Just wanted your guys thoughts on VW.......would you ever own one or you think they a little toy cars with no power?

Peace

 

I was going to buy a 1.8T Golf or GTI....sweet car. The have really strong internals...a guy named Billy T on http://www.vwvortex.com haas around 400hp (last time I checked) on stock internals (Imagine with forged internals!). Of course that is not with the stock turbo, IC, etc. He has a lot of money into it, other than internals.

Most chipped 1.8Ts with 3" turbo-back exhausts, CAI, race gas, can reach 13s easily. Stock they run mid-low 15s i think. They are a bit on the heavy side though...around 2800 punds or more.

Since I'm poor i'm goin' to buy a 92 cx/dx/vx and do an engine swap. I'll be quite happy with that!

 

I have a Golf 1.8T.....total sleeper...it runs 14.2-14.5.....love the car....I think I know of that guy....my friend jason on vortex has a sweet GTi.

 

i have a 1990 VW Corrado G60. Its my little project car. I'm not really into VWs but this body style just makes me feel all warm inside I had a 1988 VW Scirocco 16v just before i got my 1992 integra GS-R and i thought that car was fast. Once i drove my gsr i knew i was going back to the honda scene. I love hondas, but i really can't wait to finish my corrado.

 

Corrado's are sweet......I must say that if I did not have my Golf, I would buy an integra. I just like the way they look and drive. By far one of my favorites

 

I had a 92 Gti 16V for a week, then sold it to my friend. That car was awesome and pretty quick. You also see less of these than Itr's

 

i guess vw's are ok, i wouldn't buy one but they're not bad cars. the beetle is very very gay though, even the turbo one, they're so lame looking .

 

i agree about the beetle...but a stock 1.8T beetle can beat a stock VR6 off the line.....seen it happen and I was shocked.

 

The new 1.8T's have 180hp. The new VR6's now have 24 valves and I think close to 200hp.

That new Passat W8 4Motion is gonna be awesome, 280hp 4.0L W8 engine, 6-speed manual tranny and 4Motion AWD.


[Modified by PatrickGSR94, 12:47 PM 3/20/2002]

 

VW's are great cars. the torque and the sound of a vr6 is unbeatable. just that performance parts, and maintenance is an arm and a leg.

plus they look dope.
im gettin one pretty soon, as soon as i can find a seller.
plus the theft on dubbs isnt as bad as hondas.

looks even iller when its euro'ed out.

 

Wheeee wider is better! That is sweet right there.

Oh yeah, it's vee-dub... dubbs sounds like you're talking about 20" rims haha


[Modified by PatrickGSR94, 4:30 PM 3/20/2002]

 

i was goin to sell my teg and get a VR6 raddo but i changed my mind after some thnking...i'm a big fan of A2 gti's as well as the A3 and A4 golfs

 

No, its Dubb. in context it means vee-dubber. in a Big Tymer video it means 20's.
trust me.

 

my friend is a vw head, he just traded his a3 gti for a 00 1.8t gti. it's fast outa the box, keeps up w/ me and my turbo at 8, but not off theline. i rape vr6 jettas bad. i had one on the highway one day bout 2 cars ahead at all times. but this speed is going to his head, he thinks he's the ****. yet i have to help him change his spark plugs,

 

have u dynoed ur ex turbo?
how are ur maintenance problems?

the new 1.8t pars up the 00 vr6, so all he has to do is upgrade the turbo, and boom, one fast luxury hatch.

 

those two cars are sick, i like em a lot!

 

The other car I was thinking about buying instead of my Integra was a A3 GTI VR6. Right now, if I could afford to lease a car as a daily driver, I'd probably go with Jetta 1.8T with the 17" wheel/sus package. VWs are cool because they aren't getting ripped off.




[Modified by dc24me, 11:40 PM 3/20/2002]

 

what are you running under there? Last i checked, the new 180 hp 1.8Ts ran low 15s with a good driver stock.
I never liked VW, until the 1.8T came out. I love that engine, well engineered, could use a turbo and IC upgrade though. I do like the egine, but i think the new gen VWs are too girly, i would rather tke the older boxier GTIs over the current design


[Modified by BriansDC4, 5:26 AM 3/21/2002]

 

thats cause youre a friggin' homo...haha

 

its chipped, forge DV, intake....soon....2 1/2 downpipe, high flow cat, exhaust

 

true but the mk4's grown on ya, even if it doesnt resemble their pastt boxier gen's.

 

I love those mesh wheels on that red vw...anyone know what they are? all the honda guys I know have the same love for vw's....I know I do.

 

I believe the rims on the red VW are BBS LM......I could be wrong

 

The newer ones.. yea... little iffy on them, maybe a VR6... Anything before 1970 kicked ***!

 

I think the GTIs are pretty neat cars. I was checking out vwvortex the other day and came across the GTI 337 edition. Pretty nice looking! I wouldn't mind having one of these!













(Pictures from the VWVortex.com site)