vw golf r32

[whiterhino]

guys my pal purchased a r32 with dsg just before xmas.to be fair i think it feels nice inside and is sure footed due to the 4wd system.for me it wasnt exiting but a good all rounder tho.the problem is his constant boasting about this car being a BEAST.he claims that he was glued to the back of an e46 m3 and that when he uses launch control he will take almost anything upto 60.he has spoken to amd who say with a few mods he will see 280 bhp.obviously on hearing this he thinks he will kill ferraris lol. has anyone had one or know much about these cars as all my friends love golf and audi and the constant crap is killin me.i actually feel to buy a 335i or an e46 m3 just to show him but there u go.

[pacerpete]

In the great automotive heirarchy, Golfs are considered an insignificant shopping car / runaround.

Ignore the peasant and his sorry councilled up bruv chariot

[whiterhino]

your choice of words kill me pete.how do you know they bruv their chariots.not my cup of tea but they love it

[TheHeap]

A 280bhp mk5 Golf isn't going to be that quick. It will match a M3 or a standard Skyline but that's about it IMO.

[whiterhino]

@ the heap he claims he already matches an m3.im not really into traffic grand prix to be honest.its childish and means nothing.theres no doubting he will get the 280bhp conversion him and all my golf audi pals are into the modified scene.i tried stating to him vw have no racing pedigree like bmw also that on a track is where it counts and his vw is nothing.they wont have it tho.one thing i do find in there scene they are scared of bmw and rwd.drivers machines dont rock their boat.its all bhp 0to60 times that count.

[whiterhino]

@diable,inadequate hardly can u not see my sig,i was just askin for opinions as like i said my pals love golf and audi and think these cars rule the world and they are trying to slate an e46 m3

[bss325i]

Are we talking about a Mk4 or Mk5 R32?

My mate has a mk4 R32 and i have an E46 M3.

He cant even get close!

[whiterhino]

bss325i he has the mk5 with dsg

[whiterhino]

diable

[pacerpete]

bss325i he has the mk5 with dsg

But it's a Golf, a boys car, the sort of turd you drive until you can afford and are man enough to handle a proper car, like a BMW .

There is a good reason why Golfscum spend thousands molesting and 'improving' their sorry trams and that is that the turds are rather ordinary and crap

[bss325i]

bss325i he has the mk5 with dsg

Ah, more power than the mk4 and a box with lightning shifts!

Not been up against a mk5 but book time is over a second less than the E46 M3 and the golf has 90bhp less and is a fat bloater at 1590kg compared to the E46 M3's 1490kg.

The golf will also have a propensity to understeer like a mofo compared to the M3.

Your mate is full of shit basically.

[whiterhino]

@pete i do admire your vocabulary,and yes they all modify their cars
@bss325i,ive never driven an e46 m3 thats why i ask.i drove his car it was prdictable.thats when i had to challenge him on the m3 front.

[whiterhino]

to be fair this arguement goes years back.he used to have a vr6 with many mods and yes it was faster than my old 325i sport untill one day we went milton keynes for a go karting day and the way my sport tanned him in this area with the most roundabouts i have ever seen was epic .he was gutted.this debate bmw /vw debate has carried on since then to be fair.
im gonna hit him with pacer petes words and reaaly put the cat amongst the pigeons

[bss325i]

to be fair this arguement goes years back.he used to have a vr6 with many mods and yes it was faster than my old 325i sport untill one day we went milton keynes for a go karting day and the way my sport tanned him in this area with the most roundabouts i have ever seen was epic .he was gutted.this debate bmw /vw debate has carried on since then to be fair.
im gonna hit him with pacer petes words and reaaly put the cat amongst the pigeons

Sounds like my mate with the R32.

He used to have a mk3 VR6 and i had at the time and still have my tech 2 sport and there was nothing in it in a straight line but would lose him when it got twisty.

The banter/debating/hating was epic for years!

[whiterhino]

@bss325i,you know exactly where im coming from then

[pacerpete]

Tell the scum they are like flies buzzing around the 4rse of a racehorse. Insignificant and a minor irritant at best. Peasants !

[powelly]

I like my DSG MK5 GTi, it is a shopping car, but a very good one!!!

[Low_E30]

Those DSG gearboxes are not without their faults..... I had the Mechatronic unit go on my A3 TDI S-Line....

[Rodderz]

The Mk5 R32 is a really nice grown up hot hatch. It's well made and sounds really good, but it's not really a competitor of M3, so you wouldn't expect to be as fast. I do remember from period magazines that it was only marinally quicker around a track than the 2.0 GTIi.

[pnd]

the m3 is the better car by a long way but those r32's are very quick from 40-70 with the dsg don't reckon there would be much in it at those speeds which is presumably what the op is on about. I hate that quattro crap myself but they are rapid in the mid range.

[bmandy68]

The M3 is a lot faster car then the R32. Just look up the 0 to100 times , M3 about 11.5 sec R32 about 15.5 and above that it would pull away even more. The m3 is in a different League,

[pacerpete]

The Golf is JUST a Golf, does not matter how many exhausts it has or how big its rimz are , end of.

[Andyboy]

Some hero in a W plate GTi tried it on at the lights with the mighty Compact last week. I felt it necessary to dicipline the fool. 115bhp against 143 bhp of M42 gristle = epic dub fail.

[pacerpete]

Some hero in a W plate GTi tried it on at the lights with the mighty Compact last week. I felt it necessary to dicipline the fool. 115bhp against 143 bhp of M42 gristle = epic dub fail.

Its all about the forged internals !