Tonight I'm Now Thinking about Scirocco..

"Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW." (aya-yu) 01/23/2014 at 19:42 • Filed to: None

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And asking myself is it really worth it?

In my country, Indonesia, Scirocco R cost 90k. That's 21k more than a Golf GTI. That's 41k more than Fiat 500 Arbath. That's 31k more than a Miata. That's even 10k more than a nicely spec-ed E250 Mercedes and 15k more than WRX STI. And that's just for a Stylized-out Golf.

Well, my friend tell me that it's worth it, he said it's like driving something out of concept floor, despite it's essentially a golf. But It's that really worth it? What do you think?

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 01/23/2014 at 19:47

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Just look at it. It's worth it.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 01/23/2014 at 19:52

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yeah. I reckon so.

but only because they're $35k in Australia not 90

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 01/23/2014 at 19:53

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addendum: $35k slightly used. They're easily over 50 for a brand new one.

americancarfanboi > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 01/23/2014 at 21:53

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I love golfs more than most people should have any right to, and perhaps its because we in the US aren't fortunate enough to get the 'rocco, but I would definitely get one if I had the money. I have a mk6 GTI and I've driven the mk6 golf R, and I can tell you that given my personal experience in a golf R albeit stock, compared to my GTI, the awd while nice, wasn't as impressive as I had hoped, and with less drivetrain loss, a fwd with the same power output will be faster except off of the line. I think the styling of the rocco is very sleek and I would be willing to shell out a bit more money for one, but ultimately its up to you. I think the rocco is a much more special car than a GTI, but I think a GTI with the 21K you didn't use on the rocco put into mods on the GTI would be a very wicked car, and probably a better performance car than a stock rocco. Like I said, its up to you, but all I'll say is if you get either, and you're looking to drive them hard in the turns, put either 225/40/18s front and 235/40/18s rear, or 235/40/18s front and 245/40/18s rear, I'm running the first set up, and the extra grip in the back transforms the car, makes it feel almost awd in terms of grip in turns.

Normalaatsra > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 02/03/2014 at 15:09

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I'd gladly make this my daily driver, because this is obviously a sweet car. I'd do anything to make it practical.