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159 vs Mk5 Golf GTi
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31/01/2012 20:48
31/01/2012 20:48
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Gunzi
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Following on from this thread, we've whittled it down to either an Alfa 159 or a mk5 Golf GTi, or possibly a mk5 GT 1.4 TSi. I'm aware this isn't a direct comparison because they're quite different cars. Does anybody have any experiences of the Golf GTi, I've read a few reviews and they all rave about it as a great hot hatch and all rounder. Of the list on the link above it's the only car that if I was driving and a 159 drove past I wouldn't think "we've bought the wrong car". My issue with the GTi is would I get bored with my Coupe?! They're similar power and weights and the Golf would almost certainly handle better std vs std. I'm worried my Coupe wouldn't get a look in! What are your thoughts?
Last edited by Gunzi; 31/01/2012 20:53.
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Re: 159 vs Mk5 Golf GTi
[Re: Gunzi]
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31/01/2012 21:40
31/01/2012 21:40
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jasgol
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I've got a mk5 GTi special edition 30 (30 extra horses) and I must say I've been a bit disappointed since I bought it 3 years ago, I just kept thinking 'not as much fun as my old coop' so much so that I got my plus 6 months ago. Don't get me wrong, the GTi is a solid, reliable, more fun than average car and on paper it has pretty much the same power to weight ratio as the Fiat…but it doesn't feel like it, even when you cane it. It just doesn't slip through the air like a coupe. The plus get's a lot more TLC than the chubby german and smiles per miles it's the coupe all the way.
Horsing around's a serious business.
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Re: 159 vs Mk5 Golf GTi
[Re: Kayjey]
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31/01/2012 21:48
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jasgol
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Well you won't get tired of the Coupe because the engine is music rather than noise. That is so true, the first time I got in the Golf I thought it sounded like a freakin diesel!
Horsing around's a serious business.
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Re: 159 vs Mk5 Golf GTi
[Re: Gunzi]
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31/01/2012 22:50
31/01/2012 22:50
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jasgol
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The Golf has known issues with the DSG so might be best to opt for the manual.
Horsing around's a serious business.
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Re: 159 vs Mk5 Golf GTi
[Re: jasgol]
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01/02/2012 07:32
01/02/2012 07:32
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I've got a mk5 GTi special edition 30 (30 extra horses) and I must say I've been a bit disappointed since I bought it 3 years ago, I just kept thinking 'not as much fun as my old coop' so much so that I got my plus 6 months ago. Golf. *Like* a coupe, but *not* a coupe...
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