"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
11/20/2018 at 17:47 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
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Toby wants to take the Sunchaser.
He would not fit in the Corrolla with the seats up.
Toby has yet to be won over. Me, I like it.
Ok, so here are my first impressions of the GTI as a driver:
1. First, the negative. I really have only one complaint: This thing should be RWD. I have not regularly driven a front wheel drive car since my 87 Integra, and I have yet to get used to driving from the front. It feels very odd. However, as I will discuss, the positives outweigh this.
2. Handling is absolutely superb. It is precise, comfortable, gives good feedback from the road, and goes exactly where you want it to go. I found myself laughing out loud in some of the curves. What I have to get used to is that this is a different tool than my RWD sports cars and coupes of the past, and I plan to learn to embrace its differences. Holy crap this thing is responsive and fun to drive. Even on rough pavement, it doesn’t punish you like a traditional sports car, but you still have great road feel.
3. This car has the best ergonomics of any car I have ever driven. Everything is very comfortable, and every control seems to be placed right where my hand can get it. I never feel like I have to reach or fumble for anything, and my hands and arms never tired while driving. Nice one, Germany.
4. The engine and drive train rules. The burbling, whining turbo is so much fun, and it takes off like a rocket. You should get one, even just to pull it out once in a while.
What next? I am taking it back to the dealer for the detail they owe me this afternoon, and I will order a cover for it. Tomorrow morning, window tint all the way around.
Will be driving it to the Bay Area for Thanksgiving.
JalopJeep
> ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 17:56 |
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Glad you’re enjoying it. I had my Mk6 on the track not long ago and it illustrated the short comings of FWD to another degree for me . My next car will definitely be RWD or AWD, but this car will always have a piece of my heart as a car that’s simply good at everything. Cute pup. My basset hound loves riding shotgun in mine.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 17:58 |
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Yeah I have an absolute blast hooning the 08 Passat Wagon the SO has. It is slow but just an absolute hilarious time.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 18:47 |
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Speaking of ergonomics, h ow are the cup holders? The greatest short coming of my E39 was the attempt at cup holders that proved the Germans do in fact have a sense of humor.
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 19:09 |
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Ever had trouble in the past with the po-po and window tint? I was thoroughly concerned about this when I tinted my Subaru. Enough so that I kept it mild all around and skipped on windshield tint just to lower my chances of issues. I see people all the time with limo tint all around and it just seems like they are asking to get pulled over. I have heard that CHP are the ones most likely to bother you, especially if you get pulled over for speeding or something else.
I am also glad that I wasn’t crazy in thinking that the FWD was really the only downside of the GTI. I felt exactly the same but it was enough of a turn off to me that it would have eaten at me all of the time. More importantly I guess is that I wanted to avoid chain restrictions for skiing so that would have been a bigger downside of FWD. But yeah, spot on about the superb handling and interior!
pip bip - choose Corrour
> ImmoralMinority
11/21/2018 at 05:20 |
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Toby is correct, Sunchaser is better.