Mk6 GTI or Mk5 GTI Pirelli

[kryten2001]

I'll let you know when I'm over there driving it next month

You gotta let us know when/how much... This looks fantastic..

There's gotta be engine internals, surely... At least pistons/rods/bearings (cam/valves?)....

If not, then I dunno how long a stock engine would last running that sort of power..... Crazy.....

God bless APR. This is fantastic....

[tinto]

I thought the acceleration looked decent until I realised it was in MPH.
Decent -> devastating.

[kryten2001]

I thought the acceleration looked decent until I realised it was in MPH.
Decent -> devastating.

SHE'S GONNA BLOW CAPTAIN!

[tinto]

[kryten2001]

[elisiX]

lol what the F.........

[cme2c]

The 'Check engine light' is only a temporary thing which they say will be fixed in the final product.

I got that, but I don't get the glowplug light.

[pom829]

VW Golf mk6 GTI or mk5 GTI Pirelli (which one to buy)

I'm after some feedback as to what is the better car both for value and handling/drive.

I looking at selling my car privately and I've seen some nice example of Pirellis out there for about $40,000 with about 15000Km(with Sat Nav, rear sensors, 18"wheesl standard, part leather seats) or should I spend around the $48500 mark for a standard mk6 GTI.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[Corey_R]

I'll jump on this one first.

Buy what you want, the only person you need to satisfy is yourself.

Beyond that, there is already threads about MKV vs MK6. There are already threads about MK6 GTI vs MK6 R - and from them you can take discussion about the engine and power delivery of the R as a guide for the Pirelli, because they share the same engine, but with slightly different ECU tuning.

As you'll be able to see from those threads, and others on these types of topics, the discussions are heated. So we don't really need another one of these threads