Golf GTI Edition 35

[triode12]

Foolish yes but this is the country where no car means no pu**y.

And there is this neighbouring country where speeding tickets can be negated by $$$...so guess where to take the fast car to on weekends and every other chance.

LOL - I suppose if one needs help in that area, I guess it would be an asset but one could get the same amount with a lesser car - no need for an R35.

And driving that sort of car in that neighbouring country will make you a prime target for hijackers as current race driver in Sg found out a few years ago when his convoy of Ferraris was hijacked and he was shot. Anything with a Sg plate on Msian roads is a target - esp expensive cars - many stories of robberies and hijackings in JB in the Sg papers over the years.

[Corey_R]

Heh - but man are there a lot of great highways in Malaysia which are very well lit and practically empty at night!

[markwid]

LOL - I suppose if one needs help in that area, I guess it would be an asset but one could get the same amount with a lesser car - no need for an R35.

Off topic but I think in this particular country, there is correlation between expensive cars and grade of women it attracts.

[triode12]

Off topic but I think in this particular country, there is correlation between expensive cars and grade of women it attracts.

yes ones with loose lips..

[DoggieHowser]

I was one of the first R35s in Singapore. The other guy was out at the major clubs every night parked in front.

Me? I was out driving every night past midnight trying to run in the engine before the first service. Hehe. Was in Sepang formula track in just over two weeks of getting the car.

Have to say the car did get a lot of attention. I even had a guy tailing me in a WRX with one hand on the wheel and one hand holding a camera phone.

As for why I got the car... I guess it was a logical progression after the Evo. That one had been modded beyond recognition. Test and Service bodykit and carbon fibre bonnet (the Ohlins car in Japanese racing) with Ohlins Flag-L coilovers (external reservoirs), C-West GTwing, full Endless front/rear 6 pot/4 pot aluminum billet calipers with inch up rotors. HKS2835 turbo/elbow/downpipe kit for track, TD05 with street legal Tomei extractor/elbow/downpipe for daily, Advan RS 18" rims with Yokohama semi slick A048 rubbers. Bride carbon fibre bucket seats. Motec M800 plugNplay ECU with AntiLag System. Bigger injectors. HKS fuel rail. Fuel pump. Boost controller. Full suite of Defi BF gauges. Ad nauseum.


Thing was even with a street legal kit, I still got pulled over by the cops. And it was getting on the missus nerves. Especially when it was on the way to work.

So the GTR made sense. More power than my modded Evo.

[DoggieHowser]

But back to the original topic:

I guess the logical side of me says: R. 4WD. Upgraded brakes.

But the Xenon and LED DRLs on the GTI 35 are soooo pretty

[Molotov]

Jezus Doogs. Based on Mazda 3 pricing in Singapore an R-35 would cost about 11,000,000 SGD wouldn't it? ;P

Does anyone know anyone who knows someone that has actually bought an Ed. 35 Gti yet?

[Mi16 Man]

Does anyone know anyone who knows someone that has actually bought an Ed. 35 Gti yet?

Starting at $49,500 driveaway, I see better value in an R. I was keen for a 35 but I would lose big depreciation $$$ if I traded my 6month old GTI for the sake of a 35.

[Capercat]

Starting at $49,500 driveaway, I see better value in an R. I was keen for a 35 but I would lose big depreciation $$$ if I traded my 6month old GTI for the sake of a 35.

Mate, you'll lose big up-grading to an R from a MY10 GTI. Enjoy the GTI while you can, flash it if you must, but not worth losing the dollars for a 35.

[Corey_R]

I love my Golf R. But having owned a MKV Golf GTI, I can honestly say, that there is no way in hell that I'd sell a Golf GTI to buy a Golf R. I think you'd have to be insane....

The AWD is great for "****s and giggles" with standing acceleration, but beyond that....
Even with Stage 3 cars, in torrential rain, on a race track (i.e. worst case senario), there is only 1.7 seconds difference between a heavily modified (stage 3 + handling mods) Golf R and GTI (stage 3 + handling mods) around Eastern Creek. And when I say "handling mods", I'm talking the full kit... suspension, sway bars, big brake kits, caster and camber adjustments, AND haldex upgrades... in other words, more than most people would go to.

Keep your Golf GTI and be happy I say

[Mi16 Man]

Certainly v happy with my GTI....just amazed at $$ drop after 6 months.

APR it is!

[backdoc]

Certainly v happy with my GTI....just amazed at $$ drop after 6 months.

Which is what exactly? I thought they held their value reasonably well. I mean, you expect to lose money. Are you talking about trade in value or private sale?

[markwid]

Certainly v happy with my GTI....just amazed at $$ drop after 6 months.

APR it is!

For sure, go for the tune! Even at stage 1, it makes a significant difference. It should have been like that when it left the factory.

[Mi16 Man]

$42k on road in Feb 2011 for 5dr manual, CS & Detroits...$36k private or $32k trade.

[Ideo]

Starting at $49,500 driveaway, I see better value in an R. I was keen for a 35 but I would lose big depreciation $$$ if I traded my 6month old GTI for the sake of a 35.

And with no negotiation really available.

I paid that for my R driveaway. I know which is better value.