Best Ever GTI

[THEWILDONE13]

mk2 16v 2 door hatchback all day...

[THEWILDONE13]

can some please give me information about this gti i want to see more of it and its specifications on the wheels and ride height please im new to this

[GTOs-GTIs27]

^^^
You'd be better off posting that question in the MkII forum . That might get you an answer a little more quickly. Or you could visit the website the image came from

[mad8vskillz]

Spelling Syncro with an "h" is like spelling Volkswagen with an "o".

sorry, not up on my euro spellings

[ein]

And it's nice to see the Mk3 is still in a distant fourth place.

...getting beat by the MK4's....

[THEWILDONE13]

^^^
You'd be better off posting that question in the MkII forum . That might get you an answer a little more quickly. Or you could visit the website the image came from

and how can i do that im new to this mind directing me to it??

yeah website of the pic had no spec info...

[GTOs-GTIs27]

and how can i do that im new to this mind directing me to it??

yeah website of the pic had no spec info...

MkII forum:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/forumdisp...I-amp-Jetta-II

[vr6fanatic]

[ZACHER3tuning]

...getting beat by the MK4's....

yeah, um...why is it that nobody wants to keep there mk4's...there all trying to trade there cars for mk3 gti's///hmm...

everyone minus kamcabz wants a mk3 gti...check the forums, and classifieds...mk3 ftw/

[vento86]

Mk4s suck. Only hipster *** kids drive them. Mk3s fo life yo!


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[nemo1ner]

yeah, um...why is it that nobody wants to keep there mk4's...there all trying to trade there cars for mk3 gti's///hmm...

everyone minus kamcabz wants a mk3 gti...check the forums, and classifieds...mk3 ftw/

I am officially unsubscribing to this thread.

I would rather burn a baby seal in a Hefty trash bag and huff the stench until I suffocate, than read the 5 year-old autistic arguments that ZACHER3tuning writes.

[vento86]

Lol^


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[71camaro]

I am officially unsubscribing to this thread.

I would rather burn a baby seal in a Hefty trash bag and huff the stench until I suffocate, than read the 5 year-old autistic arguments that ZACHER3tuning writes.

[ein]

I am officially unsubscribing to this thread.

I would rather burn a baby seal in a Hefty trash bag and huff the stench until I suffocate, than read the 5 year-old autistic arguments that ZACHER3tuning writes.

[ZACHER3tuning]

[vr6pilot]

Thanks for the fun read. I was bored...extremely.

And what I took away from the bulk of this thread is that Zacker3t thinks mk3 is the best GTI ever and to support this position, he cites his own car, one that has low miles from NOT being day-driven, NOT being driven in the winter, not being driven in the snow, etc and cannot understand why people perceive the cars to be unreliable and rust-prone. -Fail.

I did not vote in the poll. I voted with my hard-earned cash. I cast a $20,000 vote when I walked into Pete Moore Volkswsgen to look at one of their new 96 GTI VR6's. both were green with black interiors. One was leather. I was beyond stoked at the idea of a small dub with a 2.8L V-6 and thought, this is gonna be awesome. But once I was face to face with it, the car was just too damn ugly. The body was ugly, the dash layout was pure fail. It didn't even have a glovebox (wtf?)

I hated the Prelude Si I was in but I opted to stay in it for the time being and actually thought about finding another mk2 which is what I had prior to the Honda but after just a few years, photos of the new Mk4 were starting to find their way out of Germany and I was in love. I signed all the papers and traded the Si the very day I saw my first one in person.

For the mk4, I couldn't throw down 20 thousand dollars fast enough. For the mk3, not so much.

That was then.

Today, I see very few if either Mk3s or Mk4s and the 4s are aging considerably better than their predecessor. Mk3s are rusted out far more and all of them have loose or missing body trim and side skirts.

I won't say the mk4 is the "best" GTI. It is the best in some areas but not all. I like it for its looks but, stock for stock, the Mk6 wins to me. The Mk5 has a better suspension but it, like the A1/A2, is a less refined and noisier cabin to ride in. I also don't care for the styling of the 5 but, as some of us know, looks are a personal matter.

I still have that Mk4 that I bought back in 1999 and nothing, NOTHING, has come along yet that has made me want to trade out. *the CC came close - so now I have one of those as well but I would not ever consider a Mk3. I would drive a Focus before that.

