Golf R vs WRX vs Evo vs Megane RS250

[Corey_R]

I presume he means not the A3/S3/TT series as they're all using Haldex too.

[Golf Houso]

I presume he means not the A3/S3/TT series as they're all using Haldex too.

Correct, they're all East/West drivelines and hence are all Haldex.

You need to drive the R in order to reassess your opinion on the Haldex.

I've driven an R32, handled ok but still a massively underwhelming car, still had nothing on a suby and I doubt the R will be any different I'm sorry!!!
A great car let down by its AWD system

[G-rig]

Maybe you should drive the R or an upgraded haldex car .

[hooba]

Maybe you should drive the R or an upgraded haldex car .

You don't need to drive one to be able to offer your opinion on the interwebz.

[Corey_R]

You don't need to drive one to be able to offer your opinion on the interwebz.

Are you SERIOUS!? You mean people are giving opinions on cars they've never driven... that's just unpossible!

[Silverarrow]

Are you SERIOUS!? You mean people are giving opinions on cars they've never driven... that's just unpossible!

Hey this is the interwebz, not only can people have opinions on cars they've never driven they can give you a complete run down of your personality flaws without ever having met you, and PROVE that anything they own is better than anything you will ever own unless it is exactly the same as theirs.

[Mr_Bob]

I've driven an R32, handled ok but still a massively underwhelming car, still had nothing on a suby and I doubt the R will be any different I'm sorry!!!
A great car let down by its AWD system

I drove an R32 and it didn't thrill me either.
Drove an R and i'm sold

FYI, my daily drive is a Forester on Tein coilovers, so that's what i'm comparing to
even though the R is 100KG heavier, it felt more balanced and nimble.

[hooba]

Hey this is the interwebz, not only can people have opinions on cars they've never driven they can give you a complete run down of your personality flaws without ever having met you, and PROVE that anything they own is better than anything you will ever own unless it is exactly the same as theirs.

You're just trying to justify your decision / car by allowing me to delude myself into believing that you are insinuating that I / my car are inferior and react by starting an internet argument with you.

[ccoops79]

I drove an R32 and it didn't thrill me either.
Drove an R and i'm sold

FYI, my daily drive is a Forester on Tein coilovers, so that's what i'm comparing to
even though the R is 100KG heavier, it felt more balanced and nimble.

Hey mate. Are you going for the DSG or manual ?

[Buller_Scott]

You lose all of the tracky feel and gain creature comforts like sat nav, leather seats, xenon lights, airbags and have a 4Mo AWD system that isn't as effective as a full time AWD system.

that shouldnt matter, though.

i mean, you have all of those creature comforts in a scirocco R which is FWD, and it spanked the evo 10, and simply murdered the STI, around tsukuba raceway.

this forum is funny. i've never seen so much bagging of VW's on any other forum. but i do find the chipped tiguan vs. golf R discussion to be rather interesting.

just a question, REXman- i'm genuinely really interested as ive never tracked my cars nor dragged them... you talk about CRAZY nissan silvias, for example, vs. moderately quick german cars like an M3.... yet over the quarter mile, according to your post, there's only 0.5 of a second in it.

and i've noticed this with other folk as well.... over a quarter mile, is it really a case that a ''worked'' 12.5 second japanese car will be considered BRUTALLY FAST, and yet a german car in close to stock trim, that's only half a second off the pace, will be considered ''quick enough"? for example, i've seen people talk about how brutal big V8's are, and how pathetic all VW's are by comparison...

yet on hsv forums, people are posting VZ HSV clubsport 13.6sec 0-400m times, and polo drivers with just chip/ dump pipe/ fmic are posting high 13's.... resulting in a whopping 0.2-0.3 seconds being the apparent difference between ''brutal V8 power/ acceleration" and "really quite slow, but a nice, comfortable all-round package".

cheers,

scott.