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Old 11-26-2007, 11:23 PM
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so i recently posted about a horrible accident i had, totalled the car, (im ok though thankfully) its been a couple of weeks and we're just not finalizing all the money things with insurance company... so i was told its time to start looking for a new car : (

i've been looking at the VW GTI, a 2006...used is cheaper than new, obviously, so i found a couple, just wanted to know what everyone elses thoughts on the car were.

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i actually like them, but would vote for an 08 Civic Si.
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vw's have the lowest consumer confidence in the us and one of the tech's at my toyota dealership has an vw r32 with a bunch of electrical problems.

and used cars are cheaper because you don't know what they have been through, and people don't buy GTI's to drive around like a granny.
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and vw's are not the easiest to work on
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It really depends on what your going to use it for, DD, build the motor, what do you want to do with it, then I can give you some guidance...
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gti are nice and if you going to get a used one why not try looking in to the VW R32 that car is really nice and quick
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id get one...the 2.0ts are nice...chipped youl be faster then lots of cars out there...car have some nice gains...i was gonna get one of them before i bought the tc...
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My friend has a MK4 GTI turboed, 2.8T. It's pretty sick. He is not even intercooled yet.
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r32!
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r32!

hellz yea!!! R32 FTW
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r32s are nice...but alot of money to do more work to them...id rather but a turbo and work on that then an r32...
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Originally Posted by 20tCDude05
My friend has a MK4 GTI turboed, 2.8T. It's pretty sick. He is not even intercooled yet.
you mean a 2.8 vr6, which is naturally aspirated v6 engine. so he has turbocharged it and it isn't intercooled yet, is that what your saying?

not being a d!ck, just trying to be clear in what your saying.
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f@$ wagans sorry if u get one the old gti new body is wrong or u can get the rabbit its cute
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I like the new GTI no doubt, the new R series is nice. but too much money. i would go with new SI
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I really like the MKV GTIs, they are really nice. I was thinking about getting one a while back...
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If you don't mind spending the extra money and you don't want another tC, then go for the Civic Si. I wouldn't spend that extra money on it but if you don't mind it's a nice little car. I would just move in to the $30K+ cars or get another tC.
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
Originally Posted by 20tCDude05
My friend has a MK4 GTI turboed, 2.8T. It's pretty sick. He is not even intercooled yet.
you mean a 2.8 vr6, which is naturally aspirated v6 engine. so he has turbocharged it and it isn't intercooled yet, is that what your saying?
its not a V6.
like you said its a VR6.
its like a combination of a straight 6 and a V6.
people call them staggered 6 cylinders
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GTIs are pretty fast, but if you want to pay out the a$$ for maintenance and sub-par reliability, then go for it! Otherwise I think you should get another tC or a Civic ... maybe even a SKYYYY (I love the looks, lol).
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