[TOMPASS]

1) Possibly MKVII, until then, MKI
2) MKII
3) MKVI
4) others don't matter to me

[mad8vskillz]

yeah, um...why is it that nobody wants to keep there mk4's...there all trying to trade there cars for mk3 gti's///hmm...

everyone minus kamcabz wants a mk3 gti...check the forums, and classifieds...mk3 ftw/

lol, you can keep your 15 y/o $3000 hoopty. Weren't any good when they came out, and didn't get any better since then.

[bluesbrothers]

lol, you can keep your 15 y/o $3000 hoopty. Weren't any good when they came out, and didn't get any better since then.

remember in Back to the Future when Matry McFly gets called chicken and he gets all mad and has to prove himself like a immature frat boy. thats what you just did to zacher(ohmygodiputmythingyinmygtibecauseican)tunni ng

[JUS_GT_EYEZ]

I thought this was the same thread as before... no another one just as silly and Mk3 still did not get any improvement in the polls..

Poor Zacker...

[vr6pilot]

Why is there a Mk4 2.0 GTI option?? And who are the dullards who voted it up?

[vr6pilot]

...and on that note: Had the topic been, "Worst GTI ever?"...the GTI 2.0... unique to the Mk3 ... would win hands down.

[JUS_GT_EYEZ]

There were more than one generation 2.0 gti. ;o)

[vr6pilot]

Released in the U.S.?

[vr6pilot]

I forgot about late Mk2's, didn't I? But the 2.0 in the Mk3 put down less power IIRC.

[JUS_GT_EYEZ]

I forgot about late Mk2's, didn't I? But the 2.0 in the Mk3 put down less power IIRC.

I guess you did.. and mk4's too? but the mk3 (aba) and mk4 (aeg) put out the same HP and were available in GTI models in the us.

I think that would make the mk4 the slower of the two, but not sure where you are going with that either.

the poll is the best gti ever. best is a relative term and since we are talking about a gti, I would imagine HP alone is primary measurement of satisfaction. Highest HP does not make the best gti IMO. I think the gti is a fun package. MK2 16v, MK1, and MK4 20th/337 are my favorites fwiw.

[vr6pilot]

I do not recall any 2.0 GTI in the mk4 range. Golf, yes.

Otherwise, IIRC, the mk3 2.0 was weaker than the Mk2's 2.0.

Hey, if I'm wrong that's cool. Enlighten me.

[JUS_GT_EYEZ]

99-2000 had 2.0 gti's and vr6's. they later changed that to vr6 and 1.8t I purchased a mk4 vr6 in 99 and test drove both.


The Mk4 aeg had the same output as the older aba but the car weighs more which is why i guestimate that the mk4 would probably be slower, but I am not factoring in gearing.


http://www.edmunds.com/volkswagen/gti/1999/

[mad8vskillz]

remember in Back to the Future when Matry McFly gets called chicken and he gets all mad and has to prove himself like a immature frat boy. thats what you just did to zacher(ohmygodiputmythingyinmygtibecauseican)tunni ng

i know

[mad8vskillz]

...and on that note: Had the topic been, "Worst GTI ever?"...the GTI 2.0... unique to the Mk3 ... would win hands down.

there was an mk4 2.0 it sucked even more than the mk3 2.0

[vr6pilot]

I must have had a severe emotional reaction to this because I have ZERO recollection of there ever being a 2 litre GTI in the Mk4. I guess it was simply never a consideration.

That said...If I had to choose between a Mk3 and Mk4 2.0, I'd still take the later model. I drove a 2.0 GTI Mk3 and was like wtf?

[JUS_GT_EYEZ]

lol. Yea Mk3 era was dark ages for Gti's imo. I was estatic when they replaced the mk3 and would try anything to get a new gti in 99. the mk3 2.0 was basically a golf with sport seats which was released I would guess as a lower cost option to the VR6 until the 1.8t was ready.

[sentinel223]

MkIV VR6. That little car paired up with an engine with that much torque? Oh baby.

I understand the 1.8T can be tuned to produce more power, but that's only at high RPM. It doesn't shine til the later part of it's power band. Whereas the 2.8 has that pull from the beginning.

I love studying dyno charts, and not going off of mere Peak power ratings.

[vr6pilot]

You will surely draw heat for that post.

Meanwhile, I went with both: VR torque and a turbo.

[JUS_GT_EYEZ]

You will surely draw heat for that post.

Meanwhile, I went with both: VR torque and a turbo.

different strokes for different folks... vr and 1.8t are both fun engines.. in stock form, i do prefer 1.8t in a mk4 gti chassis.

I do agree that some of the best engines combos for a gti never came that way out the factory.


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