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    Newbie (possibly) shifting from XR6 TURBO(s)

    Hi guys,

    Looking at downsizing from Ford's XR6 TURBO cars to a GTI as I don't need a family sized vehicle anymore. Gotta register/post to ask a question, sooooo this it.
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    Apart from the usual comment to test drive one, (fwd does drive differently to a rwd, especially a high powered one) I would be tempted to suggest that a R might be better than a standard GTI, in terms of performance being comparable to the XR6 turbo..

    Of course both the GTI and R can be modified to make up for any power deficiency .
    mk VI GTI, manual, reflex silver, basic

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      Thanks. Don't want to get into a full discussion here, but having had cars that can get to 100km/h in <= 6 secs for a while, I'm over the outright performance. 6.9sec 0-100km/h is adequate, it's now about the handling (GTI will run rings around an XR6 in this area). Also budget limit of 45k. Now to post my first question elsewhere.....

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