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The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread
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€32 is cheap, what brand are they Bosch? I paid €22 for Valeo ones recently at PR Reilly with a trade discount, find them just as good as OEM ones really.
Not sure, just got the service email with the cost. I suppose €32 isn't so bad.She’ll chew the fronts if your gassin it- rotate them
Don't be doing much of that in the 1 litre
Heard many reports of people getting 30k from them, I just hope they last longer than 20k of the Bridgestone that came with them. 0 -
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Zubeneschamali wrote: »[Unfollow]
If it helps I did actually drive a GTI PP today
To state the obvious, it's very refined. The Cupra makes a bit more fuss putting that power down and the GTI is a bit more laid back.
The seats are a bit more bolstered compared to the sport seats in the Highline and the subtle differences on the digital dash make it a bit nicer than on the standard Golf.
I was mostly interested in the ride comfort as the Cupra has DCC. I drove my usual roads around Liffey Valley up to Grange Castle. Nothing was overly harsh but luckily I don't drive many bad roads. The GTI isn't much stiffer than the sport suspension on the Highline but there's an obvious increase in quality, it has a nicer feel to it. I do like feedback with the road so I don't mind the stiffness but it's not going to annoy the GF when she's with me. Obviously it's not an A6/5er but the likes of my mam's Mokka X on 205/65 would rattle your fillings out so it's really not that bad.
I can't say anything that hasn't been said about a GTI already but it's nice to have finally driven one myself especially after having driven a Cupra 290 and 300.
It really is a lovely carOther than the wear how do you find them performance wise ? I will need new front tyres for my Golf in the next few months and was thinking of going for them but they are a big extra cost even over other premium brands. I have Pirelli P-Zero on the front at the minute and find the wet grip terrible.
I'm sure the lads here will have better feedback as they're a bit overkill for 110hp. No issues with them, they grip well especially in the wet, no harshness with stiff sidewalls or excessive road noise and they look nice with the rim protection. Don't think they'll last 30,000km that I've seen people claiming but they were an extra €20 on 17" so not a huge cost increase over a standard tyre.
Another option would be the Goodyear Eagle AS3, good but cheaper as far as I know they aren't bad. Slightly behind the PS4 I believe?0 -
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If it helps I did actually drive a GTI PP today To state the obvious, it's very refined. The Cupra makes a bit more fuss putting that power down and the GTI is a bit more laid back.
The seats are a bit more bolstered compared to the sport seats in the Highline and the subtle differences on the digital dash make it a bit nicer than on the standard Golf.
I was mostly interested in the ride comfort as the Cupra has DCC. I drove my usual roads around Liffey Valley up to Grange Castle. Nothing was overly harsh but luckily I don't drive many bad roads. The GTI isn't much stiffer than the sport suspension on the Highline but there's an obvious increase in quality, it has a nicer feel to it. I do like feedback with the road so I don't mind the stiffness but it's not going to annoy the GF when she's with me. Obviously it's not an A6/5er but the likes of my mam's Mokka X on 205/65 would rattle your fillings out so it's really not that bad.
I can't say anything that hasn't been said about a GTI already but it's nice to have finally driven one myself especially after having driven a Cupra 290 and 300.
It really is a lovely car
So I own a GTI PP but have driven a Leon Cupra 290 a good bit as well as a Leon Cupra 300 4 Drive. Like kind of goes without saying the Leon feels faster and is faster. However in two wheel drive form kind of at nothing with 290 as if you go to take off hard it will just spin the wheels hard. The GTI will also spin its wheels but its a bit more controlled. To me I think the GTI is the better car to live with slightly more extras than most Cupras build quality feels a little better. Also the thing about the GTI is the days you are not feeling it you can drive it completely normally and it's ok with that really can act like a completely normal golf when you want it to the only thing that gives it away is that it is louder.
Suspension I was slightly worried about as a lot of people said they are hard and uncomfortable without DCC. I have to say I find it perfectly fine and not uncomfortable at all and I drive on a good variety of roads.
As for the Leon Cupra 4 Drive well that's a different animal all together. Would be unfair to compare a GTI to it as it is in R territory.I'm sure the lads here will have better feedback as they're a bit overkill for 110hp. No issues with them, they grip well especially in the wet, no harshness with stiff sidewalls or excessive road noise and they look nice with the rim protection. Don't think they'll last 30,000km that I've seen people claiming but they were an extra €20 on 17" so not a huge cost increase over a standard tyre.
Another option would be the Goodyear Eagle AS3, good but cheaper as far as I know they aren't bad. Slightly behind the PS4 I believe?
Yes I have had AS3 and found them good. Will see closer to the time when I am buying them what options are out there. Think there are Goodyear ASY5 out now.0 -
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drunkmonkey wrote: »Lads what's a reasonable cost to change, 172 GTI manual to a 182 R with leather and sunroof.
You will get the usual salesman pitch that no one wants a manual or cloth seats thereby devaluing your own car while EVERYONE wants leather, automatic with a sunroof 0 -
You will get the usual salesman pitch that no one wants a manual or cloth seats thereby devaluing your own car while EVERYONE wants leather, automatic with a sunroof
Well I'll be telling him it'll be hard shift an R without the titanium exhaust and adaptive suspension.
Hard enough price my own doesn't seem to be many out there unless you want a white one.
Anyone here missing a 182 R with 12k on the clock?0 -
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They look fine but don't really work with the blue IMO. They'd look better with almost any other colour.dastardly00 wrote: »0 -
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