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Originally Posted by n2oiroc
because in the real world they suck? my dealer didnt have a dsg r for me to test drive so i took out a dsg autobahn gti with pp. it was a warm and sunny day. any time i pushed it at all it was nothing but tire spin and traction control. add in any cold temps, rain, or snow and its utterly crippled. no thanks.
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Sticky tires and lighter wheels completely changes the GTI with PP. VW likes to use HEAVY factory wheels, and the stock tires are garbage.
The N actually comes with good tires.
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Originally Posted by BeepBoop
My bias against FWD is rooted entirely in non-performance metrics related feelz. I don't care how good you make it, or how well you can trick it into acting like a RWD car. A car that can't power slide and hold the power slide is not a hoon car, and therefor not eligible in my books. At least the twins (in their infinite lack of power) are still hoon-able.
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Having had "hoon" cars, a good FWD setup has a different kind of "fun" to it. RWD fun cars are on-power oversteer cars with lots of counter steer. A fun modern FWD car is all about chucking it into a corner and lifting the throttle to rotate it, then get back on the throttle to pull it out of the corner. I find it MORE fun on a regular back road since you aren't putting your car or self at risk with a powerslide, and with tight turns the new breed of FWD cars like the N and FiST are some of the quickest cars you will ever see rotate around a hairpin.