Re: OT - test drove a 2001 gti vr6

[Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com>]

Thats why I have both.  I get the best of both worlds.  The Scirocco is
lots of fun to drive short (quick) distances, and my GTI is a superb
daily driver, easy to drive, quiet and smooth.

Nathan
88 16v
01 GTI 1.8T

--- David Liu <dyliu@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 	
> 
> we were driving past a vw dealership, so we stop to take a look at
> the 
> golfs and such..
> 
> the car salesman comes over, starts selling. he says "you wanna go
> for a 
> test drive?".. i hesitate. finally we decide "why not"?
> 
> so we step into a shiny black gti with a vr6. first impression as i 
> depressed the clutch > "wow! that feels great! nice and crisp,
> lighter 
> action than mine"
> 
> everything in the car felt different, hell, it was new! so i'm trying
> to 
> get used to the clutch and gas and brake. it takes only a bit of
> pressure 
> to get anything to work.
> 
> now, as i drive and adjust the seat and all, i finally got
> comfortable 
> enough to go on the freeway. : ) my shifts were bumpy, the car was
> decently 
> fast. for some reason it just didn't "feel" as fast as my car -
> perhaps 
> because it was quiet and smooth. the tach/speedo were reversed from
> my 
> dash, so i always ended up looking at the tach rather than the
> speedo, 
> however, whenever i did manage to look at the tach, i always noticed
> that 
> we were always going faster than i had thought.
> 
> we take one more loop around, this time i'm getting used to the pedal
> 
> action, so i thought i'd try some things..
> 
> first gear, 2000 rpm (ho hum), depress gas pedal all the way,
> fraction of a 
> second of delay, then the car takes off. still, it "feels" slow.
> i do this kind of thing a few more times. i did notice that there was
> tons 
> of torque steer when i would do this - this was more noticeable in
> the vr6 
> than in my pl.
> 
> finally we get back into my car and my first impression - this clutch
> feels 
> like SHIT. it's soggy like wet oatmeal - i can't believe i got used
> to 
> driving this way! i'm so used to driving the newer car i could barely
> drive 
> mine. after 5 minutes or so, muscle memory comes back.
> 
> clearly, my car is louder, bumpier, clunkier than the new gti. and as
> if it 
> was a surprise to anyone, it was noticeably slower (read: dismal
> torque in 
> comparison to the vr6). however, i appreciated the fact that my
> scirocco 
> felt "right". it felt like a sports car. sure, it could tighter
> feedback 
> all around, but that's what makes my car fun to drive is that it
> takes 
> muscle to drive it and a masochist's mind to appreciate it.
> 
> long story short - while it would be killer to get a vr6 in place of
> my pl, 
> for now, i'd take my car over a new gti vr6,
> 
> 
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