Hey, dont knock them until you try them. My car would quickly get dirty below the belt line and RA flaps made a huge difference. Just stick with black and they dont look so ridiculous.
Daily sports car?
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AllistonGT
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Lol. Every generation has something silly. Fuzzy dice, curb feelers, raising the rear of the car way up, carpeted dashes..wtf!, So now it's lowering the seats so you're sitting on the floor, bean can exhausts, under car light effects and the one I truly don't get... huge mud flaps! possibly red!
Dont do red flaps. They are not a great colour red (especially with your awesome car colour) and they make you look like a knob. Rally armor or rockblox are similar, buy whichever is cheaper/easier to get.
jdmsteR
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ftfy!
No real need for flaps if your rally car has boxed fenders.
jdmsteR
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Very nice, always wanted a mk2 with a 16v ... OG hot hatch!No real need for flaps if your rally car has boxed fenders.
jdmsteR
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GreenPlane
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And don't forget about Hella horns
ScorpionT16
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Didn't want to get a new car till next year, then this happened last week... I ended up getting OEM winter alloys, summers put away asap.
Any other GTI owners here?
Any other GTI owners here?
Very nice @ScorpionT16 I considered the GTI but never got around to test driving it as I liked the WRX too much. Love those things in white.
ScorpionT16
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Just saw your subbie, looks awesome, congrats! Great AWD & sound on those
I'm just a hatchback fan, and always wanted a GTI since I was in high school... obv I'm biased as this is our 3rd Golf now lol
Yes...I really wish that the WRX still came in hatchback form...my favourite style. But I'd have to go back a bunch of years, and these cars typically don't lead an easy life. So I settled on the sedan. Car goes great. Transmission is good. Pulls hard, and sounds great. But my wife asks me to take her car in the mornings if I need to so I don't wake up the kids! (and it's stock). Personally I didn't think it's that loud but when I let my cousin drive it...I was rather surprised.
ScorpionT16
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You made a good choice. A friend of mine had a Civic Type R and then got a WRX, same colour as yours, he tuned it, lowered it, and put white rims. Looked good.
The true hatchback market isn't that good here.
Civic Type R - No, looks like a kid drew spoilers all over it, not subtle at all. Looks more like a coupe than a hatchback
Veloster N - No pedigree, and fisher price interior
Focus RS - Rides like a rock, engine problems, fisher price interior, front wheel biased, not proper AWD
Mini Cooper - didn't even look, between reliability issues and a dated awkward interior design, isn't for me
Golf R - Too broke for that lol
Mazda 3 GT - I liked this a lot, and with AWD and the new Turbo, I had one for a week, it's amazing. Has everything from a heads-up display to heated steering wheel, and more reliable than the Honda. I like the 2019+ design, I'm just not sure it will be a classic, or age well
GSW 4mo IS38 for R performance on GTI budget.
My most surprising part....I'm averaging 8-9l/100km in mixed driving. Went up to the cottage on the weekend and got stuck behind a snow plow for f$@# too long up highway 10...the computer said 6.8l/100km for the round trip. Mind you that was stupidly slow for the most part because of plows, snow, and back roads but overall I'm impressed with the mileage.
ScorpionT16
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As much as I love wagons, the Golf one looks odd to me, I like the Audi/BMW ones much better. I also don't need that much space, I'm single, and I never carry passengers. If I need space, I take my dad's F-150.
The wagon also doesn't come with as nice seats or finishes as a GTI/R. The MK7.5 Golf GTIs come with a LSD and the 7 speed DSG/larger brakes from the Golf R, which make a huge difference.
Didn't I say STI hatch on the short list? Still love looking at them
