Been contemplating this myself as I've had my 2012 GTI for over 4 years now (my longest running vehicle purchase EVER! Been debating on an S4 or a S5 but the GTI is just so damn practical AND fun especially tuned.
If you are not tuned go get the new APR upgrade and it will blow your mind from stock. This car with a tune, modest suspension lowering, some lightweight wheels and good tires is a BLAST and can't be beat for the price. Still wish I got leather but ohh well..
This is very true. The GTI since I bought it new had become an entirely different animal since my stock days. Every little bit seemed to have a very nice dramatic enhancement. Year by year I added little additions until this point I'm stg2. Lowering the car definitely added a new level of excitement to drive the car with the hugging road feeling.
Tune of course assists the car from being a turtle stock to being a bit more respectable on the road.
I too regret not having leather
That's like comparing a GTI to a regular Golf. He didn't mention "Speed 3" haha. The Speed 3 interior is not even near the same class as a GTI though
Oh, didn't realize he was just talking about the regular golf to regular Madza3.
Can't we all just get along?
Not one car shits on another car completely. Both are great cars. Each one just caters to a different audience. Where cars like the WRX and MS3 lack in refinement they make up in raw power. There's always some compromise in the area of performance, refinement, or affordability. You'll find that you can only have 2 of those 3 items, but not all. That is unless you know someone who just happens to be giving Porsches away for free...
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This is true also. You win some you lose some until your in an entire new price bracket where you basically get both, but then again, you just paid out your a$$ so you should expect to have all.