How do they compare to drive? I always hark on about wanting a swb over my estate version but iv never actually driven a swb... does it cruise as well down the motorways? What are your general opinions on the pros and cons of both?

 

ps... whos gonna let me have a blast in their shortie?

Oh god here we go.

 

Youve been on here long enough to know the pros and cons.

I know what your like you just wanna take one for a spin lol.....

im just never happy.. the grass is always greener on the other side with me :(

Moving from 2+2 TT to a slicktop, similar mods (as I moved them over :)), both manual

- little difference, if any, while crusing (only thing you do notice is it feels sportier and less GT like due to the cabin being smaller)

- the slicktop is definately more nimble, it's more than a subtle change, you notice just going round roundabouts!

- the slicktop also feels quicker with the same mods. If you look at the JTuner day a few years ago my slicktop was quickest though mods were similar to the other TT's (air filter, exhaust, ECU and 14psi boost)

 

I've not driven a Targa SWB so can't comment.

are you going on about this agian!!!!! :slap:

 

Please FOR THE LOVE OF GOD sell your LWB for a SWB!!!!!!!!! :rofl: :headvswal :wack:

I've driven a SWB as well as LWB and as Jaffa says, just feels a bit more nimble.

 

I might add the exhaust is a little more intrusive as per losing a few inches off the exhaust.

 

All in all a tighter sporty feel than lazy gt feel, more like an mr2 kind of cornering feel

Moving from 2+2 TT to a slicktop, similar mods (as I moved them over :)), both manual

- little difference, if any, while crusing (only thing you do notice is it feels sportier and less GT like due to the cabin being smaller)

- the slicktop is definately more nimble, it's more than a subtle change, you notice just going round roundabouts!

 

I've not driven a Targa SWB so can't comment.

 

Pretty much bang on.

 

When my SWB was standard, it felt alot tighter than my standard lwb.

Moving from 2+2 TT to a slicktop, similar mods (as I moved them over :)), both manual

- little difference, if any, while crusing (only thing you do notice is it feels sportier and less GT like due to the cabin being smaller)

- the slicktop is definately more nimble, it's more than a subtle change, you notice just going round roundabouts!

- the slicktop also feels quicker with the same mods. If you look at the JTuner day a few years ago my slicktop was quickest though mods were similar to the other TT's (air filter, exhaust, ECU and 14psi boost)

 

I've not driven a Targa SWB so can't comment.

 

 

Exactly.

Wise words from a man who knows.

I too have driven both (in NA form)

 

the Slicktop is not for everybody but I wouldnt consider anything else.

Bring it to mine joely and il get the saw out, wont take long.

Moving from 2+2 TT to a slicktop, similar mods (as I moved them over :)), both manual

- little difference, if any, while crusing (only thing you do notice is it feels sportier and less GT like due to the cabin being smaller)

- the slicktop is definately more nimble, it's more than a subtle change, you notice just going round roundabouts!

- the slicktop also feels quicker with the same mods. If you look at the JTuner day a few years ago my slicktop was quickest though mods were similar to the other TT's (air filter, exhaust, ECU and 14psi boost)

 

I've not driven a Targa SWB so can't comment.

 

^^ Spot on. It feels tighter and more responsive to your inputs. The LWB feels lazy when stepping out of one and into another.

 

I also dont get the creaks and rattles that LWB's suffer with, maybe becuase I have rebuilt the car, but most likely becuase the chassis does'nt flex so much.

 

The downside is that you cant fit any children or dwarfs in the back (although I have had somebody in the boot, but thats a whole different story) and you have to be quicker to react to oversteer...it responds quicker....which means you need to as well.

Edited January 13, 200916 yr by Yowser

although I have had somebody in the boot, but thats a whole different story

 

i bet nobody annoys you at jae lol

The downside is that you cant fit any children or dwarfs in the back

 

Thats a plus point not a disadvantage:)

The downside is that you cant fit any children or dwarfs in the back.

 

When I got mine, my little one (7 at the time), ran to the other car, took out the booster seat and plonked it in the passenger seat before my wife even got near it. When I asked her, where would her mother sit, she said she didn't know, hopped in and closed the door :)

When I got mine, my little one (7 at the time), ran to the other car, took out the booster seat and plonked it in the passenger seat before my wife even got near it. When I asked her, where would her mother sit, she said she didn't know, hopped in and closed the door :)

 

absolutely fpmsl :rofl:

absolutely fpmsl :rofl:

 

It was priceless at the time.

will the ladies mind if its 6" shorter?

i need to drive one... cmon step up!

will to stop it ffs i cant find a decent shorty for decent money :mad:

will the ladies mind if its 6" shorter?

 

Depends what it was to start with :D

will to stop it ffs i cant find a decent shorty for decent money :mad:

 

lol thats a fair point... if i decide i want 1.. will i ever find one :(

 

iv got myself a pretty dam mint example of what she is so maybe i should just STFU and enjoy it!?!

HOW CAN I ENJOY IT... its RED FFS! :tongue:

HOW CAN I ENJOY IT... its RED FFS! :tongue:

 

put a couple of roses wrappers over your eyes and make it purple..would be best using the the big purple ones with a nut in the middle:)

well you know my response !!!

well you know my response !!!

:tongue:

I really like them, the whole car feels more sporty as you get in, i know that sounds stupid because from the back of the doors forward it's exactly the same but it just feels that little bit more tight and cosy?