I wanna purchase a new car thats quick i wanna go to a realm i havent gone to before a buddy of mine has a mk7.5 gti and loves it another a mk4 and loves it looked for mk4's in my area for a while but with the market prices are no where near what I would want to pay for something like that however I have thought about getting a gti or golf r anyone on here think its possible to score a dsg golf r under 60k miles for 25k thats more as to why I was looking at a gti but prices are crazy right now what did some of u guys pay for ur mk7 gtis and R's thank u hopefully ill be joining u guys soon
Honestly, it all depends what you're used to - what "fast" means for you. I tried both the GTI and R, and despite the enormous differences in 0-60 time, neither actually felt fast to me. I felt like the RPM range where you got the extra boost from the R was so small that I mostly missed it - most of the time, it felt no faster than the GTI. In the end, I personally went with the GTI because of the Sun Roof. But - psychologically, you might
feel a lot better if you bought the R, because then you know, even if it doesn't feel very fast, that you're driving a car with a sub 5 second 0-60 time, vs a car that most of the time won't break 6 seconds in real life. (Even with the GTI, when you are in sports mode above 2300 RPM, you will pass most "normal" cars.) It's hard to feel a big difference - a 4.4 second car is averaging 0.5 Gs, while a 6 second car is averaging 0.37 Gs. Combine that with the 1G of the Earth, and you're at 1.12 Gs vs 1.07 Gs. Honestly, the biggest feel difference I found was that the Golf R cornered even better than the GTI on Sport - far less body roll. The GTI *can* take corners fast but it makes you feel pretty nervous about it.