gdzlla4602
Autocross Champion
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what are your thoughts? From what i have seen the 0-60 times for the GTI are better.
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2006 Eclipse GT vs. MKV GTI?
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RJS5689
FIA GT Champion
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- Orono, ME/Scarsdale, NY
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- 2006 MKV GTI
the eclipse is a porker lol
vDubr
myfastismycopilot
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RJS5689 said:
The GTI isn't exactly lightweight either. With one passenger, it weighs about the same as the Eclipse GT.
gdzlla4602
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
I ask because my best man has one(auto btw), and i plan on getting a MkV next year and we have this kind of sibling rivalry about our cars.
alf
Modwhoreator
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- Houston, TX
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- 2006 TR GTI
DIAMOND STAR MOTORS = designed to turn u into a mechanic.
herrstreet
Touring Car Newbie
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- Pittsburgh, Pa
The eclipse is more of a cruiser than the gti, it's longer, wider HEAVIER and significantly more powerful. In a straight line it's almost certainly quicker than the gti, although with a DSG I still think the gti has about as much useful speed as any car I've driven.
I've never driven the eclipse but it's basically a big front drive sedan with low slung sheet metal. Therefore it tends to plow like crazy with that big v6 way out front.
Plus, for any other task than driving in a straight line, the gti is actually still useful.
get a vw.
I've never driven the eclipse but it's basically a big front drive sedan with low slung sheet metal. Therefore it tends to plow like crazy with that big v6 way out front.
Plus, for any other task than driving in a straight line, the gti is actually still useful.
get a vw.
gdzlla4602
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
I think it would be close, especially with my friends Eclipse being and auto.
gdzlla4602
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
From Car and Driver.com for the GTI-----> For all-out acceleration, DSG has a launch-control feature in which the engine holds at 3000 rpm and, when the brake pedal is released, takes off with a tuned amount of clutch slip and wheelspin. Using this method, we managed a 6.0-second 0-to-60-mph sprint and a 14.7-second quarter-mile at 95 mph, even though we thought the computer allowed too much wheelspin.
Also from CarandDriver.com for the eclipse------>Mitsubishi keeps the acceleration brisk by adding displacement. Bore and stroke rise, and the SOHC 3828cc cast-iron V-6 now runs Mitsubishi’s MIVEC variable intake-valve timing-and-lift system in its aluminum cylinder heads. This is a cold-hot switch similar to Honda’s VTEC, with a crossover to the urgent lobe at 4000 rpm. With 3.8 liters, 263 horsepower, and 260 pound-feet of tire-peeling torque, the V-6 seems big enough to move mountains, or at least move a six-speed manual Eclipse—a five-speed auto is optional—to 60 mph in 6.1 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 14.5 seconds at 100 mph.
Also from CarandDriver.com for the eclipse------>Mitsubishi keeps the acceleration brisk by adding displacement. Bore and stroke rise, and the SOHC 3828cc cast-iron V-6 now runs Mitsubishi’s MIVEC variable intake-valve timing-and-lift system in its aluminum cylinder heads. This is a cold-hot switch similar to Honda’s VTEC, with a crossover to the urgent lobe at 4000 rpm. With 3.8 liters, 263 horsepower, and 260 pound-feet of tire-peeling torque, the V-6 seems big enough to move mountains, or at least move a six-speed manual Eclipse—a five-speed auto is optional—to 60 mph in 6.1 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 14.5 seconds at 100 mph.
gdzlla4602
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
Very close race, with the APR reflash the GTI would kill it!!!! I can't wait.
gdzlla4602
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
i am comparing to my friends automatic GT, to my future GTI
DubDriver17
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