RudyH
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Kitchener, ON
Not saying it's a night and day better, but the R with suspension and chassis will give it a run for its money. I still think that if I can get the rear sorted out a bit, the front end is nearly perfect which I wasn't expecting but that mostly came with the Wavetrac and deactivating the sloppy XDS+ system. The Haldex system I think needs to be more active (tune). As for having a sports car feel for driving (lower seating position, etc) the R will never have that.Eh not sure about that. I have close to 100k into my gti and still think a cayman handles better. Granted it's a mk6 but the suspension and handling characteristics aren't drastically different between the two generations.
I'm pretty sure the chassis alone is different between the MK6 and MK7, and the MQB was said to being a major improvement over it's predecessor (beyond just being modular and making accountants happy) - so that already would be a start of differences.
I would love to try out a stiffer rear sway bar, endlinks, Wavetrac front in the new MK8 R /w its new rear sports diff. The white papers make it so interesting, including how it is almost proactive when compared to the Haldex system the MK7 has.
***edit just adding again to this. I would still consider getting a Cayman GTS (4.0 or really even the I4), and tune / have fun with it over the R. Being a daily driver, with minimal mileage being put on it. Again, my circumstance is winters - if I lived in warmer climates I would go Porsche pretty quick
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