What to buy? GTI or R20

[elisiX]

The numbers appeared all over the place I thought. Larry's TT-S StageII+ fared only as well as the StageI TT-S. There's plenty of discussion about this on OzAudi though I suppose. Just curious as to what the R will actually put down. At a rated 199KW, I'd be expecting it to do just as well as the TT-S stock for stock. I'm not sure of the weight differences though for on road performance.

[elisiX]

Sorry if its a repost..I want the R!!! Vid review on PG14.

http://issue.imotormag.co.uk/car-news-car-reviews-cool-cars-car-videos/1X4b505529adda6012.cde

I love this picture of the R. The bodykit, larger wheels and taillights just give the R a great subtle look.

[dave_r]

I give SFA about the supposed brand snobbery of an Audi over a VW, go for the actual car you like best.

Yeah I don't get it personally, couldn't care less.

I easily prefer the interior of the GTI (and R I guess) over the A3/S3.

There's your answer. Outside needs to be nice sure, but you spend all your time inside the car so you wanna make sure you pick the right one!

I reckon the CW would look the biz with black mirrors and with black wheels.

That would be the exact spec I'd settle for.... only if for some far fetched reason I can't have the blue.

All depends on the pricing and discounts, the R isn't worth 20k more than the gti etc.

I take it you couldn't get your changeover figures to work out

[iBoost]

Pretty interesting review, even in the snow and all. I love the LED DRLs on it.

I'm only 26 and it wasn't so long ago I would have been all over the Focus RS, but the R looks so much more capable and mean in a subtle way.

The bit about the Golf GTI at the end makes me happy though. Just don't take it anywhere near the snow.

[G-rig]

That would be the exact spec I'd settle for.... only if for some far fetched reason I can't have the blue.

Blue is the obvious choice and would stand out, but CW would be great too and easy to look after. Anyone know what colours are cofirmed yet?

I take it you couldn't get your changeover figures to work out

I haven't really looked into it seriously but just saying the GTI is still a great package and hard to decide on a Golf R before pricing is released etc.

My idea was to downgrade slightly.