So I've been saving up and planning to buy a WRX for about 6 months now. I went out and test drove both of them on the same roads within 20 minutes of each other on Saturday. I wanted to see if anyone else has done the same. Here's what I found:
GTI:
Very refined
Higher paint quality
Much higher interior quality (I'd say it rivals my wife's '06 bmw 530!)
Smooth drive train
Much better handling
Much better stereo
No torque steer (I hate front wheel drives and torque steer in particular)
Better fuel mileage
6 spd transmission
WRX:
It's super fast compared to the GTI. I mean SUPER fast.
The brakes feel much better.
The interior look/felt pretty economy car like
The suspension was sloppy and didn't have much steering feel
The drive train was coarse but made some cool sounds
WRX seemed to have more room overall
It has crazy straight line potential that the GTI would never be able to match
Pricing will be about the same on both cars so that's a wash. Anyone else got any feedback? Right now I'm leaning towards the GTI.
-S
GTI:
Very refined
Higher paint quality
Much higher interior quality (I'd say it rivals my wife's '06 bmw 530!)
Smooth drive train
Much better handling
Much better stereo
No torque steer (I hate front wheel drives and torque steer in particular)
Better fuel mileage
6 spd transmission
WRX:
It's super fast compared to the GTI. I mean SUPER fast.
The brakes feel much better.
The interior look/felt pretty economy car like
The suspension was sloppy and didn't have much steering feel
The drive train was coarse but made some cool sounds
WRX seemed to have more room overall
It has crazy straight line potential that the GTI would never be able to match
Pricing will be about the same on both cars so that's a wash. Anyone else got any feedback? Right now I'm leaning towards the GTI.
-S