yeh I know but she needs a new car soon and has to move on the GT as they are only releasing 430 of them in Australia this year! If she waits and then doesn't like the new audi then we are screwed and I can't have her complaining about her car, especially when it might mean she wants to drive mine

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I like the GT, and who knows, a pulley kit and boost controller might help kill some of that economy!

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TDI mate, go a diesel.

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I tried to find a second hand current shape GTI but theres none around. Ended up buying a new 3dr. $38490 before on roads. Only option you really need is the metallic paint if you dont want white.
Great road car with awesome interior and quality. Plenty of torque too.
Wouldnt have bought one if we didnt have a rex as well tho. Had it on the skidpan on sunday and it was a lot of fun but not as good as a rex.

Theres an article in Motor magazine comparing the GT and a 3 door GTI.

Fuck yer.

Article on Autospeed about a TDi Golf with just an Oettinger ECU reflash....380nm of torque at bugger all RPM, they claim its as quick as a stock WRX.

My uncles Audi A6 3.0 TDi has 450nm of torque at 1400rpm, its barrels of fun to drive

Noticed that article, the GT didn't exhibit significantly better fuel economy, while being noticeably slower than the GTi. Although the disclaimer was that the GTi had several thousand k's under it's belt while the GT was not even run in.

Motor has another article featuring the GTi / MPS 3 / CTR this month.
And a quite favourable article on the new Impreza S-GT (WRX)

So I guess you would have to pay full retail on the Golf GT?

Just curious cause curiousity got the better of me and I went and had a squiz at the Civic Type R

Honda are not offering any deals on the CTR, $45,100 take it or leave it. cause the demand is apparently high, with 1200 cars for Oz this year.

They implied that the 'specification may change' next year.

I took this to mean that they are considering dumping the, no Brembos, no LSD, 18kw less powerful, English Built hatch and replacing it with the cheaper, faster, better specced (but less trendy) Japanese built sedan.

sorry couldnt resist lol



thats hard..

motor mag didnt seem all to rapped with the ctr, but they never seem to have anything but praises for VW's.

the read in the last issue it think about the 3dr gti and the gt was very interesting though. i wouldnt have a clue of the price diffy though. but from what they had said about the diff with power and economy the gti wins hands down for the extra dollars. but as someone said earlier. it hadnt been run in yet. so i guess that could make a diff. also having a twin boost setup the ways to tune the gt would be endless and come a few months down the track once the car has been run in etc, they could actually be a reallllly good base for a cheapish hot hatch.

IMO i think either car would be awsome dave, but if the money says no just go with the GT.


i got a bit of a shock one night in my lib, had a 4 people in my car though, but the VR6 stayed with me for quite a while. and it sounded awsome.

Let's start with the prices as quoted on road to us:

Golf GT w/ leather seats $41.K - delivery Oct 07
Golf GTI w/ leather seats $47K - delivery Oct 07

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