and golf R were 40% manual sales when they removed the option in the US. you're a tard.
>>28801380>what if you live in 3rd world USAmove>>28801381>zomg ice!movei can't decide which is more depressing: riding a bike in the cold or driving around in a car with three empty seats.
>>28798324Shit interiorGerman reliability
>>28798326>>mqb platform that's nearly 20 years oldFully developed and mature technology. >>tiny carSpace Efficient>>touch sliders to do anythingModern UI for the 21st century>>30 year old iron block engine that they've not bothered to update when all competitors switched to aluminum block engines over a decade ago High boost-capable engine with high compatibility and parts availability. >way worse than any newish kiaDefinitely hurts you feelings worse.
>>28802034>Want personal transportation? Just don't live north of the 30th parallel!idk man if it doesn't apply to 60% of the habitable landmass of the planet it doesn't seem very perfect to me
>>28802034Driving around in the snow is mega comfy, and my three empty seats would agree.
>>28801385>caring about being fast and larping as TCR/GT3 driver means you hate driving mutt logic
>>28798341>that’s not a pigfat open diff shitboxtrue
